The Liverpool shipowners strongly urged the Tramways Committee to refuse
reinstatement, on the ground that any further concession to the Strike Committee would perpetuate unrest, while the transport workers threatened a national strike if the men were not taken back. Serious rioting took place on Thursday, but in the evening the Tramways Committee decided to reinstate the men " as and when required, and when agree- able to the manager." The settlement has been approved by the Strike Committee, which makes it evident that what appears a compromise is really a concession. We deal with the situation elsewhere, but may remark here that the strike, which cost the companies alone some £450,000 in two days, has had a remarkable educative effect on both Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. Lloyd George. We hope and believe that we shall never have another Limehouse speech from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
