The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-08
BELIEVE MINERS WILL ACCEPT NEW
 GOVERNMENT PLAN
Lloyd Georges Eleventh Hour Intervention ReviveS Hope Industrial Crisis Will
 Be Averted
Bv Associated Press

London, April 7.-Another day of tense alternations of hope and fear ended with one of the prime minister's characteristic eleventh-hour interven- tions, bringing reriewed prospects that the grave industrial crisis will be averted. He announced in the House of Commons tonight the willingness of the government to participate in a conference to discuss the question of pumping before other matters were considered.
 Informal conferences continued through out the evening, moderates like MT. As quith, Lord Robert Cecil Arthur Hen derson and John Robert Clynes working hard in an endeavor to induce the miners to r,elent on the question Of pumping, and it was supposed that the whole question was turning on this slender hope.
 NEW COURSE PROPOSED
 Premier Lloyd George nad oeen aD- sent during the latter hours of the de- bate on the situation. but returned to the house unexpectedly at II o'clock anl Informed the members that the govern nent had agreed to | course, which it is believed practically certain the miners will accept tRe calling of conference of owners and miners to discuss with the government the difficulty relative to pumping the mines before touching upon the question of wages and other matters involved in the demands of the men.
 What steps exactly had led up to this change of front are unknown as yet Arthur Henderson, who rose to reply to the premier, was clearly nonplused, He had, he said, to express regret that the premier had not given notice of such l-an important statement, as MT. Thomas secretary of the national union of rail waymen, to whose suggestion it was apparently due, and other leaders had gone home.
 As he had earlier explained. the miners federation would have pre- ferred to open the conference withou' conditions on either side, but he had 1 not had an opportunity to consult thi 1 federation since the afternoon. therefore he could not assume responsibility ir tthe mttter He thought the only safe l line would be for the prime minister t put his statement into a letter to the of- 1 ficials for cohsideratton
 NO FURTHER MEETINGS
 The organizatfohs composing ths l triple alliance held no further meetings l tonight; they are apparently holdine hands until tomorrow Tho board q trade issued an offseial repott of today I negotiations for the enlightenment of tht public The report sets forth the ar l guments Of both sides and conciudinl l with strong repudiation of the accu 1 sation that the government is engaged lin general attack on wages. says: | Such charge is as monstrous as I | i5 unfounded The government and com munity alike are desirous that the bes wages should be paid in every industry | that such industry can afford"
 The council of the independent laool party called upon it's members to supper the miners by every means in theil 1 power declaring the crisis was due t' Ian attempt on the part of organized l capitalism to establish the right of un limited plunder and degrade the stand ard of living which must be resisted a all costs"