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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY SOTH, 1919.

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MENACE TO THE MINERS. WHAT STATE OWNERSHIP REALLY MEANS TO THE WORKERS.

A [HY'J. HAYBLOCK WILSON, C., M.P.

It is an astonishing thingsbut so many

SOUTH AMERICAN, MISSION.

KING'S MESSAGE TO. BRITONS." Correspondence issued by the Foreign Office records the principat features of last year's visit, to" the principal South American States of the British Special

best and shrewd champions of the Mission, under the leadership of Sir workers should be the advocates of any Maurice de Bunsen, The objects which Only colossal the flovernment had in view in despatch- form of nationalisation. ignorance of the effects of State controling the Mission were:--

(1)To offer congratulations" to those can explain the attitude of those Labour

countries which have definitely shown leaders who are crying for the adoption

of this pernicious and wasteful system, which has been a ghastly and costly failure wherever it has been tried,

With all the energy I possess and with the utmost earnestness-I want to protekt against the proposed nationalisation of the mines and the railways of this coun-. try; and I feel that, owing to "the wide experience. I have bad of the evils of the system, it is my duty to do so before it is too late.

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their sympathy with the allied cause, to made from selected and perfectly matured indiente to them the principles for which we are fighting, and the ideals which urge this country to persevere in the conduct

of the war.

(2)To go into the various delicata.

economic questions which have arisen be

"his Majesty's Government and the countries of South America as a result of the war, and in which it is frequently difficult to arrive at a satisfactory under-

by correspondence. The union of which I am the founder, as his Majesty in South America to gain. enable the representatives of well as the president, has done after some years absence from the United deal to improve, the conditions under Kingdom, that thorough understanding which the seamed work. To-day is in a very powerful organisation, and its in fluence is world-wide; but it position has not been won without a hard fght We have had to overcome suspicion and. to face. persecution" and prosecution, but

the policy of his Majesty's Government which is necessary if they are to carry out the instructims ronveyed to them in

the spirit as well us in the letter.

Everywhere the members of the Mission were recorded a warm welcome alike by we have gained the day, and other tris visited, and the tour achieved valu and peoples of the coun-

stand idle and see the workers, in industries being led into the maze of difficulties through which we have fought

our way.

EVIER.

Probably most of those who are now advocating nationalisation as the unly solution of all industrial grievances are not aware of the evils which have been practised in the past under this system of control. If they know the frets, he I know them well, I can only say that they must be more optimistic than I sin as regards, the future if they think that nationalisation will do any good.

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I prefer to be warned by bitter experi ence rather than to court further disaster by giving still greater pawer into the hands of a class of men who so shamefully abused their limited opportunities in the pass. Here is an instance of what hap- pened in the shipping world before the seamen combined to protect theft in. terests." It is an object-lesson, and it should be a warning

able results in promoting cordial rela tions between the Empire and the various Republics, and in advancing British national and cirunzercial interests throughout the continent.

Sir Maurire de Burrsen was entrusted with a special message from the King to his subjects in Latin America, which was read at a reception of the British colony of visited of Rio de Janeiro, the first city which produced a profound effet, and was gretted with loyal demonstrations, was in the following terms:---

In 1881 a union of seamen was formed; but it was shall and weak. and when it failed to protect the men an appeal was made to Parliament. I need not go into details concerning the legislation which followed at is enough to say that under" is the "crtop "as the owner's agent was called flourished and grew rich. No man could obtain a berth without. bribing the crimp, and the seamen were shamefully bled. In understie-counteract this iniquitous state of affairs, Board of Trade officers were appointed to control the signing on" of men.

Did corruption and bribery disappear onder their cleansing supervision Quite

reverse!

he restate-and I can prove that many of these Board of Trade officers, who were drawing quite small wages. were making at least £20 a week ont of their exactions from the sailors. No man who failed to hand over to the Board of Trade officer £1 of the pay which he drew on discharge had the slightest chance of a re-engagement; and it was almost impor- sible to bring the rogues to justice. The official cloak effectually covered them! Their official superiors"would not listen to ordinary charges against their men, and if they were compelled to make a so-called investigation they invariably discovered that nothing irregular bad taken place.

THE WORKERS SETFEL,

It was only the seamen who suffered, and under any system of Government con- trol-whether it be the control of mines of railways-it is the workers who will suffer. What happened then would pecur again now, and it must be remembered that under the proposed scheme of nationalisation the official would be in a much stronger position than the old Board of Trade officer at the dockside.

Wherever in the past the official appear: red there was corruption, and there is no justification for the belief that a new and incorruptible type of official will be pro-

The message.

a time when we are fighting with our gallant Allies for the cause of frendam, liberty, and justice "through- out the world. I send by my Ambas sador a message to all my subjects in the hospitable Republies of Latin Ame riv..

From your distant humes your young manhood has answered un besitatingly the call of your country. You have given generous assistance to alleviate.

the sufferings of thow who have been wounded, or who are prison-"

ers in the hands of the enemy acts of

I

gladly acknowledge

patriotism and self-sacrifice, and am confident you will maintain this high standard until the aims which compel led us to enter the war are fully secur

ed.

In the past the,, Empire bas owed much to the spirit of individual enter prise which has been characteristic of its citizens.

over-in-

In the future, if our peoples are to Altain that measure of success in our competition with the rest of the world which is essential to their full security and progress, there must be added to individual enterprise, in an fective feet high has been already creasing degree, that new spirit' col-

born of the struggle. through which wa

passing:

this to heart in all your con- cerns, heth national and private,

To you all I say, Stand by for your Country Deeds, you now

and always."

are

THE AMERICA CUP

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"I intend to try to win the America Cup with Shamrock, 1. next year said Sir Thomas Lipton to a Daily Express representative on his return from the United States. "She is in American waters, and an American expert who has inspected her agrees with me that she is in excellent condition.

We may make a few alterations to her, but I have left this matter to her designer, Mr. Nicholson,

"I mean to bring the eup back again to England if I can and if I do not Tip it next year shall have another host

built.

"The defender of the cup will be the Reaniute, the buat which it was original- ly arranged should race Shamrock IV, Ébe belongs to an American syndicate."

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duced the future. Sad experience apon-quick decision and prompt action, should be enough to prove that the to be obliged to refer the most trivial de- nationalisation of industry is a very dan-tails to superiors at a distance before 'any gerous experiment; and the official, once step can be taken.

be has been installed, will not be easily The export trade of the country would ousted when the rottenness of the system | be crippled by the adoption of nationali- has been demonstrated cnce more..

The adoption of any system of State ownership of the mines and the railways of Great Britain would be detrimental to the best interests of the community nt large. The workers would suffer, and the consumers, or users would also suffer and the only person who would benefit would be the official. And my experiences and I speak as one who has suffered have convinced me that of all tyrants the petty official is the worst. Morcover, there is no redress; for the whole state is interested in the guardianship of its ap pointed representatives... Under private ownership, if there is a grievance to be re dressed, an appeal can always be made to the law-as a last resort. Under State ownership, to what really impartial tri bunal can an appeal be made 1

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tion. As rewards the coal mines, this yould be disastrous, owing to the keen competition which the United States of America will offer in the future.. It would affect not paly the coal industry, but the shipping of the country, and whatever affects these two industries must have the effect of raising prices all round,

There may be and, indeed, there are-- many injustices to be redressed in the existing relations between employers and employés. But nationalisation does not apply the solution. It will be the curs0 of the country-the curse of all classes of the community-and. I intend to fight against it with all my strength. I am convinced that the nationalisation of in- dustry would precipitate a stats of social chaos which might very easily develop into a bloody revolution; and, believing that. I should be a traitor to keep silent at this critical moment, in what is sup- Dosed to be a life and death struggle for industrial liberty and for the welfare of the workers.

Apart from these personal, or individual arguments against nationalisation, aim opposed to the system for economic reasons State ownership menna_s#aateful

As I have already said. I can only sup- administration-bigher costs and the pore that ignorance of the effects of multiplication of employes to un abrur nationalisation is the explanation of the extent and the diffusion of effort. It is attitude of the advocates of State con also an inefficient machine owing to the trol. If they persist in their present de tedious and slow way in which decisions mands, after having had the dangers are arrived at after lengthy and quite un-pointed out to them, it will be diffenlt to necessary formalities. It is crippling to believe in their disinterested loyalty to any business, in which success depends the cause of labour and in the honesty of

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