Word: deadlocked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deadlock. Meanwhile the British auxiliary warship Kiawo, a mere, armored river steamer, lay beside the captured vessels, covered at point blank range by the Yang artillery. To break this deadlock, intolerable to British amour propre, H. M. S. Cockchafer and H. M. S. Wigdeon, both river warships of the highest armament, steamed close to shore, drew the fire of the land batteries and shelled the city of Wanhsien...
Throughout Mexico the deadlock between Church and State continued total. Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco, active generalissimo for the Mexican Episcopate, said: "We can see no hope of betterment of the situation. . . . Perhaps months and years may pass, but we are disposed to wait patiently and to work through whatever legitimate means we can employ...
...willing to compromise on every point but one-the present seven-hour miners' day must not be lengthened by a moment. Suave, but inflexible, Mr. Williams replied that the owners demand "revision" (lengthening) of the miners' working day as a preliminary to any compromise whatsoever. . . . Ensued complete deadlock before the peace negotiations had even begun. The negotiants bowed formally to one another, dispersed. All hope of peace seemed gone. Then 17,000 Nottingham and Derby coal miners broke suddenly with the Miners' Federation, accepted an offer from the Bolsover Colliery Co. to resume work at their former...
...Seamen's Union: "Nearly every trade union in Great Britain is bankrupt in consequence of the disastrous collapse of the General Strike (TIME, May 24). . . . Hundreds of thousands of men are refusing to pay dues to their unions. . . . The men are deserting and forming new unions." Total Deadlock. The striking miners have voted during the past fortnight on a peace proposal submitted by a group of English bishops (TIME, July 26, Aug. 9) for the settlement of the coal strike. Though the bishops proposal had the endorsement of the Miners' Federation Executive Committee, it was rejected last week...
Paradoxically this even balancing of enemies is a factor of strength. The Chamber is similarly split between "Left" and "Right." Only through a "continuous compromise" by the leaders of these opposed groups, united in "Sacred Union," can the Parliamentary deadlock be broken...