12 JANUARY 1925
On all the main questions before the Inter-Allied Conference in Paris agreement has been reached by the delegates of the Great Powers. Confidence is felt that this result will be confirmed by the full Conference tomorrow.
Following the failure of Dr Marx to form a Government, the President of the Reich has asked Dr Luther to assume the task.
Mr Hughes, the United States Secretary of State, has resigned.
Mr Stephen Walsh, the Secretary for War who signed the Army Order constituting the technical reserve, has declared that the Order is explicit, and that members of the Reserve will not be called out in aid of the civil power.
Evidence as to the activities of M. N. Roy, an agent of the Third International, is contained in the judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in the revolutionary conspiracy case.
Mr A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation [ad], stated that if the Government passed an Eight Hour Day Act the men would refuse to operate it.
The return published by the Mines Department for the quarter ending last September shows a further reduction in the output per person per shift. A debit balance of £78,452 is shown in the quarter’s working of Scottish mines.
The death is announced of Lord Pentland of Blyth, a former Secretary for Scotland and Governor of Madras.