11 SEPTEMBER 1920, page 2

Since The Miners' Federation Issued Its Ultimatum To The...

on Thursday week we have had daily statements and counter-statements from the opposing sides, as we had during the war. President Wilson's advocacy of " open cove- nants openly......

On Wednesday The Congress Was Permitted By Its Leaders To

approach the coal question but not to discuss it. Mr. Hodges was given an opportunity of stating the miners' case, which be did very ably from his own point of view, and then......

The Political Strike Threatened By The Miners' Federation...

no means the only dispute which is checking the revival of industry and the reduction of the cost of living. The engin- eering trades are again threatened with unemployment......

The Dispute In The Printing Trade Is Also Serious And

shows no signs of ending. It arose out of the refusal of the Liverpool and Manchester branches of the Typographical Association to accept the national scale of increased wages......

Mr. Balfour Last Week Acknowledged The Withdrawal Of The...

demand for a Polish " workers' militia " in a courteous and incisive Note. He told M. Tchitcherin that he was evidently jesting when he said that the establishment of this......

Sir Robert Horne On Saturday Last Elaborated His Proposal...

the miners' claim for wages should be referred to the Industrial Court. He was ready to add some coal-owners and miners' representatives to the Court under the permanent......

Mr. Hodges, Who Is Mr. Smillie's Chief Lieutenant In His

revolutionary campaign, indicated on Tuesday that the Miners' Federation would like to know what Sir Robert Horne meant by his suggestions. Mr. Hodges' note was truculent in......

The Miners' Federation On Friday Week Also Presented Its...

to the journalists, through Mr. Hodges, who argued that a reduction of 14s. 2d. in the price of " domestic " coal would lessen the cost of living. The rise of 14s. 2d. in May......

The Poles And The Bolsheviks Have Agreed To Transfer The

peace negotiations from Minsk to Riga. The chief Polish delegate will probably be the Polish Socialist leader, M. Daszinsky, whose existence the British Socialists apparently......

The Polish Army Pursuing The Routed Bolsheviks Towards...

found a new enemy last week in the Lithuanians, who attacked them and occupied the Polish towns of Suvalki and Augustovo. The Allies had asked the Poles to stop at the " Curzon......