The South Wales coal strike came to an end on
Wednesday. By an almost unanimous vote the conference of miners accepted the large concessions offered by the Government and pledged the men to resume work at once. We have dealt with the problems of the coal industry elsewhere, and will only say here on the subject of the strike that Mr. Lloyd George, who visited Cardiff in company with Mr. Runciman and Mr. Henderson, no doubt exercised a considerable personal influence on the miners. Mr. Lloyd George in his final speech urged his hearers to forget past strife. "Now that the quarrel had ended, let them bury the past in the deepest pit in South Wales and strive to make up lost time for the sake of France and for the sake of the Navy." We mean to take Mr. Lloyd George's hint. The less said about the incident the better.
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