New York, Jan. 21.
The strike of coal-truck drivers ended here today after having paralyse coal distribution in the city for the past three days. The drivers and wruck-owners reached a compromise after two days of negotiations in which Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia intervened energetically to demand a settlement as quickly as possible owing to the intense cold prevailing in New York.—Havas.
Severe Winter in France Paris, Jan. 21.
With the whole of France experi-oncing the most severe winter since 1917, Paris shivered today i a temperature of four degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Ice-floes could be seen on the Seine. The Enghien Lake near Paris was completely frozen and skaters could be seen in droves. some preferring the Swiss Pond at Versailles Park.
In eastern France, the thermometer fell as much as to eleven degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Reports from all over Europe confirm that the cold wave is continuing unabated. Many trains have been blocked by snow in Central Europe—Havas.
Representatives of the Provisional Government in Peiping arrived here today by plane to attend the conference of the "big three" Chinese political leaders scheduled to open on Tuesday.
The conference, which will be attended by Mr. Wang Ching-wei, chairman of the Central Executive Committee' of the orthodox Kuomintang, Mr. Wang Keh-min, chief executive of the Reformed Government, and Mr. Liang Hung-chih, chairman of the Executive Yuan of the Reformed Government in Nanking, will discuss problems related to the proposed establishment of a new central Government of China merging the northern and central China regimes.
"he Peiping delegates are: Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang I-tang, Minister of the Interior, Mr. Chu Shen, Minister of Justice, and Gen. Chi Hsieh-yuan, Minister of Public Security. Lieut,- Gen. Seiichi Kita, director of the North China liaison office of the Asia Development Board, accompanied the party, which was met at the aerodrome by Capt. Yaichiro Shibata, chief of the Tsingtao branch office of the Board, and others—Domei.
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