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Show OPPOSING HOSTS MARSHAL FORCES FOR "FINISH" FIGHT LONDON", Spt. 27. Hy tho At-orUitM Presd.) The eovrnment. s'rik: l'a.l-j l'a.l-j erg wero busiiy eti?;iBei Jill i-iy n.;i rs'n.i !-I !-I in? their forces fnr a flhf to th finish. Robert WliMams, KenTnl wrpl.irv of the Transport Workers' union, xpr''.-"" '! f!.-opinion f!.-opinion that the "triple a!han " v.r.i;;-! 1." automatf' ally involve-, ami th" t r;i :r-" ' r service of the whole country wouil then be paralyzed. The government h-t h a !r early muv' t -1 1 000 mo 'or lorries for t ho t ran '-port r.f food, and i.i hy no mf-m ft tho r-nd f it- r'sourcH in th. dirttnn. t(U-r -f voluntary aid, it 1a offl !;ii!y w tared, m.. coming- from all over t'.e rountry. amounting- to a quar'er of a million. The first day of the Kinke rpsu!t'"l in the practical sup pension of the r.i 1 1 .;i y service every' h "re, cxf-pMiii; in Ir and. and, as a consequence, it f estimated fullv a million persons, are idle. nr!udiris' clerkR and attendants, an wi ;,h t hoM actually -n(cajred In opera tin if t rai ns. The National i'rdnn of I'.a il wa y m n nnd th" Amalgamat'-d So'iety of l.d.iiri'i'lv Kni? in"-rs and Firem'-n havo a comhined strength of half a million, and f-lnirn, with their re"erve of X 1.500. Vir(t to he able to pay eah striking rnr-mber Ll a v.--!; for thre veeks, before whl' h time they are confident they will win. The. mail deliveries In Tendon tr,,i-,v were very re.strirU d to letters P'-it' d In ondon, but the poff ma prep K'nera 1 U orKanlsslns; road tiannport for the mail, end expect h to have a fairly t'f1rw urrvl'-e In the next day or two, v.-hj-'h it h hoped to supplement with an air i--rv. Arraneementb have already .t--u made to transport the mails to iielKiurn and Holland Hol-land by a :rplan' H. To better cope with tra r.f-port difficulties, diffi-culties, the Sunday papers will be rdU'-e.l in pize and distribute'! by motor ar'i. The closing of Hvde park will be a p. c I al ha rd ! h i p for I t i d o n e j- , nn It h a t a larT rI;L'-o In Tendon )ie t)i;iN j..j,nilar parks In American rliier'. |