POLICE STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 267, 7 August 1919, Page 5

POLICE STRIKE

MOB RIOTS IN'LIVERPOOL REINFORCEMENTS AND WARSHIPS ARRIVE By TelsEraph-Prt-BS A6sociatlou.-Copyrli:ht London, August. 3. The Commissioner of Police, Sir Novil Macready, has cancelled all police leave. It is behoved that some of the men who are absent under the guise of leave are actively encouraging (ho 3trike, and the cancellation of leave will compel them to demonstrate their real feelings. The situation in Birmingham is serious. .Four hundred out of 1200 police are involved. The organisers declare that the tramway workers and fire' brigade have promised their support. .The looting of the shops in Liverpool was renewed on Saturday, in spite of the soldiers, who. were town tip in the streets; Jewellery, grocery, clothing, and boot shops again suffered. The looters carried the spoils home and returned for more,

A sugar factory and beer-bottling works were raided. Men, woman, and boys, laden with bottles of beer, paraded the streets, drinking; and others rolled barrels of beer into the road, where crowds with glasses', cups, and jugs gathered round, drinking and danoing. They Tan away when troops arrived, but returned and chaffed the soldiers. Tho looters smashed the windows of a music warehouse, dragged pianos on to tho pavement, and played for dancers. Many ji'. the looters were arrested.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A9SU.