DIRECT ACTION
WELCOME TO LLOYD GEORGE PROSPECTS OF LABOUR • GOVERNMENT. (Received March 15, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 11th March. I In his opening speech at the Trades Union ' Conference, Mr. J. H. Thomas advocated political as against direct action to enforce nationalisation, and declared that there was a general belief in the early possibility of a Labour, Government, when the Labour Party would find itself the guardian of the whole of the community instead of the trustee of a section. A policy defying those in power would be an excuse for retaliation against its sponsors. Mr. J. ~R. Clynes asserted that the man who would most welcome direct action was Mr. Lloyd George. If the Congress announced a general strike, Mr. Lloyd George would give them a general election on conditions which would find their class rent in twain, while all other classes 'would bs united to fight what would be regarded as an aggressive step. The force which the Direct' Actionists proposed to employ was not a British 1 but a Prussian characteristic.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1920, Page 7
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173DIRECT ACTION Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1920, Page 7
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