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We regret to record that all the indications point to

a coal strike on March 1st. The handing in of strike notices has been practically universal. The Government, we note, are being urged to stop the strike, but they cannot compel men to work underground who do not wish to do so. All they can do, and that we are convinced they will do, is to use the whole power of the nation, not merely to prevent outrage and disorder, but also to prevent the men who do not want to work from interfering with those who do, either in the mines or in any other industries. Presumably the men knovi already that this will be done, but, if not, the sooner the Government let it be known the better.

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