London-, April 4.?There are rumors!
that the Government lias decided upon j
certain military steps whicli are lilcely 1
still further to inflame the miners now
on strike, while further emergency
regulations will be Issued in accordance
with Orders in Council giving the vari
ous Government departments almost un
limited powers to take possession of'
mines, lands, building, works.
electric und water supplier, horserf, food '
and forage and to requisition all kinds i
of transport. including tramways ami
light railways, to close ports or harbors,
control shipping and cargoes, fix prices
of coal and prohibit or regulate the sale
and supply of motor spirits.
Much may depend upon the attituoe,
of the Government as rev ealed bv the I
U\* ,"OUkf of Conmio..; to?
f'piM r*i 8 ^ednesdny will be the'
critical clay, deciding whether the other
sections of the triple alliance, the rail
?*\l- U"u transP?'f workers, will
strik. in support of the miners.
favor of"th ?Plni0n.,iJ coll?entrafing in I
\ ?\ lhfe suggestion offered osv Sat
urday bj Alfred Bigland. Coalition I
t iionisi. thai tho so-called decontrol
Hn 't i? b" reso,nd?d ami the time ;
limit for control fixed for .Ma- 30 In 1
stead of March 31, thereby giving time
foiI discussion and arrangement of tiv>
w.igcs question and the education of the i
miners to the reai industrial position ^ 1
home and abroad. ?
John Robert Clynes and Arthur Hen
derson th ? most independent of the
Liberalb. Intend to pres., this sugae"
tlon upon the Government to-morrow
Tt i, believed that tne Governmen.
