Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-07
ENGLAND IS READY
To LIMIT HER NAVY
IF j. s. WILL ALSO
BY GEORGE N. BARNES
Former member British war cabinet
Especial Cable to The JournaD
DOWNRIGHT 1921

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Especial Cable to The Journa)
Copyright, 1921
LONDON, June 4.-"Barkis is will
ing"
In other words, England is ready
to agree to limitation of naval
strength, if Japan and the United
States will do the same.
But Japan is the difficulty.
Perhaps it may be necessary diplo-
ntatically to remind that country of
her dependence upon outside sources
for supply of steel and other req
uisites for naval ornaments, and
suggest to her that she may be
Trationed.
There has been much comment here
regarding the attitude of President
Harding toward disarmament, and
the unanimous adoption by the Unit
ed States senate of Senator Borah's
amendment to the naval bill, request
ing the president to invite Great
Britain and Japan to consider with
the United States the mutual limita-
ton of naval armaments.
Mr.. Lloyd George, the prime minis
ter, has been asked to submit an in
dors1ng motion to the house Of COM
mons, and while his answers have
been non-commital, they have been
unfavorable.
But there is no doubt as to the
attitude of this country in regard to
naval reduction. The country wants
it.
Poignant Application
The subject has had poignant ap-
plication, for one of the notable
events of the week has been the sale
for breaking up of one hundred and
fourteen obsolete naval craft, includ-
ing the original and once all-powerful
"dreadnought." They have been sold
for three million dollars. Their orig
inal cost was probably in excess of
one hundred million dollars, figures
that should emphasize the wastes of
war preparation.
We still are confronted by the
Irish situation and the coal strike.
The full results of the Ulster cleo
NASAAS1 AO" at 4IdIlu1 al z EIlOIG ldVOT
able to the unionists than / :ediGt-
ed in my last dispatch. The Unionist
party has succeeded in placing prac-
tically all of it's nominees, so that
the new northern parliament in Ire
land will start with forty mem bers
favorable to a British union, with but
twelve in opposition. Only six of
the latter are Sim Feiners.
The elections have passed off with
out serious truble and they demon
strate in a striking manner the
strength of the Unionist sentiment IN
the northeast of Ireland. ireland
now has chance to redeem herself
In Ulster and elsewhere.
The retirement Of Sir Edward Car
son fittingly synchronizes with the
establishment of the new Irish par
liaments. He has been a picturesque
figure in the house of commons,
which I must say will be the poorer
for his loss. In the future he Will
be hidden in the house of lords as q
member of the court of appeals.
Little Sign Of Peace
Meantime, there Is little sign of
peace between the Sim Fein and the
British government. The latter is
about to largely increase the number
of her military forces in the I'M
happy island.
The position in regard to the zine
disputes is much the same as 1T was
a month ago. Conferences have been
held but they have proved abortivc,
except for the fact that the mine
owners and the miners are putting
the new proposals of the prime min
lister up to their respective district
In effect the proposals amount to
Pending a permanent
settlement it is proposed that work
should be resumed on a temporary
basis, with a subsidy of fifty million
dollars from the government to be
used in easing down the wages of the
instead of submitting them to
an abrupt cut. 1t appears hat toe
leaders of the miners finally are
dropping the idea of a national pool
to equalize wages as fnappl.cahle to
the private ownership of mines They
doubtless have become convinced that
the country is not disposed fcr an
experiment in naturalization.
Other Considerations
But this coal dispute has brought |
other considerations into view. Surely |
1t has brought US nearer to d =
milton of the interest of the commu-
nifty at large in industrial disputes. |
Modern organizations of capital and |
labor have as yet been unaccompa- |
lied by a sense of civic respo IL |
ty. They have only Widened the area |
and increased loss and differing |
through strikes and lockouts.
They have jeopardized the interest |
IF the community, a condition of |
things which 1 predicted might |
ensue when I addressed the Civic |
Federation conference in New York
nearly twenty years ago. 1t is a |
of things which if contin-
led must bring ruin in it's train. In
1ustrial disputes must somehow be
settled by reason and the examina-
ion Of the facts. There must be a
application of the prin- J
.iple of arbitration.
Industrial arbitrations, CT course,
ire anathema to the reactionaries of
10Th sides-men wi. want to enjoy
he amenities of civilized life with
,ut pay for them.
But enlightened arbitration will !
nave to come, for all that, if we are