Show BRITONS DONT DON'T LIKE WELLS IN INNE NE NOVEL Good Sportsman Sportsmanship hip to Hit to-Hit nit King Kins Who Who- Cant Can't Reply By A G GARDINER England Greatest Liberal Editor Radio to The Standard 1926 Consolidated Press AssocIation A LONDON Oct 9 9 Sens mark tho closIng phase oC o the coal miners war w the midland area now Is at work the thi battle front In South Wales Wale Yorkshire and aurl the Scotch Northumberland fields Is unbroken ani an the total number of o miners back at work represents only one of o the normal force With defeat Imminent the tho tern tem temper per ver of tb the men has become more violent and the meeting of dele dele-cates Iele gates at London Thursday not only rejected the th governments government's nt latest proposal but in n defIance of the emphatic warning of Pres President ident Ment Smith of o th miners fed federation passed a resolution de- de demanding de manding withdrawal of the safety men from the mines This has been been exploited by A J Cook throughout the tie r gle but It had been hitherto as a bluff PRECAUTIONS TAKEN The government bas ha taken pre precaution cautions caution to deal with th the ency ency In the event the thi threat Is put Into execution and naval rat ines ings will be employed to savo mines from destruction But It is 15 extremely the threat will trill bl be out The Thi safety lately men do not be- be lone be-lone Jon to the miners miner federation and leaders have declared em emphatically that they will refuse to desert the mines mine under any least circumstances least of If all at dictation of tin the miners The threat in tact fact Is 15 a a desperate expedient to bring brine the owners and the government to their knees and Is l cs as 1 demonstration of ot anger ancer lather than a serious policy The miners miners- have steadily lost ground with the lab labor r movement which sInce sine the th strike has left them severely alone The appeal to the th trad trade to put put an embargo 0 OH foreign coal and make a special levy for tor main maintenance of the th strikers arouses no response It t Is realized by that the tho miners have been de- de deplorably de deplorably led and the Insults Secretary Cook has funs fung at the trade union leaders leader who did not endorse his revolutionary alms have len left the strikers isolated Prime Primo Minister Bald Dald Baldwin win Is I being belne attacked d for his fan fail failure ure to produce a polle policy for dip pinc ping the claws of the trade union movement as a reply to o th the gen gen- general era cen-era eral strike At the th treat conser conference e at demands were Dade mad for forthe forth the abolition of alter alteration atlon of the law aw relating to trade unions so as to mac niao the unions for tor breach of contract and enforcement of secret balloting by mEmbers of unions on all subjects of grave crave dispute Mr reply evaded any dear declaration on these issues t is generally acred that certain of the existing t ad union laws are necessary In view of the alarming incident of year but Mr Baldwin Is dearlY anxious to avoid the tho of war on the tho trade union idea J On the other hand the hard die die of o his followers follower who Iho long have smarted under the th flower Jowers ot of the th unions wish ish to seize the present opportunity for tor deal Inc deal ing them a decisive blow The Themore moro enlightened are aro Ith Mr Baldwin realizing that a pro provocative vocative attack on the trade un unions ions would bring brine quick revenge at th polls and place labor abor tn In a comman ing position In parlia parliament ment H G Wells Well attack on the king and the tb royal family In the th sec sec- second second ond volume of his hi new novel The World of William has bas I been the th subject of a good deal of hostile comment In the th I condemns his language as aR I unworthy if IV regard re to per on I whose position doses closes their I mouths to retort and whose of public duty and respect for constitutional practice is above I chall |