Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29

January men said, ominously: You
wait q week or two till the operatives feel
the pinch. They're q tough lot there"
But. save for little rowdyism at Ac-
crington and Great Harwood. no men
could have been more lamblike in de-
meanor. and every operative was firmly
Tor physical peace. In Cardiff, at the
beginning OF the coal strike. I was as
sured by the man who ought best TO
know that unless the strike stopped at
once riot was almost certain" The
miners might keep quiet but the dock
ers. almost all thrown out of work, were,
It seemed. "the most dangerous class In
the country"
They're employed by the day. live from
hand to mouth. and have nothing laid
by" I was told. You wait a week"
waited, but nothing happened. A fretful
major sent down by the war Office to or
distribution of the soldiers sat yawning
his head of in one armchair OF the hotel
smoking room. and the reporters sat
yawning In others. At last, when on the
point OF death from boredom. most OF the
latter went away. How long the major
stayed do not know.
Liverpool Trouble an Accident.
The fact is the Liverpool trou6le was
an accident. and In no sense inherent in
modern labor disputes in this country.
VINO strike. is figured as a sort OF TWEEN
tieth-century Goth. the kind OF figure
with which the Roman nurses used to
brighten infants But the London dock
ers are the best tempered people in the
world. The outstanding memory of a
week spent with theY during the strike
OF last August Is OF q crowd OF men
under the monument, laughing uproar-
iously at the spectacle OF q string of
empty wagons passing. with eight ex-
hausted policemen on each. Every morn
ing the men gathered in great good hui
NOR on Tower Hill to listen to the ora
tons OF that admirable actor, Ben Tillett.
The meetings were orderly throughout,
and when they found that the police OBJ
jected to proposed procession through
the West End. the thousands already on
the march turned back quite peaceably.
Any gentleman of the old school passing
through the ambassadors court in ST.
James Palace Thursday. where carriages
OF people who have the privilege OF
entry" to the royal presence at the levee
were waiting, would have been shocked
to see the behavior of the chauffeurs and
footmen in that sacred spot. They We're
lolling about smoking and taking their
ease, just as though they were in the
news or garage after their days work
instead of being In livery and in an inner
precinct OF the kings palace. Not very
long ago-in short. in the years when
there were no chauffeurs-a servant wear
ing his livery was on duty like a soldier
under arms. Now he is quite satisfied
Il he does his work capably. and. as to
appearances. comfort is even more i'm
portant.
His master. too. has to be satisfied, and
blames the chauffeur for the change. and
even blarRes the motor car. whose slant
ing seat ~compels a lolling, easy-going
position. The chauffeur has now pretty
we'll established his position after a
stormy period of domestic war. He began
by insisting on his position as a mechanic
and not a servant, and most owners have
to solve the difficulty by making him live
outside and letting him have his way
that cleaning the car was mental work
and he is not mental. The chauffeur
independence reacted on the footmen, and
1t Is now clear that the grandees are
paying for their motors by a revolution
In their kitchens. L. H. MOORE.