Evening Star
- Briand and Stresemann reach an economic accord
- Britain’s costly mine strike
- Hurricane rages off the Florida coast
The selected reports show governments negotiating outcomes while a storm disrupts the flow of information. The Franco-German understanding awaits cabinet acceptance, and Britain’s proposed arbitration mechanism requires miners first to resume work. The Florida dispatch reports worsening coastal conditions but explicitly lacks news of possible Bahamian destruction; later hurricane knowledge is kept outside its translation.
Translation
Briand and Stresemann reach an economic accord
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 18.—That the Franco-German accord planned by Foreign Ministers Briand and Stresemann will be fundamentally of an economic nature was confirmed today to the Associated Press by a German spokesman.
Both France and Germany, he said, desire to transform the existing system of pledges growing out of the Treaty of Versailles into a friendly partnership whereby they would combine their interests.
The spokesman added that continued occupation of German soil by French troops could only prove a continued source of friction, and that the Germans have the same consuming desire to get the French troops out of Germany as the French had to get the Germans out of their territory after the War of 1870.
League Hopes Run High.
The accord, which must be placed before the respective governments for acceptance, is considered in League of Nations circles as meaning much for the political and especially the economic development of Europe.
It was reached yesterday by Briand and Stresemann during a private luncheon on the slope of the Jura Mountains at Thoiry, just across the Swiss border in France. The luncheon was one of the “getting down to brass tacks” conferences the two statesmen have been holding recently.
Although little officially is known in detail of the questions discussed, the belief prevails that gradual reduction of the French forces of occupation in Germany and a possible pooling of economic and financial interests, based on the theory that what Europe most needs is economic prosperity, were among them. European debts to the United States are said to have been among the matters discussed.
Britain’s costly mine strike
LONDON, September 18.—To date the British coal strike has cost the country exactly 433,000,000 pounds sterling ($2,104,380,000), the most staggering sum ever debited to an industrial dispute in modern history.
A new phase of peace negotiations is developing this week-end. Prime Minister Baldwin has returned from his vacation at Aix-les-Bains to find that Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill’s desperate effort to settle the strike and thus gain tremendous personal prestige has failed on account of the obduracy of the mine owners, who flatly refused to participate in a three-party conference.
With serious riots reported in one district, with cold weather beginning to hover over Great Britain, with the general feeling growing that the strike has begun to gnaw at the fundamental vitality of the British Empire—in a word, with a crisis at hand as important as, if less dramatic than, the general strike—Mr. Baldwin has begun work.
Peace Plan Something New.
The prime minister’s plan, as broached at yesterday’s Cabinet council, is being considered today by all parties concerned. It is something new. Mr. Baldwin admits that it evidently is not within the power of the government to bring about a conference, and states as a veiled threat “that legislation will be introduced if the miners still are unwilling to face economic facts.”
Mr. Baldwin’s communication to the miners’ representatives includes the following proposals:
1. A national arbitration tribunal will be set up by an act of Parliament for consideration of disputes, provided first there is a general resumption of work.
2. Either party to any provisional settlement for working more than seven hours a day may refer to the tribunal any matter of the kind which, until July 1925, was considered on a national basis.
3. The tribunal shall confirm or modify any such settlement, and the men shall be entitled by law to receive excess wages in accordance with its decisions.
Hurricane rages off the Florida coast
MIAMI, Fla., September 18.—Shipping scurried to cover early today before the first force of a tropical hurricane which centred yesterday at Nassau, capital city of the Bahama Islands.
A slowly dropping barometer and steadily rising wind and sea forecast the approach of the storm, which was reported from Havana last night as having a wind velocity of 100 miles an hour.
At Miami Beach heavy surf was pounding 20 feet or more above the usual high-water lines, and high waves in Biscayne Bay endangered the causeway connecting Miami Beach with the mainland. Pine trees were uprooted near Miami.
High waves were beginning their attack along the waterfront at Palm Beach, and the ocean boulevard, which was washed out in a score of places by the flood of July, was being reinforced.
Yachts anchored in Lake Worth were moved to safer berths in inland canals.
Lack of communication with Nassau, handicapped by the dismantling of radio stations, made it impossible to obtain news of possible destruction in the Bahamas.
Context
From wartime guarantees to shared interests
The proposed accord links two questions usually separated in headlines: French security and Germany’s economic recovery. Troop withdrawals could ease political resentment, while combined financial interests might give both governments a reason to cooperate. The spokesman’s comparison with France after 1870 appeals to a shared experience of occupation. The private meeting is presented as an attempt to replace pressure backed by pledges with incentives rooted in mutual prosperity.
Returning to work before deciding the terms
Britain’s miners remained out after the May General Strike, and the stoppage lasted into November. Baldwin’s proposal made a return to work the condition for creating a national arbitration body. This sequence was crucial: immediate employment would resume under provisional arrangements, while disputes could later be settled centrally and wage differences paid. The plan tried to reconcile pressure to restart production with the miners’ concern that local terms should not become irreversible.
The hurricane outran the information network
The Miami hurricane was tracked through sparse ship reports before satellites or reconnaissance aircraft existed. Warnings passed through Washington to local offices, and a hurricane warning at Miami came only late on September 17. The newspaper’s lost contact with Nassau belongs to that fragile information system. By the morning of September 18 the storm was striking a rapidly growing city whose new residents often had little hurricane experience, making both warning time and communication especially consequential.
Original
ECONOMIC ACCORD REACHED BY BRIAND WITH STRESEMANN
GENEVA. Switzerland. September
js—That th» Franco-German accord
planned by Foreign Ministers Briand
Bnd stresemann will be fundamentally
of an economic nature was confirmed
today to the Associated Press by a
German spokesman.
Both France and Germany, he said,
desire to transform the existing sys
tem of pledges growing out of the
treaty of Versailles into a friendly
partnership whereby they would com
bine their interests.
The spokesman added that con
tinued occupation of German soil by
French troops could only prove a con
tinued source of friction, and that the
Germans have the same consuming
desire to get the French troops out of
Germany as the French had to get tiie
Germans out of their territory after
the War of 1870.
League Hopes Run High.
The accord, which must lie placed
before the respective governments for
acceptance. Is considered in League
of Nations circles as meaning much
for the political and especially the
economic development of Europe.
It was reached yesterday by Briand
and Stresemann during' a private
luncheon on the slope of the Jura
Mountains at Thoirv. just across the
Swiss border in France. The lunch
eon was one of the "getting down to
brass tacks" conferences the two
Statesmen have been holding recently.
Although little officially is known
In detail of the questions dismissed,
the belief prevails that gradual re
duction of the French forces of occu
pation in Germany and a possible
pooling of economic and financial in
terests. based on iho theory that what
Europe most needs is economic pros
perity. were among them. European
debts to the United States are said
to have been among the matters dis
cussed.
MINE STRIKE COSTS BRITAIN 1 BILLIONS
LONDON. September 18. —To date
I the British coal strike has cost the
t j country exactly 433.000.000 pounds
i sterling <*2.104.380.000), the most
’(staggering sum ever debited to an
Industrial dispute in modern history.
A new phase of peace negotiations
is developing this week end. Prime
Minister Baldwin has returned from
his vacation at Aix Les Bains to
Ind that Chancellor of the Exchequer
Churchill’s desperate effort to settle
the strike and thus gain tremendous
1 personal prestige has failed on ac
count of the obduracy of the mine
t owners, who flatly refused to par
-1 ticipafe In a three-party conference
With serious riots reported in one
district, with cold weather beginning
tn hover over Great Britain, with the
general feeling growing that the
1 strike has begun to gnaw at the
fundamental vitality of the British
empire—in a word, yvith a crisis at
hand as important as, if less dra
mafic than, the general strike—Mr.
Baldwin has begun work.
Peace Plan Something New.
i i The prime minister’s plan, as
i troaohed at yesterday's cabinet coun
ted, Is being considered today by all
j parties concerned. It is something
new. Mr. Baldwin admits that it
I evidently is not within the power of
the government to bring about a
conference, and states as a veiled
threat “that legislation will be intro
dueed if the miners still are unwill
ing to face economic facts."
Mr. Baldwin's' communication to!
the miners’ representatives includes j
the following proposals:
1. A national arbitration tribunal
will lie set up by an act of Parlia
ment for consideration of disputes,
provided first there is a general re
j sumption of work.
1 2. Either party to any provisional
settlement for working more than
seven hours a day may refer to the
j tribunal any matter of the kind
which, until July. -1925. was consid
j ered on a national basis,
i 3. The tribunal shall confirm or
i modify any such settlement, and the
i men shall he entitled by law to re
j eeive excess wages in accordance with
i tts decisions.
HURRICANE RAGES OFF FLORIDA COAST
MIAMI. Fla., September 18.—Ship
ping scurried to cover early today!
before the first force of a tropical j
hurricane which centered yesterday S
j at Nassau, capital city of the p, ;i
I hama Islands.
A slowly dropping barometer and
steadily rising wind and sea forecast.
the approach of the storfn which was
reported from Havana last night as!
having a wind xeloclty of 100 miles
an hour.
At Miami Beach heavy surf was
pounding 20 feet or more above the
1 usual high water lines, and high
waxes in Biscayane Bay endangered 1
the causeway connecting*Miami Beach j
with the mainland. Pine trees were
uprooted near Miami.
High waves were beginning their!
attack along the water front at Palm
1 Beach and the ocean boulevard, which I
was washed out in a score of places j
1 by the flood of July, was being re
inforced.
Yachts anchored in I,ake Worth,
were moved to safer berths in inland
canals.
1 Lack of communication with Nas i
sau. handicapped by the dismantling of j
i radio stations, made it impossible to i
ohtain news of possible destruction in
the Bahamas.
I
Source: Holding institution