The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-28
HOLDS SOCIALISM
SOLE SALVATION
. Of GREAT BRITAIN
Capt. MoseIy, Victor ir
Queer Election, Ex-
presses View.
By Roscoe B. Fleming,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S,-Sociali'
Eation Of Britain's whole industry
That Is the step necessary to save
England, in the view of young Capt.
Oswald Mosley, whose election as
Labor NJ. P. for Smethwick by a ma
jority OF $500, has stirred British
politicians.
Mosley thinks England's unem-
ployment. stagnation and low wages
reveal the decline OF the capitalist
system" America, now in the full
flush of capitalistic youth, sooner or
later will come to England's present
condition, he prophesied, in a special
interview cabled to Labor, organ of
the American railroad brotherhoods.
It is a product OF the English
"capitalistic class" which is thus
darnning it. Mosley, whose election
campaign split not only his own Tory
family, but that Of Prime Minister
Baldwin, began life as one Of those
aristocratic cubs described by John
Galsworthy in "The Silver Spoon.
Veteran Of War
He served in the World War with
dit. and emerged to run as Con-
vative for Parliament, being elect
Ell in 1918. But as he Watched con-
ditions in Britain and the world, his
views changed. He became a So
cialist. and finally began the cam
uaien which has ended successfully
one Of the oueerest campaigns in
British history.
When Mosley was a Conservative,
he was spoken of as a possible prime
minister. That tune changed. The
Tories called him a "turncoat and
traitor"
Mosley's own father savagely de-
nounced him.
MY son was born with a sold
spoon in his mouth" he said. He
has never done a days work in his
life. II he and his wife want to do
something for labor, why don't they
sell her pearls, or why don't they
work themselves"
Prime Minister Baldwin himself
took the stump against young
Mosley Oliver Baldwin, the prime
minister's son, spoke for Mosley.
This brought Betty Baldwin, his
sister, into the fight on her fathers
side.
Meanwhile, Captain Mosley's wife,
Cynthia, drove him to his engage
ments in her big limousine, and her
self spoke, wearing her usual eX-
pensive clothes. She is a daughter
ofI.ord Curzon, and a granddaughter
Of Levi u. Letter, Chicago millionaire.
It was queer miX-up and Smeth'
wick was in a turmoil for weeks. A
Conservative and Liberal can
didate ran against Mosley, on the
theory that the Liberal would take
votes from him. The big Tory
papers ridiculing Mosley were sent
into the district by thousands. When
the votes were counted normal
Labor majority of about 1000 had
swelled to $500.
With this background and with
this sort of an Endorsement, young
Mosley's analysis of the economic
position of England and America is
made interesting.
Only Salvation
1.-THE socialization of British in.
dustry is her only salvation. British
capitalism is in an advanced stage
Of decay" he said.
THE first policy of British Social
ism is to produce for the British
population, by means Of socialized in
dustry, the same high purchasing
power that has been produced in
America by the play Of natural
circumstances and the opening of
rich natural resources.
'These things have created a de-
mand for labor in the United States,
and put it into a strong position
against capital, so that labor there
secures higher wages than prevail
in Britain.
1--WE are an older country, where
capitalism has reached an advanced
stage Of development, in which the
working classes have low purchas-