18 JUNE 1927, Page 3

The promising fact remains that there was agreement about the

need for more conciliation. Everyone admits that strikes and lock-outs are obsolete. Even the stensible victors in an industrial dispute may exclaim ith Pyrrhus, " Another such victory and we are "done " The Canadian Statute has proved the -onderful uses of publicity. It makes the facts known, nd public opinion then forms. When public opinion s declared itself, the dispute is as good as over. _ Neither _ ide can really defy public opinion. We sincerely hope that the Labour Party will think better of its decision to boycott the Inquiry which might make the Trade Unions Bill in effect a dead letter.