A brief telegram recently announced that the amalgamation of the Miners' Federation, the Trans port Workers' Union and the National Union of Railwaymen had been ratified. The movement to draw together the three moat important trade union organizations began a long time ago, and, before the war, great fears were expressed lest this group of workers should be may be remembered that after the railway strike nearly five years ago the workers saw that they were unable to frighten the country into acceding to their demands; subsequently the unions of allied trades amalgamated or adopted a common plan and gradually the workmen of the country made their position very strong. The hesitancy with which compulsory service has been applied has in a measure been due to this fact, the railwaymen, particularly, assuming an attitude that created considerable anxiety. But many changes have come over the country in the past months, re-~ flecting a desire to sacrifice private ambitions in order to satisfy the call of conscience to "do your bit." There is, therefore, no present reason for supposing that the new alliance intends to use its power. But what reasons for opposing capitalist trusts can compare with the contingent dangers of a labour trust of this magnitude?
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