MEN AND MEASURES.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXIV, Issue 4253, 9 March 1921, Page 3

MEN AND MEASURES.

English Socialists have been forced by;the logic of events to recast their ideas on the subject - of Socialist government. One such i\ Socialist, writing reminiscently of his experiences as one of the ad■i^L vance guards of the social revolution, told the readers of the Manchester 'Guardian' that "The experience of those wild days has not been in vain. It hasi convinced j some of us that the world will , never be reformed until'-the workers—brain or manual---have reformed themselves. Tolerance of j others' convictions and feelings is a vital necessity of reform. Is there anywhere, however, more in- j tolerance than among revolution- I ists, revolutionists of the 'Red Flag' ordei*, I mean? I recall that once when, I ventured, mildly .^enough, to express a difference of "Opinion from the chairman of the dub I was immediately denounced as a fool and told to shut my . mouth. Independence of thought is the one thing which our red rag _^ revolutionists '■ wilk not stand. A •j-^first condition of real, enduring re■V form is that individuals must .reform themselves. To make good, honest laws there must be good honest men and women. Tlie builders of the new world must be builders, not mere wreckers.''