TRADE CONGRESS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1920, Page 3

TRADE CONGRESS

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(Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6. The Trade Union Congress at Portsmouth, at which nearly a thousand delegates were present, adopted a resolution by acclamation that members view with horror and indignation, Government’s decision regarding McSweeney.

'lt is reported that negotiations for frontier rearrangements and future relations between Poland and Litumania nave been bi:u|cen pif owing to pii out* jirpik flf jiostjlitips. lip oh jjcpiises Pf crossing the frontier. Polish circles in J-tondoii assert the Poles opjy occupied territories that were Ie ‘ oognispd 'as Polish by the Supreme Council, and they complain that Lithuania is being used as a rallying ground by the Red armies, (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6. The Trade Urnrn Congress which it is hoped will avert the threatened coal strike by securing mediation between miners and Government, has opened at Portsmouth. There were 950 delegates nj'&eiit and Mr Thomas, (a Commoner) maided. big addvm a’j. the position at Home and abroad, he \ypuld he (in optimist indeed, who could ' find ocoason for anything but apprehension, Mr Thomas Justified formation of the Council of Action, declprino the Council was determined to see the objects for which it was erected, namely, the complete independence of Poland and peace with Russia ’"‘ere achieved. He did not believe the workers were anxious to fight against a consolidation of capitalist interests merely fpy (lie sake of fighting, but the other sfde ! must clearly understand that t e years of sacrifice; which placed tfie infers ‘i" "the OTiijm *°: ilfe, most »»f * !»S‘. M* would be prepared, not ag a section, hut as. a Movement, to accept any challenge to their industrial freedom or economic emancipation. Referring to Ireland he sain the position was dangerous and sooner or later cannot tall to result in upon conflict, the effects whereof' wouM shake the very foundations of the Lmpire, The Irish people can still made friends of England. Let the Government realize that militarism in Ireland has failed, as it was bound to fail You cannot dragoon a nation by tne sword. .