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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 565, 3 February 1891, Page 2

The description Mr Champion applies to the Australian unionists is not a very complimentary one, but there is much truth in it. In an article contributed to the Nineteenth Century he compared the Australian unionists to an army of lions led by asses. The inconceivable foolishness shown by the Australian leaders in the recent strike, and the manner in which they repulsed Mr Champion because his friendly counsel did not agree with their opinions, proves that there is much justness in the attack that Mr Champion has now made in his turn. There is no question that the huge blunder made by the leaders in Australia has crippled Unionism to an extent that it will not recover from for many years to come. Let us hope that the condemnation pronounced by Mr Champion will be taken to heart, and that the whoselome lesson it conveys will not be lost upon the Unionists. The leaders whose incompetence has been proved at such a cost, are likely to feel incensed at Mr Champion’s candor, but the great body of workers will probably attach the proper value to the utterances of one whose advice, if taken, would have prevented an overwhelming defeat.