The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-08
UNIVERSAL STRIKE
| IS CONDEMNED
Cardinal Bovine Denounces
Syndicalism

London, March 7.-(Specal.)--T eam-
paign is promoted, inspired and directed
solely by those who neither accept nor
practice the teachings of Christianity.
while many of them do not recognize in
any way God or his law. The idea of 4
universal strikesis contrary to every prin-
ciple of justice or humanity
This is part of stirring address as
sailing "Syndicalism"- of the numcr-
Gus tentacles of socialism. Just uttered
by Cardinal Bovine. archbishop of West
minister and head of the Catholic heir
archy in England, warning Catholics to
have nothing to do WITH the English al
lies of the Industrial Workers of the
World in the United States The cardi-
nails speech is regarded as one of the
most forcible arguments against labor
agitation run mad" ever uttered in this
country. He confined himself to the
moral and religious aspect of the syndi-
calist movement which, he said. is based
upon the glarins fallacy which underlles
all attempt at social reform which ig-
nored the teaching of Christianity. Syn
diealism, to be effective, must embrace
every lOII1l Ol DubilC StINiCts tNti =
the police, tho army and the navy. sucl
proposals, in his opinion. struck at tn,
root of those conceptions of public order
and of national safety and patriotism
which were deep down in the hearts oi
| the vast majority of mankind, and fol
| that reason alone he regarded syndieaIsn
as Utopia in no way consonant will
common sense or the teachings of eco
nomic history. 1t seemed to ignore
among other things, the rights of pri
| vate ownership which the church had
| ever defended as being entirely in har.
mony with the law of Go.
1t Is understood that the battleshfp Re
| nown, in which their majesties mad,
| their trip to India some years ago, is mol
| to be sold out of the service, but will
| be used as target ship by battleshiI
of the home fleet. The Renown, which
was recently paid off and is now in charg,
of care and maintenance party. was
for several years used as a training shir
for stokers at Portsmouth. but she was
relieved of that duty about month age
| by the large cruiser Argonaut.
She Is now at moorings at Portsmouth,
| harbor. The Renown was completed IL
| 1897 and is thus a comparatively modern
| ship. She was designed as vessel oi
| ulSpidCeintnt--1E.ob IONS. ant
cost 100000. She was outclassed almost
| from the first The vessel has been ouI
| of the first line since Lord Fisher. whose
| flagship she was in the North American
and Mediterranean fleets successfully, re.
turned home, and is probably the worst
investment as an armored lighting vesse
the British nation ever made. Now. while
the majestics of earlier construction arr
still retained in the fleet, she is to serve
as target and be battered to pieces ir
the cause of naval science.
l hear a report that DIR. Louden, a,
present Dutch minister at Washington
will shortly be transferred to the cour,
of St. James. A strong representation
has been made by the Dutch colony In
London to the government of The Hague
to relieve the present minister and send
DR.. Louden here in his place.
There are vet in England many ole
country folk so strongly prejudiced agains
modern ideas of locomotion that they
have never yet got aboard a train A
proof of this-in a comparatively small
country as England is, dotted with rail
way depots-strange fact has just beer
| furnished by Thomas Porter horse dealer
of Felsted Essex, hale and hearty al
| 70 years of age. A few days ago he tool