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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1917, Page 5

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4 RAILWAYMEN'S CRISIS. ! NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF. Australian Cable Association. Received Sept. 2, 11.55 p.m. London, Sept. 2. The executive of the Locomotieve Engineers' Society have broken off negotiations with the Railway Executive. Representatives of the railwaymen state it i« not known what will happen nest. A crisis has arisen, possibly of far-reach-ing effect. The parties are seeking an- : other interview with Sir Albert Stanley, . president of the Board of Trade. , STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE DECISION OF TRADES UNIONISTS. Received Sept. 2, 55 p.m. London, Sept. 1. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress decided that the conference at Stockholm cannot be successful at present. They recommend that the first step should be to secure a general agreement among' the workers of the Allied nations, and then an international congress would be of great service. MR. GERARD'S MEMOIRS. GERMANY'S DEAF EAR. London, Aug. 31. In to-day's instalment of his memoirs, Mr. Gerard, late American Ambassador in Berlin, returns to thp anxious week prior to the ...tlaration of war. He relates now everything pointed to Germany'* fixed determination to make war. Finally, when Mr. Gerard saw practically no hope, he addressed, on July 30, a last despairing appeal to Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, which was probably unprecedented in the annals of diplomacy. The appeal, made by letter, was: ''ls there nothing my country can do, nothing'l can do, towards stopping this dreadful war. lam sore the 'President will approve any act of mine looking towards peace." Mr. Gerard add 3 simply: "To this letter 1 never had a reply. War was declared on Russia the nest day."