Excerpt from The Social Unrest: Its Cause and SolutionIts cause and solutio N introduction IN the autumn OF 1910 there com menced a series of strikes which were so widespread and stirred the minds of the working Classes so deeply that people began to talk of a general labour unrest. Real terror crept into the hearts of large sec tions of the public and loud clamour for displays of police and military force was made, the deep gulf of Opposition between class and class was revealed in all its menace and repulsiveness, the antagonistic feel ing of the well-to-do classes was Openly displayed in the leading newspapers both by bitterly unfair com ment and by misleading news, on several occasions, particularly during the short railway strike, we were on the brink of civil war, the ordinary work of Parlia ment was suspended again and again for the purpose of considering the industrial strife that was raging outside, legislation embodying new principles was passed hastily.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.