New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-03
EARLY LABOR GOVERN.
MENT FOR ENGLAND.
by Frank Dilnot, England,

! AN EARLY LABOR GOVERN
MENT FOR ENGLAND.
by Frank Dilnot, England,
The picture Of conservative England
with its age-long caste customs estab--
fishing Labor Government as an
evolutionary stage in its CONSTITUTE nal
history is going to be one of the drama
tic spectacles for future generations to
look back upon That England should
be the first Of the great nations with
/ a King still ruling amid the appurten-
anoes of ancient state) to install, on trial,
workers as its governors is one Of those
contradiction in which English history
abounds, contradictions evolved by COM
mon sense rather than by logic. /
believe the tine is in sight when a Labor
Cabinet will sit at Westminster. u say
it will be on trial, only in the sense that
all British Governments are always on
trial. Any one Of them can be dis
possessed in twenty -four hours by a
majority Of the House Of Commons.
That is the great popular check on all
British Governments.
The labor movement has virtually
doubled its strength in the war, and The
recent Trades Union Congress was
attended by the delegates representing
FIVE and half million members, who
with their families constitute half the
population of the British Isles. Labor
is not only stronger numerically than
before the war, but is tremendously
stronger politically and industrially,
and at the Congress there were various
drastic proposals for direct action for
political ends, and for some Of the wider
industrial projects, such as nationals
zation of mines.
It may be that the next general cleo
ton, which cannot be very long delayed,
will not return a majority Of labor
members to Parliament, but it will I'M.
doubtedly return much larger proper
ton than hitherto. The present labor
members number 20 out Of a total Of
7O7 Of all parties. confidently expect
the number Of labor members to be in
creased to at least 200 at the next cleo
ton, and possibly more. It is not out
Of the question that they might be the
largest group in the House, and if they
could return 800 members they certainly
would be- In this case they would IN
evitably be called upon to form a Govern
ment. But, whatever happens in the
few months, it is virtually assured that
Labor Government will be in Office in
Britain before a very great while. !
do not know that it will last very long.
Here is a possible Cabinet: Prime Minis
ter, Arthur Henderson: Chancellor Of
the Exchequer, j r. Clynes; President
Of the Local Government Board, Ramsay
MacD onald; Foreign Secretary, George
Barnes; Minister for War, George Rob
erts; First Lord Of the Admiralty, Stuart
Burning; Home Secretary, John Hodge;
Minister Of Health, Philip Snowden;
Minister for. Labor, Frank Hodges;
Sectary for the Colonies, ]. III. Thomas;
President of the Board Of Trade, c.. w.
Bowerman; Secretary for Ireland, Rob-
ert Smile; Secretary for Scotland, Mr..
Brownie.
Mr.. Henderson, originally as a youth
az n ~ .
and iron molder, is a dour north-country-
man Of Scotch extraction, cautious in
council, fercely obstinate in matters Of
principle, has been member Of the
War Cabinet, has travelled Europe, and
| is accustomed to responsibility. Mr..
Clynes s,a brilliant, unobtrusiye man,
with balance and courage. He was
Food Controller in the Coalition Cabi-
net, and stirred Parliament and the
country to enthusiasm by his talents as
an administrator. Mr.. Barnes, who
used to be Secretary Of the Engineers,
has been one Of the British delegates
to the Peace Conference and has dived