The London Labour Party, whose policy of stirring up strife
has naturally tended to produce unemployment, organized a procession of unemployed men from the East End to Whitehall on Monday, and sent the Labour Mayors, headed by Mr. Lansbury, to wait upon the Prime Minister. Many members of the procession were no doubt genuine applicants for work ; a number of them were ex-Service men who have been debarred from obtaining employment by the selfish tactics of the unions, especially in the building trades. But the procession was accompanied by many hooligans and alien criminals who took the opportunity of starting a riot in Whitehall, under the lead of a man with a red flag. They stoned the police, broke windows and stole some luggage from the hall of a club. A section of the mob drifted into the Strand and looted a jeweller's shop- windows. The police, however, quickly cleared the streets and arrested some of the ringleaders. It is obvious that this riot was planned, and the promoters of it were doubtless well paid by the Bolsheviks, who have large funds in London.
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