17 SEPTEMBER 1921, page 2

The Trade Union Congress At Cardiff On Thursday,...

adopted a resolution in favour of disarmament, after a heated interchange of personalities between some Com- munist delegates—one of them a boilermaker—and Mr. J. H. Thomas.......

The Morning Post Of Monday Published A Copy Of A

notice which is being sent by Sinn Feiners to shopkeepers in Ireland. The paper is headed " Belfast Trade Boycott." The Sinn Fein Committee informs the recipient that he has......

Meanwhile The Committee Appointed By The Allied Govern....

consider means of helping Russia has met with an insolent rebuff from the Bolshevik despots. The committee naturally felt that, before proposing an Allied loan to Russia, it......

The Assembly Of The League Of Nations, Which Began Its

second session at Geneva on September 6th, devoted several days to .a general debate on the report of the Council. Mr. Balfour on Saturday last and M. Bourgeois on Monday felt......

The Efforts Of The German Government To Induce Bavaria To

modify its encouragement of the reactionary elements led, on Monday, to the resignation of the Bavarian Premier, Herr von Kahr. The majority in the Bavarian Landtag, apparently,......

M. Doumer, The French Minister Of Finance, Came To London

at the end of last week to discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the refusal of the French Government to ratify the provisional agreement for the distribution among the......

The Troubles In The Burgenland, The District Of Western...

which was assigned to Austria by the Treaty of the Trianon, have not ended as we hoped. In the last week of August the Southern Slays evacuated the district of Baranya, which......

Dr. Nansen, Addressing The Assembly Of The League Of Nations

at Geneva on Friday, September 9th, pleaded eloquently for the famine-stricken Russian peasantry. Russia, he said, needed to import at least 2,000,000 tons of corn, and a sum of......

In The Closing Session Of The Congress On Saturday It

was found that the election of the new General Council had been vitiated by a mistake on the part of the scrutineers. " Labour " is assured that it " can govern," but it does......

The Dispute In The Mersey Shipyards, Where The...

to strike, is typical of the attitude of some trade unionists to labour-saving inventions. Some years ago an oxy- acetylene lamp was introduced for welding damaged ship's plates......