The most interesting speech in the debate of Wednesday was
that of Mr. Hartshorn in which lie 'asked for a round table conference to settle the dispute. His plea was the culmination of a very ably argued- case for unification, to which the House listened with admiration. Unfortu- nately, the Government have had a sad experience of negotiations in which those speaking for the miners were not plenipotentiaries. Naturally they do not want to waste more time in ploughing the wastes of coal dust. • Yet there are signs that the T.U.C. is trying hard to bring about peace. - The meeting of the Trade Union Executives arranged for Friday of - this -week haS been -postponed, because it would undoubtedly have developed into a brawl betWeen the miners' • leaders and the General Council of the T.U.C. who called off the general -strike. It might easily have ended in the T:U.C. repudiating the Miners. That split has been avoided, at all events for the present. *. *
