MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

MORE DELEGATES HELD UP. STRIKE THREATENED IF FORCE USED. ' DELEGATES CLOSELY WATCHED. ! London, June 11. Mr. George Roberts, M.P., and Mrs. ■'Pankbsfst are held up with- Mr. Ramsay Macdonald. * ■ Reuter Service. Received June 12, 5.50 p.m. v London, June 11. The position with regard to MacDona!d and Jowett arouses great interest. Several questions were asked in the House of Commons. Mr. Terrell gave notice to move the adjournment of the House to discuss the matter. Meaviwhile there is great excitement at the , port where the delegates are due to leave. Mr. G. H. Roberts (Labor M.P.) lias appealed to the local branch of the Seamen's Union to release the delegates. He declared that the Government did not. desire that the delegates should be prevented from leaving, because such a course would be misunderstood at Petrograd. The request was refused. Pickets have been posted, «ihd the organiser of the Seamen's Union stated he has warned the Premier that if a naval crew was put aboard, or a destroyer used to convey Mac Donald and Jowett, there would be a national seamen's strike to-morrow. Mr. Wilson, president of the bailors' and Firemen's Itjhion, states it is understood that if Mac Donald and Jowett fail to get a ship they contemplate journeying by aeroplane. Pickets have followed Mac Donald and Jowett everywhere, even guarding their bedroom door and windows. They refused to listen to the overtures of MacDonald,- who promised to demand reparation for the murdered seamen. He was told the crew could not disgrace the flag by sailing with pacifists. Received June 12, 8.45 p.m. London, June a. Messrs Mac Donald and Jowett pledge that they will try and secure restitution for the dependants of the submarine victims. They have also expressed regret at the treatment of the seamen's delegate by the Leeds conference BRITAIN'S DAILY EXPENDITURE. • NEARLY EIGHT MILLIONS. Keceived June 12, 8.45 p.m. London, June 11. Mr. Bonar Law states that the daily ,average expenditure for the first nine weeks of the year waß £7,884,000, including loans. - OPERATIVES' WAGES ADVANCED, " w Received June 12, 5.50 y.i... London, June 11.. One hundred and ninety thousand Yorkshire textile operatives of all grades are receiving advances of wages from 30 to 50 per cent, above 'war rates. TWO ENEMY SEAPLANES DESTROYED. A', and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received June 12, 5.50 p.m. London, June 11. The Admiralty reports that a Dover patrol drifter engaged five endniy seaplanes and destroyed two, taking the occupants as prisoners.