25 MAY 1926
There has been no fresh development in the coal situation. The owners and miners, it is understood, are considering Mr Baldwin’s letter. In Labour circles it is being described as an ultimatum.
Mr J. R. Clynes, in his presidential address at a Congress at Bournemouth of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, declared that whatever censure might fall upon Trade Unions for declaring a national strike the responsibility of the Government for being the primary cause of it would in due time fall upon millions of working men.
A deadlock has occurred in the disarmament discussions at Geneva.
At the Conference of the British Legion a resolution was moved protesting against the attitude of headquarters during the general strike in calling upon all ex-servicemen to offer their services to preserve law and order. This was lost amid cheers.
It is reported that an emissary has arrived at Fez, bringing with him a letter from Abdel Krim for M. Steeg, the Resident-General, and that both have had a long talk on the situation in Morocco. The French Cabinet will consider the matter to-day.
Addressing a patriotic demonstration at Genoa, Signor Mussolini said the people of Italy were thirsting to be obedient, thirsting for discipline, eager to be governed. The Fascisti State would survive. It had buried the Liberal Democratic State, with its collective lack of responsibility—that State of Parliaments which talked until people were sick with boredom.
In the Egyptian elections Zaghlul Pasha has secured a commanding lead, and the Government party has been wiped out.
The death has taken place of Sir John Williams, the doctor who attended the birth of the Prince of Wales.