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potential scabs. Thus the strike had become reality and further development was keenly awaited. There would be no more roll-calls. We lined up company by company in the alleys between the barracks to fetch food. We mustered from among ourselves policemen marked by white armbands who had to keep law and order. The German talent for organisation became immediately evident.
The Major was on leave and first had to be called back, and his deputy decided not to take any action in the meantime. The Major returned on Tuesday afternoon and at 7.30pm he ordered Volgen, M. Suhl, Taeufert, Wehendoerfer, Sturhan, Borck, Dettinger, Wehrs, Giese, Dr. Schwarz and me to this office. After letting us stew for a while in the anteroom, he
called us in and, in the presence of Capt. Griffith, declared the following:
With great effort he had finally secured agreement from Melbourne that principally the merchants, in particular