INDUSTRIAL CRISIS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14200, 27 August 1920, Page 4

INDUSTRIAL CRISIS.

The position in regard to the miners’ dispute at Home looks somewhat ugly. But, despite the desire of a certain section of the community to see Kligand in the grip of a gigantic, strike, it is very evident that the .bulk of the Labour leaders have no desire to see such a condition of things eventuate. Winter is approaching at Home, and, even in ordinary cirduinstances, there would be hard times ahead for thousands of working people in the Old Laud. But in the present unsettled state of industry a strike would greatly increase the hardship that the working classes would suffer during the winter months. Just now there is need of a policy among all parties that will prevent a disaster occurring in England which will benefit our late enemies, as well as other foreign countries, industrially. Germany is once more in the industrial saddle, and is ‘‘making every post a winning post.” She will greatly profit by a big strike in England, as will also the United States. Evidenco lias been forthcoming for some time .past that the industrial unrest in England is being largely encouraged by certain sections in the Hailed States, particularly the _ Trusts, which stand to profit to the extent of milions by strikes, jeje., in England. The trusts of America are mainly controlled either by Germans or other financial magnates who are the bitter enemies of Britain. It is the policy ol: these trusts to smash Britain industrially, so that trade will flow in greater volume to the United States. Therefore, the more strikes which can be encouraged in England, the more the trusts of the United States.will benefit. The Sinn Fein policy in Ireland is being supported also by money supplied by Britain’s enemies in America, including the trusts, while American gunmen are reported to be concerned in many of the murders of poilcemeu, soldiers and civilians in Ireland. It is interesting' to note that the policy of the trusts of America includes the employment of expert gunmen to remove some enemy to a trust, or to murder a Labour leader or employer who stands in their way. Therefore it is not difficult to sec a connection between American gunmen acting in Ireland and the trusts of America. It is to be hoped that the crisis in England will pass away, and the triumph of the trusts of America thus prevented.