The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912. TOM MANN’S AIM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 97, 19 December 1912, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912. TOM MANN’S AIM.

That the school to which Mr. Tom Mann belongs aims at the complete overthrow of the ruling classes at Home was made plain in a speech recently made by him at Bury. He told Ids hearers that the work of the school to which they belonged was to break the domination of the present ruling, capitalistic class. Social improvements on the way were all right, but what they were after was nothing loss than the complete overthrow of the existing ruling class. The object of this movement was to build up the requisite lighting force on the part of the working classes. hrorn observations he had made, he was oi opinion that they would be able to bring about great changes in the course of a few years. The forces at work warranted him in concluding that we could not remain much longer under existing conditions. Discussing different proposals for bringing that change about, Mr. Mann said State Socialism would mean the continued existence of the capitalist class and the regulation of the conditions of work and wages by a department oi the Government. He did not believe in State ownership. The only wise policy was that those who were connected with the various industries should themselves control those industries. The fluctuations in the industrial world ought not to bo dealt with by regulating the number of workers employed, but by'regulating the number of hours in which the work had to be done. This would be the only effective way of dealing with the problem of the unemployed. They were moving in that direction, and they would make history in the industrial world as rapidly and remarkably as the Balkan States had made history. Of course, such plausible talk was much applauded, and its utter want of reason overlooked. But Mr. Mann’s words carry little real weight nowadays, fortunately for those he attempts to lead.

INTERNAL DISCORD

Writing last mouth about an incident which took place shortly before the resignation of the Turkish Cabinet, M. Mashkoff, the Constantinople correspondent of the? CNovoe Vremya,’ states that Nazim Pasha excitedly attacked the Committee of Union and Progress, charging it with the responsibility for the present difficulties of Turkey, and making transparent allusions to the guilt which also falls on some members of the Cabinet. Ghazi Mukhtar could no longer restrain himself. “It is you,” lie

shouted to Nazim i asha, \ou and xour clients who have demoralised the army hy forming the .Military League. which presumes to dictate its will to the ‘Government. It is you and your adherents who, not recoiling before a civil war, created the Macedonian military movement winch caused the fall of the former Cabinet. It is again you who assisted in the, rise of the last Albanian movement which has brought Turkey to her present helpless position. You are hinting at my son. Know then that if hej should turn out really to have been responsible for our defeat at Kirk Kilise, even if only on account of excess of zeal, J will myself place him before a court-martial and let him undergo the full rigour of the law. . . Unfortunately,’* the Grand Vizier concluded, trembling with excitement, “unfortunately the persons who have caused our country infinitely more harm, harm irreparable, by introducing in our midst at this perilous moment so much discord, have not only avoided all punishment but continue at the head of affairs.’

BUSY BODIES.

The Hon. T. Mackenzie, New Zealand’s High Commissioner recently addressed the following letter to the

“Leeds Mercury” for the benefit of the president and others belonging to the Yorkshire Council of Women’s Lib era! Associations. These ladies met recently and aired their opinions up an the subject of “Conscription in the Colonies,” and concerning the president’s rpmarks in particular, Mr Mackenzie wrote: “I do not propose to enter into a discussion of the statements made, but I think it will he sufficient if I state that, as the speaker is evidently ignorant of the conditions under which his Majesty’s possessions in New Zealand are governed, her remarks have no weight. She apparently forms one of a small minority—so common to all countries — which are opposed to any reforms introduced for the benefit of the majority. The people of New Zealand are fully alive to their own duties and thcii responsibilities, and are in every way capable, without outside interference of legislating for their own good, and are not at all likely to he influenced b; opinions expressed by the Yorkshire Council of Women’s Liberal Associations.”