The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-17
Special Cable Dispatch.

Special Cable Dispatch.
Copyright. INA BY Public Ledger COZ
! LONDON, March 15.---Wc have just
! had tn, first renewal Of the Old party
! lighting spirit in the house of COM
! mons. Fur several years. "Nc"pS duI
: ing certain moments i'll the S'r"SEi'
. hri wc"n Premier Lloyd George anu ~
! ASuuith after MIR. As,iuith'S fall. all the
/ old signs of party wtriar" "lsai p'A''u
: Lenders nn opposite sides addf"SScu
! ":.rh other as right honorable TRENDS
! instead IF right honorable" gentlemen
! Even Mr.. hyuuiih and MIR. Lloyd George
/ al moments of their dcadlicSt hatred so
! addressed each other. But al Sucn
| haru"nicS have gone out in the crash
| of bitter attack.
! q regard this AZ Il dishonest corrupt
! government" said one young raolcai
| amid loud. defiant ministerial jccrs ana
Winston Churchill. making IL brilliant
| but decidedly jingo speech. rouScu en-
thusaStic cheers from the party nc
| had deserted y"arS ago and that since
had pursued him with irrcc"hcilaac
! hatred.
This breakup Of III" cid harmoniHs
! is due 10 two causes: first. the rc-cnacl-
! mrnt though in I limited form. ~ inc
! old cunScriptiun measure; secondly, 10
| the fragrant contrast between this pro-
, p"sal and tho pledges OF Mr.. l'loyo
! George and Mr.. Churchill against con-
! :srriptinn at The last election. On inc
! first case Mr.. Churchill was able 10
| plead that. without the power To retain
tho present army Of million men IN
| various rrlrtS Of tho world. England
army under the terms Of the c"nscrip-
| ton act, which freed all soldiers SIX
months after peace. would fly into mil
lions of atoms and hc left exposed 10
! attacks from every enemy IN every
part Of the world. Nobody could S"rl-
! ouSly contemplate such Il contingency,
! md it became easy 10 appeal 10 Such a
! Tory majority as rules IN tho present
| House Of Commons that this would DC
losing the war. The reply Of the Lib
erals is that all the mon required could
| have boon obtained voluntarily If Nh
| Churchill had offered young recruits
1.-THE aStonishing!y large pay now given.
| but the real point Of the debate was on
the character Of government pledges.
! and in spit" of everything urged by
Mr.. Churchill the impression remained
! that both nc and still moro Mr. LLOYD
| George had used StudionSly ambiguous
! Language ahou; the abolition Of con-
/ Scription to conceal their real purpose.
| \ big majority for the ministry was
i rnrcgonc conclusion, but even MT.
! rhurchills Sclf-confidcnt laundering
| speech revealed an inner anxiety. which
| everybody feels. as To the effect upon
| this country now soothing in the same
| mass of dangerous discomfort rs every
other country in Europe. Labor leaders
saw opportunity for making hercc
! appeal to their supporters. among whom
hatred Of CONSUMPTION amounts 10 VOL
canic passion. and without doubt tins
measure will tend TO increase the al
ready numerous and dangerous Gle
| mcnts in the labor situation. The Man
chester Guardian. while sadly assent
! ing 10 the necessary Consumption meas
ure, adds in It's own measured way a
| remarkable comment. We arc lighting
matches very near explosives. it says.
Then It points out with startlinSly
nrophetic vision that this measure
may bring distressing lapscs from dis
| cirlne."
! The mutiny In tho Canadian camp,
indeed. has supplied the public with the
most startling developments Yet seen
| as an effect of the delays. mistakes ano
! broken pledges upon men still retained
| in tho army. II will be seen that Mr.
/ ChurchiIl'S uncaSncss underneath his
| brilliant and defiant periods will be
more than justified. simultaneously
| with tnlS laS( pIOfuGdlIpit anu 'i't S"'i'
plete dstrust in Mr.. Lloyd George
! ministry and Mr.. Lloyd Georges own
pledges comes n startling revelation Of
! tho cost Of government control of the
| coal mines TO the pLuilc. The coal con-
! troller confessed his addition Of hall
crown (sixty cnnts) q ton to the price
Of coal in June, 1918. put tax. Of
| twenty-five million pounds sterling on
the coal consuming public, and the only
defense offered is that such tax was
| neces sary- to prevent the small and poor
[ coal mines from losing money. Such
and admission strengthens the demand
| Of tho miners for mine Naturalization
a proposal receiving further strength
! from the adoption Of that policy in Ger
many hv the new German government.
| Meantime from all sides and all in
! tcrcsts come persistent cries for re-
lease Of tho industries from the shaCklcs
! of government control. They come from
shipping interests. from newspapers
| crushed under the high prices OF paper.
from public still paying enormous
prices for food and liquor. In short
The nation Is like a temporarily insane
paticnt that was strapped in strait
! waistcoat and now with recovered
senses finds himself still in strait
w'aistcoat. The other great government
measure for taking control of the rail-