10 MAY 1926
The Earl of Balfour, writing in the British Gazette, describes the general strike as an attempted revolution.
Mr Baldwin, in a broadcast message, said he did his utmost to secure agreement upon the basis of the Commission’s Report, and he should continue his efforts to see that in any settlement justice was done both to the miners and to the owners. The Government’s position was that the general strike must be called off absolutely and without reserve. The mining dispute could then be settled.
Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., speaking at Hammersmith, said that, in spite of all that had been said and of all that would be said, he urged both sides to keep the door open.
A legal correspondent draws attention to the position of power, gas, and water workers under the Conspiracy Law, pointing out the criminal responsibility they incur in cases where desertion from their employment endangers the public security.
Lt.-Cdr. Byrd, the U.S. airman, started on his North Polar flight. After fifteen and a half hours’ absence he regained King’s Bay, and stated that he had reached the Pole.
In a collision with Royalists on the occasion of the Jeanne d’Arc fête in Paris 118 policemen were injured. Two of them had to be taken to hospital. Of 221 demonstrators arrested 31 were detained in custody.