NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WHEN we go to press on Thursday the delegates of the National Union of Railwaymen are considering the latest proposals of the Government. Mr. J. H. Thomas has made the grave statement that the opinion of the railwaymen throughout the country appears to be overwhelmingly against the proposals. We are thus faced with the prosreet of another industrial tempest. On the whole, however, we are inclined to think that there will be no sudden refusal of the terms, and that, though we may go through a period of anxiety, there will not be another great strike. We base this expectation largely on the fact that the men, much as they may dislike the proposed terms, do not want another strike. A strike is war, and very few soldiers want a fresh war immediately after finishing one. Moreover, the strikers recognized in the last struggle the tremendous power of resistance possessed by the public and the unexpected degree of perfection attained by the organization of motor transport.
