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COAL STRIKE.
UGLY SITUATION DEVELOPING IN SCOT
MINERS URGE MASS ACTION."
LORD CURZON FEÅRS ACUTE CLASS WARED
LONDON, April 5. While no further incidents in England and Wales hate, been reported, an ugly situation is developing in Scotland. Pipers headed bands of miners at Leren and Benhar (near Shotts) who demanded that the furnaces be immediately extinguished. A police guard at Benhar was overpowered after a fight in which four policemen and several loyal, employers were injured After
the miners burned Eve hayricks that and smashed machinery. They left 25 ponies to drown underground. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION.
A mysterious explosion occurred in the Shettleston colliery near Glasgow after the manager and overman had descended to examine the machinery. The manager was killed and the overman stavely injured.
Reinforcements of police were sent to the pite in Lanarkshire and the Lothians in response to urgent requests for help. The electric power station) at Lochgelly in Fife was cut off and the water supply in a number of Fife! villages failed. Owing to stoppage of the pumps all volunteers have been compelled to withdraw in the Fast Fife collieries. Intimidation: of the pumpmen threatens the Glamorgan, Cambrian, and naval collieries in Wales with disaster.
"FRONTAL ATTACK BY CAPITALISM.”
LONDON, April 5.
Half a million members of 35 ions are, represented at the delegate conference of the Transport Workers' Federation at Westminster to-day presided over by Mr. Gosling to consider action in connection with the crisis. The delegates assembling handed the "rank and file" a manifesto from the miners declaring inter alie: You are faced to-day with the greatest crisis in the history of the British working classes. A million miners have been locked out by the mine-owners aided and abetted by the Government. It will be your tam next. Every sailor, fireman, steward, and cook is faced with a reduction of 90s, a mos ndenat ́eren Lord Shaw's dockers' award will be sacred. We mines chok for definite and decisive action now, for sooner or later you will be compelled to act in self-detener. Why not join your comrades of the mines and meet a frostal attack by the capitalists by mass action of the workers? The lockout of the miners is the first battle. Your place is in the firing line."
The conference adjourned until to-morrow without reaching a decision.
OPPOSITION TO DRASTIC ACTION.
LATER
The prospects of seeking unanimity at to-morrow's resumed conference of the transport workers are believed to be remote.
It was learned to-night that opposition to drastic action is becoming stronger. Kensington Gardens have been closed to the public. During the railway strike a part of Hyde Park adjacent to Kensington Gardens was used as a great milk distributing depot and apparently preparations are being made to establish a similar depot.
TRANSPORT WORKERS' CONFERENCE SENSATION.
LONDON, April 5.
The country is eagerly awaiting to-night's debate in the House of "Commons with the hope that suggestions with a view to peace may emerge from it. There is a growing opinion in support of the proposal that an extended period of state control of the mines would prove the way out of the difficulty. Lord Derby, addressing the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to-day, urged that state control be continued another month.
There is no development of the reported opening of informal peace negotiations between the Government and the miners' leaders. The attitude of the latter and the Triple Alliance is criticised not merely by Mr. Bromley but by Mr. Havelock- Wilson, who caused a sensation at the transport workers' conference (which was private), by a speech denouncing the miners' demand for a subsidy and declaring that seamen were not making a fuss about the reductions with which they were threatened and had not asked the Triple Alliance for help. The speech was received with expressions of disapproval by many delegates but made a considerable impression, Representatives of the stevedores at the conference were notably opposed
to strike action.
LIVELY DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.
Today's closing rate 2:4, 5/8 To-day's opening rate 2/4 5/8
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Subject to the approval of His Majesty the King. His Excellency' the Governor has appointed Mr. A. G Stephen to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council in the place of. Mr. John Johnstone who has re- signed.
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MOTORIST INJURES CHILD.
CAINE ROAD ACCIDENT.
The small girl. reported to have been killed through being knocked down by motor car No. 228 is Caine Roid yesterday afternoon, while seri- ously injured, is happily in no denger of losing ker-life. She was repoved to the Government Civil Hospital where she is progressing as rapidly as can be expected towards recovery. It is thought her injuries will not be permanent.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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BRITAIN'S_LABOUR_CRISIS
Losnos. Apríl-s Encouraged by Mr. Lloyd George's statement that the Government is anxious to investigate every prospect of a solution of the cost dispute, CET- 'tain transporters and prominent poli- tical labourites: notably Messrs. Clynes and Henderson, are advancing suggestions of a pacific character, principally or an extension of the period of control. These, Lowever, can only succeed in staving of _* Triple Alliance strike for a day or two if negotiations are not speedily re- opened. The unions connected with the shipping trade Yesterday an nounced their readiness to stop ship- ping in the event of the Alliance deciding in favour of a general cessa-
1, tion.
FRENCH MINE DISASTER.
NIMES, April 5th. Fourteen micers were killed and 10 were injured by an explosion of fire damp in the Larbousset pit of the Trelis coal- mines. It is feared that there are other bodies in the debris.
MR. ESMONDE ARRESTED,
VANCOUVER, April 5th. Mr. Esmonde has been arrested by order of the Mayor and charged with addressing an Irish meeting, after he had promised to proceed direct to England. -
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WAR IN ASIA MINOR.
Azura, April 5th. No communiques have been issued for three days.
The newspapers publish telegrams from Smyrna, which are attributed to a reapon- sible source, saying that the Greek attack on Eskichear was merely a ruse to divert the Turks attention from the Greek occupation of the railway at Añon Kara hissar by which Turkish re-inforcements from Cilicia were isolated from Angola. They claim that this was completely
LONDON, April 5, The coal debate in the House of Commons opened with Mr. Austen Chamberlain moving a humble address to the King thanking him for his gracious message that he had declared the existence of a state of emergency, successful,
Commdr. Kenworthy and a few Labour members wanted to challenge a division is this connection but the motion was passed without debate and without division,
After communications between Brussa and Angora were eat, the Greeks retired to their original positions with prisoners and booty,
AMERICA AND WORLD POLITICS.
WASHINGTON, April 5th.
Sir Robert Horne, speaking on the motion as regards emergency powers, emphasised the seriousness of the coal stoppage which had exting aished the first flicker of reviving trade. Nobody could say when that
It is understood that M. Viviani was in- flicker would be relighted. There were shouts of dissent from the Labour formed, at the dinner given in his honour members and counter cheers from the Ministerialists. When Sir Robert at which a number of Senators, includ Horne continued he asserted that the last coal strike had robbed us of many Relations Committee of the Senate, were ing, most of the members of the Foreign markets and dwelt on the American coal invasion of Europe which the present, that the Harding Administra present crisis threatened to aggravate.
STRIKE OR LOCKOUT?.
tion intended to terminate the state of war with Germany by a Congressional resolution, and did not contemplate
Sir Robert Horne fervently hoped that the discussion would be calm entrance of the United States into the League of Nations, but the United and thus create a spirit conducive to settlement. The fact was that the states would take no action in any way slump in coal prices had falsified the anticipations of six months ago and helpful to Germany, especially in regard to reparations and fulfilling, Germany's the situation must be met.
other peace obligations Dealing with Labour interruptions to the effect that there was a lock- It is stated that Senator Knox's resolu
peace with Germany introduced Into the Bepato, as Yorkshire and other pits showed an increase, not a decrease in wages.soon as Congress is convened,
WASHINGTON, April 5th (Ministerial cheerc). Su Robert Horne asked if the Labour members, con "In a note handed to Mr. Dresd, the tended that the South Yorkshire miners had been locked out (Labour crles of yes and Ministerial laughter.) Sir Robert Horne said that he was content to leare the matter there. He did not propose to discuss the fair ness of the rates, in particu districts because the Miners. Federation refused to discuss rates with the own (Continued
out not a strike, Sir Rorbert Horne pointed out that notices posted in South ton for a
will be
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IInited States High Commissioner in Berlin, on March 23rd, Herr von Simons declared that an internationl loan, in favour of which the Allies may waive, mortgages on Gorman wealth and sourrés of revenue, constituted, the only possible solution of the problem of Germany's rehabilitation.
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