New-York tribune., 1912-03-22

Tho debate on tho bin was interesting anu
served to disspate much alarm WhIch N"'
caused nv the announcement last heh' '"a'
the t'nionists intended tn oppose inc p"s
saro of The measure. II is now evident
that The Conservative leaders had no luc"
of upsetting the government Dul tHd' wv
merely desired To cvade responsibility Ioi
the hin and had no wish 10 assume o''''
themselves. ,... Of
Mr. RalCour pointed out the gravity W
the crisis. which had been brought a"""
..hv a single organization, acuhe VIII
fits legal powers threatening 10 Pai
tho whole trad" Of the country lic Wv
clarod that the government. IN ehuedNo' i'S
% na,s this bill was deceivinG both ltScll
and the House of Commons
Refers to American Trusts.
There is no indication that the lea",lo lo
OF the movement desired TO tempe -,
Of their legal powers with an! .',,as
ton Of mercy" said MI. hd'i'"'' .r;,,
,,,o,o ever an American trust at any perm
of IFS existence which had uscu o' -
the powers given TO it by the law ~ naI vol
de,rimcnt of private interests ana
,,adc to the extent We are no"
ing rohor bencbes
Crics Of "Yes" from the Labor oe'one"
greeted Mr.. Balfours question as 10 '''
American trusts.
r,o cv-prcmier said the government ne-
Tended it's bill on the ground OF the eAis'-
encc Of abnormal places in some o. '"7
nipos hut this was merely to save the lace
~ ministers who had FASTENED under
threats to yield TO the conditions laid down
-, tho miners. lie complained that the
government had sanctioned the tearing UP
of existing agreements without a "oiu Vi
protest and declared that there was ho
justification for the government attempting
70 force "this colossal revolution throus"
the House of Commons in less than a week.
Tension Greatly Relaxed.
The debate showed that the Labor lead
ers were in a more reasonable mood Al
though they tabled several amendments
one for the inclusion of their schedule OF
minimum wages 1t is believed that theE
now will be satisfied with, and That Inc
government will bc willing to concede the
five shilling and two shilling minima'
Altogether. the tension has been greatly re-
laxed. and. although the debate may be car
ried into next week 1t would not be sur
prising if the governments original pro-
sramme was carried out and the bill be-
come a law by Saturday The Conservatives
are not likely TO take any official action III
the committee stage, which VIII he con-
cerned for the most part with the LABOR
amendment
During to-day's debate Austen Chamber
lain confessed that the Opposition was not
anxious to take Office, but that il would not
shirk the responsibility if called. The BILL
he said. stood for policy of surrender and
would engcnder similar demands from other
trades.
Sir Edward Grey, Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs, denied that the bill would
make trouble i'm the future. New clrCum-
stances had arisen. and the door had been
opcned with regard to a minimum wage
which could not be closed again. II would
be futile for Parliament to bury its head IN
the sand and ny TO ignore the question
IL would not make trade struggles easier TO
avoid by facing it, Within a few weeks
perhaps days. they should be dealing, not
with the causes. he said. but with the terri
bic consequences Of the strike. That was
why the government had introduced the bill.
Asks All to Use Common Sense.
If the bill failed, continued the Foregn
Secretary, the government must protect the
nation by every resource in its power but
ho appealed TO the owners and miners alike
10 unite in a common sense spirit Of rea-
sonablencsS to see that 1t should not be
necessary to resort to those means
William Brace. Labor member for Gla-
morgan south, said that If the government
would not amend the bill to include the
whole miners schedule they should at least
amend il 10 include their irreducible min
ina, five shillinss for men and two shillipgs
for bows, so that when the miners went be-
fore the district boards they would be as
sured Of some definite basis Of settlement.
I'VE WANT he said, "A settlement | be-
lieve that five have settlement in this
way it will bc permanent.
lie asserted that the mo-. n 90 he Oppo-
sition to reject the bill Wa ,....a method
Of meeting a great crisis
In a great war said he. I'VE forget
party This is a war fought out in the
homes and at the hCarths Of the people.
We shall vote for second reading, and to-
morrow shall move amendments
Earl Winterton, Conservative, opposed the
hill on the ground that ne had been told
that it would fail 10 settle the strike il
PASSED, while it offered inducements to the
miners 10 shrk work and thus reduce tho
coal output
Division followed.
MANN ACCUSED or TREASON