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- Conference on evacuation of occupied territories; probable meeting at The Hague
- Postsparkasse governor Dr Schuster resigns; Dr Reisch takes provisional charge
- Understanding expected in the English coal strike; new miners’ proposals
The readable headings announce a probable Hague conference on evacuation of occupied territories, the resignation of Postsparkasse governor Dr Schuster with Dr Reisch provisionally taking charge, and an expected understanding in the English coal strike following new miners’ proposals. This edition translates the headings and subheadings only. The meeting and strike settlement are framed as prospective, and no causes of the resignation are supplied.
Partial reading: three news headings and their subheadings in the upper and left sections; no article body or feuilleton is transcribed.
Translation
Conference on evacuation of occupied territories; probable meeting at The Hague
Conference on the evacuation of the occupied territories. Probable meeting at The Hague.
Postsparkasse governor Dr Schuster resigns; Dr Reisch takes provisional charge
Resignation of Postsparkasse governor Dr Schuster. Dr Reisch provisionally entrusted with management.
Understanding expected in the English coal strike; new miners’ proposals
An understanding is imminent in the English coal strike. New proposals from the miners.
Context
Occupation as a continuing peace issue
Allied occupation of the Rhineland remained a subject of negotiation after the Locarno rapprochement. Briand and Stresemann discussed evacuation at Thoiry on September 17. A prospective conference therefore concerned changing arrangements left by the war, rather than simply declaring that relations had improved.
Continuity at a savings institution
The Postsparkasse heading pairs a resignation with an interim appointment. For a financial institution, the second part matters: leadership has changed, but someone is explicitly charged with continuing its management. Naming both men makes succession and continuity the focus of the announcement.
The miners’ dispute outlasted the General Strike
Britain’s May General Strike ended after nine days, but the coal miners continued their struggle over wages and hours. September proposals came after months of hardship. Most miners returned only in November, so this report captures an attempted settlement during the much longer coal dispute.
Original
Konferenz über die Räumung der besetzten Gebiete. Wahrscheinlicher Zusammentritt im Haag.
Konferenz über die Räumung der besetzten Gebiete.
Wahrscheinlicher Zusammentritt im Haag.
Demission des Gouverneurs der Postsparkasse Dr. Schuster. Dr. Reisch provisorisch mit der Leitung betraut.
Demission des Gouverneurs der Postsparkasse Dr. Schuster.
Dr. Reisch provisorisch mit der Leitung betraut.
Bevorstehende Verständigung im englischen Kohlenstreik. Neue Vorschläge der Bergarbeiter.
Bevorstehende Verständigung im englischen Kohlenstreik.
Neue Vorschläge der Bergarbeiter.