The Committee of the Social Democratic Federation have yielded, as
they say, to force,—though they kindly admit that the police and soldiers, without whose protection they would be thrown into the river by conservative factions, are not their " enemies." They have abandoned their threat of accompanying the Lord Mayor's procession, and now only pro- pose to interrupt it by calling a mass meeting for the 9th inst. in Trafalgar Square. As any other day would do for the meeting, as the wealthy whom they desire to impress are not in town in November, and as the Lord Mayor's Show must skirt Trafalgar Square, the summons can only be intended to make mischief. The precautions, therefore, already organised must be continued, and Sir Charles Warren has accordingly forbidden the march of any procession, or the assemblage of any body of persons, within the Metropolitan district upon that day. These regulations will be strictly enforced, and it is obvious that they have the full approval not only of the Home Secretary, who is directly responsible, but of the whole Government ; for Lord Salisbury, while expressing his deep pity for the unemployed, and his willingness to study any method of relief, has declined, after their correspondence with the City Police, to receive a deputation from the Socialist Federation.
