South Bend news-times., 1919-06-05
ENGLISH CRISIS.
Or END, SEEMS
TO Be EMMINENT
William Allen White Writes of
Conditions in Island as They
Now Appear.
RY wILLIAM ALLEN wHITE.


there seems slowly 10 Doe approach
INK an end or crisis. no one knows
which. Since the armistice every
one has been waiting capital, labor.
tenants. landlords politiciaus-- ev-
eryone waiting and watching some
one else Capital is watching for
labor to move. labor waiting for
capital 20 show its hand The
tories are waiting for the radicals
10 announce "a program and the rad
icals are waiting 10 see wha. the
traffic viii bear And above an.
like an exalted cat at rat-hale,
waits Lloyd George. ready 10 head
whichever procession starts def
nitely 10 move
Yet the British revolution, blood
less, deep and fundamental. is
sweeping on while every one waits
The coalition party controlling par
uament-of tories, liberals and rad
icals-is working cautiously yet ef-
fectiveIy upon revolutionary
changes. The coalition is made up
OF forces which in America would
be sybolized by Sen. Lodge, Sen
Hiram Johnson and Samuel Gom-
pers.
Consider Three Bills.
That coalition is now considering
three bills. one 10 provide for houses
built by money from the national
treasury under supervision of the
local III municipalities upon oonhcated
land. another bill 70 take over rail-
roads and all public highways and
third 20 nationalize all mines and
all mineral rights
Even TO consider such things
breeds social unrest and the land is
full Of strikes Within the week a
mob Of unemployed policemen Just
demObilized charged certain other
policemen. fellow members of the
London Policemen's union, and while
the employed policemen heat their
fellow members hack the police
mems union issued a statement re-
GREETING the need of such action
and declaring that the strikers were
justified I'm their attack Now the
Policemen's union is demanding
more wages pensions. shorter hours,
freedom from military orders and
recognition OF their union Four
OF the demands have been granted
and "a strike OF all tho London police
has been voted TO secure the other
demand What is more sensational.
the London press is featuring the
situation as anarchy for IL the po-
lice go on strike soldiers will be
brought in and they are notoriously
in sympathy with the labor move
mont and would refuse 10 fight in
case OF labor trouble.
Business Goes ON.
But business goes or as usual. the
prices of food being gradually boost
ed after being summarily reduced
early in the spring. and parliament
continues dav by day 20 draw nearer
naturalization % housing. trans
portation and mines. with labor rad
icals waiting for these three meas
ures to be passed 10 demand nation
alization OF electric power. docks
and shipping. and everyone in
England knows that Lloyd George
viii be the next leader Of the radi-
cal labor group He is waiting un-
tl 10 gets sufficient power TO over
come the coalition parliamentary
majority which grows smaller week
ly.
I'm the meanwhile. the London
Times calling attention 10 the vast
number Of real estate advertise
ments in It's columns. declares Eng
land is changing hands" The old
owners are moving out and new ones
are moving IN. which is another
phase OF the ineNorabIe revolution
moving IN England
This week the triple alliance OF
the uniOns-the dock workers. tht
railroad workers and the miners
has called conference 10 consider
a general strike ~ the secretary of
state for war does not immediateIv
make satisfactory public promise
concerning the withdrawal OF troops
from Russia. the abolition of con
scription. the raising Of the German
and Russian blockade and the re-
lease Of obiectors
Forces Government 10 knees.
This powerful section of labor has
twice within SIX months brought the
government TO its knees. and with
employment bonuses furnishing
strike funds it viii be easy to vote
a strike
ON the other hand the parlia
mentary committee OF the trades
unions has received private asSur-
ances from Bonar Law that these
demands viii be met by the govern
ment but the triple alliance de
mands that "a public promis be reg
istered hy Bonar Law for his gov
eminent
The triple alliance and parI.a
meutary committee of the trades
unions represent different factions