New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-04

mcnt comes I believe the Government
VIII do It's duty and govern. Not other-
wise is this country TO be saved.
Trade Unions and the Country.
# Mr.. Thomas's warning has any
meaning al al Il IS, IS ! said, threati
whether he wishes 10 threaten or not
lie depicts his railway mon as saying
60 the country: "If YOU cannot win
this war IN our way you shall not win
at ALL" That, IN the frst place, = car
ried into effect, Is treason. In the SEQ
ond place. treason cannot be met by
surrender. u was one thing TO sur
render (twice over) to the South Wales
Miners Il was one thing 70 70 20
Bristol. ss Mr.. Lloyd George did. and
coax the Trades Union Congress and
expose the tricks Of the Unions. l.
would be altogether another thing TO
let the railway servants, or Labor men
T IN general, dictate openly 10 the Gov
eminent and the country how they
should conduct the war or lose it. It
is well the traitors should come out In
the open. There they can be dealt
with. For the Railway men TO strike
means 10 stop supplies and men: 10
hand over the men in the trenches 70
the Germans. No Government could
stand that.
Nobody supposes Mr.. Thomas has
any such purpose or wish. He is one
u the bEt and most loyal of the Labor
ieadors: incapable Of the rash folly on
which some Of them are bent. He has
doubtless overrated the extent of de-
lection, but he will be no party TO any
action which can be in effect unpatri-
otic.
The New Gospel.
Here, at any rate. is & means Of
judging what Trade Unionism has
taught the workingman. It puts him
above the State. He has been per-
suaded that the State exists for him.
The interests Of Labor-that is the
new doctrine are supreme For a gen
GRAFTON he has gone on applying that
gospel To was mischicvOus enough in
peace In war il may well prove fatal.
When this present Government, some
SIX wears ago. passed the Trades Dis
putes Act, il gave the sanction Of the
Government 20 the claim Of the Unions.
10 put them above the law. II au-
thorized the Unions 10 organize an
attack on Society and remain immune;
For what damage or disaster resulted
neither the Union nor It's officers or
members could be held 70 account. 1t
is an imper1um IN inD6ri0.
To-day we see the result. The claim
ln South Wales, the claim at Bristol,
the claim in the House Of Commons
this week or Thursday. has been FOR
tle Supremacy Of Labor, The Trade
Unions are the allies Of Germany-not
in intent but ia effect
None the less DO ! believe that under
the skin OF the Trade Unionist the
g.. o. tho Cow
eminent tell him the truth. Let him
know the danger Then will II be seen
that, as Mr. Asquith said in his fne
pcroration on Wednesday:
"Rulcrs and ruled will concentrate
upon an uneXampled task consentient
couasels. undivided energy, and the un-
broken, indomita0le VIII OF the bIl'lsh
people
Party First, the Radical Motto.
The Radical Press makes much Of Mr..
Thomas. Naturally, the railway men,
says one paper, dread conscription, be-
cause in France and Italy consumption
has been used 10 crush strikes. There
could be no better argument for con
scription. Such strikes ought 70 be
cru he'd. NJ BRAND won immortal
honor by doing it in France. That is
10 say, he called the strikers 20 the
colors and the strike collapsed Of its
own weight.
Another Radical paper, the most vio-
lent Of all, spreads across its front
page in Zig type the Legend:
"The Cabinet and the Conscription
Plot"
There is plot to Gisplaco Mr.. As
auth: plot 10 set up Prussian Mill
tarism; a plot 20 betray the country,
and Heaven knows what else; but,
more iniouitous than all else, plot
to rush the country into a general
election.
A desire for an appeal to the people
is proof Of the wickedness OF the con-
scriptionist. The "Northcliffe Press"
Is behind il. a dinner party cam
paign" has been organized. A Dicta-
tor is 20 be produced. We are 70 un-
derstand that il was really Lord North
cjHe who brought about the fall Of
the late Ministry and the rise of this;
with Mr.. AsQuith somehow neverthe-
less still Prime Minister. The move
nent for National Service is "a scheme
10 smash the Government and plunge
the country into criminal and fatal
controversy" But Mr. Thomas has
gwen INC waning anu WAY ~'-'+'
News" puts II thus;
Grade Unionism has borne much
contumelv and Misrepresentation, but
m win not bear the letters OF Con-
scriptou in virtue of 4 Conspiracy en-
FINGERED under the auspices of Lord
Northclife."
There is the measure Of sanity and
sense and good manners supplied by
the Radical Press in the midst Of a
war with the existence Of England al
issue.
4 Cabinet Scare.
II is q crisis. but there is also r
crisis inside tho crisis. There is Cab
met Crisis. designations are threat
ened. There are wicked men who are
not willing TO sit still and draw com
Portable salaries while the country IS
torn asunder and the army LETT 20 ~
self. Lists arc printed. They include
Mr.. LLOYD George and Mr Churchili on
one side; Lord Lansdowne and Lord
Curzon and Sir Edward Carson on me
other. Nine or ten IN ell, or about half
The Cabinet. Apart from the real Sc
robustness Of the whole business, we are
treated 10 a first class sensation.
Whether any of II is true mat
tors less. Il Is one Of tho cards
which the Radical Press does not hes
itote 20 MAY. You can imagine Mr:
ASouitb's disgust with his so-cailed
snnporters. And the menace Of a trea-
sonable strike. Of an industrial Reyoiu-
ton in Mr.. Thomas phrase, hangs IN
The air Ike cloud, or like a Zeppelin
on It's errsnd Of murder q. W. ;.