Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-17
SPECULATE ON WELLS
CAMPAIGN PLATFORM
Parliamentary Circles Won.
der How Historian Will
Appeal to Laborilcs.
Ills Entry In House Of Common.
""nid PerplcI Labor Lenders. NJ
Well ns OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for In
t~rnntionnlism.
By Ralph IL. Turner,

ihI'eh News StaN Correspondent.
LONDON. July ia political cam
?aien appealing 20 labor FOR votes on
IN" basis OF such poli,Ico- m lc
doctrines az are laid down iu The
outline az History" and the "SaIvag-
ing % Civilization" offers an enter
.ninE prosneCt over which English
parliamentary circles az. ep.cu!a.ing
fni!ow!ng The reported decision Of n
= Wells TO run for Parliament AZ a
l.hhor candidate.
In the abscnc. OF a formal .,a,e
mont from Wells regarding his Plat
form and the character Of campaign
he VIII carry on. politicians ar. pic.
turing an "!nternationa appeal.
With the Sr!tixh writer attemDtfup To
7 translate his theories Of tn. broth
"rhood OF man" into workaGav Ian
siase. which could be understood b.
tn" voting prolctariat Wells doc
trine that international history ana
poli'ics must b." cons id.r.d from tn.
viewpoint Of worlds Cooperation mas
been eNhaust!veiy advanced in booISs
lectures. debates ana Journalistic con
ir"|crSy. Bur his attempt - re
place narrow. nat!oualls,ir history by
general Wow OF the human record 90
c"lId scarcely be said to HAY. ever
been brought within the ken IF the
English workinrmnn and his pint.
Helped Labor Mu,cmrnt.
Wells subscribed broadly To- most
~ n" phases OF the labor movement,
hut with som" philosophical 1ualiH-
cations concerning mo evils OF IN.
"hoie system If modern industrial
civilization" which may not jhe ex-
actly win the popular ra!lyirg cries
OF tho l-ahor.tes and the immediate
demands made by John Il. Clyncs and
Arthur Henderson and their col
.rasu"s IN campaigning among the
cock workers miners. engineering
trades and other iarg. sections OF the
hfitisn working class. IN fact: the
entrance az Wells into the Hous. OF
Commons. II MS candidacy c success
tut w'i' probably pcrpleN labor lead.
r's az much as the opposition.
80 FAR as N" Russian question is
concerned. IL should not BE- diMcul,
l" harmonic his views Of misrepre-
sented and misunderstood RoIshev.
Ism. as evidenced in his Russia in
the shadows with the popular de-
mand among the Lahorites for the
restoration "f trade with IN. Soviets
nor are the Labor party leaders likely
t" quarrel with mos; Of his in,.rna-
Una l.f' u r -L III" OWLS OF E,rCh
mi!i'arlsm. the potential dangers Of
tn" alleged Japanese Efforts at cs-
tahlishtrg h'gemony in the Far
East. the necessity Of bringing Rus
s!a. Germany and the United States
into world wide postwar co-opcra-
lion
Speculate ON His Reception.
English political circles md it
equally diNert!nr To speculate on how
Wells would be received IN IN. House
OF Commons Doubt * already felt
as 10 whether h- would b- success
on the floor. since n" j. generally re-
Sarded as a poor speaker. having a
nigh. squeaky voice and considerable
dificuiiy in delivery
Despite the occasional boast that
the English House 81 commons is un-
l!h" The American Congress IN that
II is Interested IN the content OF a
mans speech. rather than in elocu-
tiona!y cnect. the dic-naids are al
ready pointing out that those very
clever men who know all about
everything" generally meet difFcui-
tics in ;h- House. which 6isiikcs be
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