With the exception of a. slight improvement due to organization of the mon available, the strike situation yesterday did not im. prove. The essential food and Tail traffic is, maintained. The country are dislocated, The comsenger services throughout the
panies are: endeavouring to. cape with the situation in South Wales, where coal export is practically at a standstill, meeting between the mana gers and representatives of the Kemoginted Society of Locomotive Engineers and men will held to-day at the request of the 80,000 Colliers Idle in South Wales: Increasing Defection of N. U. R. Members London, Jan, 23.
The railway strike position is eagler in London this morning, there being a fair number of trains running. Further Welch collieries have been vendored ill, "The defection among the members of the National Union of Rail wayman in increasing at Carlisle, where n joint strike committee has been formed.
Referring ip the means to apply possible recommendations of the committe of experts, M: Poincaré suggested that reparations payments might be obtained by the working of the railways in the cupied regions by inter-Allied companies. France was willing to gree that a portion of the pros pective German Joan should be devoted to the restoration of German finances, but the bulk must bbe handed over for reparations. Reuter.
The French Wireless report say: the Premier, replying to _pre-speakers, notably M. Her- They riot, that M. Herriot, as well as the gpinted out with satisfaction Government, would accept no reduction of' France's credit. on Germany. He recalled: "I have always asked for united action of the Allies in the Ruhr and on-sidered our isolated action only in the event where an understanding on this matter could not be reached." After having recapitulated the succession of events after he had ndvined the necessity of taking pledges, he expressed the hope that, the Allies would finally reach an agreement for the publication of the documents which would form a Yellow Book giving fu ex not sscount of the exchange of views Mi. J. Hf. Thomas, aer., was resigned the Political Seeretaryship of the Fiscal Measures in France Paris, Jan, Later. the dislocation of industry in South Wales wing to the railway strike has become worse. Tt is estimated that over 60,000 colliers are now idle, The strike committee claim that 130 locomotive men belonging to the National Union of Railwaymen have joined the strikers at Derby, Attempt to Wreck a Officials of the London and North Eastern Railway report. an attempt to interfere with an express from Glasgow to this. morning, and a heavy coping stone were found on the 1 preceding the express cleared the obstruction without damage.
Shortage of Coal at Liverpool.
Railway managers are meeting in secret to consider the request of "the locomotive men for a Meanwhile the strike affect. industry various parts of the country and has fo a venous shortage of coal at.
pool. Cargo-bouts are ale ready delayed and a. partial holdup of shipping is threatened. largo ai has closed down and work at the Hull docks has yretivally come to a standstill Some large ccalpite at Doncaster The Finance Committee of the Chamber, concluding the examina. tion, of the fi sea) measures, adopted the proposal of M. Isaac, which had been accepted by the Govern ment, ard Jater began the diecussion of the measure for the inferoaen of postal charges The "Matin" publishes rtatintics showing (1) that in the last five years the civil and military ox-Pontes of Franco have, decreased more than Fes.—11,000,000,000 (2) that the revenue from taxes is advancing in constant progress sion, increasing by nearly Fre. 2,00i),000,000 in 1023; (3) the reimbursement of loans to the Banque France ie continuing and that there was due on December 23, 1083, Fret 22,400,000,000; (4) that France ly having less and lors re. course to loans, having borrowed Fre. 44,000,000,000. in 1990 and only 19,600,000,000 in 1923; and (5), that the commercial balance, which howed a deficit of Fra 28,000,000,000 in, 1990, tends to re cover its equilibrium, now being only Fra. 1,400,000,00) in. arrears.—French Wireless through Reuter.
Paris, Jan. 18.
Fiscal measures embodied in the Bills adopted by the Finance Commission include an increase by $0 per cent: of all taxes, a heavy, inereasy in the excise duties, im Position of severe penalties for default and also judministrative reforms involving a saving of Ree.
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