17 JANUARY 1931, page 2

The Cotton Dispute The Ministry Of Labour Has Fulfilled...

by intervening in the cotton dispute. It has sent represen- tatives to mediate in Lancashire, and there is not much doubt when we write that there will be a joint meeting. It......

The Miners Maint A Ined That The New Conciliation Board,...

their understanding of the basis of discussion, should merely determine the amount of any reduction in wages which might result from the reduction of working time by two hours a......

The Vicissitudes In The Conference Are So Rapid—there Are...

alternations of confidence and doubt—that it is impossible for those who are normally optimistic, as we are not ashamed to be, to say more than that the main achievements of the......

The Claims Of Burma There Is A Danger That The

difficulties of the Round- Table Conference may cause the claims of Burma to be overlooked. We see no reason, now that the principle of separation from India is recognized, why......

The Times Of Wednesday Published A Letter From Messrs. B.

S. Moonje, M. R. Jayakar and S. B. Tambe, proposing that the communal tangle should be settled by arbitration. They suggested as arbitrators the Prime Minister, Lord Sankey, Mr.......

The Coal Crisis There Was, After All, No Sudden Settlement

of the Welsh coal strike last week in spite of the general confidence. The negotiations at Cardiff broke down on Friday, January 9th, on the interpretation of the terms accepted......

Australian Finance Mr. Scullin, Shortly After His Return...

was faced by what seemed to be an ultimatum from the extremists in his Party who demand an inflationist policy. It was said that at a meeting of the extremists in Sydney Mr.......

Spending And Saving In A Wireless Talk This Week Mr.

Maynard Keynes ad- vised everybody to break the present deadlock in trade by rushing to the shops and spending money freely when prices are notoriously low. Every five shillings......