Premier's Insistence that the General Strike Must be Called Off Before Negotiations Can Regi Earl of Balfour's Weighty Warning: Seri jous Rioting in Glasgow London, May 9.
The nearest approach hitherto made in the direction of resuming negotiations occurred during the week-end, Mr. Stanley Baldwin on Saturday night personally broadcast a message to the nation enfphasizing that the Government was not fighting to lower the workers' standard of living.
The Premier repeated that che general strike must be called before the Government can re-open negotiations.
Mr. Baldwin expressed the opi inion that it would be a thousand es better to accept this than to continue the struggle which would only increase the misery and disaster.
The Premier added that he wa: a man of peace, longing, working and praying for peace, but he ce yuhd not surrender the safety and security of the Brit Constitution to threats of 'The General Council of the rades Union Congress published a reply to-night reiterating the previous contention that any] resumption of negotiations should be based on the position as it was on April 30 when negotiation' were broken off. "If that door ig open the Premier should make it clear that the coal lockout neti should be withdrawn as well as the general strike cancelled.
London, May 9.
His Majesty held a Council at Buckingham Palace this evening. 'The Earl of Balfour, the Attorney General (Sir Douglas Hogg). and' the Home Secretary (Sir W. Joynton-Hicks) were present—Reuter. with a disorderly crowd of 10,000 who were attacking the specials. The crowd was broken up into sections and dispersed with batons.
Four baton charges were made at Preston when a crowd of 4,000 were trying to rescue a man arrested for throwing a mi Two consi
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