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GERMANY’S .POSITION. . v VARIOUS POINTS CONSIDERED. NO AGREEMENT REACHED. tJojjyrigta.j lAuji4allaU Elcx .A&aoc-Liuoij., Ltecei>eel i.oo p.m. to-day. iH.il. HivliuE, Aug. oS. The six Powers m conference discussed point*, or agreement specially affecting Germany, out iailed to reacn an agreement, Hr. .Dtresemann remarking: “We fail to agree oil a single point.” There will Do a- further session ol ilu- conference to-morrow. ITALI’.> COAL PURCHASES.
WHAT .‘IT WILL MEAN TO MINERS
Received 1.3-5 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Aug. 28. I,he Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden is to broadcast a speecn on The Hague settlement on Monday. The Lord Mayor of London Ims cabled the city s congratulations on his success and the splendid exertions. A prominent Welsh mine owner points out that Italy’s undertaking to Miy 1,000,000 tons of British coal yearly means regular employment for 4000 miners, mostly in South Wales.
SINGING OF INSULTING SONGS
TO CEASE
Received 1.35 p.m. to-day. PARIS, Aug. 28. The. police have ordered a cessation of topical insulting songs decrying Mr Snowden and the British Empire in numerous cafes.
FRENCH MOVE DEFEATED BIG MOMENT OF THE CONFERENOE. SATISFACTION IN LONDON AT AGREEMENT. Received 2.15 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Aug. 28. Great relief, coupled with deep gratification, was expressed throughout political! circles to-day as a result df the tide suddenly turning and with such a triumphant finale. There is disposition in London to speak more freely, than for some days. past. It. appears that the big moment which occurred during the week-end seems to have been, the culmination of a cunning I* reach move to entrap Mr Snowden by exploiting his determination to such an extent that Mr MacDonald would have been forced to make an eleventh hour Vi' te ,'7 e, it iOll fl.V to The Hague, but Mr MacDonald’s further intimation during the week-end emphatically refusing the merest concession of tlie French demands, caused France, and perhaps also. Italy, to realise that Britain, to a man. was behind Mr Snowden's claim.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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