Evening star., 1921-04-10
BIZ OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

pose England's very lie.
Paralyze both and Englands
doom as a world power is
scaled. This explains the tremendous
gravity Of the situation prevailing IN
tho British Isles during the past week.
occasioned by the British coal strike.
A strike of miners. in itself. is a seri-
Gus busines for any nation at any
time. and particularly England, but
when this strike is backed by trans
port workers and railway men who
have it within their power to paralyze
completely the daily life of the ma
don, the situation really is ominous.
As this is written the government,
. headed by Lloyd George, and the Va
rious labor leaders of England. is dis
cusSing compromise which will bring
to an end the actual walkout OF Brit
ish miners and Illustrate plans of the
transport workers and railway men.
but there are grave doubts OF the
success of efforts because of the
strong antagonisms which have arisen
during the past ten days The>s are
being whetted by misguided pa~ci-
pants in official parleys
Situation Is Grave.
The past week has been one of tre-
ncndous import. But this momentary
crisis will pass into insiCniticance IL
the triple alliance actually begins 10
bring concerted pressure against
British industrial life and the govern
ment in the hope of perpetuating de-
sired ends The situation is one OF
the gravest in the history of England
not excepting the recent war. LOT
T.ngland's enemies then were without
and the people at home were united
in given purpose. Today there are
at least = dozen conflicting currents
of thought. labor circles all STRIVING
for mastery and all working toward
civil strife if this need be-
England divided against herseir,
will emerge a tattered England, not-
viihstandi5r the Enghshman'S READY
powers o. 1daptation and recovery
IS;t il iced all the stronger at
tributes Z, character manifest oy the
r"tion in past centuries - rectlfy the
evils resulting from pro."nged lnous-
trial and commercial S-rlfe at the
present time.
England's peril from .-edicalism is
acute, Notwithstanding me excellent
work of James H. Th5mas. John X;
Clines and others. all tending TOWARD
undermining of bolsh".Ist influences
in the counsels of labor. But the
Sanger lies not in the moment. the
grave hour will come if prolonged
strike of the triple alliance. is ushered
in, and when. through depleted condl-
ton of British labor's treasures.
gaunt hunger and privation will be
felt in millions of homes throughout
the country. 1t will come when
through the processes of industrial
and commercial decentralization labor
in other branches of industry VIII
strive to seize advantag" of the gen
eral chaos and press home desired
ends. Not an industry or business in
England will be immune from the
evil effects of paralyzation of the
mining and transport systems The
whole economic scheme of things
would be so upset that there would
be grave doubt that evan the sanest
of the present great British labor
leaders could stem the tides in favor
of the seditious gospels. which since
the war have been surreptitiously
preached and dinned into the ears of
the laboring classes
Red influence Active.
The bolshevist influence has been an
active one since Lenin assumed power
in Moscow and set out upon his
scheme looking toward the establish
ment of a great internationale domi
mating the social. political and eco
nomic life of the whole of Europe.
ing British laboring elements. Only
sane minds have restrained many
from ushering in prematurely the in
dustrial clash with the government
and industralists, knowing the ever
present danger of red domination.
which the wiser minds of the world
today are realizing more and more
can leave but a skeleton of living in
stitutions. But the reds are a factor
TO be considered in any contingency
and should general breakdown of the
economic system of England result
from the present labor upheaval the
consequences are almost certain.
The government. fully aware of
the dangers. has dispatched troops to
the more central sections in order
- be ready to strike in any direc-
ton at Gny moment. 1t cannot be
conceived that Lloyd George is taxi
ing such preparations merely to
t".rnole down an element in Eng
lash life that is merely striking for
hat II considers it's rights. The
fact ne the matter is Lloyd George
undoubtedly is preparing for the
reds who already have shown their
teeth. although the time is not quite
auSpicious 10 sound the real rcllying
call In discussing the possible boil
shevist influence in the whole sit
uation. one cannot but conjecture
upon the unwisdom of Lloyd George
in resuming trade relations with
the soviet regime in Moscow, which
has used these negotiations only as
a means of infiltration for seditious
gospels expounded by the arch con-