When- Mr.. Baldwin became Prime Minister he stood Consp afio; , e
all things for good will and the " fair deal " in industry. He has had to struggle against events and against men, many of them of his own political household, but we are greatly mistaken if he has abated by one jot or tittle his first aspirations. Now is his opportunity. If things go wrong in the coal dispute dissatisfaction and unrest will spread to other industries, and the Prime Minister will have—with what sadness of heart we can barely conjecture—to admit that he has failed. As for the effects of such a calamity upon the Unionist Party, we can scarcely imagine anything worse. We believe that the great party to which we adhere still has before it an open road to lead the people to industrial peace. If some other road is chosen the nation will muddle along miserably, until in desperation the voters will put into office men much less worthy of their trust and hopes than the present rulers are.
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