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erals are credited with the intention of heading the Militarist faction with a view to controlling the Government, it being said that they believe the weakness .f | these in power since the armistice caus- [- ed the present deadlock. Some of the | Generals have already been mentioned as | being in league with Captain Gabriel | Dannunzio before the Fiume raid with the | object ofoverthrowing by force the Nitii | Cabinet and replacing -it with a miii- | tary diectatorship. The Navy is re- | ported as bemg even more dissatisfied | than the army, having aeccording to ‘ naval officers statements, suffered from | “‘the lack of .consideration nf their An- | glo-French colleagues who have acted as | if they were masters of the Adriatic | and have favoured Jugo-Slav claims.”” | Foreign Minister Tittonni is said to | have exoressed the belief that the first | thing to be done in the present seri- ous situation was for the Cabinat to | resign, thus eliminating one reason for discord ind opposition to the men now in power Itis saii his intention was the formation of a Nationa! Cabi- net including all the leaders of the chief | political parties whiech would give the Government the greates: pessible pow- | er under the circumstances. Premi'r | Nitti instead considered that the Pesig- | nation of the Cabinet would be an ad- | mission either of culpability or weak- ness which would make the situation | worse. He added that he naturally was ready and desirous to be relieved of the tremendous responsibility, if any one would suggest a man better fitted to scope with a terrible crisis. Signor | Tittonni was obliged to confess during | a conversation with the King, it is: re- ported, that he did not see any other politician having the statesmanlike quali- ties and foree possessed by Signor Nitti. Thus the idea of a resignation of the Cabinet was abandoned, but there is no prospect as yet of any amelioration of the gravity of the situation, nor is there a glimmer of a solution of the Adriatic problem. Clasgow, September 27th.——Mr. Robert Smillie, leader of the Miners’ Union, said here this morning he hoped the | railway crisis would pass without an industrial upheaval. He believed how- | ever, he said, this was possible only by f securing the demands they and the | majority of the people considered just. | London, Sept.27th. —Vr. Llovd-George, | telegraphing his regrets that he would | be unable to attend the Soldiers’ Cele- | oration ac Carnarvon, says, ‘‘lna long | and varied experience Irecall no strike | entered into so lightlv with so little | Justificatiogy and such entir2 disregard for public interest. Thestrike is not one ’ in which it can be contended that the workers are seeking towringfair wages from harsh employers whose profits are believed to be excessive in this case the | railwaymen are dealing with the com- munity. The State i§ running the -rail- =3 ARLL X AVIS ways at a loss, due in the main to the demands in the wages of the railway workers since the beginning of the war, and also to the great reduction in the hours of labour. This loss is being borne by the general taxpayers, and will soon have to be passed on to the geaeral publicin the form of increased fares and charges. On its merits, the strike is inexplicab'e’’. Describing the Governmen’s terms as stated by Sir Robert Horne, Minister of Labour, as generous. the Premier says: ‘“The dispute, such as it is, is about something which cannot ypossibly come into operation until next year, yet the nation is thrown into dis'ocation of a hurried strike, without even a week’s warning’’. Pointing out that the men declined even to discuss the Govern- ment’s offer to consider any particular injustices, the Premier declares: ‘‘Every employer and every worke is entitled to at least one week’s notice to term:nate contracts of service.”” The Premier con- tinues, ‘I am convinced ihat the vast majority of the Trade Jnionists* iof the land are opposed to this anarch- istic conspiracy. They can see the ruin and misery it has brought into other land+. and taeir common-sense has hitherto guarded their organizations into the country against these intrigues. The men have made many efforts to get hold of the levers of Trade Union- ism. So far all their end:;avours have endeq in failure. There is no more pa- triotic vody of men in this country than the railwaymer, and their conduet dur- ing the war demonstrated the fact. When they realize *hat they are not fighting for fair conditions, for labour of their class, but are being used by ex- tremists for sinister purposes, their common-sense will resume its sway and save the country and their families from disaster. Meanwhile the interests of the nation and the Government have no alternative but to acecept the chal- lenge thrown down to society as a whole. They intend to meet this blow at the public weal with all the resources at the disposal of the State, and they look to the nation without d.stinction of ciass, for it affects everybody, cheer- fully to bear the privations which will result from this indefensable strike, and give their aid in maintainii g the fabric of social order, upon which the pros- verity of the country depends. In the beginning of his message Mr. Lloyd George says, “‘I have heen constantly criticized as an extreme partisan of those who are struggling for better con- ditions.”’ ‘ Washington, Sept. 28th.- The British Embassy has informed the State Dept. that owing to the railway s rike in Eng- land, the supply of bunker eoal to Gibral- tar, Malta, Figypt, Sierraleoi:e and Brit- ish coaling stations in the Z.tlantic pro- bably willbe restricted for the present to outward bound British vessels. Clos- ing 0 some of the principal ports of the United Kingdom also probably will be necessary during the strike, it wrs said, in order to prevent congestion, while an order holding all vessels bound for the British Isles in their loading port, or at a port of cal!, was said to be imminent, London, Sept.2Bth.—Mr. Lloyd George, Sir Erie Geddes, the Minister of Trans- ports, and other members of the (a- binet conferred this morning on the railway strike situation, which appar ently was unchanged today, On the rail waymen’s side Mr. Thomas, Seeretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, gave out a statement stating he was anxious fora settlement, but adding, ‘‘The - tempt to turn the dispute into other than the labour question is complicating the situation and making it dangerous. [ definitely refuse to widen the issue’’. The Sunday newspapers today jcin the Daily Press in a chorus of consideration of the strike. London, Sept .28th.——The Shipping Controller, Sir J. Maclay, has issued the following appeal: One in three of the population of this country lives direct- ly by the sea. The whole population is dependent upon our merchantile marine. At the outbreak of the war all combined to save the country from disaster. In the present crisis it is es- sential to conserve coal and keep shiv- ping running. I confidently call: on all owners, officers and men alike to create the spirit in which they faced the erisis in 1914. NEw YORK. Sept. 27th 1919. Flour,.Blencdad Clear St. Lawrence [‘rand pr. brl. $10.50. Meal, Kilndried per 100 ibs $4.10 New Season’s Pork per brl. $50.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $51.00 Sugar---Crystals (Confirmed by Brokers) per 100 lbs. $7.28. Molasses 89 test pr 130 Ibs. no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at Liverpool per Ib. 19 88-100 d. Exchange, New York and London, 60 . days’ sight $4.10 Exchange New York and London, sight $4.23% LONDON, Sept. 27th 1919. Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixed by the Royal Commission per cwts 575. 9d. -91s. od. Muscovado, 899/ basis, floating terms in bond, Ditto duty paid. 555. 6d. 78s. 6d. German Beet 88°/¢ f.o.b. no further sales during the war Java 96°/ Gibraltar or Channel for Orders floating terms, no quotations. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red pey ewt. 1235. 6d. 1275. 6d. Cotton, Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv erpool nominal per |b. Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. 5. - Consols 504 ; Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 60.95 All prices subject to correction. -