WCP3030

Letter (WCP3030.2998)

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The Daily Herald

2 Tudor St London EC

January 8th, 1913.

Dear Sir,

I have read what you gave to the Daily News the day before yesterday and it did our hearts good to see that you are for revolt. You will see from the papers that we are sending herewith that revolt is the keynote of our little Labour newspaper. If there is a strike, we do not necessarily ask whether it is a just strike. We just support it because it is a strike, recognising that the one thing needful to do is to rouse the workers from their lethargy and get them into a fighting spirit. The little motto we are putting before them is, "It is better to die fighting than to die starving".

Perhaps looking through the copies of the Daily Herald sent herewith will inspire you to write us something. Of course, we should be only too delighted if so. You will remark that we are having a pretty good discussion on socialism and Syndicalism and various other "isms" — a kind of "where are we?" discussion. Tom Mann, Victor Grayson, Cecil Chesterton, Gilbert Chesterton1, Leonard Hall2, Russell Smart, George Lansbury3 and a few more chipping in.

Kind regards, Yours faithfully | Charles Lapworth4, Editor. [signature]

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936). British writer and public figure, known as "G. K. C". Best known for his Father Brown novels.
Hall, Leonard. Adventurer and journalist.
Lansbury, George (1859-1940). British politician and social reformer. He replaced Lapworth as editor of The Daily Herald in late 1913.
Lapworth, Charles (1878-1951). Socialist activist, journalist and film promoter.

Please cite as “WCP3030,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3030