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Show I lIIll4j ARE NOT LOYAL . Overwhelming Majority of Paris Operators Report for Work ; Paris, March 15. The general strike of the telegraph, telophone and postal j employes of tho state, voted with so much enthusiasm last night. Is not j turning out today to be anything ft-1 ; fc-ctlve, and unleps there should come j come sudden change for the worse, it promises to bo of uhort duration. The overwhelming majority of the day shifts in all branches of tho service reported for duty this morning. Hun-; I dreds of men, who were present at I the meetings last night, apparently had j concluded, after sleeping over tho mat-1 mat-1 tor, that they would not run the risk , ot losing permanent employment. Nevertheless, the various societies arc more or less crippled or demoralized demoral-ized today. Tho main defections occurred oc-curred in the telegraph and railway i mail services. At tho central telegraph tele-graph office, most of the operators sat behind their keys with crossed arms. on the pretence that their Instruments Instru-ments were out of order. The telephone tele-phone system appears to be working normally, but the deliveries of mall occurred with some delay. The government gov-ernment shows no signs of yielding. On the contrary'. M. Slmyan, undersecretary under-secretary of posts and telegraphs, announced an-nounced today that such a revolution on the part of the servants of the state, cannot bo tolerated. Every oth-clal oth-clal refusing to work or disobeying the regulations, will be Bummanly suspended and dismissed without the usual appearance beforo a court of discipline. dis-cipline. There is reason to believe that the cabinet, at its meeting today, will temporarily forbid further meetings or postal employes, on the ground that such gatherings endanger the public service. Two branch postoffices were not opened today on account of lack of: men. Heavy detachments of police and municipal guards occupy the railroad stations to prevent possible attempts at Interference. This afternoon, it was apparent that the strike was extending rapidly. Tho mail trains are inadequately equipped, and In some cases they had to be abandoned. It was official!) admitted that telegraphic communication with Vienna, Geneva, Frankfort, Berlin, ' Marseilles and Milan was interrupted, ! and that there was great delay with i London. Letters and telegrams from the j provinces arc not being delivered, and arc piling up, but foreign communication, communica-tion, with the exception of London, is ( almost normal. I The measures" proposed by M. Slmyan Slm-yan have been unanimously approved by the cabinet j The leaders of the strike movement have called a number of meetings to . further the spirit of resistance. |