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Show oo SERIOUS STRIKE INENGUSHWORKS London, March 28, G:37 p. m. Dr. ChrlBtopher Addison, parliamentary under-secretary for munitions, revealed reveal-ed to the house of commons today a grave condition of strike promotion and what he described as a deliberate, organized policy of holding up munitions muni-tions of -war, which, in the opinion of Sir Edward Carson, who followed him in the debate, might justify the men involved being charged with high treason for assisting the king's enemies. en-emies. James Henry Thomas, labor member mem-ber of parliament for Derby, and assistant as-sistant general secretary of the Amalgamated Amal-gamated Society for Railway service, also spoke, demanding as a responsible respon-sible trades-union leader that the men should be put on trial. The announcement by Dr. Addison which brought out these opinions was' that six leaders of a body calling itself it-self tho Clyde Workers committee which had been attempting to foment strikes among munition workers on the Clyde had been removed from tho district by the military authorities. In making tho announcement Dr. Addi-' Addi-' son said that the committee had in particular attempted to stop work In the factories where large guns were being made and in five cases had succeeded. suc-ceeded. The strikes bore no returns to industrial conditions, ho said, and were denounced by trades-union leaders. lead-ers. The object of the committee, he explained, was to compel the govern-ment govern-ment to repeal the munitions of war and military service acts and to withdraw with-draw all limitations upon increases to pay, strikes and freedom of action without government control. Dr. Addison explained further that the trouble arose on March 17, In ono case, 1,000 men having been brought out and from that time on a series of strikes had occurred under a systematic system-atic plan. Finally, the minister had requested the military authorities to remove the delinquents under the defense de-fense of the realm act. The government, Dr. Addison added, add-ed, had the support of a majority of munition workers, and he was confident confi-dent that it might rely on the support sup-port of parliament and the nation, if It became necessary to put into force the full powers of the executive to maintain the production of munitions toytbo full extent. |