18 JANUARY 1919, page 3

The Miners' Federation On Wednesday Decided To Press For A

six-hours day, meaning by that a working day of eight hours from the time when the miner descends the shaft to the time when he emerges from it again. The Federation expecte the......

It Is Unfortunate That The Word " Indemnity " Should

have been given so many meanings lately. What the Prime Minister is really demanding, and what we believe him to be right in demanding, is that Germany should make full......

The Luxemburg Chamber Last Saturday Decided That The...

whose pro.German sympathies were painfully evident throughout the war, must abdicate. The Grand Duchess Adelaide accordingly renounced the throne, to which her sister, 'Princess......

It-is Announced That British Troops Have Occupied...

order to remove the Turkish Army and to maintain peace between the Georgians, Armenians, and Tatars. The Baku oilfields are under our control, the Caspian is patrolled by the......

The Paris Socialist Journal L'huntanite Published On...

confidential despatch, in which M. Pichon rejected a British proposal that the Bolsheviks and the local Russian Governments should be allowed to send delegates to the Peace......

There Was An Outbreak Of The Bolshevik Plague Last Week

in Buenos Aires, interrupting for the -moment the export trade in grain-and meat, which is of-vital importance to the Allied coun- tries. A general strike was declared, and for......

The Socialist Government In Berlin Has Put Down The...

rising, which began last Monday week. It realized at last that it must either conquer or perish, and summoned up courage enough to employ the troops, who made abort work of the......

The Situation In Russia Is Still Confused. The Bolsheviks...

to be losing ground in the North and East, where the victory of the Siberians at Penn has encouraged the orderly elements. On the other hand, they are invading Poland and the......

It Was- Stated Officially On Wednesday That 8,390...

463,993 men had been demobilized or discharged from the Army ht the two months following the armistice. In the last three days of the period 68,000 men had been released. It was......

When All Has Been Said, However, Though We Do Not

doubt the intention of the writers, we admit that the wording of the whole paragraph is lamentably ambiguous. The words " by land, by sea, and from the air" are in themselves a......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6i Per Cent.

Apri15, 1017.......