The Washington herald., 1919-06-04
REVOLT IN ENGLAND
NEARS CRISIS AS
Boobies STRIKE
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lice has been called to secure the
other demand What is more sensa-
tional the Lundun press Is featuring
the situation as anarchy
But business goes ON as usual. the
prices Of food being gradually boosted,
after being summarily reduced early
in The spring. and Parliament con-
naturalization of housing. uanspor-
tation and mines, with labor radicals
waiting for these three measures to
be passed to demand naturalization
Of electric power, docks and shipping
And everyone in England knows that
Lloyd George will be the next leader
of the radical labor group He is
waiting until it gets sufficient power
to overcome the coalition parliament
tary majority which grows smaller
weekly
England Changing Hands,
In the meanwhile the London Times,
calling attention to the vast number
of real estate advertisements in its
columns. declares England is chang
ing hands, The old owners are mov-
ing out and new ones are moving in,
which is another phase of the in
exorable revolution moving in Eng
land
This week the triple alliance of
the unions-the dock workers, the
railroad workers and the miners
has called a conference to consider
a general strike if the Secretary of
State for War does not Immediately
make satisfactory public promises
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 objectors-
This powerful section of labor has
twice within six months brought the
government to it's knees, and with
employment bonuses furnishing
strike funds it will be easy to vote
strike
On the other hand. the parlia-
mentary committee of the trades
unions has received private assur-
ances from Bonar-Law that these
demands will be met by the govern
ment, but the triple alliance de-
mands that a public promise be reg
istered by Bonar-Law for his gov
ernment.
Situation Is SERIOUS.
The triple alliance and parlia-
mentary committee of the trades
unions represent different factions
of the labor party. standing in about
the same relation as Victor l. Ber-
ger and Samuel Gompers in Amer
lea. except that the triple alliance,
which is demanding the rejection
of the peace treaty because of its
harsh terms, seems to have a larger
following among labor than the
parliamentary committee.
Now this situation is not critical,
but is exceedingly serious. 1t will not
mean Bolshevism even IL successful.
but it does mean a genuine rise of the
labor party in power, and the rise is
coming steadily and rapidly while
everyone waits and Lloyd George
maneouvers himself to take charge
of the movement.
The relation of all this British labor
movement to the Paris peace is this:
When British labor takes control of
softer peace. German statesmen
watching England know this. They
realize that France. Great Britain and
possibly America in a league of ma
tions or a Hague Court will i'm
mediately move to soften the terms
and settle up in a few years instead
of in generations the economic dir-
ference with Germany and admit her
to the league. The British labor
leaguers make no bones that this Is
their aim and so far as the British
government goes they surely will at
tain ii.
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