Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
TRIBUTE OF MINISTER
TO ENGLISH WORKERS
Help Army Win Victory
IN the Field.
HOW THE EMPLOYERS AIDED
Sir Albert Stanley Declares There
Must BE No Letting Down OF
Anglo-American Friendship and
No Cut-Throat Competition.
ny EDWARD MAnsHALL..


gave him an opportunity to pay tri-
butte to the British workers. What he
4 has to say Is of particular interest to
the United States because Sir Albert.
although born In England. spent many
years in the United states. where he
] received his education and early train
! energy, close system, unfailing enter
Z prise and much originality.
! AS matter of fact. said ne. nc
! which has been made upon hm-or
\ her. Neither the Unions nor the ind
/ vigorous prosecution Of the war-of
j such vigorous prosecution OF the
war as has been little understood else
where.
There have been sacrifices upon
every hand. as has been right, OF
+ course, but az has been too little I'm
/ derstood Not a single motor-car. for
i Instance. has been made In the United
1 Kingdom for private use since in,medi-
ately after the magnitude of the great
II conflict was first understood.
The part which British cooperation
Il has played In the magnificent Ameri-
X can war effort never should be for
+ gotten by Americans.
DRTTIsII SHIPS HAULED
: AMERICANS no FRONT
: When II came to getting the Amer
leans across the sea the task devolved
largely upon British ships and seamen
( first, but. reXt upon the shoulders of
! the British workman. It meant the
sacrifice OF great part Of British
raw materials for civilian needs and
consequently further reduction in
essential supplies already enormously.
4 depleted by the military demands OF
ourselves and our allies. |, meant
intensive effort OF the most extraor-
binary character.
all other purposes must be bandoncd
J 10 very considerable extent. And
| what did this mean? 1t meant what
\ amounted to the supreme sacrifice, for
J IT. meant the sacrifice OF freight space
Z needed In order thar the British Work
man could keep at his work. keep
u his income going, keen his family com
Portable and himself in strength. Ship
space was required for the. bring in
~ cotton. for example, to Lancashire.
Without 1t cotton onills employing the
Y greater portion OF the population there
could not continue operation. But
labor made .he sacrifice OF cotton.
which meant the sacrifice OF its ac-
Z Austomed work withou, murmur.
ZSritish labor usually, makcs It's greater
facrihces without nurmurinG. i, IS
The little naGging things which make
ing spindlcs UP in Lancashire was re-
dueed TO 90 per cent. yet there was
not the slightest murmuring.
niARDSHIPS ACCEPTED
BEfOND COMPUTATION
England did the trick of getting
tEreat number OF Americans across
frd II was largely English labor which
.complished H. II meant acceptance
ineant n sacrifice magnificent in it's
extent. 1t put hundreds of thousands
| g. WORKERS upon short time and tens
= Eut when the word was passed around
What 1t meant getting the Americans
kHacross the sea there were no voices
~ l'aised against il.
Consider the significance OF short
B,ime TO many of these workers II
neant a wage very little more than
hat which was normal in the years
Hcfore the war. although the cost OF
Eiving actually had Increased by ITO
per cent. This is but one character
Estic instance of many others | could
Ia Il am glad to go on record with
Ef:he statement that this devotion of the
|GBritish worker has been as great as
Many which has been shown by the
sublimeiy brave men in the trenches:
am glad to go on record with the
statement that without 1t the war
never could have been won. Without
less. OF course. for nothing could rem
der America helpless. but very handi
is snIas,s,n, Surely it is something for
consider what the British worker has
done. '"s
TAKE VESSELS FROM
NJ THE ESTABLISHED ROUTES
H During the time that have beop in
OHec nave accepted any and every
| j1crifice to our trade if it meant the
iccessful prosecution of the war.
Y hips nave been taken from established
outes, and our export trade aban-
pm the interest of the cause for Which
ms country has pledged everything"
asked Sir Albert 10 say some thing
about after-the-war days
ITO consider them now is dio,cn,t +.
he replied. but ! think it safe to declare
great necessity for the remembrance
stimulation of the war ends enthusi.
asm OF Al sorts is likely to die down.
There ,eraa VII be no actual dmming of the
been brought into being or stimui ri w sS
INTO INTO new ne w warmth and fervor by ser
temporary letting-down. definite re-.
action. ''' re-
that of efficient use of the Two ~" cn,, ne
tries natural resources. their use in
! abled thereby to recover nj Tho hi ah
est speed from the waste and overeffnrt
= of the war. !
GREAT OPPORTUNrry
FOR CLOSE CO-OPERATIoN
There will arise a great and SPLEEN
did after the-'var opportunity for in :
tcrnational cooperation. In the pos
sfssof to Of th each eon nefoPle Mil be things
,of tho other The United States viii
R Raitisb corner OBJ m;ro and cotton which the
"a T.
n p empire will have wool, higher
fdes or cotton. jutc and certain es-
d1tiai metals.
,f"These and other more or less exclu-
! I'VE. possessions will give both sides
w firm basis for fair bargaining with
I/out the ask king of such iabors as might
be q strain on the commercial minds
h and tempers of the two newly friendly
nations And we must bc careful not
4 to let strain arise
/ 1.-THE fight for trade nv cnemv conn
4 tries will be bitter beyond anything
in the worlds history as soon as the
very moment and not later.
4 ENEMY PLOTS TO COME
TO REGAIN GROUND
"All sorts Of enemy effort will be
put forth as part OF a vast effort
| to regain lost ground, and this will
be. as enemy. propaganda effort has
been during the progress OF The war.
d definitely propaganda, designed to dis,
| joint the newborn Intimate coni1dence
between the Bng'Iish speaking peoples.
i 1t u.s. not unreasonable to predict that
at VIII he nnScrupulous.
."There aru inequalities between U.S.