In England by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 19, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 37.

In England.

By Editor

"The great strike in England," says the Daily Mail, "has taught this lesson to the people of Britain,—that in a great naval war, if British fleets do not instantly assert their superiority, famine is sure to result." The nation of 44,000,000 souls trusts to over-sea supplies largely for its food, and the supplies have trebled during the last forty years. To quote the Mail: "To-day we import annually $250,000,000 worth of food and drink." "Any intermission of the coming of the corn ships, any vigorous and concerted attack upon them, and the nation must starve, or pay prices for food which will be vastly beyond its power." While the chancellor of the exchequer, Lloyd George, has received much praise for his settlement of the strike, yet, on the other hand, the Liberal cabinet is condemned because it was not stopped much sooner. Our article in another column shows that the real thing to consider, after all, is not the event of the strike, but the conditions which brought it on.