Allied powers.
“‘Nothingcould
be gained
and much
cau be losi by dragging
the
con-
troversy into
the Parliamentary
arena’’,
he
said.
At
anoither
point during
this
afternoon’s
proceedings
Mr.
Lloyd
(;eorge said
amidst
cheers,
‘‘l am
per-
fectly
certain
that
the
last
thing
the
people of this
comuntry
desire
is
any
mis-
understanding
with
the
‘people
of
the
United States
and
anything
which
will
conduce
to or provoke a
discussion
which
might
lead
to
that
misunderstanding
is deprecatedby everyone.’’
London,
April 15th.—Determined
ef-
forts
are
being
made
to reopen
the
ne-
gotiations between
the miners
and
mine-
owaers
for
a
settlement
of
the
coal
strike.
A ldeputation
from the Commons
visited
Mr.
Lloyd
George
about
mid-
night
after
Mr.
Ho
ge¢s,
Secretary
of
the Miners
Uunion
had
2ddressed
mem-
bers of the house
and explained
the
min-
ers’ points.
I'he mine
owners
have
also
decided
to invite
the
miners’
leaders
to
.continue
the
discussion.
Mr.
Williams,
President
of the Mining Association,
an-
neunced
at
a
late
hour
that
the
mine
owners
would extend
another
invitatiun
‘to the
representatives
of
the miners
to
deliberate
beth
nationally
and
in
the
various
districts
with
the object of
as-
certaining what
was
{easible
to
improve
the lot of
the
lower
paid
miners,
'The
owners
then
again
visited
Downing
Street,
in response
to
a
summons
from
the Prime
Minister.
New
hopes
of a
re-
sumption
of
the
negotiations
therefore
have
arisen
through
this
offer
of the
mine
owners
.0
get
the miners’
leaders
around
a
new
conference
table.
London,April 15th. —(Special Bulletin)
The
deputation
of
members
of
the
H usecf
Commons
left
the
Prime
Min-
ister’s
residence
at
12.50
o’clock
this
morning.
They
declined
to
talk,
but
many
of
them
were
reported
to have
displayed
‘‘an obvious air of relief.”’
London,
Apri
losth.
Nr.- Lloyd
George
announced
1n
the
House
of
Commons
this afternoon
that
the miners
had refused
to
reopen
negotiations
for a
settlement
of
their
strike,
and read
a
letter from the Miners Federation
stating
that the only condition
on
which
a
tem-
porary
settlement
could
be
reached
was
sne
which
must
follow
a concessionof
the
two.
principles
of
a
national
wage
board
and
a .national
pool.
The Premier
said
that
wpon the question
of a national
scttlement
of
wages
the
Govt.
already
had expressed
a
favourable
opinion,
but
oo
the
question
of
a national
pool it re
garded
such
a 00l
as
injuricus
to the
whole
country,
because
it involved the
establishment
of control.
The
Govern-
ment
declined
to
accept
this.
An-
nouncement
that
the
railwaymen’s
strike, set for 10
o’clock, had
been
caii-
ce.led
wes made
shortly before
“4 o’clock
.
.
by
Mr.
Thomas.
No
explana-
tion
was
immediately
available
of
the
railwaymen’s
action,
but it was_ihought
iln
some
quarters
that
it might
indi-
s
1. UL VS
cate
a split in
the
Triple Aihance.
lhe
transport
worker’s
strike
also
has
been
calied
off,
Mr.
Thomas
announced.
As
far as
the railwaymen
and
the transport
workers
are
concerned,
the
strike
is
canceiled, he
sald.
The
reports
that
Mr.
Hodges
had
resigned
as
General
Secretary
of the
miners
federation
were
reiterated
in
reliable
quarters
late
this
afternoon.
It
was
said
he
had
relin-
quished
his
ofice
because
of opposition
to
his
statement
before
the
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
last
night,
in
which
he
favoureda
temporary
ad-
Jjustmentof
wages.
The
miners
claim
that
Secretary
Hodges
conceded
too
much
in offering to
discuss
the guestion
of
wages
without
raising
immediately
the
issue
of
a
national
pool, while the
railwaymen
a
d
transport
workers
de-
clare
the proposition is
reas
n:hle.
London, April 15th.—In
ti v -elec-
tion
at
Bedford,
where
Mr.
~ilaway
is
seeking
re-election
on
his
p:: uotion
to the
Postmaster
Generalship,
it Is
ex-
pected
that the ordinary citizen will take
the opportunity
to show
what
he thinks
of the present
industrial
disputes,
and of
the
attitude
of
the
Govt.
in respect
to
the crisis.
Curiously
enough,
the
new
Postmaster
General
has
as
his opponent
the assistant
secretary
of the postal
wor-
kers union,
Mr Riley,
one
of
the
moder-
ates
in
the
labour
movements.
Mr Ri-
ley’s chief eriticism
of
the Govt.
appears
to be that it has
neglected
to provide the
Ministry of Labouar
with ar equipment
of
experts,
that
would
a'sure
the
settle-
ments
of disputes
between
capitaland
la-
bour,
without
recourse
to
strikes
or lock-
outs.
Mr. Kellaway
avers
that the min-
ers’ troubles
have had
the
effect of rally
ing
to
his
side
many
who
otherwise
would have
abstained
from voting.
Havana, April 15th.—Senor
Capablan-
ca,
the Cuban expert,
won the
11th
game
in
the Internntional
chess
mateh
after
midnight,
when
Dr.
Lasker,
the German
master,
resigned.
Dr. Lasker
failed
to
make
his
48th
move
This
is
the
third
game
wvhich has
been
won by
the
Cuban
player.
Dr. Lasker
has
as yet failed
to
win
a victory.
EKight
of
the
games
of
the
match
have resulted
in
draws.
The
time
of play
for
the
Ilth
game
= as,
Capablanca
and
Lasker
3 hours.
London,
April 15th.
—~When
the
Triple
Alliance
reassembled
this
morning
it
soon
became
evident
that
the
offer
of
Mr.
Hodges
last
night fora reopening
of
the negotiations
between
the
miners
and
the owners
had
not the
solid support
of
the
miners’ executive
bhody.
At -the
same
time,
the
invitation
of Mr.
Lloyd
George
to the miners’ executive
to
meet
the
owners
arouad
what
was hoped
to
prove
to be
a peace
table,
was
pressing
for a reply.
Mr Ilhomas,
general
Secre-
tary of the railwaymen’s
union and other
moderate
leaders
nressed
the mincrs
to
accept
Mr.
Lloyd George’s
offer.
The
argument
conti .ued
until well
after
11
o’clock, the
time set by
the Prinse
Minis-
ter
for the
miners
to
meet
the
owners
when
Mr.
Lloyd
George,
the
Cabinet
Ministers
and
the
owners,
who
had
gathered
to meet
the miners,
despaired
of
the
latter
appearing
:nd dispersed.
Meanwhile,
under
pressure
of the
con-
flicting judgments,
the executive officials
of
the
miners
and
those
of
thejr
part-
ners
in the triple alliance
withdrew,
and
went
to their hegdquarters
to take
pri-
vate
counsel.
They
had
not
been
in
conference
more than half
an hour when
unexpectedly
a deputation
from the rajl-
waymen
and transport
workers
executiye
bodies arrived.
Then
a
final appeal
was
made
bv
Mr.
Thomas
and
the
others,
who
considered
that Mr. Ho
ges’ offer to
the Commons ought
to be used
as
2 basis
of
a
new attempt
during
a settiement,
and
that
Mr. Lloyd George’s
invitation
should
be
accepted.
This last try,” how-
ever,
was
futile,
in
fact
the
majority
of
the
miners’
executive
officials were
obdurate
in
their stand
for pooling
and
national wage concessions.
The executive
officials of the railwaymen
and
transport
workers returned
to headquarters
of
the
Nationai
Union
of
Railwaymen
and
awaited
the Prime
Minister’s announce-
ment
of his receipt
of the
miners’
nega-
tive
reply,
before announcing
their
de-
cision
regarding
iofficial
sympathetic
strikes.
This decision
was
reached
only
after
a debate
which
developed
into an
acrimonious
wrangle,
the high words
of
which
could
be
heard
by the newspaper
correspondents
out in the hall,
London, April 16th —A conference
be
tween
delegates
of the miners federation
and representatives
from ail coal districts
®in
the
United
Kingdom,
at
which
the
coal strike situation
will
be
considered,
was today
fixed
for
next
Friday
April
22nd.
In the
mean ime work will no:
be
resumed
in any of the coal fields affected
by the
miners
strike,
London, April 15th.
Driving snow, that
alternated
with sunshine,
today added
to
the misery ®f many
families
whose fuel
supplies
have
run iow
since
the coal
mi-
ners
strike
two
weeks
ago.
The
King
gave
25
tons
of coal
out of
his own bins
this morning
to
the
poor people of Wind-
sor.
Washington,
April 15th.—The
House
late tcday
passed
t
e Young
emergency
tariff and anti-dump
bill.
The
voie
was
269 to
112
Washington,
April
16th. —Receipt
of
$25,000,000
f:om
the British
Government
as
the
first
instalment
on
the
debt
of
$122,000,000
for silver purchased
during
the
war,
was
reported
to
the, treasury
today by
the Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
New York.
Paymeant
~vas
made throuch
J.
P. Morgan and Company,
fiscal agent,
Os
the
amount
paid
today,
$18.000.000)
represents
a
reduction
of
the
principal
and 7,000,000
imervest
from
April
15th.
1919
The next instalment
falls
due
on
May 15th.,
when
$12,000.000
in
princi-
pal and
$5,000,000
of
interest
becomes
payable.