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THE CHRONJCLE.
Friday, October 10th, 1919.

THE D ARSfING OF THE WAYS
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~ IMPRESSION~.

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ST~KE &

At ODe who h apt in cl~ 1 u -I
the 8trike .....
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"""'!' "VIIl the 8I!pect of wh. , 'b

GOYeI'nment ltu done to pro"id~ f• .j t
the people. and aleo from heario fl~" fll'
on .....eral ocolulions state til ..., ,_""~"~
would venture td make a few "I "n _,
frOm a local point .ot vie... wh l<
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"IoU be
.of iIlterest. Of 0!IW'88, the f
h i<:h u-e
of 1lational bearing, apply to
lng -f b.(
the people u a ...lIole have been IJd l) ~
hilld the Government in defend'
t l., '0terute of the country; that the
u.i,.'Ii
~oed ~th a cheertoinees and an ~dap I.t,.I.
Jty wilich ...ere beyond p.a.i ; l i U ,. ,'1·
~a,.men of all . rank~ have shewn
h',I"I~r'.
Ity and a COllal~eration f~r t.he i U>ro" .,r
each other. 1II:hleh "'''S commeud' bl.. ', ...
if /lOme of us thought that th ..y ... ". "iI"
taken i~ causing 8ueh a ~nt 'pl,,· '.1.
Finally, that the ot~er onions I~ H"'''''liK
bave ~ by. .he l'1Iilwa,men. 8,,1 W'U- ,", ••
pic:uousl.Y demonstrated on ::;undlll I do
not think the strike hilS been a1t <jg~. ".
rain. It haa cleared the air. Wp If" • ,t
110 likely to be inundated by thre .• (, ,I ',_
or that induatry .'Uddenly do" nin~
Wit bave seen thal the Oo"mmrn '
.n
s/nnd firm on the basic rights of II..
10munity, and th .. t, further, it PO!-+" '-'
600rcea at its disposal to oore " " I i,o>
omergeueies which a great man~ , pi,
had no conceptiun of. ,J And we ~"
convinoed that n lightlling strikel I
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the terrors that ...e !ea'red.

of the eeMiOIl of tbe Workeri"' IWUo&t ional
AlI8OCiatiOD, wJ.ich is iteeJf enterlDIC on the
....inter's ..ork with- lIuch bright prCMIpeet8.
The lecturer W8 lIr. JeroJlle liL lerome,
and UtI' audienee expected IOlD4!tb inK witt,
or ilIaminating. Even a reuoned statement
of tM UboUl' position "ould kave been
listened to with attention by the cro... df>d
Iludit'nce, {or, as is known, lir. Jerome, ... ho
was once a8lJOCiated with the Liberl1 AseoCiJlt10D in Scutl/. Oxon: now beJlinf, to the
Laboor party. The ubject Wl\ll, '18 Par.
liament played out!" and consi ted almCMIt
entirelr ot a reo tatement of tbo icoJloclaatic
idea....hich Clan be read lIIly week in one of
tbe extreme Socialist and', pro-Bolshe i it
pt\J)er8, or can be heard from the advancell
men of \.he I.L.P . in Ute Reading Market
Place. Even }dr. Olynt! bas 10llt lavoor,
lIr. Jerome' hero being" Bob Rmillie." Mr.
-Ierome's "jew wa~ hot ~cidedlJ Pl\rljaDien ill pillycd out. but ...h~n
k d what
~ woold Mobstitut tor Parliam nt, said be
hnd no cot-and-dri,d 'plan. .
Here 8ft' BOrne of bi Aen~nee8:
The mi take mentmllde 11'0 t.llRt work WaR
intended M II curs~J it j . 0 bl8Sl<ing, God's
gr ateHt gilt to ma~.
I
'rh(.\ working man is the only man who clin
100\ God in the fllce.
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When I think 0 the amount of wrong
t11at (b roughout the ages, in' every land, It
mere clever hnndlo.l of kintf8 and emperors,
lord and rolel'8, bave in8icted \lpo n the Peac.able Strikers.
OOJJl)Ilon poopl". nd it i not Y4!t endPd.
Turning to the loc~1 Il8llOOt p ' , • ',' '.j
my anger i i i . a"in
the .Jew ...ho ... i Id
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. til. wrolfg thon it JS against the great army be Jriven t,o the local ·rail",., \"
of the common people tbeO'l'lelv ,w11o lor orderly manner in which Ih ,'
a mere paltry wag1! allow tbem elveI! to be th i" campaign. Tho poin t " "
made the instroments of oruelt,. and oppres- in Il:l8t week's "Chronicle" .,', I
.ion.
lIeni:ng of ' repetition. that ,I... I. " .
How )01111' is Labour goinjr to sell its brain, every mooting strongly urged I I"" I,
mascl. and bone to Labour'B enemie f
, E er)' decent mAIl or .... oman wbo thinks to eommit no acts of violence. ", " I' .
end by becoming a rebel.
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I could see, even without ueh ... 1.\·
Goverllment bj .Parliament i dead : It showed no d isposition to ~Ofnl"lt ,~,,\ 1 "
11. been killPd by the Pre8IJ and the poli- tl&'e.
It was eu Tious to nllte 'I~' :
tician. Parliamentary GovernmeJlt f<MIa ...
i It corpAe hanging round tbe neel: 01 the pathetie look ",ruch eame Into 11t.'I'
when a tra.i.n c&Jlle along ,,·hil,· I I,
...orket'tl ond'-8trengling them.
The b:r~tetipDII have sho... n Mr. Lro;rd de.ni.onstrating. but there was no "fI," ,
UOO\'lIe t'bat the country is er&&, to get nd interlere with the work.ing of . 1.,1
of hlm.
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90 far S5 it WIlS being C1\rriMl 0111
A Labour Governmt!nt, it hi COII~v.able.
milfltt be formed, but it would find Heel! point in their favour ...·as thr ,. ,
op-pol)ed at everz JK!int b,. the deadweight which, lUi I have 'said. lhe din N' , ~.
of permanent ol6cJaldomi the
tire Pres stuck j;ogelher. This, w8s f p~ru, ul~, I ,.
of t be oountry would W01'k witb tit cea.sillg ease 'in Reading, lUld ruen
"n"'~ ,
to e1estroy ite popularity, btJe social m6ngrades proved to \,.. ~I""' .' 'i r
en
would be employed unscrupulously to hirh
undermine its trengt.h. and it "ould die- moot etfeetive sl)eakl>rs on Ul(, sink,!, -I'
appear in a ....flve of reaction or be converted n abo should be said that fl .., 1'1 , "'"
til middle-<lass ideas.
wel'1l ably a.nd indefatiga hly )pd II", . t
If the people are ever fo rule, they will think that much oould hi' ." ,.
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h~v(l to for~ tbeir 0"'V instrum nt Itnd
pungent criticiSlJl8 of rertH ; n . "II,',., "I
d.an it to tbeir Jlffds.
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When the solidarity of abour i acc(\m- the Government-though ont' "
pJi lied. the 1I'0rkeJ'1l"iIl take
J'1ith6f amused at such outb .. . ,
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l>Mccttil1, 01 the e rtn that God CNltlt.d
oUt Twi:ie--or the .inadequate w.,.1 ,. ',' "II
them ill the begiJULing.
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the fact. of the III pute- wefe S ' II·. 1\"
When h ....as leaml( the hllY Ii W\l1\' r~ that 88 it may, eo-.iderin that ".1 ' I
marked ... Is ler~ 1L le_e (in a poli- thoee ... ho ligand on the ]Ilatlo
n.o~ praetitied spe!\keTil, t h
8pO e \\ ~
tical 8811 ) pla~ but!"
lir. HarlulI&, B.C the prellident. 8POk.e remarkable forae and elf tivea , wI ",
or the . difl'e-rent acfuitieol of the W .E.A. from the point of vi_ of 'rea] b I " •
th'c re ·... us not onc of the Reading
leaders .... ho shirked a.nytning in th \V a
"ork or respo:nsibility. Tbe R.eAdin I,·... "
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Mr. Golley, WIIS ..,ferred to i
110.
oolulUlliJ ln~t week, not unkindl) ",
ugb d iamond':.....at
descnpt.i on \I' ,
II likely to suck to him , lor
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d...nt that all the Bt.Tilte leaden a nil I" ,
The aeed 01 8JK:c.ial colleclion effort in
support of thl> Jubilee celehmtion of nr. and file read the "(,'h1'oniclo. " nr' "
omiderable Shr('Wrlnt"
BI\~0' 8 Hom ,and iB conjunction witb Iy showed
tb annual a'ppeal, met ...ith deseninll ue- power of leaderohip in organislll~ I"
Il_ in Reading, and 1\ CJ'edit of .£2SQ to tbe force6.
fond h88 beeD notified.
A Iced to th'e ~lImpai&!!. was given by the Leu Wild Talk Required.
Taking another point of vie» . I~, ,
directors of the l>al_ 7b~atre, ... hose f6DeroU8 aotion in devoting the entire l"lnugs greAt need. for the ron\. lind fil e "I .fI.
of onll evenin, to thi caUI!e re8ul~d in the ",aymen to do more indept'>orl~ll t .1
hl\ndin~v r of II cheque for £115.
The
day and house-to-hou,se colleetions and to exercise n greater iol1l1 (, ""j
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...ere ...el sU p(K)rtf>d. The irCUJDstanU8 of policy. ot their union. We d o,
the _ t strike did not daunt t.hOfle ladi
that any bul a sm( I section W' "
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.who hndjTOmio;ed to
ist in the .II4lllinlC of dClltroy ~he existing fa brie 0( .. I
flags. an the orga:niaation ea.nnot be nid they should try to realise tha i -,
to have 8utrered to any ,reat erlent, Utank
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to th r dy IMlrvi
0 II capable body 01 like \.hat of Yr. Crl\Jllp as "
helpet'tl and a ll11lJpathl'tic reepo.D&e on the authority in the nation bPill)! I, 4"
part· of the lInblic.
11'onl the B ouse of CommOtlh II Ii'
THE MATOKESS' ASSISTANCE.
The ltf.ayor
of Reading (Mrs. Stanley Unions do {all the Re~ W . Bll tll" "
in his broad-minded "" n"~ ,," " .
HlIyward) was n p"J'Ominent helper at th
stand outside M 1'8. Heel ~ eetablishment, cr te oonsternation nmongst I h., I"
which "'1\8 under her pe1'8Onai dir~twn. people, lind unsettle bosine...' . ' I~' ,-,
Tbe »ayore88 handed in at the de}!6t at tbe
cloooe of the daI a nUJIlber of ...eIJ..6l1ed boxes. been 11 great d 1 of oratory 111 till ' ' ' '
,h
The Cayerellam oolleet.ions. pe!!!Onally Reading from Xr. Tom Morr is.
worked b1 )In. A. Quelcll, &Dlotmted to £13 the B.S.l'., and 0~r8. 'We are gl Hi 10
A further welcom remittance came ever, thai llr. Arthur Rowe. J , p" iI."
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lrom tll. proceech of a perfo:rm&llC4! ()Il 0 n . claimed the idea tbat be lB i 0 '\I'" 'J
day aHemooll ill tile Forbu", Gardell8 J!'iven revolutioD. 1'bough his yoros, III i" I
by the Beading Temperanee l'rise Band. A
l' ....are 8IlOkell. could bt6r DO 01 .. r,' " .
lArge comJllUlY of paolile a_mbled in tlte
praen, and fO'lDd moch vl_ure in listen· p ... ta.tioa than thal wbich evepYOIl h.. ,Jng to _ftral favourite item in a special upon them J~ the great Wog 'b 11" ,t ""
vol ut ,Oil
pl'Oll'r&JllJDe 01 mueic, rendered under ttl now - 8'1,)'8 that he only 41 ire.. a
oolldaeto1'8bip 01 )17. W. Farr.
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ill mOll" ~. On So.ndHY be
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TIle detailed.NSuI .of the ...eek's efl'ort n We h.ave n-, sympathy witlt It
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ar• •iv,. All foUow"
",ould -.It to take a.dYantage qt
Palace TtIMtre e.ort. £115 lOe. ·
tunil;y 01 trying to break. do Jl
J'Iaa day aDd lIo
to-house oollectiQllII• of our aoeiety !&Ad our iDdUllf17·
.. the ' ~ on Runda.f ...
mr,1
£11,0 tel.
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they ..ere q,ute moderate UL tqne. W. hoj' ··
&Moriptiou >P8r the VayoT, tl' 'SR. M.
R.diJlj 'l'NIperanoe Band (proc:Mds of tlHIt the lAobour lead"" both in Readwg
and lllae.he....... ill,
~t.a tb. f
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~orJIIUCIIt. ". 111l. 811.
to !.he .,,, n,lllu- W.
1>1 the oollJlcii of man&f!&- of .. dizleot action." · k
_ t 01 Dr. BarnArdo', Homel! to fender to tiona1 line, and that "the rail 8' ,I hIe \If
n to wllolll their tIl...b ere due grat~IlJ the railw..~ will -ialUt
th " ,h"n~
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