New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
l,ono1nlic Life
dBritain Being. g.
|Revollltionized
\ |A,rLeaders. Slowly Bring
:. Abou, Industrial Re-
'I;ustments, Il Aim TO Con-
III the Gov ernm III c mt
|,,rd George Diplomatic
,s.uier. After Bowing to
u;uers. Plans TO Beat the
rorkers With Ballot Box
0. Arthur 5. Draper


'wn0N. Nov. l1.--Following the
Of a million miners over the
=, government, J. H. Thomas.
# the railway men. has just
:, ont a book. in which he out
A. policy Labor would follow if
IN. into power Miss Sylvia
|l,...rst ers.while militant suffra-
i, nd recently editor Of The Work
n,.sdnought, has been sentenced
i months imprisonment for pub
H., an article calculated TO arouse
= British people TO revolution.
s,i.aever way one looks tit, British
=, il in the forefront Of the news
.ay Sylvia Pankhurst's revolution.
r.d along the lines advised by
- p has no greater possibility Of
..,ss than Irish independence in the
~v.. temper Of the British govern
= but. nevertheless, q mighty revo-
=, is taking place in the British
L. The fact that this revolution
succompanied by bloodshed, by
ID Of violence, BY sabotage and de-
~,.jon. is calculated to give for
r.u false impression Of the actual
rs:icn here.
4Nvis Pankhurst Is 2n svowed com
lr,t she is confessed enemy Of
r.l sn advocate OF the use of force,
her letter 10 "Comrade Lenine"
!. .safessed sorrowfully that all her
H., 70 hasten the revolution by the
y.Sas suggested to her by the Boil
s.rs lesder when she saw him In
fg.v had brought few results.
Real Leaders of Revolution
vas letter of despair, a message
h.: could have given little encour-
Ir.,a. to the Bo.shevik government
Moscow, which, during the coal
cs. sent OUT wireless reports that
= LLOYD George Cabinet was prepar-
!, D leave London because OF the
4rurs' revolution. The Russian Boz
7rrisi have no more knowledge Of the
x-.a workers than those in other
s.,:ss who brand them as band
salsheviki.
r. British revolution is not being
s-r.. with bombs and machine guns
p. Esi and White Guards. 1t is not
e, .sing fought at the moment with
sl::s and political speeches, though
* sage is bound TO come in COM
as.lyely short time.
h Sylvia Parkhursts are not the
si.rs Of the British revolution. In
hra and economic England is be-
:. made by the Robert Smillies
s.I T. Thomases. the J. R. Clynes
u Arthur Hendersons and q score Of
Ez,s. They are & greater force in
xi.1g about the industrial readjust-
,a.s than George Lansbury. Ernest
.s, Robert Williams and the other
rz.s.s Of this group who politically
r. sanewhere between Miss Pank-
Ii. aid the constitutionality of the
Ii: party.
IP?arsn.ly those IN control Of the
in.lmsn. 0: the British Empire be-
n here are two ways Of handling
zl::ga.ion.
brain economic readiustments are
Irisae
Premier a Master Compromiser
sAe government should refuse tc
trN.er these demands for change ir
an-ations between capital and labor
sg Eould drive many @ the constltu-
rasls, the opponents Of direct &C
=, INTO the ranks of the extremists
Z. ten there would be q great anc
faH!y bloody battle along class
De other method might be described
y. give and take" policy. Britain
's't1ra.e in having Il David Lloyd
Ssss e Premier wno is a master
,f'0miser, 4 wizard n the art OF OBJ
A'g concessions not only for en-
IS.', but for employee. There arc
.ss Tao differ violently with him
n'is? are the same persons who en-
aia most seriously the dangers OF
'Sasyisn in England
s'ya GEORGE IS al pains to strengthen
s'hstlon o. Smillie, Of the coal min
q Thomas, the railway men :
<s; Of Henderson, Of the Labor
81, Of Clynes, Of the general work
ae Is using them TO fight the ex-
1a among the workers. But, make
SsA2s, Lloyd George plans TO beat
A.er. he intends 10 win his vic
{" me ballot box, and not with the
sdi.ry.
sa' is equally TO the point Is that
80 Ciynes, Thomas and the other
sa,ionaiis,s are perfectly aware
~ iact, and they are not without
-sace Of their ability TO defeat the
s'nsat with It's own weapons.
Labor Confident of Control
E.' the normal course Of event.
Fs'al election could not be held 70,
!" years, but few observers believe
s3TsFnnen. Will last that long
LABOR leaders expect ma
section within year, and they
hey Hill be able 10 form the
rVernnent. That is a matter ol
,ouot, but IN any case it is in
s~ag to sketcn briefly the Labor
"a as given in Thonas's book
e AeFnoe- % Parliament, gooc
far orator, and enjoys
.~"'n FOR Ire highest integrity.
~: adNoc2tes equal educationa
- ''r al men-a demand which
= Eea2ion surprise in America
'sry natural one mere, where the
siemen,ary and preparatory
- are not 2 the same class WITT
,he United States. He woul(
= ne eyssen II Old Old aYe pen
~ snat me state would maintain
ga xefke.s al decent STANDARD
II s.z.
lefaaps rnknown 20 most Amer
Mst British labor favors etat'
tss liquor trade. Thomas ii
-'zri? Keen on this point. ThcT
Ne 9Ie1sion of nationalizatloi
sfeat public EerYices-of trans
1in2, lgntirg He would naY'
- u SeoD,es rather than
" na.'pas, t0opZn he is stron;
'1' Of tle present roven ent.
Nzges,.on made BY J homas Il
.....,hary IL the sense that IL il
ass7'!onal, bDt the sum total o
.-<ayes mud revolutionize th'
',snosnic !.fe II Britain.