New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08

Copyright 1915. b
London, october 10.
r,,,, has two voices: one for the
-, one agains, the only means OF
,.--i-r the war. These two voices
.....,s from various mouths, and
.,-s.nes both from the same mouth,
n4.s last Nr Robert Smil!ie is the
s.,.,ersmple. he Is the leader Of the
s...,,b Trades Unions; more Of a
,.ls- .bar most Of his English col
i..g.es and an ADLER, much ADLER, man
,.- mos, Of them. He has made two
,,.s,ses this MONTH In the first he
,s,gled the notion that there is any
hing Ike unity between Capital and
r,bor or between the classes which
as, roughly represent. He denounced
,u war. this war included, as a CaP'-
a,;r,' way: @ way iu the interest Of
Genital and fomented by Capitalists.
Pc denounced Capitalists here IN Eng
l,,3ss a body OF men who thought the
VI, gsve them a unique chance TO
r-,ls upon Labor and cripple the
Tni,, Unions In that attempt the
CAPITALISTS had. in fact, been engaged
ases the war began. They had failed
b.. the spiri. of oppression survived.
Ian not quoting his words. give the
Ubs,Gnee
hvoald be difficult to make speech
ssuer calculated to prevent unity; oil
hamper the efficient conduct of the
sr At the bottom Of this Scotch
rs,s mind was. Of course, hostility &c
Inscription. Capital and Conscriptior
ne TO Ny. Smillie Monmouth and Mace
an
Specimen Passages.
Oh Wednesday. the 5th, the annual
Conference Of the Miners Of Great
Britain was opened at Nottingham un.
ig the presidency Of Mr. Robert
Snllie. who is also President Of the
Scottish Miners Association. He be
gan Bis address with an attack on Con-
senpton. The Consumption movement
was being financed" he declared, to
secure not merely the eonscription OF
men, but the c0nscription of workshops
mines ard railways. wish it were
The winning Of the war depends on the
control Of the whole industrial re-
sources. Of the country by the Govern
zerL The railways were taken over at
he beginning, or the control and
Eorking Of them were taken over. or the
EoIkshops about 1000 are controlled
Establishments" under the Munitions
lsi; and In these 10 is understood that
ltades Union restrictions on output
ave been abolished. They are but d
aciion Of the whole number; no
,'res have been taken over by the
seyernmeut. In South Wales they have
zen taken over By the Welsh-Germans
would not seem. therefore, that the
ndostrial CONSUMPTION" Of which Mr.
k'eert Smillie makes a bugbear, had
E7sneed very far
Asiil more mischievous passage fol
ess:
II Consumption is 10 come, it is not
Wy people Of the working class who
soald be conscr.pted."
has any human being ever proposed
''nseriptIon Of that kind? The es-
'ehee Of the argument for CONSUMPTION
ne necessity Of equal service by all
e.,ses lie goes on:
We will eight The right Of one class
eohserpt another class until they
.t hSi conscrpted the land and
~l.Nl Of the country"
gay Is rank socialism 20 begin with,
/" emphasizes Nr Smillie's conten-
~ maj one class means 10 conscript
,s'aef class; Of which there never
). oeen a hint. nor any scrap of evil
80 Inc s.tempt 20 put class against
- -in the middle Of a war which
- ,oe uni3n Of all classes can win
y. Hkes another shape.
~ Is Ia e 20 talk Of the sacrifices
y. wealth has made for the war.
~ we breadwinner Of a working
- family 70 60 % the war involves
I, greater sacrifice than for a veal
-eh " give bis wealth"
The Crime Of Riches.
a,sl, one Of the purposes for which
'sihy man has given his wealth
4, HoNde Sl25.O0O. 900 a year for
niar'''ment Of what are called "sepa-
Fo,,s euowances" 90 the families Of
d.,shen who have enlisted. These
"a, - are upon an eXtrayagant
emu nobody grudges them. The
~. VI enlisted men are, as q rule,
So "a ~ tnan before their men en-
e,.s., Dut ms Is not thought worth
~. wing Of Mr. Robert Smillie's
u - N The plain suggestion that
u 49, es give money and not men.
4'.aeF IN one rank or another,
s,s,.l, men Of ail classes have given
ess,.," 10 the war. Everybody
n,,s Desperate must be the case
IA -, o. which SO resOurceful a
~ az SmiliiC has 20 resort 10
L,spresenia'ion a. this:
"0ney-well. when Dir. McKen-