2 DECEMBER 1916, Page 2

In a matter of this kind the less said by

the newspapers the better. It is an open secret, however, that the action of the Govern. meat is not directed against the men, nor should it in any way be taken as an endorsement of the- manner -in which the employere in South Wales have of recent years handled the labour question. The Government action is purely. one of war expediency-. The mines must be worked, and worked without quarrelling, and if this could not be achieved under the Did renditions, thecunditions had to be altered. There -is-the -matter in a nutshell.