[37] Some of the Fabians, nevertheless, fought the bill, and their champion, Bernard Shaw, called Lloyd George's effort "The premature attempt of a sentimental amateur." [38] In 1909 the Labor Party claimed credit for the following measures passed during the Parliamentary session of that year: "(1) The grant of an additional £200,000 ($1,000,000) for the unemployed, and the extraction of a promise that, if it was insufficient, 'more would be forthcoming.' "(2) The passing of the Trades Boards Bill--the first effective step against 'sweating.' "(3) The smashing of the bill authorizing the amalgamation of three great railways. "(4) A discussion, protest, and vote against the visit of Bloody Nicholas, the Tsar. The Labor Party's amendments secured 70 supporters, whilst only 187 members of the British Parliament were dirty enough to support the Tsar's visit. "(5) The introduction of the Shop Hours Bill and the extortion of a promise that it shall be adopted by the government and passed."--From a campaign pamphlet, _The Labor Party in Parliament_, p. 20. [39] See _Wanted--A Program: An Appeal to the Liberal Party_. S. WEBB, London, 1888. [40] See article by PROFESSOR HOBHOUSE, on "Democracy in England," _Atlantic Monthly_, February, 1912. [41] J.A. HOBSON, _The Crisis of Liberalism_, p. 93. [42] L.T. HOBHOUSE, _Democracy and Reaction_, p. 230. [43] See "Report Eighteenth Annual Conference, I.L.P.," 1910, p. 59. [44] _Supra cit._, p. 71. Some of the I.L.P. members are Continental in their views. The president of the party used these words in his address, 1910: "All this jiggery-pokery of party government played like a game for ascendency and power is no use to us" (_supra cit._, p. 35). The discipline of the Labor Party was unable to keep half a dozen of its ablest debaters from fighting the Insurance Bill. The reversion of the radical Socialist element to the I.L.P. is by some observers considered not unlikely. Then the liberal or _réformiste_ element will become either a faction of the Liberal-Radical party or melt entirely away as the Chartists did in 1844. [45] This was the language used in the amendment moved in January, 1911. [46] See _Parliamentary Debates_, 5th series, vol. 21, February 10, 1911. [47] The Socialist workmen always resent the activity of the police and soldiers during strikes. In 1888 F. Engels wrote to an American friend: "The police brutalities in Trafalgar Square have done wonders in helping to widen the gap between the workingmen Radicals and the middle-class Liberals and Radicals." (See _Briefe und Auszüge aus Briefen von Fr. Engels u. A._, Stuttgart, 1906.)