2 MARCH 1912, page 1

As We Have Said Above, We Do Not Intend To

embarrass a situation so critical by any attack on the Government. We may, however, point out one or two facts which, though they may be ignored for the moment, are bound to......

It Remains To Be Pointed Out That, Though The Miners

had up till Friday morning refused to yield, a great deal of satisfac- tion was shown by them at the speech of the Prime Minister. And no wonder ; for the Government have not......

After A Week Of Concentrated And Minute Discussion The...

came to a conclusion which was fully set forth by Mr. Asquith in his speech to the National Miners ' Confer- ence on Thursday afternoon. The Government, he announced, had come......

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It Comes, Then, To This. Either The Strike Must Go

on and Government intervention prove abortive, or else the Govern- ment must somehow or other induce the miners to accept their scheme, or, again, must give way to the men and......

The Desire Of The Government Is To Obtain The Assent

of both sides to their scheme in order that they may avoid the admitted evil of legislation. By Friday, and after what we can only describe as very strong pressure, the owners......

News Of The Week.

MHE coal strike has begun. As we write on Friday between 800,000 and 1,000,000 miners have left work. We are not going to waste apace with rhetorical descriptions of the perils......