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FAIRBAIRN Universal Staff Corr Correspondent Special Cable Dispatch LONDON April 9 9 On On sea as well ell ellI I 1 as on land Great Britain stripped for action today to meet the menace menace of ofa ofa I a general labor upheaval I Practically every even warship and dej destroyer destroyer de- de j of or the home fleet has has' had j steam up since early yesterday I I morning and during the fateful hours of or of last night when Premier Lloyd I George appealed to the nation to defend defend de- de I fend itself against industrial revolution revolution I I tion the admiralty lords at Whitehall with regularity dispatched the fleet units to every port in th the United Kingdom 1 I Unostentatiously the warships and destroyers slipped upstream into the main Welsh ports such as Cardiff Swansea Tenby Pembroke Fishguard FishI Fish- Fish I I guard Cardigan Newport Carnavon and I land and KIdwelly I and dropped anchor to toI await orders I SECRECY OBSERVED Throughout the da day Universal Service SerI Service Ser Ser- vice is informed these war vessels I have been busy transporting naval units and their volunteers police volunteers volunteers volunteers vol vol- as well as military from fromI strategic centers to the the ports nearest nearest nearest near near- est the mining areas where the strikers strikers strikers I i ers are truculent The utmost secrecy se- se crecy was observed in order not to I I give the laborites an opportunity to i j jact act before the crown forces were on I the scene to protect property While the British cabinet has given I I II orders to all government departments not to transmit I any information regarding re regarding re- re garding troops and naval movements I to the newspapers reports coming in hourly from the disturbed areas show I II that the pits and collieries are being taken over by the volunteer pump- pump men who are adequately protected by police and soldiers Machine gun units are also under orders FORCE IS LARGE The government refuses to divulge the numbers of military already in I Wales Vales and other areas but It is believed believed be- be the total is more than full fully equipped soldiers Two battalions battalions battal battal- ions left Hyde Park London this this' morning mornin for an unknown destina destina- tion lion They immediately were replaced re replaced re- re placed by cavalry units Naval units mostly stokers and engineers engineers en- en boarded special trains running out of English ports and all traveled I under sealed orders Despite all precautions so far taken take by the government that the largest and most productive pits pits' In valley will be utterly destroyed destroyed de- de by midnight unless pumping begins immediately which is unlikely owing owing- to the dangerous attitude of the striking miners Volunteer naval pump- pump i ers i ers aro are being rushed to the scene in t I tan Ian an attempt to save sae the situation as the entire valley Is being undermined by the water JIN I IN SCOTLAND Scotland also is receiving I the attention of the war office on ac account account account ac- ac count of or the communistic behavior of 1 the strikers The government claims to have evidence that the miners' miners locals locals lo- lo I cals there are affiliated with the third of Moscow and are also financed by the Russians Riots aready al already al- al ready are occurring occurring- and more are expected expected ex- ex over the week end The Clyde generally a trouble center center center cen- cen ter 1 is unusually quiet for the present MANY I MANY VOLUNTEERS The result of the governments government's call 1 to local citizens to come to Its aid has 4 exceeded all expectations according to the war office and nd other government departments The territorial drill h halls j In London and throughout the country were swamped by applicants and the United Kingdom had a defense force numbering tens of before midday I Volunteers representing all classes of 1 the military from third class privates 1 to generals already have been en enrolled The numbers came so fast during the day dav that the attestation blanks s were exhausted the recruits later in the day contenting themselves with registering their v willingness to serve LIKE WAR DAYS I This reminds me of ot 1914 a former officer said to Universal Service at the gates of the war office this afternoon where scores were waiting waiting- for signIng signing sign sign- ing up Twenty four battalions of men men are are being recruited in London the men enrolling en enrolling en- en rolling giving up their whole time and being paid the same as the the- regular I troops Air officers also responded in large numbers to King Georges George's appeal to theair theair the theair air forces to man the airships and aeroplanes for emergency ency food mailand mail mailand mailand and ammunition transport Germany must be compelled to acknowledge acknowledge acknowledge ack ack- lull full moral responsibility forthe forthe for forthe the war and pay reparations to the utmost ut utmost utmost ut- ut most limit of her capacity would be added to the resolution That Is our request We put it before before before be be- fore the American senate and before the tho American people MANILA P. P I r April 9 The n.-The The transport trans trans- transport transport port Warren has been ordered to proceed p pro pro- o- o from China to Naga Naga- ski Japan to bring the Wood Forbes 1 mission direct to Manila from the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- 1 nese port By leaving the liner Wenatchee Wenatchee chee e at the Japanese port the party will arrive at Manila five days earlier than the Wenatchee which will stop at Shanghai it is expected the party part will arrive arriva here May I 1 |