| Show ENGLAND GLAD GERMANY HAS LEAGUE SEA SEAT I 1 i Astonishing Message Se Sent t r y British Unions By Bolshevik m I By DT A G G England's Greatest Liberal EdItor Editor Special Iladio Dispatch to The mc i 1 1 Copyright I Copyright 1926 Consolidated Pre Press Association I LONDON Sept 11 After 11 Atter a I aI 1 period or of ot comparative stagnation In which sport has hu sometimes provided the th chief Items Item of ot news the domestic scene has once one more become active and the th past week has been full of events O Over all others other WAs wath the admission of Germany Into the league of or nations unions It Is per per per- haps per hips an exaggeration to say as one journalist has Mid said that the event was the most auspicious happening since the armistice There have been heen events event more dramatic and more mor sensational But It marks definitely lely a new epoch Everywhere there Is profound satisfaction that the league al although though sadly Incomplete has haa ceased to bo be a of and has become becom a genuine g league of nations nation t Nobody lobody Is under the tho delusion that the th mero mere admittance of Ocr Ocr- Ger Germany many will will prove prove a solvent of or all difficulties s On tho the contrary It ItIs itIs ItIs Is realized realized that that fact tact itself may give rise rl e to new difficulties but It Is felt that for the first time since Its It Inception the th league has a a chance for tor g rood good od conditions under which genuine genuine- ly Jy ly useful and lasting work Is possible ble COAL L STRIKE E The Tho Th coa coal strike continues but apparently the tho government now Is Intent on peace and Is not relaxIng relaxing relax- relax Ing Ine it Its efforts to secure a r re- re reopening re reopening opening of negotiations between the miners and the owners Fol- Fol Following Following lowing Fol-lowing lowing receipt of a letter from JI 5 Cook of the tb miners fed fed- fed declaring the th miners were ready to discuss reduction of costs costs Cha Chancellor of the th Exchequer quer quer Churchill arranged to lo meet the th leaders leaden of the owners and strongly urged them to re- re renew renew re renew new discussions They Thy protested they no ho longer had authority to todo todo do do this but after pressure from Mr Churchill consented to place the matter before th the district as- as associations associations as association Meanwhile Mr Churchill to- to followed fol followed lowed up his Interview with a aletter aletter letter suggesting a a conference and th the lines line of a settlement and de- de cia daring ring that It was time Urn to aban- aban abandon abandon aban don don formalities get down to bual- bual and make mak a new arrange- arrange mont It 1 Is rumored that It this move falls fails the th government In- In Intends Intends tends In tends to adopt coer measures f t i SIGN Ot OP OF lUn The trado trade union congress sit sit- sitting sitting tint It-tint ting at Bournemouth this week has been more moro than usually tin Although direct discus discus- discussion discussion discussion sion of o the th general strike was wa rigorously sUppress suppressed d this event hasA and Its su subsequent effect has A been the tho underlying ng theme throughout the congress control In his presidential addresses Chairman Arthur Pugh referred to the strike ne BS a 11 great spontaneous ous oue ou manifestation of working cia class solidarity and said mild It was a Weapon which would not bo be b al- al allowed al at allowed lowed to rest unused should ld oc- oc occasion occasion oc occasion casion for Its Ita use Ulle arl arise e Subsequent speeches however er tended to show that nothing was further from the th minds of Brit British ish trade unionists unionist than to have recourse to that weapon any anymore anymore anymore more Significant of this was wn the of o 0 I a resolution calling for tor the th amalgamation of all union unions Into one ono big bis union Still Stillmore more significant was the rejection rejection rejection tion of a Ii much more mor Important resolution conferring greater pow pow- power ets are er on the th general council Speeches on this by prominent leaders evinced e an unmistakable reaction from the tho general strike policy C T Cramp until recently leader of the th Left Lett referred con con- contemptuouslY con contemptuously d to what he called the tho ancient and weapon of the th general strike It was Quite clear that whatever may have been said by leaders leader witha with II a rel regard ard to defend a lesson has been learned will wilt not soon be forgotten L AS ASTONISHING MESSAGE GE The Th proceedings of the tho congress were were enlivened on Thursday by publication of oC an astonishing mes- mes message mesag sage ag from front II Zd fraternal delegate from the tho th Russian unions who was excluded by a foolish decision of the th home horn secretary The message messac was wai a hectoring lec- lec lecture tur lec-tur tin ture to the British working classes on the th folly of their leaders It discussed the th of ot the th gen gen- general general oral fen eral council and roUndly declared that thU but for tor the cowardice and tre of their leaders leader But But- Brit British ish workers worker no now would be b as free frea as their comrades comrade In Russia J 3 JH H Thomas head of the th railway workers was singled out particularly particularly particularly as a traitor r ana ano denounced as al the th Instigator or of o defeat Beyond protesting against this abuse of th courtesy extended fraternal delegate delegat the general gener council has made no reply to the th amazing do document dismiss dismissing ing It cont cly a as Ill In and presumptuous j But Dut it may be b taken for tor granted that the th Incident ma marks maiks ka the th end for forthe forthe the time tim ot Of any attempt at ata ata A rapprochement between British and Russian uman trade unions |
