Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-09 | Page 1 | Critical Times Ahead, British Papers Claim

CRITICAL TIMES AHEAD BRITISH PAPERS CLAIM Government Is Not Treated Treat Treat- ed Kindly as House of Commons Reassembles Reassemble After Short Vacation NEWSPAPERS SEVERE SEVEREIN IN OPEN CRITICISM Labor abor I Unrest Offers O Outstanding Outstanding Out Out- t- t I standing Problem With Thousands Unemployed S. S Strikes tr t-r i k e s Threatened I I. I LONDON April 9 By A. A P. P P.- P. The most important part of the present pa session be begins begins be- be gins today when the house hOUS of commons commons com corn mons reassembles after a a. short va Va- a cation It i ia is universally admitted that th there are thre-are are critical times times head ahead of ot the government Seldom has there been an administration that has drawn dra more criticism from the press because of af its alleged short short- comings The unrest In the labor world the discontent discontent- shown hown b by a large division of the middle classes and the anxiety of ca capital and business busi bust ness flOss are features i in in- every London newspaper and the government ap appears appears appears ap- ap pears to be regarded as the scapegoat scapegoat goat oat of all interests The Times generally in n wise hostile to the government emphasizes emphasizes emphasIzes sizes the strength of of the parliamentary parlia forces arrayed Jed against the cabinet whose position m it sa says rs without being actually dangerous demands nods constant vigilance The Daily Dally Mali extremely ho hostile hostile hos hos- tile says the ministers meet parliament parliament par par- par par- secretly conscious that they have completely lost the confidence confidence con con- of the country and almost bankrupt In rep reputations I LABOR UNREST PRESENTS SERIOUS ENGLISH PROBLEM j LONDON April 9 By U. U P. P P.- P. i Domestic difficulties which have I piled up steadily since inauguration of tho the Bonar Law administration confronted the government a as parliament parliament par- par reassembled today With workers on strike and the possibility that half a million million mil mil- lion In the building trades may be added to this number labor unrest presents perhaps the most serious difficulty but others Include 1 Certainty of a 0 sharp labor at attack attack attack at- at tack on the governments government's policy re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding housing and rents a subject subject subject sub sub- on which two recent have already gone to labor 2 A fierce florce attack impending upon the budget which Stanley Baldwin will ivill introduce next Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day with demands demand for decreased Income Income in income In- In come taxation and ana anG less tax on beer 3 The housing bill providing for subsidies on certain types of lIf dwellings will be introduced after alter the budget and will be the the subject sUbject of severe parliamentary hammer- hammer Ing 4 The agricultural crisis exemplified exemplified exem exem- the strikes of farm hands in Norfolk Norfolk- and Suffolk will contribute to the tho governments government's unhappiness Besides the f farm rm strike and that threatened in the building trades pottery workers railway workers Jute juto workers and ships' ships firemen and miners are among the groups striking or likely to be out within a a fortnight The approaching approach approach- ing ins labor crisis is such a L one ono as Lloyd George frequently faced laced during during during dur dur- ing his regime it will constitute an acid test of or Bonar Laws Law's real strength The labor labo party attacking the budget will press for a a. L capital levy and other measures proposed re recently recently re- re by Philip Snow Snowden den