The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-03
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BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

BY HERBERT TEMPLE.
London. Sept. 3.-The country Of un-
rest Is what England might properly
be called today, for in all directions
you discover symptomsof the grow
Ing dissatisfaction with present. social
and political conditions,
which must sooner or later lead to a
great upheaval for which England
will emerge, probably more modern
all events a very much shanged
state.
The unrest In the labor world is
probably the most noticeable. Though
being far from as well organized as
their bretheren in Germany. the Eng
lish workingmen are gradually wax.
ing up and strikes are threatening ev-
erywhere. Hardly day passes with
out mass meetings being held some
where. and at these meetings the
speeches have lately assumed
of violence hitherto unheard
Of here outside Of anarchistic meet.
ings in London. The unrest among
is particularly pronounc-
ed in the shipping trade and nearly
all Of the railroads Of the kingdom are
having grave fears of the future, the
more 80 because the men show a
to get beyond the control of
their own leaders. -..
The labor situation in the railroad
world has indeed never been as omin-
GUS as 1t is today. In Scotland, in
in the southern part Of
England. everywhere, the spirit Of
is rapidly rising toward the
boiling point, and at any hour the
trial OF strength between masters and
men may begin.
The growing unwillingness of the
men to listen to the counsels of their
leaders is very significant. There was
a time when the rank and file were
willing to listen quietly and to obey
implicitly the advice of those they
had set over them by their own free
choice. But the progress Of events
since Mr.. Lloyd Georges settlement Of
the crisis in October 1907 has made
the men disguised with the result of
following the guidance Of their lead
ers.
Three years ago the main plank in
the mems demands was recognition of
the right OF trade union officials to
stand as mediators between the men
and their employers. BY the advice
of their leaders they were persuaded
to forego this demand. and in it's place
they received gift Of the Cancellation
boards.
1t IL common knowledge that great
things were expected from the estab.
lishment Of these boards. It is com
mon knowledge too. that they have
failed to remove friction and promote
the harmony that should characterize
the relationship Of masters and men.
Another symptom probably even
more dangerous to the welfare Of the
rich IL the growing spirit among the
clergy. who have hitherto always ex'
|erted their influence with the masses
in favor OF the upper classes, al
though the lot Of the average English
vicar Is about as miserable as that
Va tuC POOiCcS WI AluSuloA ouuOh6 AiS
|parishioners.
Recently. however. the Wears are
beginning to assert themselves; time
and again they have protested against
their miserable stipends, very often
not even amounting to SIS week. and
protests are also heard against the
iron rule Of the bishops. who keep the
minister in a state OF serfdom by
harsh and antiQuated rules.
The Rev. Edmund Hudson, who re
Gently asserted his right to marry and
did marry girl according to Scottish
rites, although he has a wife living
and refused to give up his church al
the order Of his bishop. in a sermon
illustrated the new spirit among Eng
lish ministers. Choosing for his tex
Christ's miracle of turning water into
wine at the wedding feast he said:
This was the opening miracle Of
the Sayiour's ministry" said Mr.