El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
BRITISH WORKER
JUST GRUHT5
AND GOES ON
Labor Thinks Things Are
Evened Up by the
World War.
WORKERS TRAVEL
LIKE KINGS NOW

7 ONDON. Eng, nov She end Ct
l. the railway strike win naturally
turn the public mind IN the direction
q drawing Conclusions from its re-
suit What are the lessons which
the strike has taught all who were
willing OF unwilling parties to it,
As far rs the raiIwaymen are con
eerned the lession ls that the light
ming" strike g. g failure insofar as
Il IS intended to hold Up the entire
nation by a few days abstinence from
work. The people have suffered In
convenience but not priration. mlen
less starvation, and tn5 counter
measures for ensuring supplies have
worked smoothly AID effectively IN
this sense the terror Of e lightning
railway strike has departed. and the
threat has lost much OF It's old va
lidity. In Lhs future the men VIII
be more inclined 70 trust TO nego-
tiatlon and TO public opinion
WIZ Obey Leader
On the other side the nation has
learned that the members q the Ma
toual Union Of RaflWaymen VIII obey
their ieaders IN coming 10 8 decision
on an Issue which they hardly under
stand with q discipline not 70 be sur
passed BY the BRIGADE Of Guards
In the second place. L has seen
that the railWaTme1 are not 1olsne-
visits 1r incendiaries- but with very
few exceptions, ordinary wen conouc-
ted citizens Who VIII fight out an
economic lzzae without attempting 90
resort 20 violence. = appears that II
the inception Of the strike was partly
due TO che "direct actiouists" znd
revolutionarles. its conduct and Us
conclusion alike were carried out with
All that sober moderation 1Tnlcl u
the hall mark o. historic trade union
ism IA Great Britain
The atmosphere is to this extent
cleared between two OF the conrelld-
Ing parties-ths raiiu'aymen and the
public. One side knows nov that Z
cannot prevail by sudden ellorti re
other side knows that it has not 70
deal with anarchists. but with me
vel known type Of trade unionist
Government ThIri Party.
There remains third party 70 the
di5puta-the government lrselI me
urine minister too, mignr draw
moral from the whole EPISODE, anl y
he draws the right moral he VIII
greatly facilitate lia task u LaSins
sirnIIar Issues in the future. me first
conclusion would appear 60 Be tnatl
though business men In the nisn
places Of government were OF great
value during the var ano may 70
OF value after the peace, lt snollq &c
cal training before they can lan-ls
Industrial disputes. not az employers
rut as ministers Of the crown
There is 30 reason 70 suppose Lna+
sir Eric Geddes took any part y
these NEGOTIATIONS for which tne re-
E17uslbility was not Luus s ~
his coIls1Euss But something IN nls
method % handling matters succeeqeo
in conveying s totally cltLeren1 ma
preston. This Impression was PROD
ABLY due GO nothing but islsNper-elles
on the part q the transport minister
of Ire rev role he. Is expected g
play. But fhs prime minister snoe-l
-1fa ne difficulty u he does not wish
~ have GRAINED labor declaring a
-endetsa against the new mlnlsLls
ana the present holder Of the ollics-
1t Is not aUpedient that whole na-
zion should suffer from the --cA o.
tact Of one Individual
Effect OF Propaganda.
The other point which ministers
rhouId consider c@FeLully rs lle m
tsutiou and effect CT their cEn prop
aranda conducted from Downing :
-5-eeF me General plan adopted by 1
rrff nartfss Of stating their case "a !
fna bubble press lE an eNceiienL IN
-ovatfou which can only produce Eool
resulfs But official a1FerllAlll en- e ]
81 statements OF this kino are as re-
sponsIbls aB g speech IN the house OF
7Tas the prime minister vel ao-.
-fsaf IN using this medium q oe-
eI-re that the strike OF the T. Z, r. (
We the result Of an anarchist con-
20 doubt n making that statement .
he rallied the nation 20 the aasls-
farce Of the government ana
zfrenrthened the publ cause against
~. mold ~" But publicity U IN I
5rstrfaI disputes Is only valuable u I
me long run when the statements I
r-ade prove accurate. and i u un-
fo-funste that the prime minister
Ehouid have committed himself % a
~-rFrssding q the situation
ia was the powerful intervention q +
che lssderg Of the other trade unions
n the interests OF peace Fnicn plo- I
crre6 8. settlement and avertsd a gen
rral strike. That the direct ae-l1l.S
Ir the rrecipitate declaration or lns
railway strike Is prohahie. u not c9t-
fafn. what Is clear IS that they were
o.