IRISH TRAINS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1921, Page 5

IRISH TRAINS.

THREAT OF STOPPAGE. NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY. A SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Feb. 11, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 10. The Daily Express says there is no need to take the threat of a strike overseriously. The affair is an unhappy illustration of what an impulsive man, backed by a short-sighted little group, can do. The situation is not regarded with apprehension in official Labor circles, where there is strong criticism of the action of Mr. Bromley’s union. The Labor movement supports the demand for an enquiry, but is satisfied that it will be granted if asked for without threats. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. MERITS OF THE DISPUTE. NO FEAR OF IMPROPER THREATS. Received Feb. 11, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 10. The executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has summoned a meeting in London to-morrow to consider the resolution of the locomotive engineers. —Aus and N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Feb. 10. Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter to Mr. Bromley (the railwaymen’s secretary), states that the threat of a national strike cannot be permitted to influence the Government’s action on the matter of administration of the law. The Government will consider the question purely on its merits, without reference to these improper threats.