ANTI-LABOR MILITARISM IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
Reports of the London and Liverpool strikes bring out the fact that British police and soldiery are much more reluctant than those of America to fire upon crowds of the people. Strikes and demonstrations in other European countries have brought out the same contrast. In America the first _ stone thrown by some irresponsible individual is a signal for the police or militia to fire murderous volleys into crowds of people who are doing nothing more than expressing their sympathy for a cause. Whether it be due to a greater fear of the wrath of the people in Europe or to a greater arrogance on the part of American authorities, tbe fact remains that the American working-man gets clubbed worse than any other. —"The Alarm/ -
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 18
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130ANTI-LABOR MILITARISM IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 18
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