The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31

clear that the graspinE policy and
lust for world domination Of their
government. are the greatest obsta-
cles to world: peace; but as we re-
fused TO- support any Imperialistic
designs. so must they At: a later
date Mr.. Henderson said:
1.-THE working class parties in the
allied countries believe, in the words
of the War Aims Memorandum, that,
whoever won, the peoples would have
lost unless an international system
was esta blished which would prevent
war;" 4.
It's the Wilson Policy.
This program, which is the kin
etc drive" Of British labor. is Of
course lifted over bodily from the
policy Of Woodrow Wilson. Because
British and American opinion agrees
on this program, British labor be-
lieves that the. working out Of details
is matter of sympathetic under
standing as between a determined
nation, which has suffered and en-
dured nearly four years of war, and
an enthusiastic and determined ma
t1on' which lis a newcomer among
the alliance. In that sympathetic
understanding, such a detail as that
or international conference would
disappear from controversy. Mr..
henderson himself has suggested the
escape from an impasse in his state
ment to the American delegates
wherein he used the phrases con-
corning such a conference If held
at the proper moment" and again,
under proper conditions"
New Vigor and Unity.
British labor is aware that neither
the time" nor the conditions" are
now proper The results of the
Brest-Litovsk conference and the
western offensive have brought new
V1gor and unity to the moderate GEN.
trail majority of the labor movement.
and the effects Of this were regis
tered even in the extreme left wing
or the movement. In token of this.
at a. recent conference Of the Inde-
pendent Labour party (Which belongs
to the lefty the entire katherine
STOOD In silence for space of time
as mark OF sympathy and support
Tor the British soldiers in the west
ern army. The Amalgamated Society
or Engineers Lads aside it's DISPUTE
with the government. Skilled work.
ers are taking advantage of the new
man-power bill to enlist in numbers
ana this, in spite Of the fact that
the government has in part vainjv
trled for over two years to get skil,ed
workers back from the front with the
shlpbuilding trades.
Must Win the War.
Inc point as British labor sees it is
this: The allies must win the war
swiftly and thoroughly. We must
establish democratic peace. VIZ
must safeguard that peace by the in
trument OF legue of nations. The
only way to effect these aims is tn
nold together the moderate and liberal
elements in the alliance and to keen
them efficient in war-making.
The appeal for winning the war
must be to the liberal forces rather
Imam to the Tory reactionary forces,
because the liberal forces are in the
majority, and are in compact, organ-
lied form. The reactionaries are in
a minority and are disorganized, Thew
are (tor the most part) sincere and
weA-meaning, but they are individual
lst1c' each with his own panacea. and
so are Intellectual in the present busi-
ness OF winning the war. Thus, right
now nthe crises of the western Of
1ens1ve, the Saturday Review, is WHITE
washing Turkey and satirizing 'sto-
r1es" Of Turkish injustice to subject
races They are seeking a road to
tne old-fashioned sort Of peace
which will bolster up Turkey in the
balance Of power.
Tories Are Divided.
Lord Denbigh, aided by the Tory
press, is hooking the idea of league
OF nations. He described the efforts
IN It's behalf of such men as Lord
6uckmaster and Lord Parmoor as re-
voting. Another section of the Tory
press has initiated an attack on the
vatican. These are a few instances
out OF many Of the absence Of cohesion
among tho reactionarics. The allies
cannot look to these honest but mud
died publicists, speaking to discordan+
mlnor1ties, for policy that will over
throw the German militaristic power
Opposed to this disruption, these
scattered and antagonistic aims, these
infinitely repellant PARTICLES" is the
strong unified determined war-policv
OF the British Labor movement, and
British liberals, which finds in Pres
ldent Wilson it's greatest interpreter
TO maintain the clarity and fighting
edge Of that war policy, the British
labor movement and British middle
class liberals need the sympathy and
cooperation ofAmerican public opin-
Ion. If they do not receive it, this
British movement will be in peril of
being swung to the extreme left of
a compromised peace.
Labor Must Be United.
A distinguished government official
has recently made an Investigation of
British conditions. He writes me that
he finds "a lassitude due to uneasi-
ness felt as to the future by the priv
LEGGED classes, and a 'lassitude among
the lowest classes. There is no clear
general realization Of the extent and
danger Of this lassitude. found
among the captains of industry a
childish optimism as to the future.
have heard all sorts OF opinions, op-
t}mistic In official circles, far less 80
from certain labor leaders, ~ ~
.. The moderate controlling center OF
the British In hnr m nven1 iht ciaa ,lx,