A Period of Calm—The March of Events, 1924—The Buckmaster Enquiry—Another Brief Truce—The Macmillan Enquiry—The 1925 Subsidy

As though to compensate for the three hectic years which preceded it, 1922 proved to be a year of comparative calm. The miners had got their national agreement and both sides appeared anxious to give it a fair trial. Only two ripples disturbed the surface, neither of them of any account. At the Miners’ Annual Conference in July, Wales proposed a resolution for affiliation with the Third International, which was opposed by every other district. At the same Conference, Lancashire proposed that notice be given to terminate the wages agreement, but the proposal was rejected by an overwhelming majority.