4 SEPTEMBER 1920, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE threat of a general holding up of industry—for a Coal strike would mean nothing less—still hangs over the country when we go to press on Thursday. We summarize below the......

If The Nation Allows Itself To Be Dictated To In

this instance oy self-appointed rulers instead of by its constitutional repre- sentatives, it will have to bow again and again to the same authority. Sir Robert Home, who is......

On Thursday Morning The Miners' Delegates Met And Decided To

give notice of a strike from September 25th. But the " Triple Alliance," which had met again on Wed- nesday, carefully abstained from promising its active support to Mr.......

The Bolsheviks On Thursday Week Agreed To The Demand Of

the British and Italian Governments that Poland should not be asked to arm a large militia of " workers," constituting a " Red " or Communist army controlled from Moscow. In......

It Is To Be Noted Also That The Yorkshire Miners

are in no mood for violent measures. They decided by a narrow majority of 2,551 for a strike, but the figures-58,530 for, and 55,979 against—speak for themselves. Their leader,......

The Miners' Federation Announced On Tuesday The Result Of...

ballot of the miners - on the question of a strike. It appeared that 606,782 miners voted for a strike and 239,865 voted against rt. The two-thirds majority required by the......

The Miners' Federation On Tuesday Formally Asked Its...

the " Triple Alliance " for approval and support. The railwaymen's and the transport workers' executives with equal formality agreed that Mr. Smillie's demands were " both......

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