Show STARVING PEOPLE OF ARE thousands of women march through streets to lay their grievance before premier balfour london the desperate condition of the poor ot london was brought to the notice of premier balfour on monday by a remarkable deputation of the wives and other women rela alvea ot the unemployed who did aota hesitate to tell the premier unless something Is speedily done to lessen euf ferng there will be bloodshed dont forget that hungry men are desperate men said one of the speak ers who all had the same tale to tell of husbands out of work and starving wives and children the pinched faces and tattered clothing of the women some of them having babies in their arms bore eloquent testimony of the truth of their complaints enormous crowds of women from ell parts of london marched through the streets headed by a deputation h mr balfour received at the of flee of the local government board the marseillaise was heard as the procession advanced perhaps the first time it was ever heard under such circumstances in the streets of london only thirty of the women were ad in the presence of mr balbour the premier was very sympathetic he acknowledged that the evil was very real but he had little to suggest in the way of alleviation except an expression of hope that public charity would come to the aid of the anem aloyed he deprecated the socialistic suggestion that industries should be started at the national expense tor the benefit of the unemployed as cil to destroy the springs of en and energy of the nation |