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GENERAL STRIKE SPECIAL r r 73- 720 Tr LLL LL (- J - I L, if ‘L 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-_L 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111R 11111111 111,11 11 11 1111 1111 11 11 11 11 111;111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111111E .----------.11111111111111111111111E1111111 11111111 11111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111 111111111111111P,111 11111111111111111I111111111111111 11111111111111111 !1111111111111111111111111111111111111!1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111!I THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL WAR See page 3 Events of the Day Notes and comments on impor- tant happenings of our times Settlement of THE settlement of the Grand Duchesses (1)—Charlotte of heralded with great joy, and it is to be French War- French war-debt to the Luxemberg. hoped that the emancipation will prove Debt to America United States is based a harbinger of happier times for that Emirs (4)—Amanullah Khan of upon a sixty-two years' agreement. sorely tried people. One feeble old wo- Afghanistan, Mitab of Jebel Shammar, For the first two years £6,000,000 will man was so filled with joy and gratitude Saud of Nejd and Hasa, and Abdullah be the annual payment, an extra £500,- that she placed in the hand of Mr. Bar- of Transjordania. 000 being added for the following two r ard an amber ring. Her great comfort years. The payment will then gradually Beys (0—E1 Habib of Tunis. was that nevermore would she be separa- increase until a maximum annual amount Forty-two nations now have presidents ted from her family through sudden sale of £25,000,000 is reached. The sum or other republican heads : Albania, An- to another master. The "Times" com- total of the payments is expected to dorra, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, menting upon Mr. Barnard's experiences reach £1,369,600,000. For the first five Brazil, Chile, China (including Tibet), says : "The expedition to the Nagas was years no interest will be required, but Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czecho- full of danger, owing to the treacherous according to the "Times," "thereafter Slovakia, Danzig, Ecuador, Esthonia, character of this otherwise simple-minded the rate will gradually increase from 1% Finland, France, Germany, Greece, people. The unpleasant possibilities of for the first ten years to 3i% for the last Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Irish Free attack by animals and the attentions of twenty-two years. There is said to be State, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Mexi- leeches were the chief inconveniences. no safety olause." co, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Thirty-four villages agreed to give up Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia (includ- human sacrifice. Others suggested that ing Chita, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Ar- if the Government would provide victims The World's ALL over the world great for holding one final and complete sacri- Rulers menia, and Georgia), Salvador, San changes in forms of govern- Marino, Santo Domingo, Switzerland, fice the practice would be stopped." It ment have taken place during recent Turkey, United States, Uruguay, and is estimated that south of the Patkai years and the following list of rulers is Venezuela. range, in an area of 2,000 square miles, of special interest. It is taken from the there are 25,00o people living in 138 vil- "Pathfinder." Human Sacrifices ASTONISHING condi- lages, and "all hankering after human Emperors (2)—George of India and in the Twentieth tions have been re- sacrifices." Yoshihito of Japan. Century! vealed by Mr. J. T. Empresses (0—Waizeru Zauditu of 0. Barnard during his heroic endeavours Abyssinia. to stamp out the slave trade and abolish Three-in-One AN airship, claimed by Dirigible Kings (17)—George of Great Britain the practice of human sacrifices among its designer, Baron Boris and Ireland and the British possessions, the Nagas of Burma. Already 3,445 von Loutzkov, to be absolutely storm- Albert of Belgium, Wangchuk of Bhu- slaves have been set free, the compensa- proof, has been invented. It is of most tan, Boris of Bulgaria, Siswath of Cam- tion amounting to D,000. Particularly peculiar shape, composed of three units, bodia, Christian of Denmark and Ice- has the liberation of the Kachins been a large ship having a smaller one at- land, Fuad of Egypt, Husein of Hed- tached to it on either side. The airship jaz, Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Feisal of is capable of great speed, and the power- Mesopotamia (Iraq), Bikram of Nepal, rob••• •••••.• 0.1••••••••••••••..0.41........? ful engines enable it to have a carrying Haakon of Norway, Ferdinand of Ru- , capacity hitherto unreached. The "Popu- mania, Alexander of the Serbs, Croats, Day by Day Through 26 lar Science Monthly" further explains : and Slovenes (Jugo-Slavia), Rama of "Baron von Loutzkov's ship is actually Siam, Alfonso of Spain, and Gustaf of three ships, for each unit is separate and Sweden. APRIL22nd.—Lithuanian-Soviet Pact. complete in itself, and is joined to the Queens (0—Wilhelmina of the Neth- April 24th.—Soyict-German Treaty signed. others with steel cables. In case of acci- erlands (Holland). dent to one or even to two units, the Regents (2)—Von Horthy of Hungary April 25th.—Coronation of Riza Shah Pah- inventor declares, all hands can be levi as Shah of Persia. and Riza Khan of Persia. transferred to the undamaged part by Princes (2)—John of Liechtenstein and April 26th.—Introduction of the Budget. means of gangplanks that run between Louis of Monaco. April 29th.—France and United States the units, and the defective ones can be Sultans (4)—Jobar of Kuwiet, Mulai agree on debt settlement. cut loose. This feature, he says, makes Yusef of Morocco, Faisal of Oman, and May 3rd.—General strike commenced mid- his ship three times as safe and trust- Khalifa of Zanzibar. worthy as an ordinary dirigible." PAGE TWO resent Truth and Signs of the limes THE NEWS INTERPRETER Vol. 42. No. ii. Price 2d. May 27, 1926. The Great Industrial War E are writing this in the And Its Solemn Significance One hears it on all sides. It midst of the great By THE EDITOR comes in various forms from men general strike. Al- of high and low estate. Yesterday though at the moment stead of ride to work, and not a. we were in a little ironmonger's the outlook is very few find it quite gratifying to have shop, and the woman behind the sombre, we hope that by the time a new and legitimate excuse for counter, as she wrapped up the this issue reaches our readers, the being late. It is, too, almost a goods we were purchasing, said, clouds will have lifted. relief to have our newspaper read- "Where are we going to ? What As a country we have drifted ing habit interrupted for a while, is going to happen next? Where blindly, and for the most part and fascinating indeed to have all will all this unrest lead?" She thoughtlessly, into this great the news we get come to us over was but one of millions who are catastrophe. Until the very last the wireless. similarly perplexed. day the great majority refused to But the novelty of such a situa It .is a good thing that we should believe that such a calamity as a tion rapidly wears off. Hearts general strike could actually hap- ask these questions; and better can keep cheerful while the money still if we search diligently for an- pen. We all banked heavily upon lasts, but no work means no swers to them. We would even the large measure of sound com- wages; and no wages means no go so far as to say that if this mon sense, usually credited to the food. And when men get hungry, general strike awakens us all to a average Englishman, to avert the and see their children starving, new sense of the seriousness of threatened struggle. The vast, in- they get desperate, and lose con- the times and drives us, as it tricate problems of the coal indus- trol. And if the strike lasts long, should, nearer to God, with a try, the immediate cause of the great and terrible will be the ( ou- deeper longing for eternal things, present situation, have been quite sequences. it will at least have done some generally regarded, if not with in- It is not for us to apportion good. difference, at least with a feeling blame or even to discuss the pros that they were somebody else's and cons of the matter under dis- Answering the question, "What business, and that the Government pute. Men of wide experience, do these things mean ?" we would look after them. experts in the vital matters con- would say first that they mean : Now, however, we find our- cerned, have done their utmost to 1. That with all 010' boasted selves faced with the tremendous find a solution of the difficulty, and civilisation we are yet a long way fact of a general strike, and the without success. We can add no- from the kingdom, of God. For almost complete stoppage of every thing which, from a political many years now our preachers and industry in the country. No standpoint, would help the situa- teachers, and even our news- trains, no buses, no morning news- tion. It is not ours to preach papers, have been endeavouring papers, perhaps no electricity, and politics, but to point out the real to convince us that the world, no gas. In all of these trades the significance of these tremendous and particularly our own coun- regular workers have ceased work happenings of our time. try, was getting so much bet- or are planning to do so. On the lips of thousands of peo- ter, so much more civilized, It is a situation not without in- ple to-day, the question is being that we were not so very far terest.