LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AMERICAN OPINION ON THE STRIKE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] (By Cable.) SIR,—More fateful than the fact of waging war is the way of making peace. Wars are bound to occur in one form or another. The only part under human control is the virulence. England is in the throes of a terrific industrial conflict. Whichever side has the superiority of winning power, let this above all be remembered that the eventual peace, if it is to endure, must be peace without victory. A knock-out blow peace lasts only until the vanquished recovers.—I am, New York.
[We heartily agree that it would be a foolish and wicked policy to leave unnecessary bitterness behind the strike. We have all got to live and work together if we intend to have success and not failure. In our opinion the Unionist Party has no more urgent duty than that of improving the con- ditions of Labour. But it was impossible to compromise with any attack on the democratic principle that supreme authority belongs to a Government representing an elected Parliament. Such an attack must always be brought to a standstill if democracy is to survive.—En. Spectator.]
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