Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 8 September 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

READS LIKE ROMANCE. ALLIES' PEACE TERMS FROM YANKEELAND. I DRASTIC PROPOSALS ALLEGED. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.55 p.m.) Washington, September 7. An official who is in close touch with Allied sentiment states that the Ai- ' lies are discussing drastic peace, including : ! The cession of Heligoland to England ; i The neutralisation of the Kiel Canal; and The demolition of some of the strongest fortifications on the German frontier. The Allies believe that the military situation will constantly improve, and that peaoe will be dictated at Berlin after a triumphal march through 'Germany to Vienna. TRADE UNION CONGRESS. (Received 11.45 a.m.) London, September 7. At the Trade Union Congress, Mr Will Thorne said he believed that every man ought to be trained to defend his home. He believed in a general election six months' after the war, but if the wage-earners foolishly returned employers to make the laws, they would deserve all they got. :

THE WOMEN-WORKER'S PLACE

AFTER THE WAR.

Press Association—Copyright. Router's Telegrams (Received 11.45 a.m.)> . London, September 7. The Newcastle committee of the British Association reported that women workers/", of whom half a million had replaced men, learned quickly. TKcy were punctual, 1 and have long hours, and work well, but their success is not so great as to create a serious problem after the war.