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Show No Capitalist Peace Will Satisfy Lab or, Declares J. R. Clynes E - , a 1 I British Leader Predicts Settlement on High Moral Principle. By H. E. Bechtol European Mnmor of N. E. A. LONDON, Nov. "Now that the end of tho war la here, let ua bo de termlned that tho peace? shall not be a capital peace," urged J. R. Clynes. British food controller. In an eictu-slva eictu-slva Interview for tho Newspaper En-terpiiae En-terpiiae association today. For twenty years Mr. Clynes has been one of tha foremost trades union leaders In Britain. Ho waa Invited to become one of tha labor representatives In tho I Jo yd Oeorge coalition government after tha fall of Aequlth; and was appotnted food controller con-troller on ths death of Baron Rhond-da Rhond-da aeveral months ago. "Now, he continued, "problems of economic reconstruct Inn will occupy first piece In men's minds. "In what spirit are we going to approach ap-proach theaa problems? "It should not be a spirit of competition, com-petition, but one of cooperation and partnership In repairing the terrible wounds Inflicted by the war. "No man who realises what the world haa passed through In the last your years ran dare to look forward to a resumption of the normal life of the world on the baala of bualneaa aa uauai and lndlacrlmlnata profiteer Ing. AVOID CAPITALIST PEACE. "When tha Oerman a set out to atarve our people and to destroy our rnmmiinlraliuni bv tha submarine. of a settlement based on high moral aims. j "I am confident that moral, not material, ma-terial, considerations will dominate 'the work of making peace. "The world will he Indebted to America for centuries to come for having lifted to a high terei the objects ob-jects of this great fight: and for having hav-ing laid down theae doctrines In clear terms, so as to affect materially the attitude of the Oerman people and convince them that they w ere fighting in a wrong. Indefensible cauae. "It haa been foolishly aaid that this waa a capitalist war. "The way to prove to everybody tht It .. wg la In avavaa tha.. ev n they did better than they knew. For they forced us Into tho closeat part-inemhlp part-inemhlp with our ail lea I "The partnership haa developed s I spirit of cooperation that is not going i to die with the end of the war. j -It Is my firm belief that the league of nation. In which we nil believe, and which I Intend to leave no stons unturned to secure, must take Its rise out of organisations Ilka the Interallied Interal-lied food council, constructed to meat wsr emergencies. ! feel proud of tha part British I haa played in the war, and 1 know that her motives were of the highest character from the first day. "Hut I recognised Chat Amertca'a entrance did mora than anything else tn solidify worl.j ent1ment In favor not secure ft capitalist peace or a peace baaed on any material, sectional or trade advantagea Clynea, aa a labor representative high In British government councils. ! has taken a keen Interest and no I small part In preparations for reconstruction: recon-struction: particularly those affecting the returning soldier. "Ths fighting men who havo borne tha brunt of tho war will hava first clstm on the nation when they re-I re-I turn." he aald. i Ths purchasing power of money has decreased; and the returned soldier's sol-dier's Income should be scaled up accordingly. ac-cordingly. I think tha country Is approaching ap-proaching this question In a reasonable reason-able apirit j "Every preparation poaetbla la 'being 'be-ing made to replace the men In Industry; In-dustry; echemea ara la readiness for systematic demobilisation and the gov , ft ument Intends to make It as eay aa poealhle for the men to resume their normal oocupatlona "Aa for food- fcace will not bring plenty, as many people think. "Millions of men have fallen; millions mil-lions of others have been fighting and are still on guard. Theae men have not been producers In the last four years Ho the world ts not now producing pro-ducing enouich food to feed the world aa It was being fd before the war. "t will be aome time, .moreover, until food la os plentiful as It gs in IH 4. and food economy must not end yst awhile.- Hera In Britain, we, do not expect to throw away our ra- i tlon book a because fighting is stopped. ! We must save ahlp epaca to Import ; products which?- can bo turned Into profit. , "At the present moment wa hava spent practically all the capital that we aa a nation posse seed on this war. "Just aa our money financed the war until last year so American money Is paying for the war now. "America is sending us half aur food for nothing until better times come, and we can atart to' repay tbe capital aa well aa tbe Interval. |