18 SEPTEMBER 1920, page 2

The French And Italian Premiers Met At Aix-les-bains On...

and announced on Monday that they were in entire agreement on Allied policy, except as regards the Russian problem. Signor Giolitti concurred in the French demand for the......

The Significance Of The Figures Published By The Mines...

ment was hotly disputed by the Miners' Federation, which natur- ally prefers its own guesses at truth to the truth itself. But the revelation of the fact that the coal " surplus......

The Trade Union Congress On Thursday Week Decided By A

large majority to replace the Parliamentary Committee of sixteen by a General Council of thirty members. Mr. Clynes pointed out that the General Council would not give the trade......

Fighting Continues Along The Polish Frontier. The Poles...

took Kovel, with 3,000 prisoners and 36 guns. The Bolsheviks, according to their friends in Berlin, are about to resume the offensive. The Polish peace delegates have, however,......

At The Congress On Saturday The Figures Were Announced Of

the elections to the Parliamentary Committee. Mr. J. H. Thomas was at the head of the poll by a great majority. It was significant that Mr. Smillie was only sixth on the list......

The Labour Party Executive Announced On Tuesday That It Had

refused the application of the newly formed Communist Party for affiliation, on the ground that " the declared objects of the Communist Party do not appear to be in accord "......

The Prime Minister, In A Letter Published On Wednesday,...

Sir Robert Home's statement as to the necessity of controlling the price of coal until the export price approximated more closely to the domestic price. At the same time the......

In An Interview In The Daily Express Of Monday, Mr.

Appleton said that his assailants were members of a group which had worked for years to crush the General Federation. " They are for revolution. That is because they have not......

The Strikes In The Italian Metal Industry Have Taken A

curious form. Instead of leaving the factories because the employers could not pay the higher wages demanded, the workmen have barricaded themselves in the factories and made a......

A Court Of Inquiry Appointed By The Ministry Of Labour

began on Tuesday to investigate the dispute in the engineering trades, arising out of an electricians' strike at Penistone. The strike was called owing to the refusal of Messrs.......

The Discussion On Friday Week At The Trade Union Congress

was remarkable for a determined attack upon Mr. Appleton, the very able Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions. At the end of the debate the Congress decided no......

As The Miners' Federation Bases Its Whole Case On The

assumption that the coal industry will have a " surplus " of £66,000,000 for the year ending with May next, it is well to note that the " surplus" for the quarter ending on June......