News From England

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 5

News From England

MINERS STILL OBSTINATE. A STORMY MEETING. SOME MEN RESUME. Tin- men in South Wales desire the <;ovcrnmciit promptly to fix coal price* to prevent them being exploited. It is expected they will resume work afer the week-end holiday, because of the pressure of the leaders, who will confer with the Board of Trade to-day. The cessation of work in South Wales is general, and upwards of 120.1100 men are idle. The enforcement of the .Munitions Act has stiffened their resistance. Received July 16, .1.1 p.m. London, July 1.1. Mr. Runeiman meets the miners' leaders in London to-morrow. .Mr. Aston, secretary of tlie British Miners' Federation, stated that the Cnorninent alone could settle the d;.-pu-"e. He believed that work would be fuLy resumed on Monday. j A conference of mining delegates at j Cardiff to-day, on it show of hands, de-1 cided by ISO to 113 not to accept the I recommendation of the Council to return to work. A card vote was demanded. Rumor states that stormy scene, occurred at a conference of the 'South Wales Federation. The' meeting v;apraetieally unanimous in advising a return to work during negotiations, but the minority created something like pandemonium. His opponents shouted "Down with Standon," when lie said. *i »m a Britisher nil the time, and won't advocate a stoppage." Received July Hi, .!..! p.m. London, July l-">. _ Portion of the<miners in the western district of South Wales will resume tomorrow. C<INFERENCE POSTPONES. Received July 10, 7.">0 p.m. j London, July ll»The Government has postponed tlie national conference of the mining industry called for July 21.

A DISLOYAL BODY. "THE WORLD AGAIXST THEM." Received .1 illv 111, 8.15 p.m. London, July 111 At Tonypanby. the centre of the colliery agitation, tin- men apparently he.licve that if the price of eoal is not "fixed immediately the proprietors of the collieries will make Mich profits that tliey will be able to close down the pit* for an indefinite period lifter the war and make their own terms with the men. The owners are keeping up steam at the collieries in the expectation of an early resumption. Mr. Jicn, Da vies and members of the South Wales Executive, who were interviewed, said: "We are going to fight the law of the nation and the definite resolutions of our own executive. We "shall have the whole world against Hi, except Germany, Austria, and Turkey.'' Personally, he regretted the decision to strike, but the miners did not reali.-e the full facts.

WOMEN FOR MCNITION WORKS

Received July 1", ILL") p.m. Ivondon, Julv lb. A proce-sion of fifty thousand women, mcliidiu-.' many society ladies, will march tbr'-ugb London on Saturday, demanding tae right to serve the State Mini make munitions. .Mr. Lloyd Ceoi-v,-will addre-s the demonstration on the Embankment. ADVICE TO THE MEN. Received July 111. 1M.:!!> p.m. London. Jul. lb. Mr. I'ritchard Morgan, addres-iiiJ a meeting at Merthyr. advocated the min<ers taking posse—ion of the mire- and working them lor the nation. AN APPEAL FOR I'NITY. 'Received July 17. l."> a.m. London. Julv 1". 'An appeal for unity, and urging the countrv to support the Government, to enable' the war to be energetically pursued, has been issued by Sir Oliver \.„<h<: and has been signed by many cleric-, bn-ine-s men. educationi-t-. and Jileniti'iir-. MUNITIONS TRIT-CNAL. Loudon. July It',. Mr Lined George lias appointed Mr. Robert Wallace as chairman. Mr. Gnt■filh, Thomas representative of the cmnlover.-. and Mr. Tom Griffiths r.-pn-seiitative of the workers, as asse-or-i»oii the "eneral munitions tribunal lot Wales.

OFFICIAL REPORTS. LACK OF KKANKNKSS ct.N'DJ'MN'KO. lieceived .Inly Hi. "hid p.m. bimlon. July in. \ correspondent of the Manchester Ciiiir.lit'ii writes tlisit one of the principal a--et- of tile war was our power to tell tin- ;-,net truth from day to day about the militiirv operations, ThU Asset lm- I>™» ,;,,r !" i,n ri 'l > ." n> ; when allowance is made for occasional exasperation of victories and liite.ligeiit anticipation of events, are <pute as reliable as ou* own. It is n«es<ar,v to

make this clear, for we, several times, made much of inaccuracies of German reports of military operations. An impartial American opinion ranks tlie truthfulness of the Herman reports of land operations above our own. To many 'Englishmen the hick of frankness in the official reports is the mo.-t discouraging thing of the war.

TUI-: COTTON DUTICCLTY. Received July lii, 7.;!0 p.m. Luiulon, July lu. The -Marquess of Crewe, in the House of Lords, said that so far as could •oc ascertained naval measures to prevent '. eotton reaching Germany had been sue- : eesslul. No one could suppose that lirr" j der international law or the most eki mentary rules of lair play it was posI sible to institute a blockade of neutral j countries. The Government had, there- : fore, adopted a policy -which, though novel, was rendered necessary by thel changed cond ; tk»is of maritime warfare. The Government had to consider friendly relations with America, and placing eotton on the contraband list would alarm the southern States without conI fen-ins; any benefit on England. ThereI 'fore, unless there were paramount miliI tary reason*, the Government was averse to any unfriendly action. AUSTRALIANS FIND DISCIPLINE i TRYING. London. July l.">. Australian wounded in English military hospitals complain of the rigid discipline and restrictions. The Commonwealth is trying to concentrate the wounded in Australian hospitals in a few districts, instead of being scattered throughout Britain. REGISTRATION RILL INTENSION. London, July l."i. hi the House of Lords, Lord l.ansdowne, in reply to a ipie-tion, sa;d the extension of the Registration Bill to the oversea dominions obviou-dv must be locally decided. If the dominions thought fit to follow, the Government would be -very pleased. A SPY EXEC ITED. Received July lfi, .">..") p.m. London, Julv 13. Rosenthal, a spy who was sentenced to death, was executed this morning.