Evening star., 1919-10-08
STRIKE CONDEMNED:
+. BY LLOYD GEORGE! '||||!| T.
Nation Means to Be Master M
Of Her Own House ,sm
Declares. s..
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. October s.-Premier Lloyd
George surprised his countrymen, as
he frequently does, by denouncing
the railwaymen's strike as "Prussian-
ISM and "another effort to, hold up
the community and strangle it into
su omission, at the lord mayors
mansion house luncheon in honor of
Field Marshal Allenby yesterday.
The occasion was an unusual one
for such topic. but the premier has
a habit of doing unusual things at
unusual times. Near him sat Emir
Feisal. son of the King of Hedjaz. in
white robes, and the Archbishop of
Canterbury, with an array of other
military and civilian notables such
as only London can muster on cere-
monial occasions. They expected
nothing more sensational than COM
pliments to the conqueror OF Pales-
tine.
Nation Master of Her Own House.
The nation means to be master in
her own house." Mr.. Lloyd George
declared. "a just master. a fair mas
ter, a generous master. but always
master IN her own hONSe
This was naturally accepted as
proclamation of the premier's view
that the government won victory.
over the strikers. J. II. Thomas. sec
retary of the National Union of Rail
waymen and leader of the recent
strike. speaking at Albert Hall on
Sunday night. dwelt upon the. settle
issued a statement appealing for re-
conciliation and a burial of hard feel
ings. Labor papers appear to differ
with Mr.. Thomas as to some aspects
Of the strike settlement.
As Press 1nterprets.
When Mr.. Lloyd George makes an
important speech newspapers try to
read between the lines to discover
his political purposes.
The general Interpretation of this
speech is that the premier has brok-
en- with labor unions and wants to
draw to his support the middle
classes, who apparently tended to
troop away from him as a result of
the recent fierce campaign upon al
legged governmental extravaganza
Food Controller Lays Blame.
George H. Roberts, British food
controller, speaking last night, laid
the blame for a break in the negotia-
tions on the railway men. accusing
them of adopting methods ef secret
diplomacy" and declaring the settle
ment of wage matters must be taken
out of the hands Of political officials.
Mr.. Roberts last point is in fne
with the general sentiment of the
country as voiced by the newspapers.
A project is afoot for organizing
an executive committee of all Sec
tions of labor to carry on negotia-
tions with employers. The American
movement along the same lines is
being watched keenly by the British.
An emergency trades union congress
may be held to make arrangements
to give labor representatives power
to approach the government. if ne
gotiations with employers fail
Traffic Still Dislocated.
The dislocation of railway traffic
because of the strike has not yet
been remedied.s At several stations
today there was displayed pIacard
which announced the companies hoped
to resume normal traffic tomorrow.
Thousands of workers, who expect
ed to return home, as usual, on
subufban trains last night. were dis
appointed and lines containing hun
dreds of persons waited until late at
night at train terminals for rides.