Leidsch Dagblad
- Stresemann has returned to Berlin
- New talks in the English mining dispute
- Kondilis withdraws from politics in Greece
Three readable items in the front-page foreign-news roundup say Stresemann has returned to Berlin, announce new talks in the English mining dispute, and report Kondilis’s withdrawal from politics in Greece. This is a partial reading of the first three foreign-news items only, with no reconstruction of the longer stories they may refer to.
Partial reading: first three items under BUITENLAND in the right-column news roundup; the fourth item and all article bodies are outside the transcription.
Translation
Stresemann has returned to Berlin
Stresemann has returned to Berlin.
New talks in the English mining dispute
New talks in the English mining dispute.
Kondilis withdraws from politics in Greece
Kondilis withdraws from politics in Greece.
Context
Taking diplomacy back to Berlin
Stresemann returned after Germany’s admission to the League and his Thoiry meeting with Briand. Reconciliation now had to be translated into arrangements over occupation and money that his government could support. The journey home marks the connection between an international breakthrough and its domestic political follow-through.
Why the coal dispute was still news
Britain’s general strike ended after nine days in May, but the miners’ dispute continued. The central conflict concerned wages and working hours. September negotiations therefore addressed an unresolved industrial struggle, not a renewed general strike; the miners would remain out until November.
Greece between military rule and elections
Kondylis had overthrown Pangalos in August and announced elections for November. His reported withdrawal thus belongs to the problem of restoring electoral government after military intervention. The issue was who would hand power to a government with a parliamentary mandate.
Original
Stresemann is naar Berlijn teruggekeerd.
Stresemann is naar Berlijn teruggekeerd.
Nieuwe besprekingen in het Engelsche mijnconflict.
Nieuwe besprekingen in het Engelsche mijnconflict.
Kondilis trekt zich in Griekenland terug uit de politiek.
Kondilis trekt zich in Griekenland terug uit de politiek.
Source: Source: Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (leiden.courant.nu)