Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01
POLITICS IN ENGLAND
BE REVOLUTIONIZED
Parliament II Duo for "A RcCOnStrnc-
ton According 10 Men Who Are
Students Of English Affairr.
(By X WALTER }

being sct for the English revolution,
not on the continental model. how
ever Not even In revolutionary
labor circles II there any feeling
Whaicy"r against the present form
~ government The king and queen
have never been 10 popular as they
are today and this iS not an artifi.
c!Hl popularity but spr .ngs from
genuine personal respect and a con
yictiOu thnt rs instructive even
among the unthInkIng that demOc-
rncy II just 40 safe under a heredl.
tnry president AZ II Is under an
elected sovereign.
Parliament, the real sovereign
power of th.H empire, iS going to De
much more affected than the crown.
Already n revolution has taken place
IN the alignment Of party forces.
This haS been caused on the one
hand by the political necessity
which brought conservatives and llb-
erals together under the leadership
~ Lloyd George. and on the other
hand by the resolution Of the labor
party to r,suni" liz Independence. As
I suggested some time ago this situa-
ton involves the d.HappeaTanCe Of
IA" liberal party and the establish
mout Of the labor party az the par
irtW"utlry opposition. The Asquith
liberals have lost 40 much In both
directions. 10 Lloyd George and Ia
labor. that only most vigorous lead
oIshlp could rcinsttte them.
what N revolutionary about this
is hat for the first time In the his
tory OF the mother OF parliaments
the cleavage between the adminls-
tratlUn and opposition Will not be on
the line Of political principles but
on social and economic Issues. II
would be an cKaggeratiOn on both
sides to label the parties capitalist and
socialist, but the labor party claims
TO represent those whose capital is
In their muscles or their brain and
they regard the combination OF con
scrvatlve and liberal'as n challenge
from the arlstocracy and capitalism.
Tho social reform program with
the governments although lacking In
definition. ls generous and Itself al
most revolutionary In outline. Im-
mersed AS the government is In the
problems Or International peace,
they are handicapped In dealing
with tho domestic situation, partic-
ulaTly since the labor party called
It's members out Of the cabinet That
In the danger on their side. But aS
Lord CurZon recently stated that he
expected to see million people un-
employed In England In the next
few weeks the government II pos
sibly making crater preparations to
deal with this condition than have
been announced
The danger on the labor side Is that
this party. founded on labor union
representation and a com binatlon OF
socialist societies, and drawing into
It's active ranks now such popular
men as Shaw and such able men as
ChioZza Money will not get the
representation IN the next parlia-
ment which the three or four mil
lion members expect. II labor had
remained In coalition, the party
would have had considerable in
| fluencc and responsibility and the
party policy would necessarily have
| continued to he dictated by them.
| Thus In the stage beng set N other
properties for act | are: General dis
| satisfaction because the soldiers Will
not be able to vote with full knOwl-
edge OF alternatives. critical attitude
Of the Daily Mail toward Lloyd
| George: attacks on Lloyd George by
the moderate leaders, Hut the husl-
ness uf an opposition Is To oppose
| and In that role the party VIII con-
stantly he driven by the eXtremist
minority. without power or re-
Sponsibility the parliamentary labor
leaders may very easily be over
thrown by the Industrial leaders who
| think they can get more by strikers
than by elections.
yellow anti-labor John Bull: Re
fusal Of Albert hall for. socialist
meeting.