On Sunday, Mr. John Burns addressed a meeting of the
Battersea Labour League in the Washington Music-Hall, Battersea, on the Norwich Trade-Union Congress. We have noticed the speech in detail elsewhere, but will only point out here that it contained a strong attack on the Independent Labour party and their Socialist proclivities. He was all for moving along Trade-Union lines. In his opinion, the present Trade-Union sparrow in the hand was infinitely better than the Socialistic swan of futurity. Mr. Burns, unfortunately, ended a moderate speech by applying to his opponents expressions of a very offensive character. He had no objection to young men in a hurry. Youth was the age of hope and aspiration, and to be in a hurry was natural with young men ; but what they had need to guard themselves against was " bounders on the bounce, backed up for political purposes in a manner which was in the highest degree detri- mental to the true interests of the Labour movement."
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