Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-01-06 | Page 19 | A Yankee Abroad

I L A S YA YANKEE By Dc Witt Ma Mackenzie lOAD I LONDON Jan 5 E AP-E APEland's Eng AP-Eng lands land's class barriers are a pretty vigorous and successful assault Not only are they being from without but there Is mutiny in the ranks of the de- de fenders Class bulwarks which were considered con con- re impregnable not so long ago are aro breaches which never neel can be lep The mutineers from within and the attackers ers from without are aro fraternizing through the gaps The real though leaders lead lead- ers era ot of the reform crusade slogan is that all men are arc created equal are the members of the British BrItish Brit Brit- ish royal family Quietly QuieU but persistently persistently per per- they have been setting a striking of King George has it amply clear that ho he considers it is the theman theman man and not the blood which counts This is a a. ter terrible shock to some people They dont don't quite know what to think about the king emPeror emperor em- em making real friends of labor labor- itea Queen Mary agrees with the king The royal children are chips oft off the theold theold old block Because all the of this family are working for democracy it seems almost unfair to speak of the exploits of an Individual individual In- In member Still p perhaps yOU wm will be IntErested in a cal campaign which Is being waged b by the Duke of York the kings king's see sec on to break breal down class bar bar- rices The dule Is working so quiet quietly ly that few PeoPle even en In iii England realize reaUze just what he Js Is tr trying to achieve But Dut just a before I 1 Itell ten tell you ou of his scheme The real problem f facing the work work- I ers era for d tc Is Is S fairly fairly- strong in Eng Enli- v land it is fairlY strong in most countries for that matter AmerIca Amer- Amer Ica Is not lIke Caesars Caesar's wife wICe Sn In this respect The snob cracy mainly those pe people who because of birth or rIches feel that they accord accord ac- ac cord equality to people are less fortunately placed It also includes social clImbers who lack birth but who have ha the superiority complex This peculiar class of socIety is isan isan an outgrowth of class distinction But should not be confused confused con con- fused with aristocracy An aristocrat aristo- aristo crat ma may be a snob just as ma may a member of any other class dass of so clet but he may be quite the tho reverse re re- verse England's aristocracy in- in some of the fInest democrats i In the world But to get back to the juke of York This is the way his roya highness has gone about his campaign campaign cam cam- He is head of a a. summer camp for tor boys at New r Romney His organization organization has several hundred of them there at one time And here Is the point They are drawn equally from the working classes and the ads ads- The duke sl sly young Qung man pours his little workmen and little blue bloods all into his pot and stirs sUI'S them up until you ant ten tell one fo frol another What is more nore Important the lads cant can't see nn any difference themselves The duke sees to it that no games al' al are pla played ed In which the public school bo boys fC that thatis is the aristocrats can show an any because of their school traIning I Everything Is team work vork and the sides are made UI equally of the two classes ses Small lords lords- and tiny mine workers labor for mutual advantage in tugs or of war J