Fighting Capitalism

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5

Fighting Capitalism

INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES IN ENGLAND. "GET READY TO SHOOT Til KM." ANOTHER DEPORTATION. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Johannesburg, March 3. A Laborite, who was arrested A the Trades Hall during the January disturbances is being deported on Monday. The. deportation is not connected with the strike, but it is alleged that the man has a bad record, including a conviction of selling intoxicants to native 1 ,. London, March 8. Messrs Tillett, Grayson, and Lausbur.v assisted in farewelling Tom Mann. A series of violent speeches were made and revolutionary songs sung. Mr. Grayson said they must fight capitalism with every possible weapon, and added, "If they slupot you, down you must get ready to shoot them." Bain emphasised their desire to show the power of organised labor, adding that if reason did not prevail there was another way, which would be forced upon the workers, namely, violence and bloodshed, which would not he the. workers' fault, but infinitely better than tame submission. Bain, speaking at .Manchester, foreshadowed an appeal to the Laborites and Socialists in the Dominions to unite in sending a deputation to the South African Government. 1 TO PARALYSE TRADE. A GIGANTIC COMBINATION OF UNIONS. EARLY TROUBLE EXPECTED. London, March S. The Daily E.vpress states that the Miners l'ederation, the Railwaymen's Union and the telephone workers, with a total membership of 380,000, are on the eve of combining with the object of paralysing trade whenever tho most insignificant sectional dispute occurs. Early trouble is anticipated. The cxeciiUveH of twenty trades affiliated to the London Building Industries' l'ederation have decided to withdraw all employed by the Master Builders'. Association, even if they are not required to sign the 20s penalty clause.