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ANOTHER BALLOT.

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LONDON, October 1 The miners' delegate conference has decided to postpone the strike for a fortnight with a view to taking another ballot 'on the mine owners* proposals.

WEEKLY OUTPUT STATISTICS.

LONDON, October.1.

Weekly statistics on the coal output of the United Kingdom this year to August issued today by the Board of Trade show that on no fever than 24 occasions did the weekly output exceed the amount necessary to produce a yearly tonnage of 252,000,000 tons, the datum line suggested by the coal owners. The highes. weekly output was 4,989,666 tons on April 24.

THREE DOGS AND A BONE..

LONDON, October 1. The conference between the miners, owners and the Government opened this morning with a remark by Mr. Smillie to Mr. Lloyd George that the scene was almost like three dogs quarrelling over a bone with a bit of flesh on it, and it would seem as if the two best fed dogs were combin ing against the unfortunate dog that requires, the meat most.

Mr-Hodges then recapitulated the miners' arguments for the datum line which they submitted. He pointed out that the starting point of difierence between the miners and owners was that the miners were asking for a 2s. advance now and from July 4, on the basis of the September output.

The Premier, who followed. said, that he could see any <divance upon the original position taken by the rainers executive, and the position Mr. Hodge's took up was not very promising. Referring to Mr. Smillie's reference to dogs the Premier remarked that there was another dog whoop, the Government" represented and that was the general public, who would get very little meat and hardly any bone if a struggle occurred." Mr. Lloyd George then went on to appeal to the two parties to come to closer grips with the figures on which they differed. He suggested that it was impossite for a large assembly to discuss figures and he therefore proposed the appointment of a small joint committee to explore the matter..

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The mine owners and miners agreed and a committee of eight was then formed.

ANOTHER FAILURE.

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BOLSHEVIK THREATS AGAINST

INDIA.

LONDON, October 1st. The Times, in a wader. points out, as regards the recurring Bolshevik threats res go to learn the int elements of mili againų, India," that their leader, who bave tary topography, will find it difficult to arometalarm in Great Britain on the score of Soviet aspirations in Asis. The developments of modern warfare. with the auge transport involved made the invasion of India from the north-we impossible, without the aid of eficient railways, and tales the Indian defence collapse intern although numerically strong, would not be ally. Farthermore, the Basherik armies, willing to engage in hard fighting. Conse quently, the British are unperturbed abou the repeated anzquzwownij about Kure- palkin being appointed generalissimo in Central Asia. It took the Reds two years- to capture Bokhara, with the aid of a railway, but they will now find confronting | them a route southward over desolate and waterless waste without railways. The Bolsheviks, mover, have committed the Fully

overthrowing practically, an in- this, rally alrnate the dignus. But dependent Musulmu State, and have,

both in Great Britain and in Asia, the Reds"

eds" potent weapon is propaganda allied to weret bribery.

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The ladian toverepent halegin pre ventive measures, and made the possession of Bobhevik mnery illegal. In this con nection, the indian netboriti have shown ahore shrewda and foresight than Down

Street.

BOLSHEVIKS IN BRITAIN,

Loston, Betodes ist. The Fury as it has transpired that the Bobhreist subsidy to the Daily Herald is anly one section of the Soviet propaganda. Funds altogether acorting to £100,000 of Russian money have been spent, la Great Britain since January 1st.

Bolshevik agents are now appristine special district agent, throughout the others with salaries of 6 to 10 a work to convert the Trade Unions and distribal, will milliong of copies of Red leañas, while in the Mid- lands Bolshevik imprompe earers are cropping up ni peblia houses everythere

After the merung of the joint negotiating committee the coal con-exting the blewings of Sovietism.

ference re-assembled..

Mr. Evan Williams, on behalf of the qwners, announced that they had failed to find any ground on which the could join in a recommendation to the Prime Minister. The owners found themselves against the same dificulty they had had at the beginning; namely, the immediate advance of 2s, daily. The owners were exceedingly anions that the increase of wages should be given as early as possible, but said that it must be an increase justified by a clear indication of an increase in output actualy materialising. The owners firmly believed that they could achieve results far more effectively by making the increase in wages condi tional

· προ evidence of an increase in output than by making the increase in wages à preliminary to an increase in output.

Mr.

HOW THE COUNTRY SUFFERS. Lloyd George remarked that he

did not know what the Goverment could usefully say after the experts of both sides had failed to come to an agreement. The Government was con- cerned for the whole

more con- ! cerned for the general public. The Premier pointed out that the deprecia- tion of the sovereign was largely due to the fact that until we make

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industry. but naturally

imports and exports balance we are not in the same position we. otherwise would have been in the trading markets of the world. The cost of food was attributable largely to the fact that we had not been able to keep exports up to pre-war figures. No settlement of the coal conference's would give greater satisfaction to the general public than one based an increased output. The Premier asked the Miners Federation to pursue the path of peace at the delegate meeting.

WHAT THE OWNERS OFFËR, ...

Mr. Smilie said that he did not think it was of any use meeting the mine owners agzin, and" the executive would go to the delegates' conference and report on the position. The conference then broke up.

LONDON, October 2

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The boards bore legend protesting. vigorously against profieering and the Boisberik extremists.

The Times declares that the procession everywhere adriyed its purpose and enlist ed much sympathy,

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POLAND'S WARS..

LONDON, October 1st. The latent Polish victor has again absolute-fax. The last phase of the war brought the military situation in state of closed after the Beds were fung back behind the Bug and pressed out of the triangle be the Vistols and German East Prus

zin.

M. Trastry, considering that he was! not beaten, concentrated 30,000 troops, including reserves from Petrograd and two divisions from Biberia, in the triangle, Grodno-Lida-Vilno, covered by, a curtain of Lithussian troops. Simultaneously, General Budenay's cavalry advanced towards Lem After the Poles had dissolved the er, they struck towards Grodno by one! sure, of Grodno and Rosto, the fanking from the north-east. With the

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The postponement of the strike is until October 16. The miners will vote on the owners new proposals on October 11 and 12 and the con- ference will consider the results on Oct. 14. The owners' new proposals provide for the shifting of the datur line to 240,000,000 tons for Is. daily increase io wages, 244,000,000 tons for is. 6d. and 248,000,000 determined to wipe out the Reds'

tons for a2s increase

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of the Summer and ro-establish the Berezina Dnieper line held in last Spring If. Vilno fails, the Polish

occupation of Minsk may expected. Anyway, at

at least for the pre. i sent, Bolshevik resistance appears once more to have collapsed..

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WARSAW, October 14, A communiqué states: We have complete ∙ly routed the enemy is the Lida, region, and are continuing the pursuit. eastwards, throstering the enemy with encirclement, An ire division capitulated after the missaries who were attempting to force them soldiers had assassinated the People's Com-] to resist.

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LONDON, October, L Britain has lodged with the League of Nations for entry in 2 gigantic register the sixteen international agreements she has concluded since the ratification of peace. The agreements include the engagements of the Empire as a whole" and specific agreements of South Africa, India, and

Lompos, October 1st. Canada, covering widely diferent subjects. Lord Curzon intimated to the that the Poles have captured Slonim and The Times Warsaw Correspondent says. League that all future international engagements concluded by Britain Pinsk. The Reds are rapidly retreating in would be submitted in the same way. Other governmente submitted the direction of Molodetchno, Theo treaties, Pers with engaging frankness not only filing those contracted of Pinst is most important. - It was # bril- since her entry into the League but all binding agreements regardless of the whole Headquarters Staff of the Fourth liant affair.. The caught, practically, date.

Red Army.

LONDON, September 30th. Big Polish successes are chronicled in a Polish communiqué September 29th! which states that the Poles, pursking the enemy, captured Lids, with 12,000. prisones! and 50 guns. They also routed the Fourth Bolshevist Army in the direction of Pink, saking 5,000 prisoners and they occupied the railway junction of Hay.

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