In the first place, .such a huge organism must make the task of har moniously directing it next to impos sible ; and, in the second place, the larger the strike the more intense becomes the misery of those on strike, inasmuch as not only do necessary commodities become scarce and dear but the strikers are deprived of that substantial help that one craft in time of need extends to another. : Meanwhile the mischief done to com merce is incalculable. 'Vessels freighted with per^ablej^gCv9,w4JA-ttuioaaing. OjQgr^Kew Zealand^ vessel has 32,000 carcases on board, another 25,000, all of which there was at one time the probability of losing from the impossi bility of getting the vessels unloaded, or of obtaining a supply of coal to keep the refrigerating operations going. These are cases that more particularly interest New Zealaud, but they are merely two of the many instances of the losses likely to occur if the strike continues. .Further, there must be, of course, a complete paralysis of the coastal and foreign trade, so far, at least, as the South of England is con cerned. Hundreds of steamers are lying in the Thames unable to load or to coal; and for the time, being, at least, trade is being driven from London to other British ports, and, what is worse, to the large ports of the Con tinent ; 'so that large seaports like Antwerp and Hamburg are reaping what may turn out to be a very per manent benefit from the perplexities of their London neighbours. No fact in connection with this remarkable move ment is more striking than, so to speak, its solidarity. No sooner do the Lon don dock workers determine to strike than the fact becomes known in a flash to all the trades unions in the world. In the British ports like Glasgow, as well as in Continental ports, there is sympathy and something like co-opera tion with the strikers; and even Aus tralasian cities send substantial mes sages of encouragement. The wharf labourers in Sydney have cabled LSOO to support their London brethren, which sum will keep the strike going for half a day. Brisbane also has sent its donation of Ll5O, and Melbourne and Adelaide are about to follow suit. All this is very significant, but what its precise significance is is not so clear. 