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LONDON-April 5,

In the House of Commons when the coal debate was renewed Mr. Lloyd George intervened, announcing amid cheers the receipt of letters from the mine owners and miners' associations agreeing to resume negotia- tions The letter from the mine owners' president assumed that if the miners agreed to meet the owners they would have taken steps to ensure the collieries being kept free from water.

LONDON, April 5.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George announced that a bitch had occurred in the proposed resumption of negotiations as the Misers Federation had refused to instruct the pumpmen to resume work during the negotiations." Consequently it was impossible for negotiations to be

resumed unless this obstacle could be overcome..

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PREMIERS APPEAL

JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS.

His Honour, Mr. Justice H. H. J. Gompertz, the acting Chief Justice, gave judgment this morning in the Supreme Court in the suit brought against the Standard Oil Company by the crew of the ss. "Sequora." for wages alleged to be due and for a return passage to New York. They also claimed an account. The vessel shipped a crew in Hongkong on June 13, 1919 at the current local rates for wages. The agreement was to serve the ship on a voyage from Hongkong to any port or ports within the limits of 70 degrees north and 70 degrees south latitude, trad- ing in any rotation as might be re- quired, for a period not exceeding two years, final port of discharge to be Hongkong, with wages payable up to the date of arrival or discharge in Hongkong. On the arrival of the steamer at New York on August 30, 1919 the crew gradually deserted. Fresh men were engaged and on September 9 the plaintiffs were engaged at New York at New York rates, which were considerably higher than those current in Hongkong. Ia due course, the vessel left New York) and proceeded by way of Colombo, ¦ Calcutta, Rangoon, Port Arthur, Texas, to Hongkong. On arrival"in, the Colcay in March, 1910 the master claimed and he went with them to the-Har In spite of the hitch in the resumption of the coal negotiations hopes bour Office and tendered them the are expressed that it is still possible that the miners and owners can be brought wages due, but the plaintiffs refused together to-morrow. The opinion is expressed in parliamentary quarters to accept discharge or to receive pay. The amount of wages due that the condition as regards the safety of the mines is not unreasonable was paid into Court with a plea of and that the miners should be able to put themselves into the fine of public tender. opinion by conceding the return of the safety men.

Mr. Lloyd George appealed to the members, especially those who had inficenced the Miners' Federation to induce the Federation to reconsider their decision as regards the pumpen. It might be due to misunder standing. Naturally the pumpmen would resume on the old wages with out prejudice to the proposed negotiations which could not begin while the mines were being fooded as the discussions were bound to take some time. Many mines were seriously damaged already, and others were suffering damage. Officials were doing their best. but in some cases they were being obstructed. The Premier-urged that is was nothing derogatory for the Federation to give the pumpinen, the necessary instructions so that ultimately the mines would be available to the miners, the owners, and the nation

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discharge the plaintiffs THE GENERAL ELECTRIC Co. (of China). Ltd.

The plaintiffs' case was based Meanwhile the only hopeful feature of the situation is that Mr. Lloyd upon a letter given to the boarding George to-night asked the miners' executive to meet him to-morrow. Hence house master in New York through to-morrow promises to be the critical day. A

It is understood that the railwaymen have not committed themselves definitely to a strike and if negotiations can be reopened the Triple Alliance will doubtless suspend action.

SERIOUS INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

whom the plaintiffs were recruited

by the master of the "Sequója.” That letter ran as follows"I here

by agree to engage 22 med on board the British steamer "Sequoya" from the port of New York for a period not to exceed 18 months."

His Lordship in the "course of his judgment said:TM

LONDON, April 6... The seriousness of the industrial outlook impressed city men travell-

The voyage for which these plain- ing from the suburbs this morning when they found the train services much curtailed and later when they read in the evening papers accounts tiffs agree is clearly not the voyage in the Articles, which is stated to of further rioting and intimidation, especially in Scotland, also when they commence from Hongkong, whereas, discovered Kensington, Gardens had been transformed into an armed for these plaintiffs it is a voyage out camp occupied by four battalions of guards. Hence there was a sigh of from New York. Then there must be relief when it was announced that both the miners and the coal owners' a return to New York for discharge, or at any rate before discharge. The associations bad agreed to Mr. Lloyd George's proposal to renew negotia-words in the letter "from the part tions. This was discounted by the anxiously awaited decision of the of New York to the Orient--thence Triple Alliance which assembled after separate meetings of the transport to and fro" must mean that the workers and railwaymen, and Mr. Thomas in fact announced after, the plaintiffs were entitled to be carried to the Orient "thence to" or back meeting of the Alliance that the decisions how best to assist the miners to New York, and fro," back to the Orient. Even if the port of discharge had been deferred.

is Hongkong, New York must be again.visited before discharge takes place. The agreement has therefore

MINERS STANDPOINT.

Mr. Duncan, Graham, a member of the Federation, replied that they were not prepared nor had they got the power to withdraw particular been broken, and the plaintiffs ar instructions to the pampmen. The Government wanted the Federation to entitled to their weges for the full allow individuals to be employed to defeat the miners. A real status quo period of 18 months. In my opinion was all the miners going back. If the Premier offered that the letter of agreement and the articles must clearly be read to the Federation would consider it but they were not going together, but even if the letter-is have the advantages all on the one side. He would fight, read by itself I am unable to put and urge everybody to fight, as bitterly as possible, against any attempt to on the words "thence to and fro" force them back into the conditions of 1914 ultimately.

the construction contended for. Such

construction, it seems to me puts

Mr. Lloyd George did not believe that this refusal represented the final

greater force upon these words than determination of the Federation that while they were sitting at table to they can properly bear. A more discuss a national settlement of wages the mines were to be gradually nateral constraction is to take them destroyed. He again asked for the good offices of Mr. Clynes and others, as equivalent to the words "from He (Mr. Lloyd George) was prepared to meet the miners' executive and port to por" or between ports." The natural and ordinary meaning discuss the matter, but meanwhile there was nothing to discuss between the of the words is not that which Mr. owners and the miners,

The emergency regulations were adopted by 270 votes to 60.

HOPEFUL EXPECTATIONS,

LONDON, April 7.

Alabaster puts upon them. Nor is the construction that the plaintiffs were entitled to discharge in New York in

or the letter and the Articles read

A definite expectation now prevails that negotiations will be any way tenable, either on the letter, begun immediately. Several of the miners' leaders are known to be doubt together. Coming to the claim that ing the wisdom keeping out the sumpmen on account of the alienation of the plaintiffs had an agreement for public sympathy. Nevertheless they are unable to agree the men's return a minimuma period of 18 months, this because it is feared the miners in many cases will refuse to obey the is equally hopeless on any construc instructions and sacrifice their most potent weapon; but once negotiations tion of the letter, whether read in have been opened a conciliatory spirit will be demonstrated on all sides conjunction with or without the and, the leaders will be in a better position to call on their followers. articles. A misunderstanding there The finance committee of the Coal Association" is already preparing undoubtedly was,

and it a new scheme of wages based on the improvement of lower paid due, I

think, to the fact districts, also probably offering an all-round increase based on output. that the plaintiffs, from whatever New York messages show American manufacturers are seizing the cause had come to believe before opportunity to capture European markets. In consequence, of enquiries they went to the shipping office that from Scandinavia, Italy, and South Africa the coal market is stiffening. 18 months was the minimum period Coal freights are rising.

JOBLESS KING.

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The Hungarian premier, Earl Teleki, announced to parliament that the ex-emperor Karl left Steinamanger at 1055 that morning.

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and therefore paid ne attention to the other heads of the agreement, excepting of course the rate of inlary, But the vessel cannot be held respon sible for this, which was in no way the fault of the master or the seats. Judgment for the defendants with from date of payment into

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