The Standard announces that, on the intervention of Lord • Salisbury,
Mr. Monro will probably withdraw his resignation. As we have said elsewhere, we do not see' why he should not ; and he may assist, as he is very popular, in calming the agita- tion visible among the London police, which is due, in part, to a mistake as to the tone of the Home Office. Their chiefs seem disposed to a reasonable compromise, if they get pensions as of right after twenty-five years' service, and a fair allowance for their special perils, which are almost as great as those of soldiers; but some of the wilder spirits among them are using imprudent language. A strike would instantly turn all public sympathy against them, and would be, in fact, a strike against the perfectly innocent public, which wishes them to have fair rates of pay. So far as we can judge, those rates, when the pensions are secured, are liberal as things go, but invalid allowances ought to be increased ; some hope should be created of special prizes, and if it be pos- sible, some kind of Order of Merit should be established for special displays of devotion. We believe the sense of duty pervading the Force will avert any such calamity as a strike ; but if it occurred, it would be necessary at once to draft men on special allowances from every city in Great Britain and Ireland.
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