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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY`STH, ~1918.
COMMONS AND THE TRANSPORT BILL. ORDER IN COUNCIL DROPPED. PLIGHT OF THE RAILWAYS.
ALLIES AND RUSSIA.
REMARKABLE EVIDENCE.
U.S. COLONEL'S STORY..
[FROM "THE DAILY: TELEGRAPH'9" NEW YORK OORLYSPONDENT: }
".
ent.
Is Nationalisation the care?" naked Sir Eric Geddes, after drawing a sombre
Colonel Raymond Robbins, the head of. Picture of the semi-paralysed condition America's Red Cross Mission sent to of transportation in Great Britain. The Russia immediately following the over- throw of the Tsar, and who remained in House waited eagerly for his answer But when it came it was a disappoint-Russia in that capacity until last June, ment. I don't know," he said. And gave remarkable evidence recently before yet the big bill which he was explaining the Senate Committee which is investigat so lucidly means Nationalisation or no ing Bolshevism. Previous witnesses had thing, as his eager critics promptly re-pictured Colonel Robbins as the defender minded him Nationalisation after two of the Bolsheviks, and as the one man in years! Why don't the Government all America who was absolutely trusted by Lenin and the other leaders of the Sovie come into the the open" "asked Mr.
Colonel Robbins did say George Balfour, who complained some- what bitterly that the Minister's speech rovehled a very great political pres favour of Nationalisation." However, there was general relief when it was made plain that the idea of in- troducing Nationalisation by means of an Order-in-Council had been abandon ed in. deference to the storm of oprost tion which the proposal had excited
was in first-class Sir Eric Geddes speaking form. He was quite at his ease talking transport, and he talked it very well. For he had the subject at his finger-tips, and he knew what he wanted. What is there to take!" he seemed to I take it all. It was good say to see a Minister in these days untrou- bled with doubts and aurer of bimselt.
surc
in
kind words, for the Bolsheviks, but denounced the movement as a menace to the whole world and said that any man who agilated for the overthrow of the Government of the United States should Lenin trict, and jailed
arrested him, Colonel Robbins said, himself that one of the ambitions of the Bol sheviks was the overthrow of the Ameri- can form of Government, and the sub- stitution for it of the rule of the pro-
, along lines such as prevail in Colonel Robbins told how the Allies failed in Busais, and admitted that the boastful America spirit led the Russians to quit. At the time unrest was greatly Prevalent in Bussin, and the people wern Weary of the heavy losses at the front.
The with the distress at home.
The
The bow of Ulysses, the club of Her Russian soldiers were told by the Allieci
the light
War to help Russia win her freed the to take and wield them all. Railways nings of Jove-Sir Eric Geddes is ready roads, canals, docks, bridges, ferries-be will broad ever them, evolve order out of chaos, and bring them all back to paying basis. Such was the promise of the master-builder yesterday. and he almost made the task look easy,
A HOPELESS POSITION.
It was simple enough to demonstrate the hopelessness of the railway position, That is past praying for, if no unified few control is introduced Take figures and statistics:
1
Before the war the railways earned 4.3 per cent. on their expended capital. They now show a los of from 3 to per cent..
The loss on their present working is £930,000 a day, or about £100,000,000 year, and the State has to make good the deficit...
To make ap that deficit by increasing the rates would mean an increase in
home.
Russian soldiers were told, said Colonel that America was sending Robbins
France, and to
20,000 40,000,000 men aeroplanes were going from the United States, to help the Allies in the West. They were told that with America in the war the Allies would win in a walk. When he heard all this good news the Russian soldier shook his head and said.
to win in Well, if they are going
Is Eo use fur as to keep on
fight- walk, ing. So we will just go that was exactly
what be did: In the Russian mind the Allies were sharers in the common cause of Taariam, and is perpetuating the old class rule and caste form of Government and admini tration, and while, during the great unrest, bread was necessary, so also was The Allied representatives. education.
B. there, did what they could, and one patrictio
Colonel William American Thompson, of New York, spent a million dollars of his own money to fight Bol.
goods rates of 70 to 60 per cent, whichevism; but more money was needed, and imply cannot be faced.
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the American Government to whom application was made, did not respond Their development has been retarded promptly, and in the manner needed.
Colonel Robbins spoke of a heated con for some years by the shadow of Nationalisation. They are now phyference of the Allied representatives, and paid a comment to General Knox. sically ill-equipped.
Britain as a very able It would take years to effect scono representing
In the meantime,
the mics of even twenty millions, if there and patriotic officer.
aitua German agents were exploiting is to unified control. These were startling facts, and they tion in various ways. Trotsky and Tenia ware anxious only for the spread cf made the desired effect. Sir Eric Geddes Belshevism, and in the turmoil they could German seizing A A-Laga passed on to show "that without unified
field-g
d-guns made in control the railways cannot be standard-not prevent the ised throughout, and wasteful haulage Aumber tes of ammunition.
England and
ont from -in alio from Enga
being sent cannot be eliminated.
to Germany's existence 700,000 privately owned trucks, Ruma which the Minister means to purchase at Eastern (Western) front, where the used against the once under this Bill, and at a stroke guns were actually
Trotsky effect a saving of 90 per cent, 'n hablage British and American troops. Our finances cannot stand the old waste and Lenin told Colonel Robbins quite aay to rapped out Sir Eric, "but i selves, because the Russians wanted head Closing on MAY 10th, 1919.
longer. We are no longer a rich frankly that they could not help them- poor one." "We have henceforth to forego and
Colonel Robbins told how the "Allied competition, private interests and local interests, and think paly of the general representatives tried to find some way to differences separating and ecmmon interest. The old system
Hore was
Government and the Soviets. Kerek the 器
conferred "for Was colossal waste."
Colonel Robbins said they bonfire of ancient idols, and the Labour three hours and
Yet
one
party danced merrily around it. nationalisation. obviously, means thing to Sir Eric Geddes and another to Mr. J. H. Thomas. The Minister point ed to his success in France, where he
Mission to Russia headed by Mr. Root, witness said that great statesman was sadly handi- capped because the editorials printed in the United States by the Yellow Press Mr. Jackal of Wall
As to the America plished nothing.)
had acted as Minister of Transport to reached Russia, and theret
Sir Douglas Haig, and had controlled Root as the
prodatory real th
"But you had unlimited money to The simple Russian peasants believed Colonel Robbins con-
spend," some members objected, True." these calumnie Bolshevism as a
said Sir Eric, "but I was limited in my cluded by staff. The answer did not satisfy the menace to the world, and favoured the sceptics. The Chepstow and Cippen- strongest measures being adopted by the ham revelations have come at an awk United States if anybody tried to plant ward moment for those who contend that Bolshevism here. Government control means greater el ficiency than private control..
DOCKS, ROADS, AND CANALS. So much for that aspect of the bill, Sir Eric next had to justify his demand for control over roads, canals, docks, etc. He evidently has but a poor opinion
of light railways as a paying proposi tion, and holds that agricultural de- velopment will be helped rather by road development and motor traction than by building light railways, which cannot To omit reads: exist by themselves," would be criminal, and as an import ant concession to the road users he pro- special mised that there should be Boad Department of the Ministry. Canal's would require millions to bring them up to date; the State subsidy of £670,000 which they received in 1018 being more than their total income in 1905. To modernise what is known as the Bir- mingham Cross Canal system would cost thirty eight millions, and the original expenditure was only nine. Evidently that is not a paying proposition when there are or ought to be no millions
to waste.
As for electricity, he argued that it would be a very remunerative proposi tion to electrify the main lines."
DURING THE NEXT TWO YEARS. And suppose the Bill is passed, how
will the various interests be affected
The answer is as follows:-
RAILWAYS.
The present railway control will con- tinue for two years Then all the powers Inpse.
In addition, there will be "a certain amount of central control."
A chief commissioner will be ap pointed, with sub-commissioners con- trolling zones in the country.
The Ministry will have powers to construct any lines it deems essential.
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