THE COMING SESSION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2185, 25 June 1914, Page 4

THE COMING SESSION

The political prophets wfa? have , ■ been forecasting a sjta-my session ■are on fairly safe ground. Every-' thing points thai'way. Tfe ckotioneermg of ffis past few months has be'en qttite'cxftcpti&kiils attd eoib<? hard ajicl bitter things ta f e' been sfticl ,S'ie Jf<)sH'ft Waßp plainly is smarting tin 1 cler a- sßmse 01. his past .failure as LSatlor of the liberal Party, and is ■determined to fight very hard in art emfenrour to jifiteua.de tte eotmfay that because lie Jma been tffo ycsi'S ■ iii Opposition Ms weafcaesses fl/fid : sho.rteo'mi'rigs'i wlien in office should. be'werloaked, If is a, curious thiftg that h.6 cfl&iwfc- sec that the. course liij has beeii pursuittg iii his electioneer' ; ing campaign lias bemi the veif ©no most.likely to on thethe fact- thattJic ytes have in no •way Gfeppßd Mini, Mis elitef re.scttU'ees feMay, as they were thwaj wars ago, ai'e a great' capacity fur . ta£,^h*Bo itiidJiig bat. mainly empty talk; a distressing hahtt of dwelling ' m his iJßi'sowl aad q, 1 quite reftroi'kftble eksivcn-esß ift tfodg--1 ittg vital festK-s and'ia xtvoJd.mgcqjH'1 nutting hitoscrlf to any Hiie of policy 1 whatever.- If we judge bite on Ms s seeches hfe coafepttoa af statesiiian- ■ ship is iiowy.as it was three years • ago, to surround hig intentions with < aft. air of seci'cey, iri the hppc- tlia-t his inysteriofi& hints aad saggestjoij'S ■' rriaj coaeieal his Wai batreiineS3 of » practical pejitical ideas, Ss it fs we find him Bintitog at a Jjttiiay which ; is to stsggßi' creation, just o4 ic i dW in jell", arid just as.lie will fto ■ doubt eectifiuo. to i]o so long as he' 1 a seefcc? for poliMcal haaouif* It : beiiig plain that S.iR losePh Wars 1 has lo<Mtted no ndw Mit'Jcs, and Mh •: folbwcrs haying placed ttooiss/slv-es ' entirely in his hancls, U ia not diffi--1 cult to. fiiiticifjate the course al eon- ; thiei lifcsly to bo piifswccl by Ifoa Op- ■ p.oAiUoB thtiing, the ceiuing scEsioM. ; Saving: no policy to. trouble thmn, 1 niKl beisp co-nceracd only to erobar- > i - ass the pwertnfeat, and prevent ii • carrying ouiite plettges, the Opp.&si> ■ Men e?JJ be ralied on to obstfvtcfe ' every Bill Jike'ly b win tl© Eofonit <■ Parly orodifc in the country. A$ the - Oovexniijimti he expected to ciii i tJiavotl' to pass as matiy as Jjjossiblt? • of the wusrs-ures' still required ts mm--1 pfete 'the fnifilment- of its pledges, it : will bo seen that there are stre'tuwus "' times ahead, f lie farokal fedtwfo ;o-f • the $itt : iiifciog wilj hi? a;ppre:eia ; ted by 3 the jjiitjlie. ifcW ( is a Govfernnieiit > anxious: fco fulfil its pledges %a the • eketofa; and thew is ftn OpposiMon " striyiug to prevent it dojn.g s<j. with ) a vieiv 'to nttatlkiiig the Obyerimnept ? at the hustings for the failure the fc Opposition, itself Ms'beon resp&nsibk. r for. There is only, we thing for. the Clevevmaent to i.e. The Wardtkis " will oneteftvoiw to \frd4to the sossioa ' widh efestioneering talk. Siftistcrg ' sh-ottld ssfl that the rhort important • of their Bills are bioughi down toriy ' and should also dncl&av.OTir to pev- " snade iUk £p.llowets.to spcjik m s.e,l- ---? dom as jpcßsiiiki ; Is niay bo lttos- • sai«y at times to debate %vtestioto> of , 5 itraper-t&nce. but if meinßers of tnc l . Govsrnmewt Party wild make a f practk-o d eraidensiiig their reftiatlcs ' ; into a ten-BiinHte sptiecli thftt wsnkl i pi'oiiaily serve their purpose and f wooid during the course wi ilia svia 1 sioii save a good cfcal of time. Tfx , ? Oovfitanieflt is wit likely to suffer at ■' ail in the eyes of the country il rfb* ' structivft tactics aM fitirau&d by the • Anti-Befoi'jn gvmiji. Oh the contrary. ' the public: probably will bb inclined ' In regard those using this ««Fftir '' mcittis of jirevenlintt Miaistors friv- • ing effect to their'pledges fts caliinp " for tliat. emphatic form of t csnsum 1 which the pleetor Cfln so (ovclbly iif}nisnister fhvoutfh the mi i polling day. It is not neceeftftsar to

f.speculate as to tija legislativa inteni tians of the Government—they Avili be fully outlined in the Goveksoh's Speech at the opening of Parliament to-day. It am bo taken for granted, however, that Ministers will do their best to make it a work' ing session, and to register a record of daeds by way of contrast to their j oppuneiits' capacity for talk. ■ I UNIONS AND NON-UNIONISTS' •~ ■-■■ »: '■ "-H----fiiß big dispute which has been disturbing the wilding trade in Lonj don for some time past possesses poculiai' foaturos. Tti.e ■ trouble o.vigiftiilly teak the forna of a tmuiljcf; of sectional sti'ikes by men. who ob.jocted to work with nan-unionists, Tte , trade unions concerned seem' to have drifted into a state of am■archy, the officials having lost cmjtroi over the men. The union leaders, are ftot fet , , "tools" policy ift this dase, the sfcHk.o being a, breach of the rafes which tha oflicisls had si.gricd for rcgiilat- , ing the eo-nditioßs' «jf wori:, ' *fhc , struggle lias ham going on men , January 2§, tho majority of % men. . having l-efusad to sigjj au andfrtai- : jag to work ptfucehiiiy with their fci-low-ejttp-loyees wke'thfii; tto* are m&mbtn oli-s trada society or not, tl». penalty,.-fot breaking this agreement i being a fine of Sflgv, to. foe deducted &om Wiiges. On April 17 .3. Concilia > : tion Board cossistins of nineteen rci prossntiitiv-cs of eacjj. side unani- •■ fliously reeotttaijndßd that "itoionists . should agree to woj-k with nefl-unlan- \ ists; that no strite or lock-out should , teke tolaxie until the ißaffer 151 dispute had been referred to the Cob- ■ ciliatioa Bqai'd: that there should . be no victimisation l>y the Miasters . ftftd ho ticket in/spectiaaoft the job s by the twen; anjl that the ohsefvanoe ;■■ of t%6 rules should be enteced to 1 tho utmost extent ,oi the diseipliiKiyfcy : powers of the unions or ass&piaMans conccrn-od. These roecifiiftwnd&tioß.s ; seem very fail' ftiid rtasowable, wkt , weve uiianimously asccpted by the . Masters' Association, inifc were i'c- , JGcW by tlw mem Uy 0, 'taaj&ity ef . Wore than ten to"<inc. fhe tkult has : been great, loss to -lustU employ.cra and ; workmen, And aitich iaeonveniortce to ■ thfi II the dispute : ctiiv-eiofjs intfl a national iloeltvoitii, as now swats possible from the lakst , news to ItJUK?, th.3 consequences' -will 01 course bn oVfin ttipvo sbpiohs, A i writer 5n tho J/oiv&m ihMif jfpiw- ; tiie wsll-kiioiva Itadical tto%|ia:j3sr, .; recently discussiftg the sitflatibtt, >c- , marked; ''Trade, anipnisni is Mtifs ; iftostroycd by this yisttWdinatiofl iof i ta? men awl ihfs timliity gl ftc cjuji cials. Ho* cat} yon niako agree* . tt.oflts with unions which oawnol -cant- , ~maad % e : bc;sfi*si?c of thcii- tnoijiii BBTsf -What hope is £hm lot an , '»»y always ready to repii*- , djatft its fliirees and whose q/Bgcts , ave , always to fee sepiuji' j afetlf ! It wcsy-W seew that ffio'ppM. . toon, ? ; n- Eflgja-nd i : s pwetieally the , opposite ivfikab which exits' fei'e i Where the .efficefs ol .so fflany <d tjte i unions appear to tbrnj-naJfep ©voi 1 tfie , terik and H1&