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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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cn and children at (oed \Ay.( 834 THl: TIMKS HISTOHY OF THE WAli. luitjatinfactury ivIutioiiH 8till uxmtiug hetwtHinmiipluyeru and tuiipluywl vvoiild he plac-tnl ui)uaa. morti healthy ba«in. Ihwbe huptM wert* iiulelyhhatterud hy th» South WaleH cual iniuMH, towhom, art han btniii ilnHcribeil ill VoIuiuh \.,ClmfJter XC, Mr. Lloyd CJnorge was ohligtil toluaku huiiiiliatiiig coiu-uHHionrt. The trouble, as7Ae TiineH pointed out, arose from the attemptto maintain the onlinary peace relations in wartime. The men liad never been convinced Meanwhile the laboiu situation could not butfill the (jovernment with anxiety. The Tradesl^nion Congress at Hristol in Septenibor gaveMl. I.liiyd (leorge an opportunity for a candidand courageous declaration of the failure ofthe working njan to carry o\it his obligationsand of the inevitable ilisastiir which must followunl»»ss he reformed his ways. At a confemnceof the Miners Federation of Great 1 Britain inOctober a scheme for a triple alliance between
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WELSH MINERS AT THE MINE-HEAD.This well-clothed crowd contrasts with the men in working clothes on the preceding page. either of the necessity of an uninterrupted out-put or of the good faith of the employers. Nor,in view of the inertia of the Government and ofthe pettifogging attitude of some of the em-ployers, can it be said that the men were greatlyto blame. The activity of a small section ofirreconcilables, fostered, as was believed, byGerman propagancUsts, unduly influenced themain bulk of the miners, who in their heartswere no less determined than any other sec-tion of the working classes to win the war.Notliing but strong action by the Govern-ment could have any effect, and this was notto come vmtil the war had U»sted for over anotheryear. minei-s, railwaynien and transport workers wasadopted imanimously. In the following August this alliance was to make demands uponthe Government upon questions connected withdemobilization after the war, to which Mr.Asquith had little difficu

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