South Africa.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1914, Page 5

South Africa.

THE UMCENI PASSENGERS. CALLED AT LAS: PALMAS. [By Electric Teleguafh— Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 12.10 p.m.) London, February 10. The steamer Urageni cabled at Las | Palmas for provisions, but nobody was allowed to embark or disembark. The deported Labourites, interview- j ed from a launch, said they intended at first to insist on landing, but after- ! wards decided not to land in order not to compromise the captain and officers who had treated them with kindness. Bain, who declined to make a statement pending consultation with the English leaders, admitted the deportation did not come altogether as a surprise. THE QUESTION OF LANDINC. (Received 11.35 a.m.) London, Februarj* 16. Mr McKenna (Home Secretary) announced that the Government had no power to prevent the deported South African Labour leaders landing. Waterston, who is an Australian, and Poutsma, who is a naturalised Britisher, could be prevented as aliens. THE WAY OUT FOR CLADSTONE. London, February 16. Mr Ramsay Macdonald, speaking at Nelson, admitted that Lord Gladstone had been unable to withhold his sanction of martial law, but suggested that he could have resigned.