A PITIABLE TALE.
The tales of hunger and . starvation /vyihidh are coaring to us across the wiiies, as a result of the British coal strike,. make melancholy reading. They are a sad commentary upon the civilisation of the-twentieth 'century., (Nobody can imagine the devastation } ■ which is being wrought in the name of i "Syndicalism." The tragedy of the (thing defies description. Is it possible (that, in.;thiis 'eailighten«d age, thousands: of innocent women and children can. be made to suffer the pangs of starvation at the will of aJi irresponsible caucus? The men who are responsible for tliis strike, whether "Syndicalists" or "Capitalists/' will have a heavy toll to pay. The price that is being offered' is out of all proiportion to the advantages-to be derived. There is no possible''excuse for ] desperate, when; legal redress ] imay-be obtained. Public opinion will' revolt at the operation of "Syndical-j asin," iif it is to bring '''hunger and (Starvation to the innocent in its train. .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10597, 1 April 1912, Page 4
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160A PITIABLE TALE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10597, 1 April 1912, Page 4
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