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Obviously the Government would quickly have some- thing to say

if only they were given a real opportunity instead of, as in the past, some vague, halting, or half- hearted suggestion that offered no hope of an agreement " inside the industry." Another reason for believing that the Government do not want indefinitely to stand outside the dispute is that the Mining Association has, so to speak, gone out of business. If the miners approached the Association to discuss a national settle- ment they would find the doors locked and the house empty. It seems, therefore, that any new proposal from the miners for a national arrangement cannot reach the owners without being passed on by the Government.

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