ABSTRACT
Society in the pre-war years grew wildly plutocratic; the middle classes became more complacent and dependent; only the workers seemed to be deprived of their share in prosperity. A capitalist might understand, and even condone, the concentration against him of foreign capital, but under the circumstances he could only feel extremely uneasy about any sign of agitation among the workers, from whose labors, between 1900 and 1910, he had realized a considerable profit. The most powerful Government in history had been compelled, by scarcely more than a single show of power, to yield to the just demands of organized workers. The Workers’ Rebellion naturally expressed itself in terms of economic necessity, a necessity which makes it at once more realistic and nobler than the other two rebellions. Syndicalism might be expected in Wales and parts of Scotland, whose workers were–not being Anglo-Saxons–particularly susceptible to European brainstorms.
