BOTH SIDES WRONG

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 9

BOTH SIDES WRONG

ONLY TWO WAYS OF ESCAPE

WITHDRAWAL OF STRIKE ORDER

OR ULTIMATUM.

(Australian-New Zealand Cable Assn.) LONDON, sth May. The "Manchester Guardian," in an editorial, says: "There appear to bo only two ways of escape—the withdrawal either of the general strike order or of the Government's ultimatum. Both were wrong; the general striko by attempting to coerce the Government contrary to law and democratic government; but tho manner and occasion in which the Government was used to enforce a sound principle ■■ could hardly bo more unfortunate. "A geueral strike is known to have bocu the trade unions' intention for months. Tho Government overlooked tho bad principle and issued no warning, and not even a syllablT of protest. Even after the trade unions' decision of Saturday they continued negotiations and only shifted the issue to tho constitutional question when a single union prevented the appearance of the 'Daily Mail.' To keep tho principle in the background to the last moment and then use it as the handiest woapon of attack discredits good faith and good sense."