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Show It NATION IS WHOLLY UNPRE- I, PARED FOR PEACE 1 1 ARRIVAL vif'i- HH WASHINGTON, D. C Monday, Hi' , November 11, 1918, the armistice HM? " Jrhlca brought a cessation ot hostlll- HM? tie in, the. great war,WM.slgaedand Hff;' liewuie ef feeireV Immediately" re- U ' .: coastructlon of normal conditions M Hv they existed prior to the war aid II , the readjttrtbwt of the llvesVmll- II ' lions J .iftotja, kMBi the proMesis Hp r "all aatioaa. SeaM h4 xaxenen H tko shock of peace aai had prepared Hi against it,,t Among icb, waa Great H ; Brftaln. The following eable from H i London carried In the morning pa- H pere of Norember 11th, Indicate Ik H aigen'eral way the thoroughness with H; ) wale Great Brltala tai prepared H. ? for peaceproUesis: H ft I l ,L0HD0K; Her. 10. The govern- H ft meat tralgat luued a atotemeat that H I the mialittr of construction will aa- H nourice the government's general re- H I " cdstructlon policy o parliament on H I i . Tuesday. H 1 I' In the meanilmo .elaborate ln-HjI ln-HjI " tructiona have been glrea for the HI. Blowing down ot munition production H ' u 'with a scheme of 'donation for un- H ' ' employment, to remain la force for H .' ' v alz months. nana H & - 'in contrast to this was the condl- I i.v tfon, bordering on panic, which pre-HI, pre-HI, f Tailed In the United States on No- HL vember 7, when It was prematurely HQ ' nd erroneously announced that an Hm armistice had teen signed. David Hfl k Lawrence, the well known pro-ad B s '' ministration newspaper correspond- H '"' , at,lf Washington, In writing In the H '- V N"T Yor 08t la A C0Dyr,'nted r H I -' " ' tlcl'e oa Norember Tth, said: t IIIIJ; ; r -- , - . , "Presldeat WIMoa himself wll ttll the people of the United SUtes himself him-self when an armistlca has been signed sign-ed or any other Importiat derelop-menta derelop-menta hare occurred relatlag to the close of the Earopeaa war. The White House bo announced toda? .'n order to quiet the paale that has reigned throughout gererament oB eee, thlpyarda aad mfhltloa factories factor-ies at a result of the publloatloa of a premature report of the signing ot aa armistice between Qermaay anC the Allies. ' , ' The lucl-deat lucl-deat Bhowed ,conclnlTely how , unprepared un-prepared the, nation and, particularly 'tite gorernineBt,,wM r the trsasl-tlon trsasl-tlon period. Contractors worried whether, their contracts would be I (Iff paired and, their loans and other obligations ob-ligations affected. Volunteer work-l work-l ' i" i ' ' era strained at the leash to get back to accustomed occupations wherein they might enjoy normal incomes. (Industrial dislocation seemed imminent. immin-ent. "Fortunately there will be at taait r few days In which to map 'out some kind of a policy." This generalisation of the panic which seised all branches ot Inriis-try Inriis-try in this country when It was suddenly sud-denly realized that peace was really here, Is truo statement ot facts. Rut I It Is an Ironical comment, eren though made by a friendly authority upon the efficiency and competency of this administration to say that fortunately there will be at least a few days In which to map out sorao klnd'ot a policy." The Idea tlat any policy of reconstruction to meet the unparalleled and tremendous pro blems which confront this nation can be mapped out in a few days, it quid as ludicrous as the opinion, held in similar circles prior to the war, that preparedness for war waa not aee del because la ereat war was foreed up oa us, an army of a million men would spring up'orer night fully prepared and equipped. BOWj lhrGMlHQ .WILL The British gorerament has Indulged In-dulged ia ao aach delusions, rer example, ex-ample, It le prepared eras to the last detail for demobellsatloa of its rast arnry of six million aea. Its plans' for demobollastioB are are so perfected per-fected that at a "dress rehearsal" glren recently, aa entire ualt'ot the British army along the treat ia France, was'demobollted ia aa incredibly in-credibly short -time. At the end of of the process each man of the unit found himself ia his satire town, or at the place of hU Initial aallstmcnt mustered out ot serrlee aad paid off, clad in civilian clothes which awaited await-ed him, a goVernment lasaraace policy pol-icy guaranteeing him against', unemployment unem-ployment la his poseesloB, aad a government gov-ernment roucher, which could be cashed Vt any-postofflce, calling for monthly , payments of the same compensation com-pensation he received as a sold'.or and covering a period of six months from the date ot hts being musta'oa out of service. It Is not alone lu this phase or reconstruction re-construction that the British government govern-ment has made complete plans. It has formulated and has already Issued Is-sued elaborate Instructions to all In-' structlons to all Industries and work-1 lng classes governing the slowing down of war work, the substitution of peace -work, the readjustment that this shift will necessitate in the labor la-bor world. In contrast to this far-' sighted program of preparednes", safeguarding workers, employers and industries, are conditions in the Un- ited States, as illustrated by the following fol-lowing news Item from the columns ot the New Tork Evening Globe of November 13thi "Without a word of wtralng 13,000 persons were suddenly dt-prlved dt-prlved of their Jobs yesterday afternoon after-noon when word came from Washington Wash-ington to suspend immediately operation oper-ation of the Oas Defense Plant In Loagjsland City, one of the largest manufacturing units making arnry gas masks la the world. "The sews created consternation amoag the workers many of whom had heea reeralted it 'a dlsUnce from New York City. Interest is leat,te .their plight by the fact that preference la employing workers was gives to relatives ot soldiers and nil-org nil-org '"The people affected range flora laborers more or Less skilled earning 9.30 a week to highly skilled offlce help with, salaries as high as $75 or $80 a week "The.oCcers la charge of the plant at oaee called a meeting for this morning of manufacturers wlh plants la and near Long Island City to see if they could not give employ ment to some of the 12.000 wotk ers." New York Times. |