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the last war, declaring that their condition could not have 
  been worse if the country had been under the rule of an en
 
                                                            
 
 
This condition is serious. Evidently the Government does not 
      know how to remedy it or is fearful to attempt it. Some of the 
      people think the trouble is in the Cabinet and that the labor 
      representatives either do not want it remedied and, therefore, 
      stand in the way of it, or they fear an attempt might incite 
 such reaction among the laborers as to result in social dis
 
                                                            
 
 
This situation has not been helped by the Prime Minister's 
      interest in party politics. He waited too long to give up the 
      leadership of the House of Commons. His holding on to the leadership 
      of the Tory Party may ruin him as well as do irreparable damage 
      to the country. He is regarded as a Great War leader, but he 
      is, at the same time, accredited with trying to keep the country 
      under the control of the hereditary aristocracy. Many of the 
      people now think he will not be so fortunate as to maintain the 
      British social structure even until America gets into its stride 
      and wins the war. The people are many who think America's interest 
      in the war is to maintain the status quo of British social structure, 
      and, moreover, are looking to our country to that end.