LABOUR TROUBLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 7

LABOUR TROUBLES

GRAVE SITUATION IN ITALY

ONE-DAY SOVIET GOVERNMENT By Telegraph-Pross Association-Copyright Rome, May 23. Thore are grave industrial troubles with ugly incidents connected with tho unemployed agitations in tho north-oast provinces. In Garaia eighteen communes were seized and tho Red flag hoisted. Tho Soviet Government lasted one day. Heavy reinforcements of troops Restored order. A general strike has been launched in pro est. The Carnia incident aggravated the bellicose attitude of the ratlwaymen, and _ oven prisoners oro refusing to work, claiming an eight-hour day. The newspapers view tho situation with apprehension, and urge Sig'nor Nilti to show a firm hand, the safety of Italy depending on that course — "Tho Times." ' RIVAL INDUSTRIAL BODIES THE ONE BIG UNION AND AUSTRALIAN WORKERS'. Sydney, May 25. Industrial trouble is germinating between the" disciples of the One Big Union and tho Australian Workers Union. There is considerable jealousy between the rival bodies. The latter enjoys the imprimatur of the Government, which recently accentuated matters by threatening' with dismissal some Government employees who refused to forsake the One Big Union. The coal miners have passed a motion of protest. —Press As6n.