New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-18
Liberals and Unionists De-
sert Old Standards to
Join New Group
Reform and Defence
Principles Are Calculated to
Bring Unity Among
Britons
SPECIAL Curespmdencr)


tional Party movement in England
launched two weeks ago with the
avowed object of promoting reform,
union" and defence" is gaining head
way and promises to become an impor-
tant influence in future politics. Mem
bers of the Liberal party in increasing
ly large numbers are joining with the
Unionists who laid the foundation for
the new party, and members OF Parlia-
ment, both at home and at the front,
are lending encouragement to the
movement.
Offices have been set up in most OF
the principal cities Of England and the
movement is soon to be extended 70
Scotland and Wales. The aim of the
promoters is TO form really national
faction, which in time will be able 70
put an end to what their manifesto de-
scribes as the game Of party interests
and personal ambitions" and which
will bring about constructive policy
giving hope Of an early, victorious and
decisive termination Of the war ana
providing the machinery for peacetui
process of reconstruction.
Delay Is Charged
TIL. manifesto of the new party
charges the Unlonist, Liberal and La
Dor parties, in coalition, with delay IN
providing men, aeroplanes ana otner
mechanical needs; failure to punish the
incompetent; for permitting sectional
interference in diplomacy, and for lea'-
ing the country in state OF uncertain
ty and encouragement, as result OF
vague statements, in which the "hoIe
truth is rarely divulged. ,
"For years past" 1t continues, the
old party system has been nothing pet
ter than an organized mockery OF the
true spirit of the nation. II we are 70
/ win victory in the war-and after-we
must free ourselves, somehow or other,
] from the clutches of this octopus
Aims of New Party
The aims Of the National party are
briefly described as follows:
A national as against a class,
! sectional or sectarian policy.
Complete victory in the war and
/ after the war.
The provision of adequate men,
! guns, munitions and aeroplanes,
and vigorous diplomacy, to sup
port the fighting men in their
heroic struggle for victory.
The eradication OF German inhu-
ence.
Honest administration, pure
political system, and no sale OF
honors.
Class unity and confidence be-
tween employer and employed.
Maximum production combined
with fair wages and fair profit.
/ as the strength and safety OF the
/ nation demand that its vital needs
should be produced from its own
soil and factories.
/ The safeguarding of our indus
/ tries and agriculture and the right
of both capital and labor to share
in the advantage Of national eco
/ nomic defence with due regard to
the interests of the consumer.
The unity of the empire in
council and defence, and a policy
Of mutual and reciprocal aid IN
the development of all the terri
tories and natural resources OF
the British Commonwealth.
A national social policy based
/ upon the principle that the peo-
ple shall be reared in such sur
roundings, in such conditions and
with such opportunities, In lie,
/ work and play as will insure a
contented patriotic race.
A policy of rehabilitation and
reconstruction which will elimi-
nate waste in citizen life, preserve
( the liberties of the people, and
insure that the interests Of sail
! ors and soldiers with regard to
{ employment, pensions, etc, are Sc
cured on their return to civil life.
A Non-Partisan Group
The manifesto appeals for support In
the following words:
"A National Party would obviously
be a contradiction in terms were 1t to
consist solely, or even mainly, OF peo'
pic who have hitherto belonged TO the
Unionist party. 1t must have a much
wider basis. Consequently, we shall
welcome the aid and counsel Of men and
women of all parties not only Of Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, but
I throughout the whole British Empire
who have come, like ourselves, to the
/ conclusion that the old political asso'
Citations are not merely inadequate for
/ the work of national reconstruction
: but are obstacles in the way Of IT.
The National Party movement in
cludes among its supporters such men
as Lord Ampthill, former Viceroy OF
India; Brigadier General Galley, Sir
Richard Cooper, NJ. P; Major A. \
Burgoyne, NJ. p; Colonel Douglas Car
negie, NJ. p; Brigadier General Page
Croft, NJ P; Viscount Duncannon, Sir
John Harrington, who commanded in
France during the early days Of the
war; Sir NJ. NJ Butler, Lord teconfeld
Admiral Sir A. H. Markham, the ex-
plorer,. and Captain Lord Montagu, OF
Beauleu.