THE ROCK IN THE WAY OF SETTLEMENT

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 102, 30 April 1921, Page 5

THE ROCK IN THE WAY OF SETTLEMENT

COAL STRIKE A POLITICAL ONE

MINERS DIVIDED IN OPINION.

(UHITBB PKB3S ASSOCIATIOH.—COP'SRIQHT.) (ABBTXAU.'Ii ■ NUW ZIAIjANII CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 29th .April. Sir Robert Home, sneaking in the House of Commons, said that lie i regretted the result of tho negotiations. The (Jovornment had strugglod hard to roach a settlement, and made tho minors a generous oSot, It was now clear that tho reason for the stoppage was that tho miners had not been granted a national poo], and their reason was a political one. ' (PUBLISHED IN Tfiß JIMBS.) LONDON, 29th April. The national pool once agaia proved Iho rock upon which the efforts to achieve a mutual understanding was unmistakably wrecked. The prospects of .peace seem as far off as ever. A Labourite states that any hopes of immediate results of tho negotiations have faded into thin air. . The next development lies with the districts which are not precluded from taking the initiative, 9a' the execiytive has not made any recommendations. It is presumed the delegates will now return to their dis-. triuts and sit down and await events. Evidence is accumulating that opinion among the miners is divided. An increasing section is willing to forego the rational principle provided the wag© standard is satisfactory. The owners' committee meeting on Friday is not expected to result in a fresh offer.. Meanwhile the cost of the strike to the nation is mounting up. The losses.to in 4 dustry and the revenue are at present not calculable. The railways alone are losing £2,500,000 a week, and the defence force is costing at least a million), weekly.