HOPEFUL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1920, Page 5

HOPEFUL.

JBTRIKE MAY BE SETTLED. V ... #OTH SIDES SEEK PEACE, J&S-WAY TROUBLE DISAPPEARS, * - tf SeUjrapn.—Pwm Asm.—Copytilht. pUoefted Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 24.

She newspapers have a hopeful tone, pA th«y state there are brighter prosf<tots of a settlement of the strike. « £oth *lde» at the Downing Street conPemtiana showed an honesty of purpose and a real desire for peace. The outatandfcqg fact is that the miners executive authorised their leaders to continue the discussions with Mr. Lloyd George, and there ia hope of a formal conference feting arranged. To-day's discussion tended to remove the stumbling block. TJ» Dairy Chronicle states that even If aft agreement is reached another ballot of Ihe miners will be necessary, and S'uU not be completed for three or four ty». ft U vnUkely the railway strike threat )rilf be renewed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ABVTOE TO RAILWAYMEN, LEAVE 188 E3SUB TO THE MINERS. Received Oct 25, 5.5 p.m. I London, Oct. 24. SIVJ. H. Thomae, M.P. (the railwayftfea's leader), addressing a mass meeting of nUwaymen, said it would be tinjriao for wry section of labor to strike 1b radar to asskt the miners. He did not believe a strike of railwaymen would ±tSfi the miners' cause; the railwaymen ahonld not render the negotiations more ttficnlt. The whole labor movement .ijhonld concentrate to secure a honorpie settlement. ' !tta present difficulty, said Mr. (Thomas; waa to get the miners to guarihntaa a certain output, seeing they did inot control the mines or the machinery, tat ttey were prepared to assist the owners and the Government to increase {the output, and. they were entitled to th» concession they sought—t&us,-N.Z. WN»«*aii.

' OUTLOOK HOPEFUL. DOM W SUSPENSE. London, Oct. 24. Ta» ea& outlook is hopeful, in eonse* -ROM* of i reported decision that the government la not proceeding with the {emergency Defence of the Realm Act, ijrnicn 1$ Birtain to provoke considerVNe labor opposition owing to Its highly controversial provision's, under which the Jfconntry" could be placed under martial law at any time,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, Oct. 24.

• Ti4 Berlin correspondent of the Jourtial declare* that secret agents from Moscow are atirrag up the miners in the Ruhr Valley to strike in sympathy with the English miners. Unrest among the railwaymen ia increasing. Aus.-N.Z. CalMe Assn.

London, Oct. 24. The conference sat for two hours. The miners' leaders are reporting the result p! the discussion to the executive this afternoon. Mr. Lleyd George remains in town to receive any further representation's. The miners' executive has adjourned until to-morrow, when Mr. Lloyd George bad the miners' leaders will meet again. There has been considerable divergence among railwaymen regarding the threat t" strike and much opposition at some meetings. A mass meeting of railwayma at Holyhead unanimously adopted a resolution not to cease work. The informal character of to-day's conference at Downing Street is shown by the absence of an official shorthand writer. Those present, besides Mr. Lloyd George, include Sir Robert Eorne (Board of Trade), Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade), Mr. A. Duncan (Coal Controller), Mr. Bonar Law, and Messrs. Smillie and Hodges, and Mr. Herbert Smith (a Labor Department official). The •onference is in a hopeful mood—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE EMERGENCY BILL. POSTPONING THE MEASURE, Received Oct. 25, 8.35 p.m. London, Oct. 25. The newspapers make guarded comments on the coal situation, especially as both sides are pledged to secrecy regarding the latest proposals. In view of the more promising position it is expected thaV the Government will not proceed immediately with ■ the Emergency Bill, as it is certain to arouse controversy.