El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-09
COAL
TROUBLE MAY
MEAN REVOLT

new shafts are not being sunk where
they are needed, etc"
But these wages controversies are
regarded by both sides as second
any The reason Why the strike,
whether q comes this month or as
many expect next spring VIII be
90 desperately serious "a that IL
win be a political strike
Direct action for the first time
VIII be used in England to take the
nation by the throat and compel par
lament In effect TO colLlscate the coal
mines Therefore Il is widely felt the
constitutional government is at stake
and that al whatever cost the Issue
must be fought TO q finish once and
Future Of Britain ut stake.
J. L GarFin. the distinguished ed
tor, IS the man IN Fleet street closest
20 Lloyd George, and he regards the
coming strike, which seems certain 10
come some time soons as a form Of
civil war IN which the future Of
Britain and, perhaps, OF the western
TO the Issues involved which an able
70 give here. was made after confer
euces with LLOYD George. and prob
ably sums up in its essentials The Ct
titude OF the. prime minister
The question is not whether there
shan be g strike in any sense hitherto
understood" Eaid Mr. Garviu. 1T IS
whether there shall open the decisive
struggle between The historic British
system and the Russian system on &
more or less bolshevist model. pros
rraduE every liberty and interest Of
the country to q sheer rule OF force,
welded by tyrannous minorities and
arbitrary sections
aAud more still. II f. a crucial
issue FOR the whole world. II e.
the fundamental conflict between
two types OF society the meO-bar-
barrie tyDe born ont Of crude, IN
uumisluEzahly the Clipping In
every Iluelmenf OF the cLariam fl
succeeds and the great western
heritage Of representative gov
erumeufs which has been the chief
political instrument OF progress
This conflict, once fairly raised
among US. could not be confined TO
these islands II civil war came out
OF IT. general international war would
return far and wide.
Attempt to Master Society.
The miners strike this tine would
Be political weapon and nothing
else 1t would mean an attempt TO
maErer society ana override the polls
by an internal blockade OF the coal
1T would, therefore. be the most
lateful domestic event since the civil
wars and revolutions OF the I1Lh cen
tury- These eliminated In the estab-
liGhmeur Of parliamentary govern
ment in 1858.
81 the miners can master gov
eEumeuts parliament and country
By Withholding fuel On thia Uuea-
tiuus they can impose their uEuaea
on un on any question at any
time The soviet tyralny would
be established with the miner
SPECIAL power as it's Epearhead-
Parliament would be an 1mpotent
uockery displaced by the Council OF
L.
be oustsd by the soTiets IN Britain as
u Is By Sim Eetu In Ireland The
banks would be seized as q matter OF
course.
would Hit whole Country.
by forcing up the whole cost Of
production transport and living
throughout the country. the miners
would break the general level OF
wages. Like an estate ruined by law
costs before either ItiEant can pos
seEs IL the export surplus Of $780,
100000 which Is the nominal subject
q the quarrel would be the first asset
20 vanish The means not only for
Increasing but for merely maintaining
the present rates Of wages would dis
appear
Is there any genuine trade union
motive as 1lsLtu EulEheu from bolEhe-
visit design behind this strike threatg
Nothing q the kind The thing IS
worse because it is rank LeniniEm en-
daGFoEinE 70 vancouver behind z
clumsy camouflaga Of respectable pre-
rznce- Anyone can see through i
and everyone does The red reVolu-
ton Is more 1erocious, but IS at least
mora honest than our projected pink
revolution, whose agents suppose
somehow in their muddled minds that
they can enjoy all tbs ordinary toler-
auce Of parliamentary liberty, while
they work the overthrow Of the par
liamentary system itself.''-Copyrigh
1890, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicats-