It is true that their basis at present is a
false one,. for the proposals which they will put• forward rest -upon the conditions which they allowed the Industrial Christian Fellowship to put forward in their name, and one of these is the impossible subvention for four months. But the important thing is the readiness to negotiate at all, and in his speeches Mr. Cook - has lately made V 110 point of the subvention. - He asked for a free hand for the -Executive to negotiate, and on the second day of the new Delegates' Conference, held in London on Monday and Tuesday, the Executive received the authority and the freedom for which they asked. These were given them by a Majority. There was a con- siderable minority which for various reasons grudged them. It was an aggregate of a few extremists who want a .fight to a finish (Heaven help them if they get it !), of a few who brought up this or that reasoned objection or alternative theory, and so on. But the mandate was given, and we must trust that it will be wisely and successfully used. As we go to press on Thursday there will be a meeting of the Executive with the repre- sentatives of the Mining Association.
