THE POLICE STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 August 1919, Page 5

THE POLICE STRIKE.

PART OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. ON A LARGE SCALE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Aug. 7. 7.40 p.m. London, Aug. fl. The Government is convinced that tho strikes are part of a definite conspiracy financed abroad and aiming at a revolution, If the police strike had succeeded it was intended as the signal for direct action on the largest scale.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn. * FURTHER REVELATIONS. CONSPIRACY OF EOLSHEVIK ORIGIN. Received Aug. 7, 10.15 p.m. London, Aug. 0. The Daily Mail slates that tho revolutinner,v conspiracy was of Bolshevist origin, and the seized correspondence ini. plicates Trotsky, TchirfieTln, nnd Bela Kim. The responsible English Laborites are not indicated.—United Service. MONEY SENT BY BELA KUN. Received Aug. 7, 10.0 p.m. London, Aug. 6. Scotland Yard has definite information that Bela Run sent £ (WOO to England, via Stockholm, by a Swede, who confessed he handed it to a lender with extreme views.—Aus. \ T Z. Cable Assoc. RESIGNATIONS FROM UNION. Received Aug. 7, 8.50 p.m. London, An?. (1. ■Meetings of police at Bristol, fit. Helens, and South Shields decided bodily to resign from the police union. The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has announced that the total police strikers in the country Were e.'son. : 'flip House of Lords carried tho s«ond rending of the Police Bill.—Aus. N.2. Cable Assoc. RAILWAYMEN HOLD OFF. Received Aug. 7, 10.1." p.m. London, Aug. fl. Tho railway men derided not to support r:ie police strike. DISTURBANCES PRACTICALLY ! CEASED. London, Ausiist 5 Liverpool is quieter; tho military precautions linve fully developed and disorders have practically ceased. —Aus • \ T .Z. Cable Assn. UNIONISTS RESIGNING^ Received August S, 1.35 n.m. , London. Angutf fl' Members of the Bristol branch of the Police Union have resigned en bloc and wound up their affairs. Other branches aro moving similarly.—Atls.-N.Z. Cable Assn.