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Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1918, Page 5

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NATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE. RETIREMENT OF MINISTERS. Loudon. Dec. 20. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress uud the National Executive of the Labor Partv, at a meeting agreed on a joint National Conference in Jenuary, probably in Switzerland, concurrently wkh thj'ofUcial Peuee Conference. The British delegation will consist of Messrs Running, Thomas, Thorne, Onions, and Bowerman, representing the Trade Union Congress, and Messrs Cramp. Aymes, Ramsay MacDonald, Henderson, and Mrs. Snowdeu. representing lie Labor Party. The party passed » resolution demanding the removul of the cable press censorship, and permitting the dispatch. and publication of messages dealing with the official congress and the working cla.-s conference.

The Daily Express says that Mr. Prothero will retire from the Ministry of Agriculture. It is believed other Ministers will follow his example. Sir •Joseph Maolay contemplates resigning .in order to devote his attention to hi-, own business.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS. REMOVAL OP NEWSPAPER RESTRICTIONS. SHIPPING PROSPECTS GOOD. London, Dec. 20. The Paper Controller has withdrawn the orders restricting the publication of new newspapers, periodicals, and newspaper bills.—An;. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, speaking in London, said that much of the normal export trade would soon return. The shipping problem is working out satisfactorily. About twenty ships are available for December and January, ana the situation for April and May is most promising. The whole of the refrigerated tonnage formerly in the New Zealand trade which was diverted for war purposes to the North Atlantic is now being released.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE GRAVES COMMISSION. ■PROBLEM OF UNIDENTIFIED GRAVES. London, Dec. 20. The Graves Commission ia considering the best means of providing a record of dead whose graves are unidentified. They invite relatives of such soldiers to express their views on the subject.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG* ALLEGED FRICTION. WITH PRIME MINISTER; New York, Dec, 19. Canadian correspondents in London state that there has been a general feeling recently that Sir Douglas Haig has been deliberately slighted. It is recalled that the Bang and the Prince of Wales went to Southampton to meet Lord Roberts when he returned from South Africa, and Parliament took the earliest opportunity of offering him a warm tribute. It is believed that relations have been strained between Sir Douglas Haig and Mr. Lloyd George since the Paris Conference The Prime Minister claims the credit, of securing unity of command, but it is stated in military circles that it was Sir Douglas Haig's original suggestion, he effacing himself and offering to place his services at Marshal Foch's disposal

Farther friction is believed to be due to the withholding of Sir Douglas Hair's dispatch dealing with the German March offensive, which was returned to him for 'alteration and the omission of certain passages. A demand will probably be made for the publication of the full dispatch in due course.—Reuter.

ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME AT DOVER. BY VICTORY TO PEACE.. GREAT PRAISE FOR HIS SOLDIERSLondon. Dec. 20. The pcenes at Dover and London recalled the most stirring episodes in British history, the most recent being Lord Kitchener's welcome after the battle of Khartoum and that of Lord Roberts after the South African war. Sir Douglas Haig travelled by Boulogne and Dover in the hospital ship Jan Breydel. He was standing on the bridge with his generals when the vessel was sighted. All the craft in harbor manned ship along the two miles' route into the harbor The railway station was lined with soldiers and "cadets. Replying to an address at Dover. Sir Douglas Haig spoke with deep feeling regarding the gratitude and admiration which the nation entertains for the wonderful men whose unequalled courage and endurance has brought us by victory to peace.—Aua. NX Cable Association. EDUCATING THE SOLDIER. London, Dec. 21. At the request of the Dominion forces the War Office has formed an Imperial Education Committee under the chairmanship of Lord GorelL The committee includes Dominion educational representatives, who will co-operate with Hie Australian and other independent committees in furthering the schemes in connection with British universities and other' public bodies.—Ans. N.Z. Cable Assoc