*rely this is -no contradiction of what most .of Sir
Alfirtif •Mond's colleagues in the new moVement- them7 sehies believe. Sir Josiah, Stamp, for instance, has always insisted that what the enginwing employers suggest is the right way. No doubt he was unwilling to lake -the respontibility of diskiehiting himself frôiii • Sir Alfred Mond's idea of a general discussion, and if . PAGE the forthcoming Conference with the Trades Union Congress deals only with main principles it will not • diminish the force of the right method, but will indicate : it and then entrench it more powerfully. We have written on this interesting and important subject in our first leading article. Whether the engineering employers intended or not to torpedo the Conference their report is .a very valuable document in itself; it shows that :happy industrial relations—almost perfect according to 1147 the authors of the pamphlet—may be obtained inside an industry while political intervention is studiously avoided. The defect of the report is that though it states a strong case from the employers' point of view for banning politics, it does not take into sufficient account what the trade unionists think. If trade 1154 unionists are intent upon expressing themselves in 1155 political terms they must be met to whatever 1155 , degree may be necessary or all discussion will become 1156 ; impossible.
