Show STAMPEDE TO COLLIERIES ISON IS ISON ISON ON IN FORCE FORGE England Also Celebrates I Flight of Cobham to Australia By Dy 1 t G G 19 l Greatest t Liberal Editor S1 Special lal Radio latch DIS to Stand Stand- ard ard Copyright Copyright 1926 1026 by Consolidated Press Association LO LONDON DO Oct 2 Completo breakdown of the th British coal strike now Is imminent The Th stampede back to work has haa begun In most of the tho coal fields and the th miners leaders have llave thrown on the tho th men menthe menthe menth the responsibility of or accepting the governments government's otter offer The result of ot this unprecedented strike I Is an overwhelming dIsaster to the th miners who with their union bankrupt and their private sa savings exhausted return to work on terms lees favorable than they could have obtained In May On each Issue raised hours raised wages wn es and district agreements agreement the they sustained defeat and their fed fed- federation fe fed federation oration formerly the th most power power- powerful power ul rul ful labor organization In the tb court coun ry coun-ry try Is wrecked Secretary A J Cook chief author of the th mens Waterloo accepts the thera ra fact t ot or defeat with defiant threats that the th men m n return to work only to organize a more mor formidable con con- convulsion con convulsion with not one on Cook but thousands a ot of t Cooks Cooke preaching m Ar Aron on the th present social system COOK TO SUFFER It Is more probable that as the completeness of or the tho disaster en- en engineered en hy by Cook ook becomes realized the prestige of o this thie mob orator among the th rank and file or orthe a t the miners will be effectually ex- ex ex and that the attempt to convert the trade trad union movement Into an Instrument for tor effecting a apolitical apolitical apolitical political revolution will wilt not bo be ro- ro renewed r i Had Cook succeeded he undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly would have changed chanced the whole current of or Industrial history and andone gone far tar to substitute soviet let rule for parliamentary government REASON SO FOR IOK Failure ot or the coal strike was due mainly to three thre causes First the th power of or the th country to sustain so formidable an attack and continue to function In sp 5 spite e or of ortho the tho complete withdrawal or of o the or ordinary sources sour es of power Th The loss 1088 to the th com community Is estimated to exceed the tho cost or of o the Beor war and ald the collateral trade hAve been even cven more usi But Dut Buther there was never ne a moment during which the capacity or of o the govern govern- government government ment ment to resist was WIlS In doubt Second though Cook stampeded the miners ho he h never ner had the tho real backing ot of the leaders leader of or trade un- un un unionism generally They were ere afraid to fight him openly but their lukewarm luke luke- lukewarm luke lukewarm warm support destroyed him When the ultimate ul general genral strike collapsed cd hi his ul- ul defeat was assured The third cause of ot failure wa was wash the tho Illusion or of o foreign support op Of which Cook relied Ho lie believed confidently that with the declara declara- declaration tion of or class war the th continental miners starve England Into surrender This proved a gross miscalculation The Th continental tal miners turned down every proposal to England and promptly themselves to reap the harvest providentially British provided by the th Brit Brit- Brit ish 1st stoppage No visitor visitor to these these- e shores hores was wa n over ver the subject or of o such a a welcome as that which was WIlS accorded to Alan Cobham Friday when amid tile the plaudit of hundreds or of o thousands of spectators massed on the tho th shore or of the Thames he h ended an air air- airplane airplane plan air plane fH flight ht to Australia and back and alighted on the surface of or the river parliament before the houses hous of or parlia parlia- ment The terraces of or the th houses housu rac- rac lac Ing racIng Inc political the river r was as thronged by po- po po and social celebrities and the hero ot what hat Is I retarded regarded here liS the greatest achievement In the history of or aviation was as publicly welcomed by the air minister The feat was financed by Sir Charles for or tile the th purpose of or pro pro- promoting a permanent system of or air communication between England and Australia and It t Is generally agreed reed th that t Cobham's achievement proved the th practicability of the beroll and blazed the tho th route rout to be roll followed owed Apart from the th tragedy on the outward out Journey when Cobham's engineer was Vs shot dead by an Arab the tho flight of nearly miles was entirely tree free from serious mis misadventure adventure Foreign Minister Chamberlains Chamberlain meeting with wim Premier passed without Incident and French rench opinion as reflected In the th press Is clearly placated on the th subJect There much Is-much moro more mor concern here herena na as to the th effect of or the tho th German German- rench Belgian Iron and steel car car- car tel cartel upon the English steel Industry which already Is le In the lh deepest de- de depression de |