Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-23

At the moment, the spirit of Eng land can be expressed in two words confidence and concentration, says Herbert Casson, special writer, who has been in England the past two years engaged in war efficiency work
 There never were so few side shows there never were so few speeches there never Wre so few personalities, as there are today.
 This week. after a hall hours debate in Parliament. the old political issue oi Proportional Representation was killed and sent to the graveyard. No mourn CTS. Nobody cared. It was side shcw and all the attention at present is concentrated on the main perform ance
 As to leadership, there is never very much in England; and there is less to- day than there was five years ago.
 England is. more than ever, the land of the Average Man. Leaders do moi flourish in this island That is the basic reason for both the muddling and the invincibility. England has at tained the heights that the silly Bol- sheviki jumped at and missed-the heights of self control and social pur- pose.
 Love George Only Manager
 Lloyd George, of course, still is tho general manager. No doubt about 1t. The ex-managers whom he has chuck ed out may snipe at him once in a while. but not a man in England dares face him in an open fight. Even As uuith runs for shelter when Lloyd George goes lover the top"
 Whoever can solve Lloyd George can solve the riddle of England. Here he is-a simple little Welshman, with out title. fortune or pedigree, at the head of the most competent group of Britons that have ever been got to- gether
 Never before in British history have there been such competent men in the government as T:Onar Law, Lcrd North cliffe, Lord Pirrie, Lord Rhondda, Lord Cowdray, Sir Albert Stanley, Sir Eric Geddes and at least a dozen oth- CTS.
 Not enc of these men was born to the purple. Every one is self-made-
 All are vastly wiser and abler than Lloyd George, and he knows it. That explains his leadership. He is at the head for the same reason that Judge Gary is at the head Of the United States Steel Corporation. He is the only one who can hold together so many strong and stubborn personali- ties, and who dares, when necessary, to crack over their heads the whip Of public opinion. He is the universal solvent.
 Lloyd George, more than any other man in England, represents tine job. More than anyone else, he has forgot ten the past and disregarded friends and enemies alike That explains why he is at the top of the British empire. He is not a Man-he is. a Purpose.
 England Sure of Herself
 England today feels her strength She has no misgivings. She has sent 5 million men to fight and 3 million women to work. She is holding up the structure of trade and commerce with women and old men, and there are a third as many bankruptcies as there were five years ago.
 No one has rights. No one wants any. There is less personal liberty to- day than there was under King John. The Magma Charta has been set aside until after the war.
 Railroad fares have just been in creased 10 per cent more-a total in crease of 50 per cent. No one cares.
 Fresh eggs are ten cents each. Chic kens are S each. Bacon is seventy cents per pound. Sole is eighty-eight cents per pound. No one cares. There is little grumbling and blaming Wom- en who have crepe on their hearts are in no humOr to grumble at the price Of food
 No one cares, if the dead are ayeng- ed.
 This, too, must be said about food there never has been such an equita- ble distribution of it as there is today. No one is gorged; no one is hungry. There is neither goUt nor starvation The rich never had so little and the poor never had so much.
 There are no more queues. Roast beef can only be bought by large fami- lies, who have many coupons. But there is enough bacon and sausage and pOrridge and bread and rice pudding and fish
 Above all-fish, Four dinners out of five are fish dinners; and as for fish cakes, they are being served with fifty-seven varieties of sauce in the restaurants of London.
 War Solves the Problems
 At the moment there are no strikes no mass meetings-no propaganda of any kind. There have been no new war posters for months.
 There are no stock flotations One small airplane company tried to excite the public into buying a million shares but there was little response.
 The banks, without a murmur, re- duced their rate on deposits to per cent in order tO push deposits into the war chests British banks are no long CT private, in their aims They are a structural part of the nation.
 So. the war has incidentally solved many problems. It has wiped out political enmities. There is no labor. There is no capital. There is nothing but the British people, stodgily slog- ging forward with the monotous pre- cision of an engine.