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

;..rs victorious. the Govern
Inv 80 defeated and discredited
gen ,he result Of the South Wales
'..1 s. Mr. Lloyd George and Mr.
s sl".;msn and Mr.. Arthur Henderson
s' .,-.. Cabinet Ministers who went
ns "a Cardiff to parley with the
Gov. .. are hailed on their return with
~ ~ from a timorous House of Com
e'''. md frona Sunday Radical papers
T T,sr are successful" we are told
I'll ~, II success and surrender mean
w" ,.ue thing, they are successful
,n' ,lwsvs easy to end conflict If
II haul down your flag. The war
~. w, ne ended in the same way. But
:. no. usual 20 reckon a surrender
As triumph.
Striking in War Time.
-. rl,in truth is that three Cabi-
r.;ssaries and the Cabinet itself
s -, dealt with this strike as scores
- o,hsr strikes have been dealt with
,;ns Of ace. They forgot all
-, ,be war. They forgot that South
Ut, had been proclaimed under the
wn,;,;ons Act. They forgot that the
.o,A;,t was no longer between miners
- owrers. but between mutineerS and
~. Government With the colliery
ovrs,, the men had Quarrelled about
wages The Government which pro-
.,.imed them under an Act Of Parlis-
rsnt they defed. They were outlaws
rhsv were liable under the Proclama-
ZION 70 prosecution. They demanded
,bs withdrawal Of the Proclamation
II has been withdrawn; not in terms
bu; in effect; the Government Ennis
.,ries engaging that no penalties for
Esobedience should be enforced. The
conduct Of the war, the efficiency OF
he Fleet, sooner or later, the honor
Of England, the faith of England to
her Allies, the good name Of England
he world over, all were at issue and
Al have been sacrificed or impaired by
heir capitulation. BY all means, let the
Emissaxies be crowned with laurels.
The Emissaries' Triumph
They went 70 South Wales as Am
b.sssdors. What did the Romans do
with Ambassadors who brought back
d.hOnor? They certainly did not hail
them as victors. What did the French
gsyolu;ioraries do with their own de-
tssted generals? We all know. Nell
soa said the best Ambassadors in Eu-
rope we're battleslips; and he made
good his words. On land, the best
Ambassadors are battalions, whether
against Germans or German Welsh
But this Government seems to think
with IT, Bright that force is no RENE
dy and be of Abernethy's opinion
that the second best remedy is best il
the patient likes it best. And theil
remedy is 70 give in to the rebels;
which the rebels naturally like best.
You could not. say unthinking Eng
lishmen. employ force, because you can
not make men work against their Will.
The Englishman Is the most unimagl-
native Of mankind. lie takes little or
no account Of spiritual or moral forces.
He takes account of business. Al the
outset Of the war and 10 this day he
wrades his shopkeeper's maxim, "Busl-
nsss as usual II did more than any
thing else 10 asphyXiate the English
conscience; TO blind the eyes which saw
none too clearly before; to cripple the
national energies; TO make them and
10 keep them unready for war.
With that maxim the Emlssares
vent 10 Wales Business as usual. Coal
mining as usual; no matter by what
means; no matter at what cost; no mat
Ter by what yielding Of principles and
ideas which are the foundation stones
Of national existence; no matter at
what risk 10 the future. They seem
never to have asked themselves
whether this Government was to gov
ern or TO be governed; whether Law or
lswlessness was TO rule. Lawyers will
tell you that rebellion in time Of war
against the law is not merely Illegal
but seditious, and perhaps reasonable.
Patriotism may not be a legal obllga-
ton. The South Wales miners do not
think 1t an obligation OF any kind. But
unpatriotism in war is treachery Ia
country and TO King. II is levying wal
against the King. 1t is "adhering to the
enemy, giving them aid and comfort y;
which by the Constitution of the United
States is treason.
The Remedy of Force.
As to force being no remedy, l VIII
quote what an Englshman, who knows
wales and is a great employer o:
labor said to me;
The government had only 20 enforce
heir proclamation. The moment the
men understood that the penalties thcv
had incurred would be exacted. they
would have tumbled over each other TO
GET back 70 the pits"
The men had, IN truth, no case. Their
wages had lately been raised 1712 PEI
cent. They had not even a grievance.
They were out for plumber. But If
iaey had had case, their attempt TO
aisorganize society and embarrass the
soncuet Of the war would none the les
nave been a crime. They would have
cone less bgrro laI chou Iogartod 70