The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-23
ENGLISH WORKMEN.
ARE ANGERED BY
JOHN BURNS
LABOR MEMBER OF PARLiA-
MENT SAYS AMERICAN WORK,
MEN ARE BETTER IN HABITS
OTHER ENGLISH NEWS.
BY RICHARD ABERCORN.
Especial Gable To The Times).

| LONDON, Nov. 23.-"I happen TO
have visited America three times.
have seen the unemployed both in
England and America and the only diff
ference can see is that the unem-
ployed in America for short time
after losing work. are better dressed.
They do not spend SO much money on
drink as do our fellow countrymen."
These words, spoken by Mr.. John
Burns. the famous labor member OF
parliament. are likely TO prove his po-
litical undoing for the workmen OF
England are furious against him and
claim that a few years OF political sue
cess and recent royal favor has made
him turn traitor to the cause of labor.
Other labor leaders have not been
slow In discovering which way the
wind blows and have hurried to get on
record as strongly opposed to the
views held by Mr.. Bruins. Mr.. John
Hodge, also a labor member of parlia-
ment, who belongs to the British Steel
Workers union and visited America
last year. declares that while drunken
ness Is increasing In the United States
II Is rapidly decreasing In England.
II was In America In 1900" he
said the other day, and my impress
sion then was that the sober men were
in greater proportion than in England
and that employers looked on total alb
stinence as certificate OF good work
and character. But last year | went to
America again and spent IL weeks
there. mixed with workers OF all
classes and found all the time that
drunkenness was increasing
The delegates at British trade con.
crosses are q much more sober and
temperate lot OF men than similar. dele
gates at the American Federation OF
Labor congress.
The house OF which II was once said,
Had William Pitt not been there.
but in health and at his post, the Bos-
ton tea duty would never have been
imposed and over the American con-
tinent the Union Jack might at this
day be playing" was sold at public
auction on Thursday last and will
probably be torn down to make room
for modern dwellings.
It was In this residence that Sir Will
liam Pitt, during his frequent fits OF
melancholia and In spite of the fact
that he was being urgently called upon
by the king and his colleagues. shut
himself of from all communication
with the outside world, even from his
own family and servants.
The small room In which he re-
NAMED for days together. seeing no
one. still remains and contains the
curious box cupboard In the wall
through which the patient received his
meals. II Is an opening about two
feet square, having door on each
side of the wall so that articles could
be placed in the cupboard from the
inside and withdrawn from the inside
without II being necessary for the
servant bringing them TO have even
glimpse Of the invalid.
King Edward has appointed Lord
Desart to be his plenipotentiary at the
international naval conference, which
opens In this city on Dec. l.
The conference, which will remain
In session until the end OF February,
will settle the establishment of a
permanent international prize court
at The Hague and various reforms In
naval usage in time OF war
Ever since he met with serious
automobile accident, some months ago,
Lord Curzon OF Kedleston, former
viceroy@ OF India, has been In poor
health, and this. combined with the
fact that the death OF his American
born wife seems to have affected him
mentally. continues to cause his ply
stefan great uneasiness.
Hoping that change OF climate and
scenery might prove beneficial his doc.
tor has suggested a prolonged African
trip. and Lord Curzon has agreed to
60. He will shortly leave for South
Africa and may later go on a hunting
expedition in the interior OF the CONT
nent, covering partly the same terri
tory that President Roosevelt expects
to visit next year.