, 1912-01-13

delayed.
At the Central Criminal Court, Emily Da-
vison, a Suffragette, has been sentenced 10
SIX months Imprisonment for dropping oil
and match into letter boxes.
Lieutenant Samson, n Naval Aviator, start
ed from Easichurch, Sleepy, landed on boarl
H.M.Sc Africa, restarted and landed again
safely at Eastchmch. This is the first time
this has been done in the British navy.
The woolcombers' strike at Bradford has
been averted, the men having accepted the
masters terms.
Nine hundred thousand miners are ballot
ing upon the question of u general strike
on March first, and the forecasts indicate an
overwhelming majority against the advice Of
their leaders, for example at the North Saint
Hilda Colliery, South Shields, nine hundred
and sixty voted in favour Of striking and one
hundred and twenty five against. Mr Sntil-
lie, President Of the Scottish Miners Fedora
ton, in a speech at Larkhnll, Lanarkshire, mar
rated an interview with MIR Churchill, who
asked II Il strike was uyertabit, to which MIR
Smile replied "Yes, 10y the masters yielding,
otherwise every Colliery in England viii
stop within a month; AL railways, gasworks,
electric works and mills will be as idle as
the mines, and within SIX weeks the fleet
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sud the Government would legislote, Mr.,
Smile answered that nothing co uld make
the miners work against their will.
Mr.. Hoslam, Labour Mp. for Chesterfield;
is more hopeful, nevertheless resistance to
the miners demands Will cause the worst
conditions since the seventies, practically a
state of Civil war, meanwhile the colliers are
being ~overworked The most militant districts
are Wales, Scotland and Durham the Mid
lands and Yorkshire are more moderate.
At Newcastle the Northumberland owners
have issued Il statement that a minimum
wage, regardless Of the work done, is imprac-
tictble and not concedable.
The non Unionists expelled from Accring-
ton. have left other towns upon the advice
OF the police following hostile demonstra-
tions against item. The failure Of the Cot
ton Conference is attributed to Ghe Socialist
section in the Unions, the losses of employers
and employees is SAID to already reach three
and a half million pounds.
The first day Of the third test match NJ. G:
G. v. Australia at Adelaide was fine and hot
and the pitch was perfect. Australia scored
one hundred and thirty three for their first
innings, Armstrong thirty three, Foster took
five for thirty SIN. NJ. G. G. forty nlne for
no wicket.
A Paris despatch announces that Vi. Del
clsse has accepted the portfolio Of Foreign
Affairs vice Nj. De Selves, but NOBODY
has accepted the Ministry Of Marine
vice NJ. Delcasse on account of the gem
eral anticipation that Il parliamentary
crisis is impending, therefore, NJ. Caillaux
has given President Falli6res the Cabinets
resignation. All concerned are criticised
for preiudicing French prestige, even friends
of NJ. De Selves regret he did not initiate
Herr Lindequist's resignation quietly when
the German policy was unaccep able. When
NJ. Delcasse's acceptance SCENE final, Ger
man comment revealed that his Germano-
phobe attitude i'll 1905 has been forgiven'
rs it is believed to have been mod fled.
The General Federation of Llbonr has call
ed a general strike 10 express s. mp"thy WITH
the members Cf the Trades Unions upon
trial before the correctional court OF the
Seine, upon the charge Of distributing revo-
lulionnry circulars among several regiments.
Mounted municipal guards needed their best
efforts to repress the riots, repeatedly charg-
ing and making numerous arrests nine
policemeD,were injured.
The Russian Foreign Office repudlates the
incorrect versions Of It's policy regarding
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