Paris, Jan 8.
Reinforcing his recent appeal for industrial peace, M. Camille Chautemps, the Premier, sent a letter to-day to the President of the Gen: eral Federation of French Employers inviting him and his colleagues to attend a preliminary conference on January 12.
Similar invitations were addressed to the Secretary of the General Labour Confederation and to representatives of small business and industries.
M. Chautemps, said be believed a courteous and straightforward dise cussion, with the Government as arbiter, will clarify the reasons for the present antagonism between employers and workers and establish a new- labour regime, "which is a condition for social peace and general prosperity."
The Premier asked employers and workers to meet again under the auspices of the Government to consider-labour agreements and to undertake to respect them. Labour conflicts, he said, created a situation danger ous to the prosperity and security of France, It was absolutely neces-ary to re-establish peace. AN citizens, whatever their ideology and wem] close must bow to the laws of sovereignty.
"The Government, M. Chautemps added, "would not hesitate to use the whole weight of its power to obtain this result."—Reuter.
Rouen, Jan. 7.
The strike of sailors here, which lasted a fortnight, will end when the strikers resume work to-morrow morning. The strike had been called as a gesture of solidarity with the crew of a ship which had been punished following a strike on board lasting 24 hours.—Havas,
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