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Show I BRITISH LABOR AND BOLSHEVISM There was a time when Prank II Simonda was opposed to any uniting of the nations of the world in an effort to keep down disturbing dis-turbing elements. Now the Famous historian is appealing frantically franti-cally for something to be done bj i ivilization to hold hack the red menace on the boundary lines of Poland Mr Simondfl is incensed oyer the attitude of British l .t I i who.sy von e has kept Lloyd George from saying the word which would plai p the fighting men f the British empire at the Bide of the Poles in i he battle against Bolshevism Condemning the action of the British labor party Simonds s.ns: "From the point of view of British interest it is manifest mani-fest to all statesmen how shortsighted is the labor attitude. Russia established in Poland, successful in Middle Europe, will not alone mean the destruction of the economic hie of Europe, already shaken terribly, bul it will inevitably mean the extension of this disorder tn Europe and the approach of the red terroi to India and to Egypt. Looked at from the most sordid point t view the advance of Russia means the systematic drying up of the markets for British manufacturers. manu-facturers. And the decline in the opportunities for foreign trade must mark the similar decline of British industrial life. A Bolshe vised Central Europe and Western Asia will have for the industries of Great Britain .1 menace not to be exaggerated and a red advance toward India will similarly threaten one more profitable avenue oi exportation I nut DrlUSa Minor lias us eyes iixeii upon inner gutua It is engaged in a battle to dominate Britain by political and economic weapons Xot only is it concentrating its attention at-tention on this task wholly legitimate bul it is turning its hack upon every other consideration ot patriotism and of imperial policy. It cares nothing for the empire it plainly and bluntly affirms that it means to rule within the restricted re-stricted are, 1 of the United Kingdom and to decline to give it.s sanction to nii.v activity Olltsidi whether in the empire or in Europe whichever temporarily interrupts tin progress of it march to power." Simonda does not understand the British laborites The men at the head of the unions refuse to be possessed ol a love for countrj irreater than theii loe for their own kind the world over They re internationalists and are more deeply concerned over the welfare wel-fare of the laboring man than they are attached to ihe cause oi em ire They believe thai Bolshevism is ,1 battle against an uiibearabli mastery by plutocracy and they are demanding that England keep hands off. But what will happen if Bolshevism spreads to other countries more complex in their commercialism! The flames of anarchy can iweep over Russia and the people will quickly recover, because Russia Rus-sia is a nation of peasants living on the land. There are not man iargc cities, as in this country, where people might Starve bj the him-ireds him-ireds of thousands, if the regular order of things were upset for one month. New York Citj could not go 011 for one week with paralyzed traffic and escape starvation. The remedy being applied in Russia to lift the workers out of a form of serfdom would destroy America or England Yet ihe British laboi forces arc willing to face those uncertainties uncertain-ties and, in a negative way, aid the soviet government |