Show I l. l I 11 r J I 1 I Labor Party Is Due to Get e Mo Move e Seats I I J I in English 7 Parliament r Than flu a lEver Ever Before 11 i r w I J I if- if 1 c y y a d i iv v y 3 s If r rc i il l I c i I I I I r ra l a Y I 3 V R 7 l I If r M ill Arthur r fk I II I i Above Above Arthur Henderson left and John Masefield Below left to right right right-H. H. H M M. Hyndman Will Will I i t Thome Thorne and Robert Smilie I I II I t u j New Nett en York Feb 9 John John poet playwright war historian and amI I Student nt of English politics brings to this country on his second trip sinco r war was declared the prophecy that i the the next parliament in England willbe will willbe be j a labor parliament And AnI the dispatches from England 4 tear bear out the tho prophecy to a marked de- de free scree Having weathered the recent session at which tho the more radical of or J iti It members attempted to start a I. I break if i. i ith the government which might have led to a like Bolshevik uprising the labor tabor party IB Is In a fair way to sweep II e ih at th tho elections s which are arc 1 just t ahead Und nd seat moro more men in parliament par- par than tho the party has ever had tr a serape r The logical leader of or the labor party i Its brainy head and stabilizer seems to tobe tobo bo be Arthur Henderson former member f 1 of ot Lloyd Llord Georges George's cabinet who resigned V. V some time back Ia saying ing he nover never would be a member of ot the government go again until the laborites were in power At the recent conclave of ot laborites at Nottingham when radicals were demanding deml de de- manding ml that labor break with the government government gov gov- refuse to serve with capital capItal- l capital capital- tl in Iii the cabinet and offer a peace proposal to Germany German Henderson I brought the meeting back to earth in ina a c convincing speech ch He said In part If these wore normal times there thero would be no differences of ot opinion as asto to to the undesirability of ot associating with the capitalistic party but the they are not normal times and tho the party part has hag decided that on the whole the thc ad advantages vani van van- tales have outweighed the i disadvantages Let the present govI gov gov- ov- ov I go on and lot us push them as hard as wo we can toward peace when Masefield was wa asked about the J 1 English situation he promptly replied I that England was becoming becoming- moro more de del de- de l More tore than ever er before I f ho said our army Is 13 democratic After Atter this wa war war- warI I se see to the possibilities of moro morn t nesa and moro more charlt charity existing b bet be be- be tween class and class Everywhere there is s a n. greater feeling of ot equality You ih c now What to Ja taking place in tho the labor party today I will I predict predIct that our next parliament be i a R labor Jabor bor Parliament It will take unto nto self itself the intellectual workers as Well eJI as the hand workers of or A England know good man many of ot the lords I dont don't I many have become rid te I 1 believe that Henderson will bo ho the tle t controlling factor in tho the future England with will bo saved paved b by y the tho liberal I 1 his intellect and tho rho labor with Ith Wi man I his power DOwer Reconstruction com com- ar are now no preparing for tor the tho re- re of f. f El England I r have looked into ion some O ot of A 1 x Mm cannot V their educational schemes and sa say aay that the they go n quite quite- far enough to satisfy me They rhe aro are not J to male make mal 0 It sufficiently Je tor f w the tho ole olever workingman to got get very cry y v P possible advantage the nation I. I can an offer after f him In ln the wa way of ot hoLin development The liberal Is still h now Showing class i feeling I r reckon j myself us as a liberal and I re regard ard Gilbert Murray uIra ns as the very verr soul of or liberalism I am among those who e a that when tho the time comes for talking over lines JInes of policy It Is well to ask asle what Gilbert Murray thinks But I also believe tho the time Is ripe for tor some leader of the labor party to come forward with equally as commanding an nn Intellectual l point of view There Is no ono one in the labor party at tho the present present present pres pres- ent time comparable with Parnell There are such men as Ramsa Ramsay Macdonald Macdonald Mac Mac- donald an and old Gosling a fine tIne calm cairn and charming man and I r have much much- admiration for or the vigor of ot Henderson But I It seems to tp me necessary for tor the labor party r to ally illy Itself with what Is la best In liberalism the liberalism the best of or tho As- As Grey Groy typo of f mind Th That t. t is wh why we have such confidence in Gilbert Murray as one of or our most finished d In In- In Adopt Art After war r Program The labor party's reconstruction program program pro pro- gram adopted early in January de demanding demanding demanding de- de manding the restoration of ot and reparation repays repays- lion tion to Belgium tho the right of tho people of ot Alsace Lorraine to determine their future and pledging support of ot a league of or nations and hostility to an economic war after atter peace is concluded was submitted to the conference to today a This program demands also absolute te autonomy for or all parts of the British empire including Ireland and India and repudiates all proposals for tor protective protective pro pro- e tariffs Besides Henderson three men stand standout standout standout out as powers In tho labor party as m men n who will sway many votes when the next election is held some held some time between the hay and corn harvests aa us Henderson puts It It- They are aro Robert Smilie president of the mine workers workers work work- ers of or England to whom Lloyd a. a G-corgo G e offered the tho post of ot food tood controller H. H M. M f. f Hyndman an aged but bu t powerful trades union leader and Will Thorne Thome member of parliament |