29 SEPTEMBER 1926
The House of Commons decided to continue the emergency regulations in operation.
Further discussion of the mining situation took place in the Commons.
The return-to-work movement among the miners has been considerably accelerated. The first break-away in Lancashire took place, as the result of a ballot at Atherton. The increase of men at work all over the country was over 10,000. The Executive of the Miners’ Federation asked the General Council of the Trade Union Congress to recommend a levy for the miners and an embargo on coal.
A statement on the position of affairs in China, with special reference to the satisfaction demanded by Britain for recent occurrences on the Yangtse, the strength of British forces in the Far East, the removal of the Canton boycott, and the security of British interests, was made in the Commons by the Prime Minister.
When fire broke out in an oil works and gas shade factory in Manchester, women employees were trapped in the building. Thrilling rescues were effected, but one woman was so severely burned that she died. Several other girls were injured.
Viscount Cecil, in an interview at Geneva, said that while the League was the greatest international instrument for pacification, it should not be made the tool of cranks and lunatics. The Assembly had been most successful in great achievements besides the admission of Germany.
The French Press comment upon M. Poincaré’s speech on the Franco-German relations is favourable. One paper declares that his remarks will bring back thoughts from airy generalities to cold hard facts.