22 AUGUST 1925, Page 2

Although the echoes of the coal crisis have continued to

reverberate during the week there are few new facts to record. The composition of the Royal Commission his not yet been announced. The Prime Minister's object is to make the Commission an entirely impartial body. For this reason he has resolutely refused to consider the miners' demand that they should be represented on the Commission. He is, of course, perfectly right. There is no place on the judges' bench for either miners or mitre- owners. If they were there they would only be judging their own cause. On the other hand there is plenty of room for technical experts to serve as assessors and help the five members of the Commission—or whatever the number may be.