Evening star., 1921-04-10
by ARTHUR HENDERSON,
Former Member of British Wnr
Cabinet.

Cabinet.
by Radio 70 The Star.
LONDON. April 9.-The notes which
have passed between the United
States and the allies regarding man
date differences i'm Mesopotamia and
the Island of Yap: Americas uncom-
promising aloofness from the league
of nations, and active hostilities be-
tween Greece and Turkey. cali sharp
attendtion this week end to the fail
ure of the Versailles conference to
bring peace to the world and to re-
move causes of international friction.
Americas dissatisfaction with the
league of nations now, constituted
is perfectly underStandab BILE. British
labor repeatedly has protested against
The undelhocratlc Charac,er o. tn"
aliicd council. Wnicn appears to be
funtioninS more as thr.enation
caucus tnan as an international tr.-
bunai. But it is capable OF being
transformed INTO Il great Internal .onai
judiciary. as was originally conceived.
and British labor aims al securing
such necessary transformation.
Hope of L. $. Membership.
Yet even much more comprehen-
sive and democratic body would be
d.
and though the United States should
remain unconnected with the present
league, hopes are entertained that
she would look more kindly on "A
real league of peaceful peoples While
sentime mt in America seems mobilized
today more thoroughly than at any
time in the past. the fact rema ins
clear that her freedom of action can
have only relative operation. Her in
terest in zap and in the San Reno
agreement relating to Mesopotamia
shows that her concern is not limited
to the American continent. But what-
ever attitude America may take re-
garding the existing league. one feels
sure she cannot resign her foremost
place among the powerful forces
working laboriously for world peace.
The international labor conference"
kon reparations at Amsterdam has
| again demonstrated the enlightened
and practical craftsmanship of the
European working class movements.
While the allied nowers became more
and more suspicion and irritated at
each other and remain united only by
a common inability to make Germany
pay what they would like to exact
from her the labor movements have
formulated practical proposals which
provide hints and suggestions of real
usefulness. The conference took note
of the disagreement between the al
lied and German governments on the
value of payments in kind already
deliveed and the amount that Ger
many can pay in general reparation.
L. s. Suggested as Arbiter.
On both of these points disagree
ment is on question of fact and the
conference was strongly of the orin
ion that disagreement on such mat
| ters should be referred for settle
ment to an expert commission an
pointed by the league of nations
Ii
both sides.
/ consider that some such impartial
| mi achinery to assess the value of Ger
| many's payments in kind and her
general capacity to pay is indispensa-
BILE to any satisfactory solution of
the reparations issue.
4 wise step would be for the allies
to invite America to render friend
ly service of arbitration. for so long
as the allies persist in their present
naughty attitude. there seems little
prospect of an early satisfactory is
sue from the predicament in which
! they have placed themselves
British. Industrial Crisis.
Here in England the industrial
| crisis is approaching a most active
stage. 1t is not possible to eXag-
gerate the militant temper of the
rank and file not only in the mining
industry but in other Industries. De-
mands for wage reductions are ex-
pected in the near future.
The miners crisis. therefore is re-
garded generally as the first blow of