The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
BREAK FROM LIBERAL PARTY.
SOCIALIST LABORITES AT ODDS
WTTH THE GOVERNMENT.
Liberal scottish whip IN House Of Commons
Describes Them a. q Body OF Malig-
nant Wreckers-LsbOr Party In the
House Divided Socialists Growing
strength IL Thoroughly h0wn.
Special caOI, Despatch 10 TIE SUN.

Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE sun.
LONDON. Oct. "a few weeks ago the
Hon. Alexander Murray, the Master OF Eli
bank. the Liberal Scottish whip in the
House Of Commons. delivered an attack
on socialism and it's representatives In
Parliament which in spite Of his official
position attracted little attention. This
week ut a great conference Of the Scottish
Liberal Association he renewed the attack
and this time IL was in circumstances and
with such support that the event ranks as
one OF the most important in domestic
politics since the present Government came
into power.
. The Liberal party can no longer pretend
to disguise the fact that the Socialist Labor
ties can never be part Of the Liberal party.
This fact, which from the outset was patent
to an unbiased observer. has now been
acknowledged by an important section
of the Liberal organization. The Scottish
association. boldly sweeping aside subter-
fuge and equ~ivocation. passed a resolution
to the effect that 1T is the primary duty
Of the Liberal party TO present strenuous
opposition to all candidates who are not pre-
pared to dissociate themselves from the
Socialist party, the avowed object OF which
10 the complete destruction Of those princi-
Piles Of individual liberty for which liberal
ism has always commended"
Speaking on this resolution, the Right
Hon. Richard Haldane, Secretary for War,
referring to the Labor party in the House Of
Commons, said it was hopelessly divided.
One half Of the members sat on n side
OF the house and the other half on the
other. If in the name of labor Keir Hardie
or any one else brought forward an abstract
proposition which oonficted with Liberal
principles. il he wished to nationalize lands
or capital or anything else, the Liberal
party would cross swords with him.
The Master Of Elibank described the
Socialist members of the House Is a
body of malignant wreckers, and Joseph
Peaee, the Government whip, declared the
Liberals would give little quarter to the
Socialist party il it pursued the tactics of
the Cockermouth election, when the Social
lets ran a candidate against the official
Liberal candidate and thus allowed a Union
list to win. Inasmuch as Keir Hardie de-
clares that the Socialists will fight for every
seat where there is a chance OF winning
no matter, whether IL ia a Conservative seat
or a Liberal one, it may be safely stated
that the Liberal party has now definitely
split from the Socialist wing of the Labor
ties, who nave t~wenty-nine seats in the
House of Commons.
Meanwhile there is a stubborn struggle
proceeding between the Liberal Laborites
and the labor representation committee,
who, headed by Keir Hardie, are declared
Socialists. The latter are trying hard to
get hold of the trade unions. The Miners
Federation OF Great Britain, which returned
eleven members to Parliament, refused
to Join the labor representation com
mittee. The Northumberland and Durham
miners, who return Ave members, also
refused to Join, but the number of votes
cast was very small, only 1913, 900 out of
$4,000 members of the federation in Grest
Britain voting.
But a notable event in the history of the
labor movement in England was a con-
ference of the A-malgamated Railway Ser
wants on Monday, when a resolution that
all candidates shall sign and accept the
conditions Of the labor representation
committee and be subject to their whip
was carried by a considerable majority
in the face OF the heated and passionate
protest of the secretary of the Amalgamated
Railway Servants, Richard Bell, NJ. p.
who for years has been the backbone Of
the railway servants organization. The
labor representation committee is in
fact rapidly q. pturing the trade unions,
and il it car manage to get this support
the old class Of working member is doomed
and a powerful Socialist party will soon
be established in the House Of Commons, a
fear which was plainly shown in the speech
of Secretary for War Haldane at PEBBLES.