23 APRIL 1921, Page 2

After the climax of the cancellation there was something like

a pause, no event of importance being in prospect except the Conference of Miners' Delegates which will take place after we have gone to press. The long-range discussion between the parties by means of manifestoes and newspaper correspondence, however, went on, and this, in our opinion, has brought the two sides nearer together. On Monday the Times published a striking letter from Sir William Beveridge supporting the principle of some sort of pool of profits which would not involve a State subsidy.