22 FEBRUARY 1908, Page 3

The anxiety which has arisen in Newcastle and the North

of England in regard to the threatened strike in the ship- building and allied industries is, we fear, only too well justified. It was announced, however, late on Thursday night that the President of the Board of Trade was in consultation with the representatives both of the masters and of the men, and that certain proposals will be considered on Friday. It is greatly

to be hoped that a strike may be avoided; but if peace is made, we trust it will he a real peace, and not some im- practicable compromise which will only postpone an out- break, and may even make that outbreak Worse when it does come.