Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
ESTABLISHED 1855
FEDERALIzED PARLIAMENT
Lloyd George Seeks Reorganization
OF British Government.
BULWARK AGAINST SOCIAL STRIFE

vietoriou. Allies Now Confronted
With Problems Hardly Less Serious
Than the Problems Of tho vanquish-
ed Nations-President Wilson
Premier clemenceau Also Denoting
Attention to the Labor Questions.
F. Cunliffes Owen in New York Sun.
After having saved the civilized
world at the cost Of millions OF lives
and of billions Of treasure from the
peril of Germany's military terrorism
and economic despotism, the United
States, Great Britain and France, are
now called upon to defend themselves
and indeed every nation Of the uni
verse, from the danger Of an even still
more bltghting tyranny, that OF labor
seeking to dominate our whole poiu-
cal and economic existence and culmi-
mating in Bolshevism.
Here in America labor demands the
naturalization. not alone of all public
services and utilities but also OF all
the basic industries. with predomi-
nant voice in the control and manage
ment thereof, under q threat by the
American Federation Of Labor Ito tie
I'D the railroads so tight that they
would never run again." at the end
Of the present month. In Great Brit
ain the delay Of the government In
yielding to equally extravagant pre-
tensions has already resulted In q
series of mining. shipping, railroad
police and even bakers strikes. which
are paralyzing the entire existence OF
the people Of the United Kingdom.
If naturalization Of public utilities
and of the basic industries were all
that is aimed at by labor we might be
disposed to regard the issues with a
certain amount Of misgiving. but with
out excessive alarm, as questions
mainly Of an economic character.
Emboldened, however. by the
strength of the weapon which they
hold In their hands-namely, the
power to stop coal mining, railroad
transportation and shipping trade and
in consequence thereof all basic In
dustries, by means Of strikes-the
labor leaders here. as well as In Great
Britain and France, have cast discre-
ton to the winds, and have proclaimed
their resolve to determine henceforth
the activities of their respective gov
ernments In domestic and foreign
politics.
They declare that they will not per-
NIT any further military action In
Russia against the Bolshevih. with
whom they profess to be in hearty
sympathy and understanding. They
object to conscription Of any kind,
military, naval or Industrial. They will
not tolerate the use Of soldiers, sailors
or police for the purposes Of strike
breaking, repression or control. They
exact the unionizing Of the police. OF
the army and of the navy. so as to
have these guardians Of the nation
against foreign enemies or against In
ternal disturbances under their own
direction and command. They are de-
termined that the conditions OF peace
imposed upon the Germans and the
Austrians by the treaties Of Versailles
shall be subjected to the most exten-
sive modification, on the ground that
the conditions contained therein are
unduly extortionate and exaggerated.
and as such calculated to interfere
with the working of the international
brotherhood Of labor, in which they
profess to see the only assurance Of a
lasting peace.
Where Is the Sovereign Power?
Great Britain and the United States,
as we'll as France, are therefore con-
fronted by a series Of altogether reyo-
lutionary issues which may be, all of
them, summed up into a single Ques-
tion, namely: Is the sovereign power
Of the nation to remain vested in the
people, and In their chosen represen-
tatives, as provided for by the terms
of their constitution; or Is to be
surrendered to certain classes Of labor.
constituting q mere fraction OF the ma
ton, and which are in q position to
terrorize the governments, because OF
their ability to order strikes, paralyz-
ing the economic life Of the nation?
Before proceeding to indicate the
methods by which the British and the
United States governments propose
to deal with this crisis, 1t may not be
amiss TO state that the problem would
be clearer if there were any assur-
ance that the labor leaders now lead
ing the fight for naturalization OF
the public utilities and basic indus
tries, in America and in Great Brf-
tain. are entitled to speak for the whole
Of labor instead of for merely a class
thereof. In both countries the labor
leaders endeavoring to terrorize the
nation and the government belong tc
the mining. railroad and shipping
trade classes. or at any rate repre-.
sent them, and are convinced thai
they can attain the aims which the!
have in view by means Of strikes.
But there Is no evidence to show
that their bullying politics and theil
aggressive attitude have the approva
Of the thousands Of other classes o.
labor or that these are willing to In.
dorse them as their representatives
Indeed, the evidence points all the
other way, and leads to the belief thai
the vast masses of the laboring popula.
tion in the United States and in Grea'
Britain are perfectly satisfied with the
existing governmental any rate sat.
isfied that the government Is doing
the best in its power for their wei
fare and for their interests.
Broadly speaking. labor-I include
both sexes-forms 80 per cent. Of tht
parliamentary constituencies in Grea
Britain and Of the congressional con
stituencies Of the United States. Or
the occasion of the last general cleo
tion in the United Kingdom, just be-
fore Christmas, at which larger vot,