Thus the deadlock was complete. Since then all parties have
overtly been marking time. Trade, already staggering from the blows it had received, is vanishing. Every class will be poorer as a result of the strike, and not least of all the miners themselves. In the House of Commons on Wednesday the strike was discussed on the renewal of the Emergency Regulations. The Labour members objected to the regulations as provocative. That was only to be expected. It is what the Labour members always say. What a vicious animal the community is to defend itself when attacked I The absolute' necessity for the regulations—for saving the community from starvation—has been proved by the refusal of some dockers to handle imported coal. If the strike should continue much longer the country will not be able to carry on without foreign coal. The organization for pro- tecting voluntary workers in the event of transport workers and railwaymen withholding their labour is therefore esse,ntial.
