Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-19
DIsLoyAury IN ENGLAND.


There is a spirit Of disloyulty among
tho British people, difficult for Ameri-
cans to understand. The allies on all
fronts, except the Italians, are cali
ing for ammunition. The London
Sunday observer, Just at hand puts
It edilorially thus
"Our house is on fire and our lives
arc In peril. We need the best that Is
In every man, and We require the high
tst skill and the highest character In
the most dangerous posts
Lloyd George had a delegation Of
labor leaders go to the British lines
In France and Belgium and see for
themselves the necessity for more
arms and ammunition for the men In
the field Those labor leaders them
selves came back and reported that
they were urged by private soldiers
and by officers everywhere TO hurry
ammunition to the front. that often
the British were not able 20 reply
except In a feeble way, TO the Ger
man fire lest ammunition be exhaust
ed to such degree that they would
literally not be able to meet infantry
assaults on their trenches
These are not German reports,
They come through the hands OF the
British censors, therefore. should not
be regarded as worse than the facts
warrant. Also here Is quotation from
an American correspondent whose re-
port also was passed by the British
censor
There are shell lathes lying idle in
Glasgow, with operators ready to
work them. awaiting tho lnterpreta-
tlon OF clauses in agreements between
the labor unions II Is almost incredi-
Bile that several weeks ago Glasgow
district committee of the Amagamat-
ed society OF Engineers tthe skilled
mechanics union) sent a letter 10 a
large firm informing II that unless Il
certain worker, loyal volunteer
worker Of more than ordinary ability.
was taken off certain machine all
the A. s. IL. members in that shop,
numbering more than SOC men ev-
cry one of whom were engaged on ur-
gent government work. would be
Withdrawn. II Is difficult 10 under
stand the spirit of people which
would permit any man associated with
that letter to be at large during war
time"
still there are Englishmen in this
country. young and ablehodied, who
have no thought Of going home to
enlist, who have denounced the peo-
pie OF the United states as towards
because war was not declared on
Germany over the Lusltania incident,
There Is a saving remnant in Great
Britain There are millions Of men
ana women who are cheerfully sacri-
licing their lives for the salvation Of
their country but there are other
millions who prefer the gin bottle,
who owe first allegiance to labor
union, who are trying TO sell their la
Dor at far higher price than It is
worth, all the while, living in the Sc
'curity Of the big factory cities OF
England while their fellow country
men are dying By the thousands on
the fields OF battle
Horrible as this war is, Great Brit.
ain ncedd it, The spirit OF patriotism
was dying out, The upper classes had
become cynically Indifferent and the
lower classes were hrutalized by
drink Happily the rotten condition
had not extended to the heart OF the
nation, and the war will so on long
enough, likely, 70 instlll patriotism
lnto The hearts OF the children and
save the next generation from the
condition OF the present one.
Such things as are now occurring
in England could not occur In the
United States.