The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-25
Has Hardened
Metal of Britain
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dition quickly prevailed. and the lid
was soon lifted.
In the discussion of political mat
tiers the British press is practically
unmuzzled, and the correspondents OF
the foreign press are accorded great
er latitude than those In any other
European belligerent country. on
either side. As natural result Great
Britain's home troubles are given
prompt and widespread publicity. and
since these episodes often make most
interesting reading. the world at large
is very apt to form erroneous concfu-
sions as TO the real British war.uRA
spirit.
THE AkTLoEoRoE WARS.
The several unsuccessful attempts
that have been made to unhorse the
Lloyd George administration. which
was created solely for the purpose
of more efficient prosecution of the
war. are traceable to three elements.
These. in the order of their import
ance, are: the '.Oid Gang" the op-
ponents Of unified command: the paci-
fists. Sometimes they have operated
independently. sometimes together.
Combined. they occasionally have
managed TO stir up quite lot of com
motion so far the net result of
their activities has merely been noise.
Not only do these elements comprise
very small minority In Parliament:
they do not in the slightest degree
represent British public opinion.
Granted the present administration
has made mistakes. these have been
of comission rather than omission
even friends of the wait and see
regime. who would chance restoring
the Old Gang TO power. even IL e.
were possible to throw Lloyd George
out. The opponents of unified com
mand have been squeIched. As for
the pac.fists. they are no more mum
erons and no more influential than
they were when the war started. IL
Is the same old lonesome crowd.
SOME TROUBLE MAKERS.
The nearpacifists have been u Bit
more troublesome-certain political
labor leaders who would meet repre-
sentatives OF German labor in friend
iy conciave to discuss war aims But
these have lost considerable following
by reason OF the vigorous missionary
work gratuiiously-done among the
Wilson and his fellow delegates from
the American Federation OF Labor
during their recent visit. They made
II perfectly plain that American labor
,ions SO long as Prussian militarism
remains in the saddle. Also they were
able TO report to their fellow worker
at home that the great body OF brit
this subject. and that those who s,ill
favor hobnobbing with the enemy are
mostly leaders of the political type
who have lost touch with the real la
Dor sentiment.
Under the ever increasing pressure
OF wars demands. the loyalty OF la
Dor. like that of other elements OF
British life. has been hardened and
consolidated in the last year. As this
is being written comes the authorit-
ative announcement that England is
now entirely free from industrial dis
putes. While Ludendorf is endeav-
oring to hammer his way through to
Paris and the Channel ports. the
workmen and workwomen OF Great
Britain, in the shipyards and count
less munition factories. are doing thcii.
best to hammer the way to victory
In the further language of Englands
great apostle OF Optimism:
There Is good ore in British
hearts. II has stood the test OF CEN
turtles. II will stand this"