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A GOVERNMENT ADMISSION. WORSE THAN IN GERMANY. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 25, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, in reply to Earl AY interton, admitted that there was somewhat more unemployment in Britain than in Germany. AN AGITATOR CHECKED. AVILL THORNE BOUND OVER. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 25, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct." 24. AVill Thorne, member of the House of Commons, was charged at AVestminster Police Court with having, while addressing the unemployed in Trafalgar Square, incited a riot. The defendant denied the charge, and claimed that his speech was taken too literally. Still he leld it- was not a crime for a starving man to help himself to bread. Mr. Curtis Bennett ordered the defendant to- enter into sureties of good behaviour for a year, failing which he would be imprisoned for six months. 'Mr. Bennett remarked that if such incitements were allowed to go unchecked the lives and property of peaceful citizens would be placed in jeopardy. A stop must be put to assemblies for illegal or wrongful purposes.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2331, 26 October 1908, Page 5
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185THE BRITISH UNEPMLOYED Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2331, 26 October 1908, Page 5
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