New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-11

land exist for the Trades Unions, or
the Trade Unions for England?
Their Hatred of the "Patriotic Press"
They draw an INDICTMENT against
"the reactionary Press,A and against
formulating newspaper policies for
party purposes" OF their own papers
that is true. It is true Of the "Man-
chester Guardian" which rules Lanca-
shire; Of the DAILY News" and the
DAILY Chronicle which both opposed
and denounced war with Germany and
ridiculed it as impossible II is true
Of the Nation" which is the organ Of
international Socialism and appeals TO
German and English Socialists 20 agree
together on terms of peace, over the
heads of the government. It is not
true Of the Times" and pa lY MAIL
at whom the resolution is aimed
Neither the Times" nor the Daily
Mall is or ever has been a party organ.
All the others have been and are. At
the back of the brains of the Radical
Press lies ever the thought Of party,
and OF party interests as affected by
the war and OF the party future after
the var. Unconscious, perhaps, or sub
conscious, but u is there. And TO these
Radical papers the first question is
not "Shall the war be won ?" but How
shall the war be won?" TO them the
enemy is not, first of all, Germany.
The crcmv Is, first Of all. COnscrlpuo
What viii their answer and attitude
be if II should turn out that only by
Consumption here in England, as with
her Allies, can Germany be beaten?
They Support the War Conditionally.
That question the Trades Union Con-
gress has answered for itself. Their
pledge to support the Government is a
conditional pledge. They say:
1--WE will give every aid to the Gov
eminent in their present efforts to Sc
cure the men necessary to prosecute
the war 10 a successful issue"
As to the future they give no pledge
except TO support the Government so
far as possible" And nobody in the
Bristol Congress had the courage or
the will 10 ask:
"What will you do if the Government
saws ccmpul sorry service is necessary ~
Nobody here wishes to join issue
with the Trades Unions if it can be
helped They are too powerful. The
discussion of National Service has been
conducted in the Press with a tender
regard for the sensibilities of Labor.
The workingmen are great majority
of the electorate. They can make and
unmake Ministries. Ultimately, the
fortunes of this country lie in their
hands. The "Times" itself which has
led the National Government. SAYS:
"If this country adopts National Ser
vice il will not be because anybody.
even Lord Kitchener, tells il that it
should do so. but because the nation
has been satisfied by the evidence Of
plain facts that National Service has
become imperative"
But the Labor leaders, and probably
workingmen in general. have got it into
their heads that if Conscription comes
il will come 20 stay. Ii will be a step
10 permanent militarism. That Is part
of the mischief which Missionaries like
Mr. Massingham have done-men with
their heads in the clouds and no foot
hold on the solid earth. In this matter,
as in Trade Unionism generally, they
are more anxious about what will hap
non after the war than about winning
The war II they don't win IL, do they
think the Prussian jackpot will not
crush them and their unions as II VIII
crush everything else?
They want guarantees" that after
tho war the Unions shall be at liberty
70 say how many bricks a day man
shall be allowed 10 handle; and guar
antees" that all their restrictions upon
he freedom Of labor may again be en-
forced as now. They have got the
,lodge of the CONVENIENTLY still
.bev are not content. They are anxious
that their employers shall not make TOO
,,,,,cb nancy and that war-prohts as
grcb ehaU be taxed; as they are ana
surelv will be. more and more. Ihey
ore ruspicious and vindictive. Ihey
lem ia look upon this war as some
49,. contrived for the benefit Of Shelf
GoI5 and Birmingham and the Clyde,
and for employers everywhere. lhey'
themselves, these workingmen. are get
inc "a greater proportlonate pfoht' IN
ne shane of a "war-bonus' than thelr
employers.
Mr.. LLOYD George at Bristol.
NJ How'd George wired the Congress
that in his controlled munitions es
tablisbments extra prohts were ta ;Se.i
ont of existence. This dld nov saisi
,bem They summoned pr. LLOYD
Snarco 10 come TO Bristol ana eN-
49, He went. They cred 10 MN
- dofond himself. almost as II ne were
W i,,inal But instead OF going mo
- dock he took his place or the
Rnrcb and pronounced sentence on inc
ir.Sa. Ifnions themselves, as strikers
JoSaulters. He marshalled the
alu ,,boiming. indisputable evidence
49, a;,"st tbem' lie hurled facts az thehl
% ,bc English soldiers huri poh no
10 H. Germans in their trenches. Tie
on NV Wv 80. la faith their broken