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Whether The Chief Constables Were Wise To Act On The

powers vested in them is, of course, open to question. In general our feeling is that the expectation of incitement to violence should be based on exceedingly strong evidence......

The General Council Of The Trade Union Congress Is (ring

what it can. It is applying pressure to Mr. Cook. Tuesday its members were received by the Prime nister, and on Wednesday - they summoned Mr. Cook to London. A meeting with the......

In The House Of 'cominons On Monday There Was A

vain attempt to convict the Home Secretary of trying to suppress freedom of speech. Mr. Cook, Mr. Herbert Smith and other of the miners' leaders had been prohibited from......

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The Prime Minister's Speech On Monday Should Be Read In

conjunction with certain things said by Lord Birkenhead and Mr. Churchill. Lord Birkenhead declared in the House of Lords that the very fact that both owners and miners had been......

News Of The Week

LTHOUGH the coal dispute is still at a deadlock, and when we write there is rio official movement o end it, there are stirrings and foelers. Opinion is eing tested ; kites are......

Obviously The Government Would Quickly Have Some- Thing...

if only they were given a real opportunity instead of, as in the past, some vague, halting, or half- hearted suggestion that offered no hope of an agreement " inside the......