21 JUNE 1919, Page 3

The Duke of Northumberland, speaking at the Junior Con- stitutional

Club on Thursday week, said that the only schemes of nationalization now before the country aimed at the over. throw of all existing forms of government. The programme of the Miners' Federation, ptiblished last January, was accom- panied by most violent threats against the Government and the community, He pointed out that in November, 1918, Mr. Smillie started the Workers' and Soldiers' • Councils. The diners at the Reunion of Rebels Dinner received from Mr. Smillie the following message ; " I am- speaking to the men at Blackburn for the purpose of urging them utterly to refuse to recognize the Coalition Government and at once to form a Soviet Workers' Government."