Show s T ll T ION II v vL L S NOT NOTABLY A l Y But S Leaders Pro Proa Proclaim claim War Yar VI ar to the lilt Hilt Rumors Afloat I I Paris March arch 20 The government tonight Issued a reassuring reas statement concerning tho strike lu in which the I situation was saul said to bo he notably I many man of or the strikers especial especially ly I tho the telephone girls 1115 returning to work The Tho strike sUIko leaders on the other hand were loudly proclaiming war to the tho hilt and anti thoro are disquieting ru rumors rumors rumors mors of railroad and other cooperative Live tive strikes Tho The belief prevails that there will willbe willbe willbe be Important developments over Sun Sunday day through the time elimination of M r Sim Siman Simyan jan yan an under secretary of or posts J and tel telegraphs i whose presence has been time I chief chLof obstacle to a n settlement It Is openly Intimated led that the government I having secured tho the Indorsement of oC the tho chamber of deputies Is not anxious longer to shoulder Secretary unpopularity Disclosure in connection with strike indicate that the tho abuses s nul fa Ca favoritism charged havo ha 0 been beon largely due to the thc fact that politics have had much to do with the administration of I the posts and aud telegraph system At Al a late Into hour tonight the situation was wn practically stationary but there thero was a growing impression that tho the first of tho tue week would see tho the return of many of ot the older In re response response to the circulation ot of a semi semiofficial semIofficial semiofficial official Intimation that Under Secre Secretary Secretary tary tar SImyan an would resign and that the government would undertake a serious segious consideration of oC the grievances t of the time men lU n Bj By B the return of the old older er em it Ills Is hoped to break tho the p backbone of the strike Somo Some evidence of the lie growing list listlessness is Js found in the fact that practically no strikers responded to a call cil c for two tire big meetings this evening Nevertheless the tho strike committee still maintained that the movement was strong throughout the lie I and anti had even made notable progress in inthe InI inthe I the valley vailey allo of the Rhone I It t |