8 MAY 1926, Page 1

At last long talk about a general strike and the

assertion of the demands of Labour by U"united front" has been gathered up into an act of such gravity and magnitude that no one can yet measure -its.significance or foresee its ending Just as the situation is unprecedented so also is the curious form. in Which the Spectator appears this week. We need not -apologize., our readers know only too well from theix axe inconvenience what our difficulties are. The General Council of the Trades Union Congress placed the printing industry high on the list of those called upon to strike in sympathy with the miners. In these circumstances it is impossible for the Spebtator to be printed, and we have decided,t6 produce what the late lord Halsbury:tight have called "a sort of a.paper":in order to preserve our continuity, to keep in touGh eith our.:teader.; aris1,to offer them some thoughts Upon the present distress.