A word must be said as to the Government and
their preparations. These preparations are of the most perfect kind. There is plenty of food, and there is adequate means for distri. buting it. No one will starve—not even the strikers. Again, the forces required to give protection to those who desire to wort is adequate and will be adequately used. Finally, no attempt! at revolution by Bolsheviks or Sinn Feiners who may think the strike is their opportunity can possibly succeed. Then may be riot, there may be sabotage, there may be arson ; but these things will do no real injury to the nation. They will certainly not intimidate it. On the contrary, they will stiffen the national resolve. And here let us say that the miners and their allies must remember the fable of the Sibylline Books. Every day the strike lasts will make the final settlement less good for the strikers.
