The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19
{ N GLAND FEARS
GENERAL S TRIk {
Most Optimistic Observers Fail
to Sec Ray OF Light
Ahead.
INCREASE COMES TOO LATE
Burns Contemplating Important
Changes in London Gov
Crnmcnt.
ny rHrLLIr u, ERErr.

! Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
! 9, LONDON. November iS.-Lke dread
| inl nightmare. the fenr Of y new gen
| erai railroad strike overhangs England
| Inc most optimistic observers fail to
| see II ray OF light ahead. Even the
railroads companies acknowlcde. th.t
3 man cannot work for a paltrv week
| ~ wage OF $3.50 and feel that he is
| TrSSre'v'ns Just recompcnse for his labor
, "9nder he becomes desperate.
! English workingmen are ] belicvo
III mos, pa'ent ana conservative in
n nnf W World and had their employers
phid tncln the smallest possible living
| WAGES the men would have rcrnntne5
CONSERVATIVES forever. Thoy wnrn
| sY.ssa INTO socialism and unionism by
starvation wages. and as ,hey h,ve
u"akcnet to the fac. that thcv QUO
very slight Improvement I'm their In,
90 thrlr labor unions. they insist that
garizcd labor. "
100 late. the railroad compan mic. are
t'ir,hS me men raise OF wages. I.
IL like throwing food 10 a mack ,s
ravenous wolves. In timn ,h. pa au, oI
companies Will have to recognize ~
,'.nr unions. and If they are wise they
an ipd,,s So pr'or. another strike-really
trade Of the whole country. ''e
John Burns is contemplating some
tiE important changes in the ms
chlhcry OF the London government =,
I,pposing the London poor law REFORM
IN IN iast summer. Mr. Burns intimatod
.hat he was considering some lnrpe ad
illustrative reforms i'm the I 1,,I,,,
pioor law. Now that the old ago n.m.
s s,,I,s act is enptyins the worKhonses,
NJ, R,rps are an The more urgent
Ill. burns could. believe. by admin
ave oruer alone. under the poor law
. act OF 1854, convert the whole OF Lon.
wny i,t .i,, one single union. and In that
49, Wlhout any Legislation. nave the
Wy !or Central London moor Inw,
' nn.norlty' That authority would. of
na,, 81, necessarily work through the
WOULD consist of tho bcst of the nrnc
en- e guardians. Such scheme would
b ci,.rai'@c the control OF the work
Io o, ana int1rmarics. and enable
,on. 10 nave one poor tax-the big
gest step towards Capitalization ot S
c cnat couid now be taken. II would also
ground ~ ~ government 10 survey the
rou"u ior the working of tho jnsnr
ance bill. and to take over from -,
s"c,, Jaw, iaW; Tor hospital purposes. all
for for no ~m'I az as arc now suoerfuous
Ut poor law purposes
a." not say that Mr.. Burns's schcn.
SoeS mat FAR. But It Is in this dir.c
.ioh that he is moving rather than In
ne direction OF handing over tho noor
Lev 10 the London County Councu
no, ma. oohy at present shows itself so
| STACK ana Indifferent to the interee,s
Oh London that a minister NAV wou
pause before calling upon II 10 osrry
new responsibilities.
IN regard to the published forecast
OF the home rule bill, need only rn-
mind my readers that the forec,e, s,o,.
not profess to be more ,han .i,atois
or the suggestions made bv the c,hinn,
committee The cabinet Itself has NOT
yet considered the bill at all and ~
the cabinet often changes the whole
lintuFe OF such suggestions before they
r ,, me House of Commons. it is
useless to treat them IA final.
OF course. home rule has It's dim.
culttes. but there are no din,.ultias
that cannot be removed. as the dim
culties OF South African Union were
removed, by a convention OF mon who
wish II well. 1t is only when these
aifheu!tes arc exaggerated in order
to defeat the main cause itsalf ~,
they become formidable
Take the most serious of all tbese
probiems-the representation of Ire
iahd at Westminster. Every solution
proposed Will be denounced by those
VINO oppose home rule Every solu-
ton can be made workable by those
VINO support home rule. Any solution
Is better than the present system. bv
which England hampers Ireland and
Ireland interferes with England
You can find objections 10 any
chanse, but to none can you find any
objections so great as those arising
t'''i vac casting SYSTEM, by which
! England is drained dry and ireland
is not properly fed.
The news that the Pope intends dis
solving the Franciscan Order and in
corpora ting It with the capuchtns is
creating widespread interest. even in
England. This step is interpreted as
| Implying the subordination of the SUI
/ nerinr under an inferior Organization.
| 1t shows a preference to a lighting
order, while tho men who devote their
| lives moro to religious contemplation
are put back
| The ideal OF the Franciscans is
| Francis of Assist. who included even
the animals and tho trees Of tho for
ests in all-embracing human love. He
saw everywhere the work of kind
Creator. On the other hand the ideal
of the Capuchin is the pugnacious ora
tor big OF body. and often uncouth,
who goes forth into the municipalities
| and breaches in strong and often hui
| morous language.
The ascendency of the Capuchins
over the Franc!scans means, therefore.
that the Church OF Rome of to-day lays
less stress on inner piety than on the
increase OF its fighting forces. 1t is
the church militant. not the church
prayerful. The measure Is in complete
harmony with the recent Borromeo
Encyclica!. which also breathes spirit |
OF strife. 1t represents the church |