Western Clarion
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contributor: Pritchard, W.A.
issued: 2018-11-22
issued: 1916-06-01
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note: WESTERN CLARION The Official Organ of the Socialist Party of Canada, fl NO. 781 VANCOUVER, B.C., JUNE, 1916 MONTHLY, 5C. THE British Labor Party has proved itself a 11 ghastly A joke." Lacking that GHASTLY understanding neces- JOKE sary for a real work ing class party it could only be expected that compromise and confusion should follow its every trail. From the time when its members were allowed to split seats with Liberals, as Snowden in Blackburn, and Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydvil did, it was apparent that it merely, represented a tail of the Liberal Party. Consequently those who understood were not surprised when Labor members in the House of Commons, some few years ago, voted down their own amendment that the face of their Liberal friends might, be saved, particularly i;he shining countenance of the British Thiers, Lloyd George. But now the fates are wreaking a glorious vengeance. In vain do the former political saviours of Lloyd George beat their hands against the wind, endeavoring to dislodge the "Welsh wizard. We can remember the time when it was thought possible that not only Mr. Lloyd George, but also the Rev. R. J. Campbell, would join the I. L. P. Those there are who point the finger of scorn at the Minister of Munitions reminding him of Birmingham Town Hall and a policeman's uniform in the ebullient days of the Boer "War. But the George who fought for the taxpayers of Britain in the early days of this century is the same George who valiantly wars on behalf of the present commercial class. With their boasted privileges gone, after years of incessant strife to obtain them; floundering in the slough of reaction and confusion; yet faithfully following the Liberal will-o '4he-wisp that was intended to delude them, the British Labor Party receiving the reward to which it is entitled is indeed a joke. With Henderson, Brace, and Roberts in a Conscription Cabinet, and Lloyd George diligently flogging his erstwhile worshippers it becomes "a ghastly joke." EXEMPTI…
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
identifier: AN .W3
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language: English
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publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Socialist Party of Canada
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