Other points %vhich are in urgent need of definition are
the phrases—" a single trade or industry," and " intimi- dation." As the Bill stands, apparently no strike will he illegal, whatever its purpose, provided that it is con- fined to " a single trade or industry:' But what is a single trade or industry ? The Bill speaks of it as though it had been defined, hut it has never been defined. It is pertinent to ask whether an industry really can be defined, for nowadays an industry dovetails into so many others that half the work of the country might be logically spoken of as a single industry. A clever leader of the Opposition might transform this Bill. And do the Labour Party, after all, not value peace ? Are they going to make no contri- bution to that great cause ? "Peace hath her victories no less than war." It is certain that if the Govennnent in some tangle of foreign affairs had no better justification for going instantly to war than the Opposition has now in the House of Commons, Labour would denounce them without reserve as jingoes and blood-spillers.
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