26 AUGUST 1922, Page 23

The Weapon of the Strike. By Arthur Paterson. (Hodder and

Stoughton. 6s. net.)—Mr. Paterson, in this readable book reviews the past history of the Arlie. He shows how violent methods, such as Brooke Herford bravely denounced at Sheffield in 1867, were gradually abandoned by all respectable trade- union leaders, and he pleads for a reconsideration of the strike policy itself. Recent experience must, indeed, have shown the most bellicose of trade unionists that strikes are always costly and rarely successful. Mr. Paterson puts the case for co-opera- tion, such as the National Alliance of Employers and Employed seeks to bring about. It is the only way to peace and prosperity.