19 MAY 1906, Page 2

We are glad to note that the House of Lords

on Thursday threw out a Bill seeking to amend the Aliens Act so as to prevent any alien being brought into the United Kingdom under contract to take the place of a workman during a trade dispute. In our opinion, the proposal was a mischievous one, and quite as open to objection as the interference with liberty of access to the United Kingdom to which we objected when the Aliens Act was under discussion last year. What is wanted is the repeal of a large part of the Aliens Act, rather than legislation intended to render it more drastic. The throwing out of the Bill has caused a great deal of dissatis- faction among the Labour Party, by whom it was promoted. The Bill, it should be added, was not a Government measure.