SEAMEN'S UNION AND S.S. TUTANEKAV
Sir,-How can any body of .men-.be.. eo wilfully blind to facts' as the Seamen s Union appears to bo, ,when they pass resolutions condemning the transporting of , any force to suppress men who were on ~' strike for improved conditions They surely mu6t know perfectly well that the , Force .would not be used to suppress men on'strike. The force was only intended to suppress men who might be commit- , ting illegal violence. If ■■ there was no violence there would he no need for the force. Tho law-abiding man need not fear. tho presence of the whole British Army, ana he would not feel pffynde'd n *j its presence.' It is only men.who intend., to bfedk the /law or • sympathise ? >with 6«0b,. who foe! offended it the. presence of armed force,—l am, etc,,' "■•■ FACTS. '
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 2
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137SEAMEN'S UNION AND S.S. TUTANEKAV Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 2
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