London, May 4. Mr. Saklatvala, the Independent M. P. for Battersea was arrested to-day. Ile will be charged at Bo Street with making a sedit ous speech in Hyde 0 thy country ta-those" who either envied for kated the Government because they saw the whole demoevatic froedon entering up a cours? which, it successful, could only. substitute tyranny. ft was nep the question of wages, but the very. Freedom of the British Constitution w imperilled, Everythin for which he had worked for the past two year smashed to bits, but that did ni shake hiv faith or cou aims (Ministerial cheers), Mr. Thomas's Reply Mr. J. 1. Thomas said that whatever the result of the strike, anybody was a blind idiot who did see the economic facts of the ext position.
ite did. not believe that two per cent. of the population would. support a revolution, but the people involved in. the strike might. be driven by circumstances that might have all the effects of a revolution with entirely different objects. "This is no revolution, but, a plain ccconomie industrial dispute." Parliament could force an honourable settlement and he would make his contribution thereto whenever the opportunity offered.
Lloyd Gooige begged the Government to make one more effort for peace. He said that the members of the Trades Union Gongress who ordered the strike were as little revolutionary as anyone in the House and the Government could continue negotiations without thy Nose of rights of its position, "He proposed that the miners should be Asked (9 open mergotiations to. die-cuss wages but not to pledge then= selves in advan The ex-Premier added that la thy Route House would as of the subsidy. listened things that must be tackled when the ing, which would be one of the fist atmosphere became calmer. The Owners and miners must find, or have found for them, some way iz their own business ind of Government intervention to in almost unbroken silence, There was a complete absence of an une compromising spirit. on any side was clear that the House was ious for last-minute accom modation and indisposed t" abandon hope, Mr. Churchill's Olive Branch Travesty of Democracy Me, Baldwin dwelt, upon the that he ran in negotiating to the last minute under a threat of general strike. (cheers) The situation changed materially on Sunday, when certain overt acts anticipation of a general strike and involving interference with the freedom of the press "occurred. (Cabour laughter) "That made a! continuance of the negotiations im-j possible, for the Government found, itself challenged with wu alternative Government.
"The Premice did not believe that there had been a thorough consulta~ tion with the rank and file before is despotic power had put itself in the hands of a small executive in London. (Ministerial cheers) This was a gross travesty of every de Mr, Ramsay MacDonald solematy ced the Mouse in the hour of to raise themselves to a great triumph. He declarer that they were faced with a situation the development and end of which nons could visualize. If the miners were going to aevept a reduction of wages on a programme of reconstruction, they must sce the programme of reconstruction first. He respected the Constitution as much as the Conservatives did, and whatever their differences they should not ute with hot heads but determine to do justice.
Winston Churchill gladly eecognized that the Trade Union frotiations had striven to ward off king disaster to the national The Government bad also striven "for peace by words at
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