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pacifst, who was chairman Of the
meeting.
This meeting, one of a series being
held turnout the country, cheered all
mention of fighting to victory, with
the greatest enthusiasm. 1t was typical
OF the sentiment Of the masses.
The collapse of the leadership In the
general strike has not broken the
morale of the British working class.
The presence and prominence of Com
munists in such meetings is a reflec.
ton of the added influence they have
obtained by their intense services to
the miners and In the general strike.
Masses Resentful.
The masses of workers are greatly
incensed at the general council for
their surrender of the strike. This
received a striking demonstration
yesterday, in Battersea, when A. B.
Swales, who has been held in high
esteem as one of the leaders of the
left" tendency within the general
council, was greeted with demands for
an explanation of the surrender when
he appeared before a gathering of
workers.
Past regulations are being forgotten
quickly, in these days when each hour
counts for more than a week in ordi-
nary times, and the workers demand
that every leader shall clear himself
Of completely in the betrayal or stand
condemned. Swales is certainly far
from being one of the worst Of the Of
fetal leaders.
New AIlgnments.
Under the impact of the deep eco
nomic crisis, political forces are realing-
ing themselves rapidly. Behind the
scenes is going on much negotiating,
the particulars of which only occasion
ally leak out. 1t is well-known, how
ever, that the principal new develop
ment is the alliance between the right
wing leaders of the labor party with
Mr.. Lloyd George.
Macdonald Plots With George.
Mr.. Ramsay Macdonald and his col
leagues in charge of the labor party
are frantically DESTROYS of a goodly
respectable leader of the middle class
for them to lean upon, and who will
supply them with the political punch"
which they lack without tainting them
in any way with the "unrespectable"
kind Of punch which the left wing
would put into the labor party.
On the other hand, Mr.. Lloyd George
is very DESTROYS OF the labor votes,
since the liberal party has declined to
a corporals guard, and has the same
hunger for Office as Macdonald, Hen
derson. G. Co. The scheme seems to
be, to throw into the economic and
political crisis which is shaking the
foundations of Britain, an elaborate
plan for class collaboration, with the
presence Of Lloyd George in the COM
bination giving guarantee Of its harm
lessness to capitalism, and the pres
ence of Macdonald and the right wing
of the labor party guaranteeing the
support of the workers.
The New Scheme.
With this nicely padded saddle,
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donkey in triumphal march to power
and the seats of government. The
little thing which stands in the way
is the bitter aversion which the work
ers have to Lloyd George and the
liberals generally, and the MacDonalds
are laying awake nights figuring out
now to overcome this prejudice in the
minds Of the workers.
In the meantime, Lloyd George has
broken with the more conservative
leaders Of his party in a dramatic
public controversy, and the stage is
set for his emergence (when matters
progress bit further) as the leader
in a great liberal labor combined
assault upon Baldwin and the tories,
and TO set up a coalition government.
Leaders Favor Plan.
Despite the appearance Of desperate
differences between the various groups
OF leaders within the labor party, al
most all of them are Willingly or I'M
Willingly working towards the consum-
nation Of the Lloyd George MacD Donald
scheme.