2 JUNE 1925
The Premier, speaking at Welbeck Abbey, said the Government were in complete agreement with the principal recommendations of the Food Commission, and they proposed to set up a Food Council charged with the duty of watching prices and supplies. Parliament would be asked for compulsory powers if experience showed this to be necessary.
The French Prime Minister, speaking at Strasbourg, declared that the two questions which dominated all others were those of stability and security. The Government would spare no effort to secure them.
Two foreign delegates, despite the ban placed upon them by the Home Office, made a dramatic appearance at the Communist Congress in Glasgow.
It is stated that the Communists arrested in Cairo on Sunday were receiving orders and money from a prominent English Bolshevist.
There was another collision between Chinese strikers and the police at Shanghai. The crowd, numbering several thousands, attacked the small force of police, who were compelled to fire. There were several casualties.
At the Conference of the British Legion a resolution favouring compulsory employment of disabled ex-Service men was carried.
Trade conditions generally were discussed at a meeting of Leith Chamber of Commerce.
A conference convened by the Miners’ Federation for the purpose of forming an alliance with the railwaymen and transport workers will be held in London on Thursday.