The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-30

and then another of the Liberal party
pass into its ranks, fearful of the
drift of events. They see in the
growing influence Of the Labor party
an awakening of the working class,
which they dread. But nothing dras-
tic may be expected from the Tory
party as yet. The right wing is fos-
tering it's Fascist movement, altho it
has not discovered its MussoIini The
Morning Post has definitely become
the organ of this section, but Bald
win has not discovered his successor,
either, and so the moment is not ripe
for bold, aggressive lead from the
Tories. 1t has to re-gather it's force
full leaders.
It is for this reason that so much
attention is being given to Winston
Churchill. In spirit and purpose, in
class consciousness and hatred of the
working class movement, he is as
intense as the Duke Of Northumber-
land and his. Fascist battalions. But
he is a more astute politician and
more able in every way. He knows
that the time is not yet for the scrap
ping of constitutionalism on behalf
of the propertied interests. Consti-
tutionalism is big slogan for the
rally of forces, and he has yet to get
clear of the Liberal camp. He has
accordingly taken up the same cries
as the Tories, whilst playing with the
language of the Liberals. The Tory
party is playing up to him. In the re-
cent election more than hundred
Here the leading party of the Labor
Tory M. P.'s supported his campaign
in Westminster, and now there is
proposal to find him safe" Tory
seat in Liverpool He can see quite
clearly that the Labor party leaders
have stolen all the thunder of the
Liberal party and that he must find a
new home.
The Liberal party is in a bad way,
and Mr.. Lloyd George sees this. So
manifest is it that the Labor party
has become the custodian of Liberal
ism that he is alternately pleading
for an open Lib-Lab coalition and
trouncing the Labor government for
it's departure from Socialist associa-
lions. He says that the Labor gov
eminent has been rude to the Liberal
party-in fact, insulting. It exists by
virtue of the act of the Liberal party,
and yet is attacking the Liberal par
ty in the constituencies when the de-
feat of the Liberal candidate would
mean only the substitution of another
person and not another policy.
In his Llandudno speech this week
he went frantic about the danger of
losing the Liberal party. Time and
again since the Labor government
was established the Liberal party has
been divided in it's voting on the
cruiser question, the Poplar question,
on housing, and so on. It has really
not functioned as a party. And fire.
quently the smallest portion of the
lparty has been with Lloyd George.
HE pleads then for the Liberal party
to rally its forces as party. Liberal
ism, he declares, as the representative
of the middle classes, has saved
Britain time and again from revolu-
ton. He says he cannot work with
the Tories. The differences are SO
acute that it was made obvious to
him in his experience with the coali
ton government that they were fun
damental and prevented any ralIying
to the Tory party.
But he has forgotten, as the Liberal
Ipress seems also to forget, that it is
the fact Of the Labor government be
ling a Liberal government, and its
measures essentially the measures OF
the Liberal party, that, in order to
distinguish itself and justify its exist
ence, it has to vote and speak against
Liberalism. The Liberal party is
thus in process of dissolution, and
every member of il is weighing his
personal position. If he votes against
Liberalism. how is he to justify his
action to the electorate, especially
when the opposition candidate comes