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...miners had offered to make a two and one-half or a five year contract on definite terms, but would not hear of arbitration. The operators were equally intent on securing an arrangement under which there would be no strikes for a long period?as near a permanent settlement as possible, with automatic means of adjustment as conditions changed...
...Washington there was little hope of a prompt settlement, but some hope of settlement within a month, In Wall Street coal stocks rose?indicating that a resumption of operations was expected. Rumors began to circulate that if the present negotiations failed, some of the operators would attempt to open their mines on a non-union basis...
Dean Roscoe Pound of the University Law School, who has been actively engaged at Washington since October 26 in the peaceful settlement of international disputes returned yesterday to his post in Cambridge...
...basis of this speech, the M.P.'s who remained in the House voted 239 to 4 to accept the main outlines of the League Council's settlement. Next day Mr. Baldwin exchanged a few courteous generalities with Ferid Bey, Turkish Ambassador at London, and critics opined that the chances for peace in Irak were brighter...
...have given assent to a bill for confirmation of the agreement reached between my ministers and the Governments of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland [the Irish boundary settlement, TIME, Dec. 14, 21]. It is my heartfelt prayer that this measure may advance co-operation and strengthen good will in Ireland...