New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
.CREYSONS FAVOR ARSON.
SABOTAGE AND MURDER
English Couple Would Use Them
as Means to Bring About
Human Improvement.
LLOYD GEORGE BELITTLED
Socialist Who Was Twice Ex-
PEELED from Parliament Calls
Him a Decoy Duck-Sees
Armageddon Coming.

TWO mild hammered English persons
/ put themselves on record yesterday at
/ the Great Northern Hotel a. being
/ heartily in favor Of sabotage. arson and
( murder as means for human improve
mont They We're Victor Greyson and his
/ wife
! victor WAS twice expelled from Parla-
ment for his labor agitation methods
| there. while MS wife gave up her stage
name Of Ruth Norreys six months ago
! To adopt his. He is radical socialist.
ana thinks the above mentioned methods
would help things along that line. She is
a militant suhragette. who believes al
most any kind OF violence is good for
that cause
! Il am militant in belief. though not
/ in action yet ! have never personally
| killed a soul" said Mrs Grey son. But
! indorse completely the acts OF the Eng
lsh miltants. They are Justified in
doing anything that gets them what they
are after Yes. this includes burning OF
houses and killing.
i think it would De all right to Kill
Nh. Asquith. if ii would help the cause.
but think il would be even better.
! though sadder. II Mr.. Pankhurst herself
We're killed. mean. Of course. br the
governments treatment of hey. ! would
feel sorry for her daughters. but il would
arouse such tremendous Indignation that
the effect would give a great impetus To
the cause"
Greyson comes 20 this country to study
the labor wars going on here and TO
! lecture He had a conference Yesterday
with Big Bnl" Haywood. whom he adj
mires and whose methods he thinks are
just about the thing. and accepted his
/ invitation 10 20 with him to-day 10
! Paterson and address the silk mill
strikers
MI Greyson entered Parliament from
Come Valley in 1906. but was expelled for
! his obstructonist tactics. He came back
at the next session but wa expelled
again Then. in 1910. he stood FOR re-
I election. but his own constituents would
have 10 more of him. and his Parlia-
meutary career came 10 AN end
They expelled me from Parliament be-
cause / refused 10 allow the business ~
the House OF Commons 10 proceed until
some time had been devoted 10 "a cousii-
Grafton OF the unemployed problem. no
said 1t was q Jolly row. The sergeant
at-arms drew his big sword. and he had
twenty huge constables BIt didn't be-
lieve iu any gymnas tics. and retired rol-
unfairly.
II do not think Lloyd Georges measures
are calculated to do any good for che
working classes He is decoy duck.
All II his schemes are designed 10 frus-
trate labor's struggles for bettermeut ln
spite Of his sO-called remedial measures
wages have remained stationary. while
the cost OF living has increased.
Political action has proved dismal
failure in improving conditions. Therefore
| / believe IN Industrial organization-yes
| syndicalsm and direct action. and all OF
! the methods employed by your f. ". y.
here under Haywcod's .eadcrship-sa-
botage and all the rest OF 81. Even mur-
/ der
Are you ready to be deported be was
asked.
Yes. at the government expense he
REPLIED. Capitalism Is committing mar
! der BIS starvation. Therefore ! would JUS
/ tifv murder by labor after the fact But
/ am not advocating Wholesale murder
! simply could hnd an excuse for II after II
! happens
! Things look dark 10 me-. see 81 at
! Armageddou coming-a great nnai strus-
! gle between the sleepy. selfish capitals
tic clique on one side. and the awakening
/ forces Of labor on the other.
! After giving the usual soclaliSuc knocks
10 militarism and excessive armaments.
/ he said that Europe WAS seething with a
! coming great war. lie prophesied that an
! outbreak was inevitable between England
/ and Germany. and that II might be- looked
| for at any minute