TELEGR MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Athans.
Oct.
Tth.—Serious
fighting
has occurrad
bet
veen
Greek
and Turkish
Nationalists
troops
on thejAfiun Karahis-
sar
front in Asia Minor and
as
a result
the
Greeks have
forced
the
Nationalist
columns
to retreat,
says
an official
state-
ment
issued
here.
Turkish
regiments,
which
had been
reconstucted
and
rein-
torced,
established
themselves
upon
heights
to the cast
of the
railway
pass
@
ing
through
Afiun Karahissar
and
it
became
necessary
for
the
Greeks
to
launch
an offensive against
these
posi-
tions.
The
6th
Turkish
Division
was
completely
defeated
and
fled
from
the
field, beiug pursued
by the Greeks.
The
losses
of
the
Turke
are
declared
to
be
very
serious.
Upon
one section
of
the
front 100 bodies
were counted
and there
was
a
large quantity
of
war
materials
left when
the
Turks
were
compelled
to
retreat.
The
Greek
losses
are
said
to
have
been
urrail.
Further
north,
near
Wshishehr
there
has
been
infantry
and
artillery
fighting along
the flank
of
the
Greek forces.
Constantinople,
Oct. 7th.—The
sublim.e
porte
is
not
likely
w 0 take
action
with
regard
to mediation
between e
Turk-
ish Nationalis.s
and
the Grdeks
but
will
leave
the
Angora
Govi.
the
entire
re-
sponsibility.
The
Nationalists
declare
that
mediation
will be
successful
when
the \ast soldier
has
left Anatolia.
;. ondon,
Oet.
7:h.—A
Retter
cable
from
Nairobi, capital of Kenya,
Crown
Colony, says
that Major General Sir
Ed-
war iNorthey, Governor of Keny a,who has
just
returned
from England,
has
lost
no
time
in making
anL attempt
to settle
the
politicai
differences
between
ILuropeans
and Indians
in the Colony,
which is even
mor€
active
than in
South
Africa.
. He
interviewed
the leading
Indians
yester-
day
and
gave them
details of
proposals
for
a
settlement
of
the
problem.
The
{ndians
promised
to
maintain
secrecy
ragarding
the
Governor’s
communica-
tion,
but
they
state
that
the
proposals
are unacceptable.
Sir
Edward
Northey
will
interview
the
KEuropean
leaders
today.
London,
Oect.
6th.—A
Reuter
cable
from
Melbourne
quotes
Dbr.
Hughes,
speaking
in
the
Australian
House of Re-
presentatives,
to
the
effect
that
when
Germany
pays
hev
war reparation
debt,
Austraha’s
share
will
be
one
and a
quar-
ter billion gold marks.
Ottawa,
Oct.
Tth.— Tuesday
Decem-
ber 6th
was officially announced
this af-
ternoon
as
voting
day
for
the
goneral
elections.
Nominations
will
be
made
on November
22nd, parliament
is
being
summoned
to
meet
on January
17¢th. Sir
James
3Lougheed
acting
head
of
the
Govt. madefthe
announcement
in the
ab-
sence
of the Premier.
iLondon, Oct.
7Tth.—The
vital
quastion
of unemployinent
\‘Q?as
considered
today
by
a
joint
conferenee
of
the
general
SE
RO
X
Aviw
council of the trades
union
congress,
la-
bonr
party executives
and
labour
mem-
bers
of parliament
during
a
two
hour
session,
in
answer
to
a
request
from
Mr. L1 .yd George.
The
labonrites replied
that they would
appoint
a
committee
to
meet
the Prime Minister earlv next
week
to confer regarding
measures
for dealing
with what is
described
as
‘'‘the
present
national emergency.’””
t'ho
cabinet
aiso
discuss
* 1 the question.at
this alternoon’s
session
in an
endeavour
(o
put
forward
a plar which
is
yet
in
Its early
stages.
The-
iabourit~s
reply
to
Mr.
Liloyd
George,
said
"'a commiitee
would
be
ap-
pointed
to
expia'n
our
proposals
and
examine
any
made
by
the
Government
but
as
nembers
of any
joint committee
including
financiers
and
cmployers,
as
su.wested
by you,
nor
ean
our
represen-
tatives
befiield responsible
ror the
poley
ultimaiely adopted by
the
Government.”
Mr. iloyd
George
replied
1n the
after-
noon
that
he
wouid
be
glad
to
meet
the
committee
earty
next
week.
The
conference
then
decided
to
wend
a
fur-
ther
iotier
to
the
Prime
Minister
whieh
ex pressed
surprise
that
he had
failed to
ariange
an
immediate
meeting
The
letter
¢nnciuded,
‘‘Our
representatrives
have
been
appo nted
on
the
assumption
that
vou
probably
would
wish
to
meet
them
today
and
the
conterence
reas
sembled
this ai ternoon
in that belief.”
London,
Oct.
Tth.
-Efforts to save
10,
10,000,000
Russians
tfrom
starvation
will
fail
unless
5,000,000
pounds
is
raised
before
Christmas,
declared
Dr. Fridtjof,
Nansen,
in
an
interview
with the Daily
Herald.”
London,
Oct.
Tth.
-A
hint
that
Mr,
Lloyd
George
way yet be able
to attend
the
roribeoming
confersnce
on the
limi-
tation
of
armaments
and
far-eastern
guestions
in
Washington
was
made
in a
semi
official
statement
to the
press
(o-
night.
1t was pointed
out
that the
pres-
ent
oosition
is
t
at the
Prime
Minister
has
otified the
United
States
Govern-
ment
of his inability to atiend,
but
tnis
is
not
necessarily
his
last
word.
It is
generally
regarded
that
he
United
States
(overnment
is
anxious for him to
altend
and it is understood
that consider-
able
influence
is being
brought
to
bear
upon
him to induce2 reconsideration
of
Lis decisiop.
This
pressure¢
was particu-
larly marked
during Mr. Lloyd George's
atay
at «airloch and it is understood
that
he
will ask
support
at
today’s
cabinet
meeting from
his ministerial
colleagues.
It was stated
that
it is extremely
proba-
bie
that the Prime
Minister will be
pre-
vailed
upon
tc
go
to
Washington,
if
developments
in
other
districts
make
it
at all possible.
At the moment,
how-
ever,
his refusal
holds
good and in
the
meantime
the British
delegates
have
not
been
selected.
1t
is
understood
thut
they
will
not
be
appointed
until
next
week,
at
the
earliest.
Mr.
Lloyd
George
left
this
evening
for
Chequers
Cvurt,
his country
home.
He
is expected
to
return
to
Londen
on Surcey.
Crly
information
vouchsafed
1o {the
public
concerning
todays
cabinet
meeting
was
the
appoinment
of
the
Goverrments
delegates
to
the
coilerence
with
the
Irish leaders
here
nexi Tuescey
aitbcugh
it
was
understccd
tke
discussicn
en-
braced
both
the
Irish _ard Washington
conferences.
The
Sinn Frip plenipcten-
tiaries
accompanied
by
Desmcnd
Fiiz-
gerald and
four
tyypists,
will
lea.e
Lub-
lin tomorrow
morning,
it was announced
here
tonight,
and
they will be given ac
commodation
at
Chelsea
while attending
the conference.
It was reported
thet the
final informal conversations
were held
in
the
Mansion
House
at Dublin today
be-
tween
Eamon
De Valera,
the Irish
lead-
er,
members
of the Dail
Caltinet and the
plenipotentiaries.
It
is
unaerstood
the
Jrish
delegates
will
maintain
constant
commun:cation
with
the
Dublin
head-
quarters
during
the conference.
’HE PUBLIC THE REAL. EMPLOYER
There
are
several
misconception
of
the question
which
appear
persistentiy
in
every
day
discussion.
One
is
the
common
assumptiop
that
wages
are
an
issue
between
employers
and employees,
with
nobody
else
involved.
Os
course
the
public
is
the
real
paymaster,
and
in the last annalysis
the
public
is
com-
posed
chietiy
of the
wage-earners
them
selves.
Whatever
they
do
to the
pub-
lic they
do
to
themselves.
‘The employ-
er is simply
an
intermediary
who plays
a useful pari by
organizing industry
and
undertaking
to
pay
a
fixed
wage,
but
unless
he gets full
reimbursement
from
the public he
is
soon
out of business.
Another
common
mistake
1s
rthat
which
lays
ali
emphasis
upon
morey
wages.
The
value nf
money
is
lln
what
it will buy.
The
standard
of
living is
pot
fixed
in
the
wage
scale;
it
consists
of
a
certain
standard
of
comtfort,
cer-
tain supplies
of
consumable
goods
The
real
compe:sation
of
the
worker
ior
his
own
labor
comes
in
the
produeis
and services
of others.
While prices
were
advancing
the
la-
bor
leaders
were
quick
to
claimi
that
money
was
nothing
but
a
medium
oi
exchange
ard
did
not
represent
their
reai
compensation.
They
psisted
upon
wage
increases
to
compensate
for
loss
of purchasing
power,
a. d got
them.
Now
the
situation
is
reve.sed.
The
farmer is ip the
same
situation
that
they
were
then.
His
purchasing
pover
has
fallen off, and
his
standard
ol
living ias
been
lowered.
The
lzbor
leaders
are
not
fighting to defend
their
own
siand-
ard of living, but to raise
it permanently
at the expense
2f the farimer.
[hat
may
not
be their
deliberate
intention,
but
it
is
the effect of what
they
are irying
o
do.
Moreover,
the
full
effect
is
nor
even
beneficial
even
to the
wage
ea'n-
ers,
for it disrupts
the
exchanges
and
paralyzes
industry.—American
Paper.