Mr. Ramsay MacDonald can least claim the credit of having—with the help of the House of Lords—put the long-drawn-out coal controversy. in England beyond the purview of party polities for the time being. Critics of the Governmient's Coal Mines -Act were heavily, handicapped by the general feeling, that both mine owners and miners had too long absorbed public anxiety, This atmosphere was plied himself to the study of the iam Graham who ap-Problem with considerable diligence! "and, as Progident of the Board Trade deserved special congratula tions on the result. Whatever the defects of the measure may be it has thrown upon the industry itself the obligation of bringing about its own salvation subject to such control as the interests of the public demand. Pree of the bugbear of political controversy the mine owners and miners have their chance, They should make good use of it, The Insurance Vendetta The vendetta now being conducted in the Chinese press against Foreign Insurance companies seems to be inspired by curious disregard of ordinary business considerations. Reference has already been made to it in these columne but attention may usefully be drawn to the latest ebullitions, which. genially mention jecrtain firm by name and stigmatize them or their employees as' bribetakers or worse, if worse there could be. The performance is particularly foolish because most people welled with insurance matters know perfectly well that, where a company refuses to pas a claim made under a policy, the insured
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