THE BRITISH LABOUR MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7946, 23 January 1906, Page 7

THE BRITISH LABOUR MARKET.

Mr Will Crooks, a Labour member himself, declares in the National Review the prospects and the program mo of the Labour Farty in Great Britain, Certain constituencies, bo teils us, —'and this was before the dissolution was aunoiincorl —hare already boon ear-marked for Labour candidates, nud the enthusiastic believe is that 150 will be returned, but his own more modest estimate from thirty to forty. The greatt hing will be the formation of a party quite independent of Liberal or Tory, whose object will k be the forcing on of 'gonial reforms. * There must and will be a rigid indifference to giving victories to this party or to that; the sole object with the Labour members will •be "to put powor into the hands of those who will use it best." As to policy, Parliamentary forms are the first subject that ought to be •dealt with; They are obstructive, and should be left uncontrolled. Each should serve with or under a committee to be composed of the best business member from both sides of the House. An elaborate -scheme for dealing with the unemployed is evolved. Local committees will find work "without difficulty, and the money is to be provided by local rates and by the State. "A shoal of other reforms" suggest themselves. As to foreign polioy, Mr Crooks confesses, evi deutly with regret, that diplomacy A oould not be put aside off-band. P '"Doubtless it is to the advantage of V civilised countries to possess t -ained ambassadors, and other officials capaole of attracting and retaining f tbe friendship of the ruling classes throughout the world, but still the Labour party, it is claimed, has an enormous advantage in dealing •with foreign problems, it is the •only political party in the world whiqb is international, and the polioy of that organised party is one of international pence. "We have already framed a sobeme for sending labour ambassadors round the world for the purpose of arriving at some understanding with the Labour pa"ty of the colonies. And it may not be unfair to comment that when these ambassadors arrive they will begin to learn what troubles diplomacy has to conquer. We learn by cable that about 90 labour candidates have been nominated. Tbuß the hopes of the enthusasts cannot be realised, but Mr Crooks strong belief that the British Labour party will shortly have a separate existence from any other section of the House, and that its alliance, will hav« to be 'sought for, may possibly meet with fulfilment.—Exchange.