Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 53, 6 June 1916, Page 7

Great Britain

SOUTH WALES MINING DISPUTE. United Press Associat.on s London, June 4. The Morning Post says there is an unprecedented situation in S'outh Wales. ; The men have demanded an advance of'fifteen, per cent., and the owners have asked for a reduction of seven and a half per cent. /Mr Knnciman sent Sir G. Askwith, who suggested that the coal owners should give fifteen per cent, without prejudice. Owners protested against the Government’s violation of its own agreement in June and July of 1915, and object to . any advance without inquiry into the, ] facts. If the Government makes a con- ' cession, it must accept the responsibility. The Government’s decision amounts to a forced settlement over the coal-owners’ heads. CONDUCT OF THE WAR. London, June !. In the House of Commons, Mr Asquith, in moving a three weeks’ adjournment, said the recess was urgently needed in order to free Ministers from attendance at the House of Commons, thus enabling them to prosecute their more important and urgent war duties. 1