If Mr. Bromley be reported correctly, he used in a
recent speech the following words : "I am not one to preach a bloody revo- lution, but only for one reason—because unfortunately the people of this country are not ripe for taking the law into their own hands." That is almost an exact repetition of language used by Mr. Cramp before the last railway strike. It means that Mr. Bromley nurses in his heart revolution by violence and the overthrow of Parliamentary institutions, and that so long as he remains of that mind ho will support revolution if he sees a good opportunity. We are bound to say that, if Mr. Bromley has not been misreported, this is an abominable basis on which to establish the new settlement. It introduces a hideous doubt and undermines all confidence. If the railwaymen are treated with good faith, and there is no doubt that the public thinks that they were underpaid before the war and wants them to bo well paid now, there is an equal obligation upon the railwaymen to show good faith to the public. Language like Mr. Bromley's becomes familiar from use in this country, but American Labour leaders who used milder language than that found themselves instantly subject to all the rigour and majesty of an injunction from the Supreme Court !
