IT ME CANADSA !*riiicli Is Incorporated 1 /__, B. C. FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER, B.C., RJ DAY, JANUARY 1, 1926 Eight Pages. 5e A COPY UVE NEWS FROM THE GRAVE ■owing stead- oy-ecl men on reau is given o"h» -was being fc there are a V sl liiage -del- eouncil cham- ork or relief- bo discuss tlie -ESxpelle-d rs* Union h« "Expelled ecause of con- offioers of the tlio sentence -Lry.nch " of this idley of Winnl- >■£ the Gommer- Union, Division executive board n. •e charged with ia*r> •—, dual or- rr-a_i>_t_L workers in ia o,ne that has unsuccessful Ca- ass a. result of al President Ho_j- i-«ec«e_L-vecl st, grood _e__-*o_m. the Oana- l«i Of Liss-ed .Miners Circle in Van- «__. co.Ti.cert in the on. Wednesday, t_ 8:30 p.m. The _r_m__<ert is to raise nee of the miners trial for their 'r-vim heller, Alta., t summer. Some sts already been '*3L* hut *a*,n appeal Several other *»e heard, includ- against XCid £ Saturday, Ja,n- ice* will oe held 11 t>y the -rarious ommunist Party th the object of r- the same pur- proceeds of both •or-warded to the e T.eague to be mitiers' case, •s heen secured *a.n«_l a really en- assured to all. "pyyi-NTC. in Chicago ought to be the laat *hing anyone should want to do. But If you're bound to die in that place, please don't do it now. "flie grave diggers aa-e on strike. One of the boys might heave a brick at your remiadns and make it look like —wiell, no self-respecting corpse would want to appear among the blessed with a black eye, broken nose or cauliflower ear. - The striking grave diggers de- (mand $6 for an eight hour day which is a rather unreasonialble demand, considering that burying Chicagoans should be pure joy. Now*- did I see it, did I dream, it, or did I get it out of a bottle? Anyhow before my mind's eye* is a newly dug ©rtave and this sign: "UNFAIR. KEEP OUT" "By order of Local 1313, Amalgamated Association of Grave Dig- gers, affiliated with A. F. of L." On a cemetery vault containing a number. of cold storage corpses longing foi- their final resting place is the reassuring poster "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" "Last sad rites will be performed as soon as Burns' Agency can secure strike breakers.'" The superintendent of one of the. struck cemeteries stated that most of trie striking grave diggers are old men -with one foot in the grave and that 45 cents per hour is relally a noble wage for these superannuates. And so it might be If these old Ki-nts had only one foot in the grave, but working with both feet in the grave, they are clearly entitled to double time." For some unfathomable reason the Chicago Tribune has so far refrained from blaming the striking grave digger for the high cost of living. ADAM COALDIGGBR, In the Illinois Miner. Russia and Peace Tchicherin Denounces League of Nations DARIS.—Georges Tchicherin, foreign minister for the Soviet •*• Union, upon his arrival in Paris declared that Soviet Russia did not consider the League of Nations a means of bringing about world peace. He denounced the league as a qpercion of some states by others and expressed Russia's willingness tto not only abolish the army, but all of the war industries. "I deny that the League of Nations as constituted today is a real instrument for world peace," declared Tchicherin. In referring to the question of whether the Soviet Union would become a part of the league, he declared: _ ' "I really cannot see how our entry into the league can be expected to promote a settlement Carl Brannin To Speak In Royal Sunday Night of outstanding questions between Ourselves and other nations, when The speaker at the, Canadian those vel*y natlohs have UP to the Laibor Party's meeting on Sunday P"**" refused *° recognize us Moreover, we reject a cardinal night next will be Carl Brannin, staff correspondent for the^eder- ated Press. Mr. Branin spent some considerable time in Russia, various of his articles on Russian life appearing ln THE ADVOCATE. He also visited several European countries, and attended the British Trades Congress at Scar'bor- doctrine of the league—the idea of the coercion of some states by others, There is yet another reason for our refusal to join the league. I must point out that the insistent invitations that, certain members of it are addressing to us-comes with very ill grace from eupation of our territories." Referring to disarmament, Tchicherin said: ' 'After the termination of the war we were, I believe, the first Canadian Unions Seek For New Affiliations German Trade Unions Form Triple Alliance (By Federated Press) BERLIN.—An alliance of railwaymen, state and municipal workers and municipal functionaries has been agreed upon at Frarikfort-on-Maln by the local and district executives of the unions concerned, for presenting a united front to the empolyers. This move Is hailed as a first step in Germany towards imitating the British industrial alliance and presenting a united industrial front regardless of industry or craft. countries which not only reject all ough, as well as the conference ^ 0VertureB for mutuai aocom. of the Minority, Movement in Lon- modatl but are actuaU ln 00. don. The subject of Mr. Brannin's address will be: "The Situation in Italy." The meeting will be held in the Royal Theatre. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., meeting commences at ""' "* '•*■•**• * "?"_'*'• ""c '""' •:"**... nation to advocato disarmament, p,lm" and we officially expressed our . ' approval of this policy in our ro Pans Papers Favor (continued on page 2. The House of Morgan PARIS.—The one hope* to save the franc is aid from, the United Stales, This is the public declaration of the new finance minister Paul Doumer, who followed Caillaux and Loucheur in the job of tryiing to stabilize French currency. But the United States can be brought to Invest capital In France only under one condition—that is a Dawes plan for the country. In spite of all the twisting and tu*rn- of the government to avoid this fate, there seems no other way out of the muddle. Already that part of tho French press subsidized by the American banking combine under the leadership of .1. P. Morgan & company is conducting propaganda for a Dawes' plan by publishing stories about thla rise of industry awo* commerce in Germany under the plan and the sinWng of the franc and the general distress threatening the French republic. ntence t-dri-er-IPervert rhe Ttev. -S. A. eacher-pervert of s as. free man un- ntence though lie <_> corrupting- the ■*—tt_ in homes that a. trusted mentor. c»f the authorities ■r±-tr___- protest from nion -Bulletin of s**oms strange that sent to Jail for but a. man who ie moral atmos- *>l**e community is Highlights on This Week's News CANADIAN Page Jobless Army Growing T. 1 Unions Seek New Affiliations 1 Mine Picket* Fined.... 1 AMERICAN World Court Disturbs Lawmakers.... 2 Fur-workers Seek 32-Hour Week 3 Machines Displace Miners 6 BRITISH Int*»rn»tional Labor Unity 7 Iraq Standards Set British Wage Rat of. 1 Irish Boycott Shannon Hydro Pmn 7 FOREIGN Russia and Peace < 1 Ebert Aided White Guards 2 Anglo-Saxon Russian Relations 8 Drumheller Miners Are Fined For Picketing DRUMHELLER, Alta.—Striking miners here had it recently brought home to them once more that the state is anything but a shadow. Two men, John Blake and George Demytruk, two miners who acted as pickets at the Western Gem and Caledonia mines during the recent strike, were haled into court here' and charged with "watching and besetting." The two men pleaded guilty, upon the advice of their counsel, and were fined $25 .each or in default one month in jail. The fines were paid. (By John Robur, Federated Press) OTTAWA, Can.—Revolts are on in two Canadian organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. In the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders & Helpers the seceding group propose to link up with the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, while an independent union is the proposal among the Canadian members of the Canadian Telegraphers' union. The trouble among the boilermakers has arisen over tho plan for compulsory insurance which went into effect in Septembor. .President Franklin of the international body has visited Montreal and Installed a new set of officers in the local there friendly to retaining the existing organization. The secessionists claim 76 per cent, of the Canadian membership, while the International officers assert that only a small part of the union is affected. Among the commercial telegraphers Harry Lynch, leader of the movement for a Canadion union, has been elected head of the organization of members in the Canadian National division, defeating C. McMahon, who favors connection with the body In the United States. Lynch states that there are 2,600 members of the union in Canada, and only 2,400 in the United States, and declares that the international officers have refused' the members a referendum on a separate union, a right he claims they hold under the constitution. Page Two THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Friday, January 1,! Jobless Army Growing In Northwest Cities PORTLAND, Ore.—The number of unemployed in the larger cities of the Northwest is continually Increasing, as many workers from other sections keep piling in. About 600 men were laid off in one of the logging camps near here, while most of the camps are shutting down for two or three weeks for the holiday season. In the fnland Empire, where sawmilling has been brought to a seasonal close, and where few woods operations are running, the unemployment situation has become even more acute than on the coast. Spokane has a large number of unemployed with absolutely no prospects for many months of ever getting a. Job. UNEMPLOYMENT ON INCREASE IN GERMAN CITIES World Court Battle Disturbs Lawmaker German Witness Says Ebert Aided Whites Agriculturists Treated Differently in Canada SYflNEY, Australia. — In New South Wales a law has been passed making it compulsory for ranch owners to provide proper apd sufficient accommodation and buildings free of all cost to their employees. Sleeping quarters are to be divided into apartments, each to accommodate not more than two persons. No upper bunks are permitted. It is also compulsory to provide 480 cubic feet of air space for each person sleeping in any compartment. Where two are in a room, there must be at least 960 cubic feet of air space in the room. No room used for sleeping can be used for the cooking or serving of meals or for storage of food. Worker Found Guilty In Sedition Charge Edward Horacek, first of nine defendants to be tried in Pittsburgh for violation of the Pennsylvania anti-sedition law, was found guilty December 4th of distributing pamphlets and belonging to an organization advocating the overthrow of the government. His bail was immediately renewed and the conviction will be appealed to a higher court. The Indictment was returned In May, 1923, following a raid on Workers' Party offices by state ' and federal agents, who thereby "balked a May Day plot." Nine persons were indicted. The other cases will not be' tried until Ho- racek's. appeal has been heard. DERLIN.—On November 1 the government was giving unemployment-doles to. a total of 332,- 907, and by November IB this number had risen to 471,000, an increase of 138,093, about 30 per cent. While figures for the end of November are not yet available, it is reliably estimated that by that time no less than 500,000 people were beging assisted by the government. Unemployment ln part time also Increased considerably. Short time work is steadily increasing in the glass and porcelain industries. This is also true of the metal industry and the engineering trades, including the manufacture of automobiles, motorcycles, sewing machines and similar products. Many workers have been discharged from the rolling mills and glass furnaces in the Ruhr and in Westphalia, while employment in -coal and other lines also fell off during the month, with the exception of the brown coa*l Industry of Saxony, where there was some demand for skilled workmen. Conditions remain the same in the Rhlneland. Even in the chemical industry a number of workmen have been thrown out of work. The sugar beet harvest created a slight demand for agricultural workers. Cotton spinning mills are still working full time, while knitting and weaving mills are on part time. ' The average wage in the building, woodworking, metallurgical, printing and railway branches ls now 44 per cent, above the 1913 average for skilled workers and 58.3 per cent, above it for unskilled workers. Although the wage index would make it appear that the purchasing power of German labor was practically the same as in 1913, this impression is not correct. In reality the general standard of living of German labor is below pre-war. (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON. — Galleries of the senate are crowded all day long as the opening speeches in the world court battle are delivered. Women representing various associations and clubs comprise the majority of these listeners. It is evident that the world court has been "sold" to women as being a guaranty of world peace. Women are against war, except in time of war, and the advocates of the world court have persuaded millions of them in the United States that American adherence to this court is necessary to make the tribunal a permanent success. They realize that some sacrifice of American freedom of action is involved in membership in the group of all nations which maintains the tribunal, but they have been convinced that the price paid is small in return for the benefits that will come to the world in our time. It ls this idealistic crusading, rather intolerant spirit, that Borah and his associates must meet, rather than simply the tricks of the international bankers, who look upon the court as a bulwark against radical economic disturbance. It is because Borah realizes this tnat he has Introduced his reservations which would ban all use of force or economic "sanctions"—such as the French used in grabbing the Ruhr—by the authority carrying into effect the opinions -fo be given by the court. He must show the women of America that tHe court Is a war- maker rather than a peace-maker. French Plead Poverty But Banks Grow Rich Russia and Peace (Continued from page 1) ply to the draft of the treaty of mutual assistance. We not only vehemently criticized that treaty for giving enormous international power to a few states, but we rejected It as delaying the practical settlement of the disarmament question. Incidentally, I have just received the report of the speech made in Moscow by M. Rykoff, chairman of the council of commissaries, in Which he makes the downright offer to abolish not only the army, but Russian war industries, provided complete disarmament becomes general. He goes on to say that he is ready to give his fullest support to any attempt at even part disarmament. This readiness of ours to disarm is not a mere rhetorical gesture; it is implied in our fundamental attitude to the world. We renounce not only the policy, but even the very idea of conquest. And we n«ed an army and navy only for defense." Tchicherin, in discussing the Locarno pact, declared the pact was part of a drive of the capitalist powers on Soviet Russia, and further reiterated Russia's desire for peace by saying: "Locarno or npt Locarno, we want real peace and the removal of antagonisms which would tear the whole world to pieces, and we are wholeheartedly ready to make our contribution to this end." (By Federated Press) PARIS—The money power of the big French banks, which enables them to make and unmake governments at will and to protect their colonial Interests wtth the French army, not to mention such a detail as defeating a general strike of their $25-ai-month employees, is no mere 'bagatelle. But the huge scale of their recently published profits has exceeded all expectations, 4,357,617,- 820 francs (1 franc, 4c) being the precise reckoning* of the admitted profits of 67 French hanks in the last five years (1919 to 1924). These profits have been made on an original capital of only 3,- 500,000,000 francs. This is the admitted velvet of thlis group of bankers, and it probably gives only a very meager idea of their real profits. Profits of some of the l>iggest French banks in francs follow: 5-Tr. Profits Capitol Proflti Banque de France 182,500,000 1,000,500,000 Banque de Puys-Bas ....200,000,000 182,390,594 Compt. Nat. d'Escompte 250,000,000 178,867,106 Credit Lyonnais ....250,000,000 240,854,75*1 Credit Foncier de France. 800,000,000 402,540.4461 Tho Bahque de Paris et des Pays'-Ba*s is the French institution which is chiefly Interested in the war in Morocco, as it has heavy investments thleire. Apart from these profits, fgures published in 1923 showed that 10 banks alone had accumulated as much as 90,000,000,000 francs of reserves. The starvation wages of the bank clerks, who average $5 to $6 a week provides a contrast to the prosperity of their employers. \ Rail Labor Board Plays Company Union Favorite (By Federated Press) CHICAGO.—Steady pressure by the Union Pacific to force clerical employees of its subsidiary Oregon Short Line to join the company union has at last born fruit in a decision of tha U. S. railroad labor board. It sanctions an election in which the Brotherhood of Ra,ilwpy Clerks refused to participate. The board decides that the employees in that election showed a preference for the association fostered 'by the management. The case dates back to September 1921-when a majority of the road's clerical employees voted for representation by the brotherhood. Within 4 months of that election the company union petitioned for a new vote and although the railroad denied the petition and the matter went to the board, it is apparent that'the management was simply covering Its tracks. The board decided that no new election wias warranted. On a similar petition from the oompany union In September 1925 the road went ahead with an election over the brotherhood's protest and without waliting for a decision from the board. The result wias 341 for the brotherhood 574 for the company union, 4 blank and 75 void. Although the ■brotherhood Was willing to enter into an election jointly arranged after the board has passed on the dispute, the board sanctions the elections held by the carrier. A labor board decision in January 1924 helped the Union Pacific establish a company union among the dispatchers employed by its subsidllBlry Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. In that case the road openly offered its employees a better agreement tf they left the bonaflde union. BERLIN.—Remarkable evidence was given In a libel case at Munich recently by Genoral Groeweir, who was Chief of the German General Staff at the time of the Germjan revolution in November, 1918. Testifying to the German Social-Democrats' patriotism, he said: "On November 10, 1918, I had a telephone conversation with Ebert, and we concluded an alliance to fight Bolshevism and Sovietism and restore,law and order. On the same day I advised Hlndenburg not to use arms against the revolution, but to come to am un- understandlng with the Majority Socialists. Although the old Field- Marshal did not take kindly to the idea, he realized the necessity of such a decision, and consented. "Every day between 11 p. m. tand 1 a*im. the staff of the High Command . talked to Ebert on a special secret telephone. From November 10 our immediate object was to wrest power in Berlin out of the hands of the Councils of Wjor-kers' and soldiers' Deputies. "With this object we proposed that ten divisiona 'be moved to Berlin. But the Independent Socialist members of the Council of Pleiople's Coniimllssarles demanded that the troops be armed with blank cartridge only. Then Ebert moved and carried, at the Council the proposal that the troops should enter Berlin with ball cartridge." Groener wtent on to describe how, in December, Ebert co-operated with the white troops, secretly organized by the General Staff, 'in disarming and breaking up the sailor's battalion, which Wad been brought by the Council of Deputies to Berlin. Eberts told him, he said, that his political objects were to drive the Independents out of thel Pro- Visional government and secure the summoning of the National Assembly. "He seoured this result with greater skill th*a*n that of any of the war-time Chancellors." The evidence has caused a sensation in Labor circles, particularly amongst tr-ade unionists, for whom Ebert had been an idol. Plain truth will influence half a score men at most ln a nation, or an age, while mystery will lead millions by the nose.—Earl of Bol- Irigibroke. Radicals Who Desire To Buy Are Different (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON. — Secretary " of State Kellogg has come bravely out with it: His mile-high barricade against the entry into this country of radical propagandists will not apply to those who come to buy American goods in quantity. Officials of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics may come as often and as freely as officials of any other country, if they come as agents of international trade. But against distinguished or prominent persons who come to talk and write, and who are suspected of sympathy with the purposes of the Soviet Union —ah, there his guard is vigilantly up! A cruelly literal reporter for a big string of papers asked him about it, and Kellogg explained. His exact words cannot be quoted, as that is contrary to the rules, but the substance of his defense was that the Coolldge administration has no desire to Impede the freest of trade relations with Russia. Its trade agents may come as they please, and' be banquetted by bankers in Wall Street or elsewhere without danger of collision with the department. But Countess Karolyi and the Princess Zlz- zianoff, who wanted to come here to lecture, or to visit ahd be Interviewed, were—well, the department will protect the nation against insidious propaganda! CLASSIFIED Al BARRISTERS Bird, Bird & Lefeaux, 401 polltan Bldg. BATHS Vancouver Turkish Baths, Bldg., 744 Hartings St W. BICYCLES HASKINS * ELLIOTT, 800 Street W. Tho belt makes of on efts? termo. BOOTS AND SHOES Arthur Frith & Co., 2313 Ma BOOTS (LOGGING) H. Harvey, 68 Cordova St. OAFE Empire Cafe, 76 Hastings 8\ chiropractor Dr. d. a. McMillan, pa Graduate. Open daily and' ings. Dawson Blk., eor. Hasting Main. Fhone Soy. 8954. DENTIST Dr. W. J. Curry, S01 Don Bldg. DRUGS Red Star Drug Store, Cor. dova and Carrall. FLORISTS Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd., 41 I tings St. E. GLASS GLAZING, SILVERING, BEVEl WESTERN GLASS CO. LTD.l Cordova St. W„ few doors w(f Woodward's. Sey. 8687. Wholesar retail window glass. HOSPITAL BETTER BE SAFE THAN SOB Grandvi-jw Hospital—Medical, leal, maternity. 1090 Victoria High. 1.7. MEN'S FURNISHINGSJ W. B. Brummitt, 18-20 Cos] Street. Arthur Frith & Co.,_2313 MaJ MEN'S SUITS C. D. Bruce Ltd., Homer and' ings Streets. W. B. Brummitt, 18-20 CoJ Street. MUSIC VIOLINS ADJUSTED, VOICED] paired, by expert. Will E(\ 965 Robson St. Sey. 2094. OPTICIAN Titnian Optical House,' 616 ings West. : PAINT AND 3-PLY PAHI Gregory & Reid, 117 _tt Street East. ■ TOBACCOS Mainland Cigar Store, 310 Street. You working-men, you are | than the salt ot this earth, oult you society would perls!] ciety does not need the idle-J talists. They are parasites. aire worsa than useless. They I ly take what you make, leavinf in poverty; thousands of you if not now, when the times be! hard. And every few year! times become hard in the cajp| system.—Eugene V. Debs. Geo. 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NONE BUT WHITE EMPLOYED ay, January 1, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Page Three ;- - POLITICS - - tents Arrested In Workers' Wages Rise Strike .demonstration In Soviet Republic lit --INDUSTRY* - Furworker Union Asks German Unemployed 32 To 40-Hour Week Army Grows Bigger YNGHAI, China. — Fifteen fits, including one girl, have (arreBted here (for leading a nstration against a police and distributing propa- i,ti the international settle- demanding the release of hen strike agitators who were [tded by the mixed court fol- disturbances in the British Japanese cotton mills, industriai situation is sim- that which existed at the Tof the riot last May, except J so far there has been no |*ing. It is, however, regard- grave by the capitalists, ow- the organization of a gen- \ labor union by the Chinese ers. kai Published To Czecho-Slovak Army VGUE, Czecho-Slovakia—The nunist Youth has published Ippeal to the Czech soldiers, Hollowing demands have also \ published: Reduction in the number of fer officers. (2) Smaller sal- , for these officers. (3) Ces- in of pensions for the officers fe old Austro-Hungarian offi- (4) Higher pay for soldiers non-commissioned officers, leintroduction of care com- |on. (6) Permission to serve he's birthplace. (7) Prohlbi- |;o use soldiers as strikebreak- (8) Prohibition of deduction pay as penalty. (9) Free Uon of political newspaper literature. (10) Soldiers' free Jsipatlon in the political life |eir own discretion. (11) Pre- on of the abolition of sol- franchise. (12) Liquidation tie church administration of fc-my. MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—When the new economic policy was introduced the average wage workers in Soviet Russia was only about 30 per cent, of the pre-war wages. But the reconstruction of industry brings with it a gradual rise tn wages. In the food Industry wages are now 128.5% of the pre-war level, In the chemical industry 113.6%, in the paper industry 110.6 %, in the leather Industry 107.8%, in the printing trade 100% and in the wood industry 86.1 %. The industries which lag behind are: the metal Industry—76%, the oil industry 65%, the mining industry 65%, railways 67% of the pr|ei-war level. Wages are on an average about 95% of the pre-war level. On the whole wages continue bn the upward g-rade. The new tariff agreement with the Central Porcelain Trust provides for a wage Increase of 10%. The new wages tariff in the rubber industry provides for an Increase from 5 to 7%. The new tariff agreement in the engineering industry provides for wage increases of 5-14% and an average increase of 11.6%. There has been a 12% rise ln the wage at post and telegraph officials and workers on October 1st. Over and above this a further increase of 8% is contemplated. ITALY As a first step towards internal 'peace during the next Imperialist war Mussolini wants to tie up the workers in the factories and of the 'farms in such a way that they willl not be able to make even meek protests against their poor conditions. That is the full Intent behind the Syndicalist BUI which provides for the compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in all branches of production, Including agriculture. The law was declared acceptable to the bosses in the big Industries. NEW ZEALAND For 13 years, miners employed in the state coal mines 'in New Zealand have had the right to decide What timbering should be used to make their working places reasonably safe against accident. The government, in order to cheapen production, has now filched this right from the miners. A strike is now in progress as a result of the government's action. sisti Agents Kill Three Labor Dailies |(By Federated Press.) JAN, Italy,—Recent fascisti I against Italian labor include I'omplete suppression of the working class dailies, Avan- ustizia and Unita, which had liued a somewhat precarious fnce in between confiscations aids, and the turning over to -iscist corporations of the la- femples at Milan and Rome, \\l as numerous trade union kuarters. The labor temple enoa has been dissolved by l»torial decree. tcist oppression is also re- |lble for the recent dissolu- pf the postal workers' union laly. Fascist Murderess Released By Austria VIENNA, Austria. 7- The Austrian fascist justice permitted Mencia Carnicui, murderer of the Macedonian revolutionary, Todor Panizza, to return to Bulgaria after having sentenced her to hard labor. This was done with the argument that Carnicui was so ill that she had only a month to live and that she could under no' circumstances begin to serve her eight years' sentence. She was transported to the Hungarian frontier and permitted to return to Bulgaria, where she was regarded as a national heroine. It is very peculiar that the woman, who was to die in a month, is now perfectly healthy, travelling from town to town and speaking at meetings, The last stages of consumption, in which she was alleged to have been, according to the servile statements of the Austrian prison physicians, cannot be noticed any more. PALESTINE French airplane squardrons have started a campaign of aierial bombardment of the Druse strongholds near the Palestine borders. No attention is being given to whether bombs fall on women and children or armed men, in fact, a well- placed bomb in a vilage full of women and children earns the aviator a croix de guerre. (By Federated Press.'' NEW YORK. — The 40-hour week with no overtime permitted, elimination of all piecework, and -wage increases df $10 a week and more, are leading articles in-the fun text of demands the fur- York manufacturers in place of the agreement that expires January v31. The first answer of the manufacturers' association was to refuse any changes in the old agreement, and if this position is held a strike impends. The New York joint board recently showed its strength in a victory over the Greek manufacturers, bringing a large portion of the still unorganized section of the market under union control, and a confident spirit is in the air. Plans for unemployment regulation call for the 32-hour week whenever an unemployment emergency exists and unemployment insurance, to which manufacturers shall contribute weekly 3 per cent, of wages paid, the fund to be controlled by the union. A similar insurance plan is" followed by the capmakers. All home work (a pernicious form of oVertime) must end, says another clause. Manufacturers may only contract work out to shops that have at least 10 workers and agreements with the union. May day must be recognized as a holiday. (By Federated Press.) BERLIN.—An Increase of more- than 100,000 ln the number of German unemployed in two weeks is shown by the latest unemployment figures. The number of registered unemployed ln receipt of full relief is 471,000 for the middle of November, as against 346,000 at the end of October and 195,000 in June. These figures do not represent the hundreds of thousands of unemployed who receive only partial relief or no relief at all. If these are added it is estimated there are 1,250,000 unemployed in Germany, without taking into account two or three million -workers on short time. AUSTRALIA At the annual conference of the Australian miners federation at Sydney, it- was decided to abandon compulsory arbitration and to adopt conciliation and voluntary arbitration, reserving the right to strike. It was decided to affiliate with the Miners' International Federation. FRANCE France refuses to consider the pea|ce terms of Abd-El-Krim brought to Paris by Gordon Canning, an English officer, Premier Briand declared. Canning dleclares that Abd-El-Krim is willing to end war in Morocco on the basis of the offer made last July. Reactionaries Protest Release Of Ben Gitlow Stay at the )TEL STRATFORD The Plaoe Called Home |.orner GORE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phone Sey. 6121 [GIOVANDO, JOHN THA 00 Elegantly Furnished , Rooms. iRooms with Private Bath Moderate Priees IR6T-CLASS SERVICE NEW YORK. ~ The general board of assistants of the Society of Mayflower Descendants are afraid that the United States will get out of the hands of those who can trace their ancestry to the witch hunters of Massachusetts, unless we have some more anarchy la-ws. This organization thinks the New York law a good model for other states, and urges the organization of a campaign to make lt national. Captain George L.- Darte, adjutant general of the Military Order of the World War. deplored Gitlow's release. Like the wizened dames of the Mayflower breed, the general is being used as a mouthpiece for big business. BELGIUM A general streetcar strike every Sunday was unanimously decided on by the annual convention of the Belgian streetcar workers union, representing 13,000 workers, until the employers comply with dte,- mands for a strict 8-hour day, a raise in wages, a minimum wage and a pension scheme. SHANGHAI As the result of a judicial inquiry of the killing of 12 Chinese students and wounding of 17 others during the anti-Japanese demonstrations here on May 30, the municipal council has awarded $75,000 to the families of those killed. Workers' Children €ome First in Soviet Union MOSCOW.—The Moscow Soviet has Introduced a new regulation regarding school fees, according to which education in the elementary schools is free of charge. In the higher and technical schools education remains free of charge for the children of Red army men, sailors, invalids of labor, pensioners, unemployed and all workers whose . earnings are less than 75 roubles a month, all artisans who do not employ hired labor and whose Income does not exceed 76 roubles a month. Manual and office workers earning between 75 and 100 roubles a month pay a school fee of one rouble a month for their children, the school fees are graded according to the earnings of the parents, the maximum fee being 12 roubles a month. Artisans not employing outside labor power pay the same as workers. For families with several children of school age, the general school fee must not exceed 10 per cent, of the father's wage. People belonging to free professions, trades people, clergy, etc, pay 160 to 220 roubles a year. All those who have to pay property tax, namely, members of the bourgeoisie, pay 300 to 380 roubles a year. Municipal Engineers To Unite Nationally (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK.—More than five hundred municipal engineers from New York Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto, Philadelphia and other cities in the United States and Canada are expected at a convention to be held in the Engineers' Societies building later this month. The purpose is the formation of a national municipal engineers' organization that will link up the new Association of New York Engineers with those of the other cities. Officers complain that city engineers boss bricklayers and other mechanics who make nearly twice as much as they do. "The difference between a white collar and a flannel shirt," says one, "does not make up for the difference in wages." A flat salary increase of 25 per cent, made by the New York engineers recently was turned down. Ont lowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Irown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 8—STORES—8 iHutingl St. But, Ssy. 8I8-872 066 OtuTillt Stmt Sty. 961S-1S81 151 HMtinfi Street Weit..., Sey. 1870 "BAT IT WITH raOWBM" RUSSIA Leon Trotsky has been elected a member of the persldium of the Russian Communist Party, following his acceptance of Communist discipline, and is inducted into the active political work of the party. GRAB CANADIAN METALS MONTREAL—-(F.P.)—A drive by American Interests to secure a stranglehold on Canada's basic metals is seen by The Finanoial Post, which says that the "great bulk of base metal properties are falling into U. S. hands." Industrial Unions Are Outlawed By U.S. Judge WHEELING, W. Vo. — Few workers among the ones outside those immediately engaged in the battle against the non-unlqji operators of West Virginia realize the significance of the recent injunction of Judge McCllntic against the United Mine Workers. Judge McCllntic, in issuing the injunction, said that he based his notion upon the clause ln the I' M. W. of A. constitution which, In his view, makes the union a monopoly. The clause is as follows: "To unite in one organization, regardless of creed, color or nationality, all workmen eligible for membership employed in or around coal mines, washeries and coke ovens on the American continent." Horthy WiU Try To Kill Mathias Rakosi BUDAPEST, Hungary.—Former Minister Marieh,, two other Hungarians and their wives, were arrested a,nd charged with being Communists and spies in the pay of the Soviet government by the Horthy hangmen of Hungary in a new reign of terror. The police have declared that they have ''confessions" from their victims admitting membership in a Communist organization and that they are members of the Soviet Union legation in Vienna. The methods of the Horthy-ruled Hungarian police are too well known to give any credence to "plots" and to "confessions" announced by them. The Horthy hangmen are determined to hang Mathias Rakosi, und if they can keep the eyes of the world on another "Bolshevik" uprising or "plot," they believe they can hand the leadei-3 of the Hungarian working class without protests from the international proletariat. It seems as though Horthy has learned a lesson from Benito Mussolini, head of the Italian black-shlrted morons, who engineered a red scare, then released the murderers of Matteotti, and followed that up by taking more dictatorial power into his claws. WASHINGTON. — Demands for repeal of all anti-trust laws ln order that business may combine into giant groups that will establish "business self-government" were made by the national distribution conference held in Washington under the auspices of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Billions of Industrial capital were represented In the meeting. It decided to create a joint board on trade relations, to act as a clearing house for business. „__■ : Page Four THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, January 1, 19 OPEN FORUM &d^My<^ QUESTION BOX Address All Letters and Remittances to the Editor 3ty* (Eanahtatt labor A&trorai* 1129 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone Sey. 2132 $2 A^ YEAR »1 SIX MONTHS ;;:=; ;: Capitalism's :: Weekly Pageant PROSPERITY arrived in Vancou- ver in the year 1821, according to the chronology ot this "western metropolis" published iu a recent issue of the Province. Vancouver had its lirst train Incident; its great fire event; its Klondike rush; its building boom; and its great war rumpus, but old man Prosperity took up bis residence here in 1821. Incidentally that was the year of the open sliop drives, and tlie time when the "deflation ol Labor" began. That the gentleman has been exceedingly bountiful is evidenced by the ' following Ust, published in the same Issue 6f the same paper. * * * CANTA CLAUS it appeal's is be- ^ coming decript as thc years roll by, so the Province set out to assist him by collecting alms to supply the famishing with a meal on Christmas day. That prosperity really dwells here is shown by the following list ot food stuffs given out by tlie Province to Vancouver's hungry: "Nearly seven nnd one half tons ol roast beef, more than nine and a half tons of potatoes, 4260 tins of soup, 2130 tins of tomatoes, 2130 tins of salmon, 2130 Christmas cakes, 4260 pounds of sugar, 1200 loaves of bread, 2130 tins of milk, 2130 pounds of tea, 2130 pounds of cocoa, 2130 packets of raisins, 21S0 pounds of butter, more than eight and a half tons of apples, 1830 boxes of Japanese oranges, 100 doz.cn navel oranges, 2130 pounds of nuts, and 4260 packets of figs." . * * •pur THIS, despite Prosperity's lour years' reign, was not sufficient to feed the perishing multitudes. So keenly wero some people feeling tlie pinch of want that "The hampers that went out on Christmas Eve did not represent aU Uie work of distribution, for 1278 additional parcels were sent out earlier In the week to cases where the need was more Immediate;" and we are further Informed that "a few cases still remain to be dealt with." Tlie question now becomes who aro tlie "people" that Prosperity has conferred his favors on? Obviously, those who are always referred to as "the people" in capitalist society, i.e. the monied class. t » * "Tf-XTREME POVERTY, want, ** and undernourishment" arc stated to be the cause for tlie death of a North Vancouver resident. The man was found in his shack ln a dying condition, and the only food in the place were a few articles which friends had given him for Christmas. Apparently the authorities have no desire to make any undue noise nbout tlie matter so "an Inquest is not considered necessary". When a person is killed by some other person an inquest is invariably held, but when capitalist society starves a man to death by Inches it Is not looked upon us anyone's business, and those who daro to make any mention of it nre treated as outcasts, and branded as demagouges. Tills incident is another illustration of how capitalist prosperity ministers to the needs of the working class. Echoes of Lausanne C0VIET JiUSSIA, after being treated as an outcast, villified and lied about by all the great powers, as well as by the smaller fry who desired to emulate their bloated brethren, is today forcing tha imperialistic hierarchy to beg and whine at her feet. That international monstrosity—tlie League of Nations— at its birth refused to have any dealings with the Russian workers' government, but, driven by economic necessity and outgeneraled at every move they made, the various powers affiliated to the League finally began to make overtures to the Soviet Republic. In May, 1923, while attending the Lausanne Conference (to which Russia had been invited), Vaslav Verowsky, the Soviet, government's envoy, was shot to death and two cf his comrades seriously wounded by a Swiss engineer named Oonradi. The murderer was arrested, and after a farcial trial, at which he attempted to justify his deed by saying that it was done out of revenge, Conradi was acquitted, the Swiss government apparently being of the opinion that shooting a Bolshevik was no crime. Russia immediately instituted a boycott against Switzerland; and stated that the people of the one nation should hoc enter the domain of the other. Two and a half years have passed, and onco again the great powers are desirous of calling an international confer- once, for the alleged purpose of disarmament, and this time they state that if Russia is not present the conference will be a failure. The meeting is being called by the League of Nations, the headquarters of which is at Geneva, and Russia has informed them that she will not attend a conference on Swiss soil. This reply has caused consternation, in Switzerland, and already the press is discussing the advisability of moving the League's headquarters elsewhere. The workers of Russia are giving our imperialistic rulers a lesson in how to respect members of thc working class, and are demonstrating that the workers' Soviet government is a force to be reckoned with in international politics. A Robbers' Peace Tasks Ahead Capitalism has had a long run, and it has been chiefly successful in the manufpoture of poverty.— Sir Leo Chiozza Money. TjuJNDS are urgently required to defend the Alberta miners who are facing the courts as a result of their activities during the mining strike in that district last summer. These men are being threatened with jail because they fought against a reduction in their, standard of living, and for an adequate amount of food and clothing for their children, and surely it ^is not too much to ask any member of the working class to contribute towards the defence of these Labor fighters. But not only is financial aid required. The organized pressure of all Canadian workers is necessary if these men are to be saved from a term in the penitentiary. If they go to jail no strike picket will be safe, and strikes cannot be carried on without pickets. In every basic industry in this country the organizations of Labor have either been smashed or else prevented from coming into existence. These occupations are where the great mass of the workers arc employed, and the strength of the organized Labor movement in Canada depends upon whether these men are in a union. The coal miners were the only exception to this rule, but during the past two years the fierce attacks of the mine owners have all but demolished their bulwarks of defence. lf ever the workers of Canada needed to rally their forees and unite against the common enemy it is today. Capital is becoming ever more domineering. Every day it demands more and more abject submission to its demands. Taking the country as a whole, the gains made by organized Labor during and in the years immediately following the war have almost all been swept away. As the year 1925 ends, so must the apathy and indifference of our fellow workers be broken down,, and next year our task must be to revivify our movement, making it an even more powerful factor in the life of our class. Let this be our New Year's resolution. COME time ago Mr. Lloyd Qeorge wanted to know if the League of Nations was a sham. It is not only a sham, but a delusion and a snare for the working class of all nations. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Great Britain's representative on the League, in a recent speech referred to the smoothness and rapidity with which the League acted when Greece and Bulgaria declared war, but with all its smoothness and rapidity of action the League allows France to pillage, murder and destroy on two fronts, Syria and Morocco. Two months ago, in Morocco, a squadron of French ' bombing planes dropped 3,000 pounds of bombs on a market place, whero the Riffs were peaceably engaged in buying and selling provisions, killing and wounding 800 men, women and children—mostly women and children. On November llth the French in Damascus publicly executed throe Arabs, and left their bodies suspended in the ropes with which they were hanged for six hours. A placard giving the details of their "crime" was affixed to each body. The "crime" for which they were executed was that they were members of a force which attacked a French armed convoy oil ils way to Bagdad. Think of the howls of anguish emitted by France and her allies when Germany invaded her territory and was accused of committing tno same outrages as the French are perpetrating against the Riffs and Syrians! At the present day Fiance holds a mandate from the League in Syria," and is supposed to act the part of a benevolent protector until such time as the Syrians take the reins themselves. What a lesson in governing they are getting! The Syrians have made forcible intimations to the French that their room is preferable to their company, and petitioned the League to withdraw its mandate. Does the League show any smoothness and rapidity of action by withdrawing the French mandate? No! the country, says the League, Is in such a state of disorder (owing to the pressure of its French protectors) that it would be dangerous to Its people to withdraw the French. The territory of the Riffs has been invaded by France in the same manner as France was Invaded by Germany in 1914, and the Riffs are making the boasted military genius of France look like a plugged nickel. France has committed more damnable outrages and barbarities against the Riffs than ever the Germans were accused of in 1914. Does the League show any smoothness and rapidity of action in dealing with this armed invasion and assassination of a weaker nation by a Great Power for territorial expansion? Again the answer is No! Afljd Lloyd George asks, is the League a sham! The capitalist press, and some of the deluded Labor organs, in all countries, are now engaged in promulgating the propaganda of peace. Arthur Ponsonby, Labor member for the Brightslde division of Sheffield, who was under secretary for, foreign affairs th the late Labor government, has started a campaign to get everybody In the British Isles to write to the premier expressing their convictions that the nations of the world are capable of settling their disputes by arbitration. Even here in Vancouver an organization has beep formed to educate Pfl opinion to support the moven for world peace, and The and The Province print leal articles and editorials ln praisl the Locarno Pact. Tho prearT of this pact says, in part, tha will "facilitate the solution oil merous political and econd problems, and will effectually mote a general movement for< versal disarmament, on behaj which the signatories pledge co-operation." Capitalism has realized intej tionally what the workers failed to recognize even nan ally, that, to quote an aphorf "In Union Is Strength," and the common foe is the worl| class of ALL nations. When italism maintains its internati<j police force to secure peace tween nations, that force wil\j used to rivet on the workers securely the chains of the sys Any nation where the •* succeed, or are on their wajj gaining economic freedom, receive the attention of the in national forces of capitalism, ' the workers of that nation wllfl shot, sabred and bludgeoned submission. That is what ca alism means by "facilitating (Continued on page 5) UNION DIRECTOR! ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUJj —Meeti leeond Mondiy in thn _ Pretident, J. K. White; secretary, Neelandi. P. O. Boi 66. FEDERATED LABOR PARTY— 111, 819 Pender St. Weit. Bu meetingi lit and 8rd Wedneidiy Ings. R. H. Neelandi, Chairman; 1 Morriion, Sec.-Treii.; Angui Me. 8 3544 Prince Edward Street, Vancof B.C.. Corresponding Secretary. Any district in British Columbia siring Information re securing ipj" or the formation of local branchei,| ir communicate with Provincial tary J. Lyle Telford, 624 Birki , Vincouver, B.O. Telephone Bey 1888, or BiyTiew 5530. BAKERY SALESMEN, LOOAL Meeti ucond Thursday erery in Holden Building. President, J. ' well; financial secretary, H. A. ron, 781 18th Are. East. CIVIO EMPLOYEES' UNION, L< 28—Meets first and third Frida the month at 145 Hastings W., p.m. President, R. K. Brown, Charles St.; secretary-treasurer, Harrison, 1182 Parker St. " MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTEO UNION, Local 146, A. F. at Meets in G.W.V.A. Hall, Seymoul Pender Streetl, leeond Sunday a.m. Preildent, E. 0. Miller, 991 •on itreet; iecretary, E. A. Jam 991 Nelion street; financial leer W. E. Williams, 991 Nelson strut pnniier, F. Fletcher. 891 _____ THE FED ERATED 8EAFAB UNION OF CANADA—Headqri at Rooms 6, 8 and 7, Flack Bal 183 Hastings Street W„ Vaneourer Tel. Sey. 8698. President, Robert ' Vice-President, Darid Gillespie; Treasurer, Wm. H, Donaldson. VI Branch, Room 11, Green Bloek, Street, Victoria, B.O. Phona 1908 TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. President, R. P. Pettlplece; rise ident, O, F. Campbell; leeretary- urer, R. H. Neelandi, PO. B»i Meeti lait Sundiy of eaoh montk p.m. ln Holden Building, 16 Haitlc PRINCE RUPERT TYPOGRAPB UNION, No. 411—President, Maedonald; secretary-treasurer, Campbell, P.O. Box 689. Meets] Thursday of each month. THE CANADIAN Slater Abuon With Which la Incorporated THE BBITISH COLUMBIA FED TIONIST PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAl By the Labor Publishing Oof Builneia and Editorial Offiea 1129 Howe St. The Canadian Labor Adrocate ll factional weekly newspapor, givingj of the farmer-labor movement In Subscription Ra'.cs: United Stated foreign, (2.50 per year; Canada per year, fl for six monthi; to tr subscribing ln a body, ISo per ' ber per month. Member The Federated Press and) Britiih Labor Preu ■■WH-WgfiS? -_m Friday, January 1, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Kve }ion Plasterers Keep boosting Their Wages ^Leland Olds, Federated Press) JlGES of union plasterers are Istlll upward bound, according Tie annual report of the U.S. artment of labor on union Ifes and hours. In 8 of the 40 i covered by the report union for plasterers on May 1, t, were higher than in 1924. p reports Indicate increases In jldltional cities by October 1. 1920 plasterers' minimum ■rly rates rose in 38 of the 40 Ts. There have been no re- lions in that period. Plasterers have secured the 44- lr week or better in all cities fpt .Cincinnati, where the reg- week is 44 1-2 hours. In Hon, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Ivldence and Seattle the union *k ls 40 hours. Between May 1 and October 1, ordl,tig to figures compiled by national association of build- exchanges, plasterers' wages Ire raised from $1 to $1.25; laisvllle from $1.50 to $1,625; (iladelphia $1.50 to $1.75; Pitts- tgh $1,563 to $1.60, and Rlch- fcnd $1.25 to $1.50. The cities * which plasterers' wages are fcher than in 1924 are Atlanta, Iveland, Fall River, Louisville. |mphis, Milwaukee, Philadelph- Pittsburgh Portland (Ore.), tvidence, Richmond, Sai* Fra,n- jco and Washington, The average plasterers' wage, ^Ing the country as a whole, is per cent, over 1924, 29 per M. over 1920, and 120 per cent. |er 1913. As the cost of living bkoned by the department of por is 16 per cent, below 1920 74 per cent, over 1913, plasters have improved their stand- about 25 per cent, compared &h 1913 and 50 per cent, combed with 1920. She vital question is whethei ^y can hold these gains when building boom subsides. The - fembership of the union Is retted at 30,000, compared with 1,400 in 1920 and 18,000 in 1914 Our Open Forum Readers of The Labor Advocate are invited to sen'd in letters for publication in our "Open Forum." ThiB ls a "freo for all." No communications will be censored so long as writers refrain from indulging in personalities. Letters should not exceed 260 words. The management of The Advocate assumes no responsibility for opinions expressed in this spaoe. Editor Labor Advocate: I like your paper, but it is too one-sided. In an article in your paper on "How Britain Rewarded Heir Glorious Heroes," you have left something out, no doubt with a purpose. You put in just how the little ones had been mutilated, blinded, paralyzed, and so on, and how they got from $400 a year and down as a pension, but you said nothing about how the big ones who get from $500,000 and down weire mutilated. According to you not one of these generals was even touched. Now just be fair and square, and let us know just how many of them were injured in thie war, as I should like to know. J. R. eks Recognition Of Unions To Aid Trade (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON.—More and more bention is directed, in labor and jiploying circles, to the tenor of < speeches which William Green, lesident of the American Feder- pon of Labor, is delivering in pid succession tb employers, anagement engineers, chambers commerce and churches. In |fect, the new chief of the Fed- atlon says that all he asks is |e recognition of trade unions the employers as a necessary, Instructive and orderly factor in le development of better busl- ¥ss. He denies the class strug- je; he deplores the notion that ^ere are classes in this country; acknowledges the "existing so- lal order," and says that labor Ireely concedes to capital the ■ght to own and manage indus- fy and to the receipt of a fair pturn upon Its Investment." [These words sound less aggr.es- Ive than the slogan of Samuel fompers: "We set no bounds to llr desire to improve our condi- on; we shall seek more and more lid more." But conditions have hanged, and Green has under- Lken to protect an army of al- lady-organlzed trade unionists by brsuading the big employers to (•op their company union schemes. te ls out to persuade public opin- pn, in an era which he believes sordid and reactionary toward libor, that labor unions are not |angerous. There is wagging of old heads jit his optimism over the plan of persuasion. There ls nodding of' others, less battle-scarred. They all recognize that the tactics are _tor the present situation, and do jnot bind the labor movement for [future years. Still, a precedent lis made. EDITOR'S NOTE.—We have a suspicion that our correspondent already knows tlje answer to the questlion he puts. However, that is by the way. The nows item in question was ono setting out the amount received by disabled British ranlk and file soldiers lis a. pension, and the yearly "grant" given to the various generals who participated in the late war. Admiral" Beatty and General Haig head the list with $500,000 each, and no on« ever heard of either of the pair being injured in any way. Others in the list include Admiral Jellicoe; Field Marshals French a*n<_ "Wilson; Generals Rawlinson, Byng, and Robertson, each of whom receive Slums ranging from $50,000 to 250,000, and no one evere heard "of any of them being scratched. Neitlw have we any knowledge that any of the others were hurt in any way. They get their dole for keeping out of danger's way. League Bars Druse Envoy From Hearing GENEVA.—If the Druses, of Syria hope to get any justice out ' of the international bandits of the league of nations which back up the murderous French administration under the League's mandate, they will have to get it at the end of a rifle. That is the only conclusion possible, since the council of the league refused to receive, let alone consider, an envoy from the Druses who was sent to protest aigalnst the French administration in Syria. The envoy of Ihsan Djajbir Bey of Damascus, representing the executive committee of the Syro-Pal- estine Independence movement. He not only addressed a request for a. hearing to the collective council of the league of nations, but also to eaeh single member. The French and British at once got together to bar out the Druse from getting even a hearing. The British, Austen Chamberlain and Lord Robert Cecil doing this as an exchange for the French last December having alided the British in barring ou< Fanouse Pasha, an Egyptian dledegate, when Egyptians cairn© last year to the league of nations to protest against British soldiers seizing Alexandria, Cairo and the Sudan. British also fear that the people of Palestine will be nieixt to demand deliverance from, their "protectors" under league mandate. The Druse envoy declares that they have 10,000 riflemen in the fliieild, have captured six months' amimunition from the French and intend to fight until they are Wiled off. "And," says the Druse, "all the Druses ask is that the league execute Its own covenant requirements and send a cotmimittee to investiigate how the French are maladmlntetrating the mandate in Syria." WE take thiB means of thanking our friends for our biggest Christinas business and wish them a IJappy New Year. H. NEIL Hand Made Loggers' and Seamen's Boots 136 LONSDALE AVENUE NOETH VANCOUVEB Fhone 1181 Men's Romeo Slippers $2.25 and $3.60 TieB for New Year's in fancy boxes 60c to $2.00 Scarfs at .'. 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On the eve of the elections the Liberals coalesced with the Tory party. The result of the elections is: Tory Coalition 65, Labor 13, Nationalists 9, Liberal 1, Independents 2. SPEED! T^HE voice currents used •*■ in long-distance telephoning travel from 8,000 to 178,000 miles per second. . B. C. Telephone Company Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BABBISTBBS, SOLICITOUS, BTO. 401-408 Metropolitan Building 887 Hastlngi St. W., Vancouver, B.O. Telephones: Seymonr 8866 Md 6887 I say that if men had lived like men indeed, their houses would have beien temples*—temples which we should hardly dare to (injure.— Ruskin. Don't forget! Mention the Advocate when buying. A Robbers' Peace (Continued from page 4) solution of numerous political and economic problems." Modern '"Warfare Interrupts and dislocates the business of buying and selling and skinning the workers. The safely of the war- makers is also being threatened. In the wars of the future generals far behind the lines in their deep dugouts will be no longer safe. Kings in their palaces, hundreds of miles from their armies; politicians in the cities, spreading their dru_n-thumpi|Tig, flag-waving war "propaganda, will also be in the dangor zone. The hell-brews and devilish mechanical inventions for the destruction of mankind that every nation is striving to perfect will, when let loose, do their business indiscriminately. So let us have peace is now the slogan. "Modern society is divided into two classes, capitalist and wage- working, with interests entirely opposed to each other." When the capitalist press spews forth in unison volumes of propaganda in support of a movement, that movement bodos *no good to the working class. The peace that our class demands will come only when the working class Is internationally united. The peace that capitalism is striving to secure means to the international Labor movement ''the peace that passes all understanding." J.A.B. Furuseth Campaigns Against World Court (By Laurence Todd, Federated Press.) WASHINGTON.—While the American Federation of Labor, by the action of its last convention and in the formal resolution adopted by its executive council afterward, stands committed to American adherence to the world court, Andrew Furuseth Is against it. The veteran president of the International Seamen's Union, home from a series of vlsitB to European capitals, where he nought to get leglslatloil for seamen that is more advanced than the program supported by the International Labor Office of the League of Nations, has begun a speakijng campaign against the court. He has addressed the central labor bodies in Philadelphia and New York, and has been dated at Boston and other eastern points. European labor organizations -in general, possessing radical labor parties and much confidence in their ability to capture their respective governments and so to gain control of the League, are keen for the world court. The Communists do not agree, because they believe' that the League will repress any movement of the workers which results in the capture of ultimate power by the working class in western Europe. Furuseth takes the position take-o by the Communists, tn large measure, though for different reasons. He sees in the League a tremendous plot against thc extension of human freedom through the determination of governments in the League to keep tho existing political and social order just as It is now, forever. Furuseth looks upon the Communists as rivals, rather than opponents like himself, of the nailing-down policy which he sees in the League. He promises to set forth his ideas in a pamphlet. Sickness, The Result of Defective Teeth Dr. W. J. 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ROBSON at GRANVILLE Entrance 680 Robson St. Phone Sey. 8»fi5 WE THANK yon for a splendid Christmas trade, and " with much pleasure extend to you our very best wishes for a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Our efforts to serve you are now being concentrated in our one store, "The Little Store of Big Values," and to make the necessary room wc are continuing Special Bargain Prices. See our windows. WATCH OUR ADVERTISEMENTS Robinson & Warren, Ltd, 1087 GRANVILLE ST., Directly Opp. Standard Furn. Co. Page Six THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, January 1, 192 With the Marine Workers (Conducted by W. H. Donaldson, Secretary Federated Seafarers of Canada.) Labor Education and Strikes Go Together OUR ECONOMIC SURVEY. SEAMEN'S ACTIVITIES (By Art Shields, Federated Press) NEW YORK.—Clinton Golden, field representative of Brookwood Labor College, is setting off for y^^T,^^ up of bitumi virgin territory, as far as labor (By Leland Olds, Federated Press.) ■VTO unnecessary motions, but point is the change in the k ■*• ' loading 16 -1-4 tons a day, re- oi Job which this simple maell brings about. The coal dig nous coal diggers in mines man- must feed coal to this mach. A RETURNED veteran applied stances some day through no fault stud>' classes are concerned. He age(J by the Knickerbocker com. which carries it away steadily tn IU**. «*_.,*_.„ imnlnvnint nf hla n-am IS tT-US thTOUSh the minin_f fields ,_ t. ., ,_ ... ,. 101 r - __.,_...__ ■__. ,.,__: pany in Pennsylvania since the 131 feet a minute. Working- to Mr. Harvey, employment of his own. is £0--nS through the mining fields agent for the Canadian Govern- The veteran thanked us for list- 0f We8t vlrsIni'a where the coal installation of" the mechanical his knees In seams as low a"s memt Merchant Marine, the other ening to hIs experience of apply- dlBeers have b*len so busy Uehi~ conveyor system described in the Inches, with a mechanical toss day for a job, and the reply given ing for work on one of the c G Ine the opon shop efforts of Beth- Coal Age But the atatement that the shovel, repeated mo*notonot was that he had been told before M- M shipg> We explaIned to __%_[ lehem Mines, Consolidation Coal this machinery more than doubles ne throws some 10 tons of t that there was nothing doing. The that We were the on]y organ,lza_ c°- and the rest and the thuS sys- the output per man, raising it onto the moving belt. The nee veteran replied that he knew there tion which was denied the right to t0m in general that they have not from 7 1-4 to 16 1-4 tons per day, sity of using this machine to had been jobs, and that he had approach our members on the ves- M yelt ffotten lnto the workers' ed- shows the necessity of a shorter maximum has introduced a r given other men the preference 8els of the Canadian Government ucation swim- working day if thousands of min- discipline. Mining ls no low who ln some oases had no experi- Marine The delegate of the En- Bat Golden expects to see labor ers are not to be turned out on an individual job. The shift fn ence. gineers Union are allowed this pri- eduction sailing along well in the street. loading to cutting and drllli This veteran enlisted to go over- viiege, &tli the masters and ^j West Virginia just as soon as the Upder this system, designed by must be carried out with regul seas while working for the C. P. R. mates are allowed to have the re- boys there see that the '-movement r. a. Suppes, general superintend- ity in order that the machine ri and is married with three of a pre)Sentatives of the Canadian can be made an instrument f°r ent of the Knickerbocker mines not wait too long for Its n«j family. The children were anx- Merchant Servllce Guild approach hold-ns the union together in _at Johnstown, Pa., miners work meal- If the loading and outtij iously looking forward; to tWelr them Whenever they want to do timea of stress and storm- He ln- in crews of five. Each crew has do not sear lnto each other a daddy getting employment on one so_ But the sailors and firemen tends to lllustrate the case with charge of a main conveyor 250 coralnS to schedule, the boss Vj of the C. G. M. M. ships, but it are not aHov/ed to haVg any repre. the story of the minora of Dis- long, made up of 6-foot sections, be on hand t0 see why- The C. G. M. M. do not neglect to enforce lt, haying-two special policemen (C G. M. M. policemen of course), Mr. McNicol and an- iother gentleman, who are \ieo-y courteous to the delegates of the Federated Seafarers' Union, al- took the heart out of their daddy S6ntativei on board the ships, to be met with constant refusals from Harvey, and at last he asked that individual why it was that he would not give him a job, and was told that he, (Harvey), was working in the interest of the company and not to have his tf.me taken up with such cases as the veteran. The ex-soldier, who has a small pensiion, then came to the headquarters of the Federated Seafarers' Union and informed the agent that he did not think half the stories put in print about C. G. M. M. Vessels were true, but after his experience he could readily understand the position of men who had to apply to Mr. Harvey for work and the hard fight the Union had had triot No. 2, central Pennsylvania. 2 face conveyors each 12 feet Nothing academdo about labor long which discharge i*nto "the When the great God lets loo education in the Pennsylvania Al- main conveyor, one undercutting a thinker on this planet, then i leghandes, says Golden. The local machine, a distributing fan, a 5- director there, Paul W. Fuller Is horsepower hoist, etc. The na- Indeed such a part of the organlz- ture of their work is described as ation struggle that he is letting follows: some of his regular work slide Four men out of the 5-man though tettlngTs "know" that' it*.*. along for awWl16 as he assl8to in "^ W°rk at the fa°e' the BtU that may not be revlsed and co. a strjke of 2,000 miners against a man being stationed on the e,ntry damned.—Emerson coal company at Sagamore, Pa. tto load* trim and sPot cars- The Injunctions against picketing are four men work on their knees in low coal. They are stationed at things are at a risk. There Is n a piece of science* but its flah may be turned tomorrow; there not any literary reputation nor ti so-called eternal names of fan their duty to see that we as representatives of the sailors and firemen are not allowed aboard any of their ships. in force and the company is bringing in Negroes from West Virgin- la—imen not long out of the South, A few das's ago a master mariner who know little of the labor un- (Captailn McCallum, F. R. G. S.) ion movement. But they are learn wrote a letter to the Vancouver g now' hold prayer meetings twice a day on a hill that the strikebreakers must pass on their way -to work. The issues of th-ei strike are talken The right arm of Labor is equal intervals along the face. Btrons press. Add power to ti Shovelling is easy in that they arm by subscribing to THE CA! are enabled to load the coal by ADIAN LAB0R ADVOCATE, a single toss of the shovel. The Fuller and the miners me<" so through no unnecessary motions and the exertion involved Send in your subscription toda Star commenting on the Oriental and British seamen. In his letter We let the veteran see a copy be stated why he liked Britishers of a letter sent to tfie Marine better than Orientals, explaining £ the hmd ,n prayer ag the com Superintendent of the C. G. M. M. that the British seamen likes a Ltd., regarding the same matter drink at various ports on a voyage, pany's new men pass by and the latter are taking the prayers to is less than one-third that required to load in the ordinary mine car. This point is important, as it has been proved in actual practice, for a man in one hour loads, without tasking himself as much, as he was complaining of, and the and did not forget to mention that heart and qutttlng about ^ fast handles as much coal as he could as they come. Golden is going into West Vir reply the superintendent (W. the officers on board a ship do Wright) sent, which stated that likewise, only that they are more the matter of "the alleged dis- careful In handling the "booze" A __. - i iu .. -ni* ginia with the little seven pound courtesy of our Mr. Harvey would and screen themselves better. We Z. ... _ . be investigated." wish that there were a few more The veteran was the lucky re- like Captain McCallum, who seems clpient of one of the hamper's of to be in sympathy with the Brtlt- the "Star" Santa Claus Fund which ish tar for ability in preference load into a mine car in approximately three hours of heavy exertion." The face at which the. are Brayco projector he used to cast loadlng measures about 35 feet the illustrations for his lectures on When about two-thirds of this is screens in the open glades of the ioaded two loaders let the others Alleghanles. For an outdoor lee- finish, and they start undercut- Who Is BILL HUNGERFOBDt' Ask Any Labor Man. STANFORD ROOMS 863 SETMOUB STBBBT Honsekeeping and Transient i Central—Terms Moderate Under New Management "Bill" Hungerford and M. Cam-. bridge, Propa. \ helped to tide over the end of the to the Oriental seamen, but hope Jnre..he ^"f* 'he electrio .ju!ce ting the coal which is to be shot for the machine from an automo- down for the next advance. By year when the kiddles are looking that he understands that it is only for toys. We wonder if the same a bogey, the pretext of the ship- Mr. Harvey has any children and if he has a human heart toward them, and if he does not think that he may be in the same circum- bile and he can throw pictures up the time the undercutting Is half to eight by eleven feet. He tells dope the loading is finished and the story of coal with a ser-teB of the other two loaders start drill- owner, that the Orientals are a more sober class of seamen. The _., ,, . , , .... main print with the employer is fllms fthat ^ the fuel down the lng for shots, while the 5th man, ages from the fern forests of mil- who has been tending the Empire Cafe QUALITY COURTESY REASONABLE 76 Hastings East HAROLD DEOG and BOB KKAUSE late tltb Batt and 72nd Batt. that the Oriental is miuch cheaper and drinks every bit as much as the Britisher or white seaman according to their income. We suppose Captain* McCallum did not forget to look at the picture gallery at thel top of the front page of the same issue of the Vancouver . Star, which we can prove to be very inaccurate. The reporters evidently did not know one nationality from another, according to the printed account in the seamen's issue of December 11. Any port in a storm for news and the Star has since given promise of future possibilities in a begging programme on behalf of the Sea- ment's Institute by the "Stuff" appearing in that one oent yellow MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "The Place for Pipes" Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention 310 OARRALL STREET VANOOUVER, B.O. Red Star Drug Store "The MaU Order Druggists" We Make • Special Effort to Get Goods Out by First Mull After Receipt of Tour Order Corner Cordova and Carrall Vancouver, B.C. cars, lions of years ago to the anthracite gets all the equipment ready for and bituminous of today. Some lengthening the conveyor. The of the breadth of the labor move- shots are fired"'by electricity and mient is brought to thie mining the men eat their lunch while the camp by films showing union ac- distributing fan carries off the tivity of various kinds, workers ed- gases and smoke, ucation classes in parti_euia_-. Next to the faot that more rapid 1 loading cuts down the number of Send in your subscrip*-'*-" today, miners required, the important paper, edited by a scion of Pro- Christmas supply of fruit, tobacco, fessor Odium. and cigarettes, and papers to the Captain McCallum is one of the various men wTio have been too very few master mariners who sick to sail from here on their evidently does not like to think ships. white seamen are being ousted by Phil Creegan a former member lOrlentals on an efficiency scale, of the organization at St. Pauls and is backed by his experience Hospital is very anxious to thank of long standing. the members for their kindness. Quite a few of the master mar- The Kingsley Navigation Co. have lners on this coast take perfect been very conaiderate to Phil, who delight in robbing the seatnen of was 3rd mate on the "Kingsley" their wages through what is called before entering the hospital, logging and fines, according to the M. MePhaiil, of the S, S. Walr- Shipping Act. We think we know una, is very grateful to the organ- Captain McCallum and understand ization for the service that has he treated the men sailing under been extended, him, at least on one vessel, pret- Harria Manog and B11Iy MoLareni ty good. both members of the Federated Ma'1 Ust Seafarers' Union, are at St. Pauls Bates, H.; Beckett, H.; Bell, A.; and hope to be discharged as soon Boland, T.; Coll, J.; Crocker, L. ^ ^t_ R.; Dobbin, H.; Farquhar, D.j old Dad Gllmartin is at the Gen- Flodden, C; Flynn, ,M.; Hannah, eraIi and is showing slgris of lm_ T.; Harris, C; Hainlll, B.; Hen- pavement, and states that the derson, tt! Hodson, J.; Jones, R. Union j^g been very klnd )n look. N.; Jones, Thomas; Kissock, J.; lng after the lntel.ests of the melm- Lawson, J.; Luxton, W.; Maekay, bers at Christmas as well as at J.; Matthews, R.j McLaren^ W.; othel, tfmeg when they are in hoa_.^ " ' pital. Dad should know. BRUCE'S — — SUIT ; SALE Big reductions, splendid, values. Regular prices $22.50 to $42.50, now—] $15 to $37.65 C. D. BRUCE Limited Cor. Homer and Hastingi St. VANCOUVER, B.O. McDonald, J.; Osborne, W.; Pugh, A. E.; Starr, J.; Worrall, W.; Hospital Notes As there were a number of seafarers in the General and St Pauls Hospitals, the Federated Seafarers' Union made efforts to send a Next business meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 5, at 8 p. m. at 163 Hastings Street West. Two more members subscribed to the "Labor Advocate" since last The Original HARVEY Logging Boot HAND-MADE BOOTS for LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS and PROSPECTORS Quick Sirrie* for Bapaln All Work OuraatMd tteelal Atttntlon to Moll Ordtrt H. Harvey F-Btsbll.hod In VanconTor la HIT BS CORDOVA STREET W. riday, January 1, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Page Seven itish Workers' Wages spends On Iraq Rates J)NDON.—A revealing glimpse lapltallst principles and tactics Horded by the Scottish shale Is, which has arisen out of [refusal of the Shale Miners' [Oil Workers' Union to accept per cent, wage cut. As an Icement to the men to accede (his drastic proposal, the em- {•ere, Scottish Oils, Ltdt., threat- to close down certain of the ks upder its control, thus ^wlng a large body of men ln- tiltely out of employment, pottish Oils, Ltd., which is a sidiary of the Anglo-Persian Company, Ltd., controls five luclng companies, one or two vhich have been in existence .nearly half a ce,ntury. dividends of several hundreds cent, have been -paid on. the Jnary shares of these com pa- admits the Petroleum Times, pch discusses the matter from 'employers' angle. |he Anglo-Persian Oil Company,' krever, can nowadays import jide oil from Iraq, where labor (cheap and plentiful, with more \fit to itself tha)n it can obtain |m the Scottish Shale oilfields, the withdrawal of an admir- contract from the latter in- fctry seemed to afford a good tortunity to talk about being pied to close works and out fees. Popular Indignation, expressed 'public meetings, ended in the frnatlon of a citizens' commit- which by putting strong preside on the government secured return of the admiralty con- bt. International Labor Unity idio Operators Fight IAgainst Pay Reduction (By Federated Press) LONDON.—The atrlke of British rlne radio operators against a ge cut of $2.50 a month finds i government lining up with the |iployers. Instead of enforcing regulations which forbid the lllng of a ship without full equip- |pnt of radio operators, the board ; trade is allowing ships to sail i their radio department underlined. lie nunnbler of strikers is incasing daily and 5,000 operators 111 soon be involved. Sympathetic Ttlon is expected from the sea- ■en's unions as the safety of the |iole crew may depend upon ef- ftent radio -service. Wages of •Ine radio oiperators start with 12.50 a month, rising by annual pements to a maximum of $100 L month at the end of 9 years It-vice. »anish Socialist Leader Passes Out [LONDON.—Pablo Iglesias, pres- tent of the Spanish Socialist prty, died in Madrid at the agts 75. I Iglesias was the head of the j/pographers' Union in Spain and as one of the leaders of the Icond International. [Though Iglesias in his youth was [revolutionary apd organized the kclalist Party in Spain, as he |ew old he grew more senti- ental and eventually forgot that Ich a thing as class struggle listed. Patronize our advertisers. VANCOUVER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS DISPOSAL OF GRAIN SCREENINGS JOTICE is hereby given that screenings at the Commissioners' elevators hand over forty-five (45) days and I'.bject to disposal under Bylaw 125, ■ill he disposed of trom time to time » occasion arises. [Offerings of such screenings will be psted in the Vancouver Merchants' Ex- nange. W. D. HARVIE, Seeretary. [ancouver, B.C., ITth December, 1925. (By British Labo T ONDON. — Further steps wero taken recently in the development of the policy for which the British Trades Union Congress lias made Itself responsible in the promotion of international trade iiinion unity. At thc Instance of the leaders of the Amsterdam International a joint conference of the Bureau of the International Federation of Trade Unions with the General Council of the Trades Untotn Congress has been held in London. It may be recalled that at the Scarborough Congress In September the General Council reported fully upon the part it had played in trying to bring about a better understanding between Amsterdam and Moscow. The British policy Is perhaps best explained In the letters that have passed between the General Council and the I.F. T.U. Tlie British Letter From this correspondence it is clear that the General Council has consistently urged the desirability of an informal conference between the representatives of the I.F.T.U. and the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions at Moscow. In one letter, signed by Mr. A. B. Swales and the late Fred Bramley, the following passage states the British view in terms that cannot be bettered: The General Council are also convinced that there should be no waste of time in attempting to settle differences prior to such a conference taking place, as the main purpose, from our point of view, of such a conference is to settle differences, and for this reasqn we strongly press for the convening of an unconditional conference for informal discussion purposes, at which all sides would be free to express their respective opinion without being tied to any formula or constitution, it being understood, of course, that the findings of such a conference should be considered as a preliminary to a mandatory conference to follow after reports of the preliminary discussions had been given to the bodies responsible for the *fi,pal decisions. Congress For Unity From the position here defined the General Council has not turned aside at any stage of the prolonged and at times arid discussions that have been carried oh in three-cornered exchanges between Amsterdam, London and Moscow. Without a dissentient voice, at Scarborough the policy of the General Council was endorsed by Congress, and the effort to promote unity in the International Trade Union movement was resumed by the General Council with the knowledge that its attitude had been approved by the supreme authority of British trade unionism. From Amsterdam there came a request for a conference with tho General Council for the purpose of considering the meaning and effect of the British policy. The Amsterdam leaders have been insistent upon the d.pger of carrying the demand for unity to the point where further disunity may be caused in' the international movement. Amsterdam's Viewpoint Their attitude has been that the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions can obtain admission to the I.F.T.U. "when they express their desire to this effect." What is known as the Stenhuis resolution, adopted at the General Council meeting of the I.F.T.U. at its meeting last February, after a resolution embodying the British proposal had been rejected, was a declaration to the effect that the I.F.T.U. is prepared to con- r Press Service.) vene a conference In Amsterdam Furnishing Trades Balk At Ban On Communists (By Federated Press) LONDON.—The British furnish- Irish Workers Boycott lng trades unl<m has rejected ***« _, -rr j a i_ advice of the Labor party execu- Onannon Hydro Scheme tive to discriminate against Com- munist trade unionists for Labor (By Federated Pi-ess) party nominations. The union ex- DUBLIN.—A boycott on the ecutive committee has reiendorsed with the All-Russian Council of whole shann(>n hydro^lectlrlflca- lts Previous decision that it Is i Trade Unions with a view to the ^ ^heat. is declared by the Part of lts business to dictate to exchange of opinions "as soon as Iriflh Tradea Umon congress mem_ branches as to which members possible after the All-Russian ens Schutekert c the Ger,man they shall appoint, except that Council of Trade Unions intimates flrm ^ whom .fce contn/et hfla such members must pay the union ^^'f,6 t0 be admltted t0 the been glvWn, aroused Irish labor by labor *"*■ A- A- Purce11 neods -T-U' Its attempts to recruit Irish labor this uni(Ml- The Russian Attitude a,t a wage of less than $8 for a Irv regard t0 Communist exclu- Tlie All-Russla,Ti Council, for Its 50-hour week, although the going Blon in Seneral, the union exeou- part, has made it clear that it wage in Ireland for similar work tive says* '"We are not oUt for regards this declaration as equiv- is about $12 and the job was -heresy hunting and disruption, and alent to a demand from Amster- struck. Solidarity has been shown tne executive oomimittf;e of the dam for its acceptance of the by the German unions who halyie La,bor party have recognized stand- principles and constitution of the warned their members not to enlist lne ln(thla respect, and merely ad- I.F.T.U. The Russians also un- for this scab job. vlse tne course above reDepred to. derstood the Amsterdam condition The Irish Labor party has taken The executive commlittee (of the up the matter and Tom Johnson, unlon) «tterly condemn the at- party leader, appeals to workers tempt to split thie* ranks, and heart- not to touch the job. af endorse the action of the gen- eral seoretary' In voting against _,.,,_ __ , such proposals at the Liverpool British JT arm llandS conference just as they did a year Get Starvation Wage ag0 ln conneiotion ****** the L,on- to mean the complete liquidation of the Red International of Labor Unions which the Russians had created and to which the dissident groups in the Continental Trade Union movement under the influence of Russian Communism have adhered. Obstructions The existence of these dissident groups in the continental movement has been the chief obstacle don*, conference." To date 18 borough and divisional Labor parties in London alone (By Federated Press.) LONDON.—Meals consisting on- have refused to 6xpe, Commnnlst8 mem nas ueen me cmor onwci-a ? ^ ^'^ ^ *" "* 8h'°Wn t0 trom their ta-«vMual membership ineni nas oeen me cmei oosiacie be al, too frequent_not only in „ .. . w TjVM1Dn„, in the way o£ Amsterdam accept- tbe _,Uimg but .„ th6 „m.a, dIg sections, in spite of thie Liverpool in* the British noliev The Am- T ' decision. The Laibor party execu- inb the BMtmh pohej. lhe Am trict8 of Englan(J| according t0 an ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ official report of the chief medical against locaU refuslng t0 enforce officelr of the British board of the Ltverpool ban. health, Sir George Newman, on Th|el Health of the Child. To be , a farmer's boy, at least in song Chinese SaVantS lSSUe and poetry, always seemed to sug- Appeal For Solidarity The Am sterdam leaders have sought to convict the British Trades Union Congress of inconsistency because (they say) it has refused to affiliate its own minority movement, but has tried to persuade Amsterdam to ''recognize" the minority groups on the continent. It is such various interpretations and misunderstandings that the conference this week was required to deal with, and the official report issued at the conclusion of the proceedings on Tuesday showed that misunderstandings have been cleared away. The report stated that: Conference Report "A very full discussion took place, marked by the most cordial and unreserved spirit, and as a c o n s e q uence misunderstandings were removed and the position made more clear. It Is felt that the conference has had the effect of enabling both parties to appre- gest that even If you had hard work, at least you had plenty of wholesome food to eat, but this myth, at lelaist Un England has been effectively disposed of by the report. LONDON.—A telegram has been received from the professors of the National University, Peking, containing a*p appeal addressed _ .. . _. ,_,_._ . to all friends of the Chinese na- In„f1! tfrlcultural districts of ^ and th(j workers Qf theworW. the West Riding of Yorkshire 80 After pointing out that the Chi- % of the children are reported to nese nation ,s waging a ,jfe flnd have poor physique, and in Meri- death strugg,e against exploltatl(^n onethshire, another agricultural a(. th(J handg of imperlallgm| and district, 47 % are reporfled below that the ch,nese people ftre vJo. normal. Doctors and teachers from tims of unspeakab]e suffering, and rural districts, who contribute to wj„ suffer stm ^^ if imperial- the report, agree that it is poor ut deslgns are an0wed to succeed, home conditions and bad feeding, the message continues: due to low wages, that are respon- ..-^e reiy on yi_u_ working mass- sible for the low physique of many es of the West, to make it clear British country children. t0 ^u comrades that* our fight Is Agricultural laborers in Britain your fight. we feel sure that you ciate more fully the complexities average about $g a week and wlt wl_. nQt aUow m lmperiaUst gov. of this they must pay rent, feed ernments any longer to rob our themselves and families and meet customs and exploit our country, all otWeir living expenses. We rely on your solidarity. "Long live the alliance of the exploited peoples of the West with the downtrodden peoples of the of the international situation. A meeting of the General Council of the I.F.T.U. is being held in Amsterdam at an early date, at which the report of this conference will be presented, and lt is expected that a decision will be taken with respect to the British policy. H*T. British Workers' Death Caused By Starvation East; British Workers Laugh At Stockowning Stunts LONDON.—Thie possible application in Great Britain of the American employers' tactics in inducing their employees to become stockholders Is not taken very seriously by British labor. The danglers of sulch schemes in breaking up solidarity are reteognized, but miost of the labor men who Have expressed an oplinion do not think the scheme could spread far because workers do not earn -sinough to be able to invest. Employee shareholding in Britain has been shown up as a fraud in the recent textile strike, whien it was found that employers expected their workers to submit to wage cuts rather than face a problematical reduction in interest on their tiny investments. Leaders of the railway clerk*', and locomotive engineers, could not see how workers who do not. Demands Release Of Cuban Labor Fighter CHICAGO. — The International Labor Defense opened a campaign Papers found in the dead man's to save the life of Julio Antonia pocket indicate that he wias a Mella. Cuban victim of American LONDON.—Returning to fetch some personal belongings from a house which h« vacated about a year ago, -a. clerk of the peace for Hull, found huddled on a cupboard shelf the body of a man. ' chemist with daughters living In Beverley nnd Scai-gorough, In the cupboard wns found ft piece of cardboard on which was written, 'Goodbye, goodbye. Forgive," rand a letter addressed to "Mabel". There were no signs of a struggle having takien place, and death" ls believed to have occured about a week previously. The medical officer give evidenced to the laffSot that the man hj_d heen badly nourished, and that when half-starved, had probably gone into the empty house to sleep. Deflth was due to. heart failure, caused by malnutrition. Imperialism, now on hunger strike, when it cabled to General Enoch H. Crowder, American ambassador to Cuba, that 200,000 American workers affiliated with the 1. L. D. would consider him responsible for the possible death of the Cuban labor leader. Mella and twelve other Cuban workers were charged with setting off bombs In fro,nt of a Havana factory. The opinion that this is a fiameup is universal among the Cuban working class. American workers are well acquainted with this method of getting rid of labor organizers. Mella is a leader of the student elements who have demanded the repeal of the Piatt amendment, which gives the Unlt- To cease to fear our fellows and ed gtateg virtual control of Cuba learn to depend on tbem, to do jjeU'a; first came Into conflict with not »ee ..ow ™. «■- - ■-> wlu. com,peUtloll anJ .build- 'm agenl8 of the American im- have private mleans- could afford '„„„_„„„, ,, n„r „llft h6QBS. l„"!,„,.„._ .„ o»h_ v„h»n hfi i think nnthine nf the*-* UP co-operatloni is our one newa- perlalists in Cuba when he sup- I think nothing oi i] " ■ * . BM_mnifmi Morri*. ■ , ported the exploited "colonos" in • ,-*■ *- — theif resistance to the exacting to invest. ideas to enable employees to become stockholders," said A. G. Walkden of the railway clerks. 'What I do think about Is nation alization. Anything -els? Js mere* Part of the pleasure of our lives. Nature will not be finally con- conditions forced on them by the quered till our work becomes a sugar trust. tinkering." Wm. Morris, Patronize our advertiser.*}, Page Eight TEE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, January 1, Anglo-Saxon Soviet Relations Washington Perturbed British Eastern Policy (By Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—Disclosure that representatives of the biggest banking firms in Wall Street, with Chas. M. Schwab and other leading manufacturers have been talking of Soviet-American trade prospects at a formal banquet in the Bankers Club, In New York, has raised in Washington a chorus of "I told you so." No matter what the white house and state department may say, to quiet the discussion of Russian recognition, almost everyone at the capitol believes that recognition is on the way. . When it will come, and under what circumstances—there is the' question. Progressives and Democrats say that when Wall Street says the word, Coolidge and Kellogg will act. Chairfan Borah of the senate foreign relations committee says it is coming because the Soviets are willing to meet the American terms, and because the Interests of both nations demand that normal relations be resumed. "When the International bankers want Russia recognized, Russia will be recognized," said Sen. Ship- stead, Farmer-Labor. "Big finance is the most potent* force operating today in this country." Recognition of Soviet Union Asked By Berger (By Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—Recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States ls proposed In a resolution offered in the house by Victor L. Berger, Socialist. He says he will demand a hearing on the measure soon after the holiday recess. "Now that the bankers a*nd business men are dining with the representatives of Soviet Russia,'" Berger told the press, "talcing their orders and extending them credit, our government may as well recognize what the bankers and business men have long since recognized— namely, that the soviet government is here to stay, for a considerable time at least." Send in your subscription today. J. J. EFFOBD Severe Case of Piles Cured by Dr. Totten Mr. Efford ls a grocer of thla city at 2250 Cambie St., and a resident of Vancouver for a number of years. At his highly-equipped Csrdcro Street ennltariuih Dr. J. It. Totten speedily and completely hoalpd me of a severo case of bleeding and protruding piles, from which I suffered dally for ten yoars. A remarkable feature of the- cure is there \vas_ absolutely no pain, no bleeding* and no surgery, about the treatment. Judging by my own desire for help, which I sought almost daily in vain, I cheerfully and voluntarily make this statement for publication, trusting it may bo of value to others. Dr. Totten, to my mind, has exceptional skill, and I feel I should give to my unqualified endorsement of hiB work the widest circulation. Anyone wishing to verify this statement may do so by calling me at Fair. 2037L. Anyone suffering with piles and wishitiu, to consult Dr. Totten will find the Sanitarium at 1315 Carder1 Street, 1V4 blocks south of Davie. Tako either Davie or Robson street cars (No. 2 or No. 6) to Cardero. JOHN JAMES EFFOBD, 668 Tenth Avenue Eaat Vancouver, B.O. (By SCOTT NEARING) (Federated Press) MOSCOW*—Soviet policy in Asia is dictated by the idea of a non- capitalist social and economic unit stretching from the Baltic sea on the west to the Pacific on the east and as far south las the intrenched British imperialism from time to time may be forced to yield. Economic and social opportunities in Asia and the pressing necessity for some escape from the western blockade led the Soviet republic to formulate the major strategy of its eastern policy along three general lines: (1) establishing intimate relations with Persia, Turkey, and Afghanistan land thus cutting the British empire in two by severing connections between Egypt and India; (2) winning China; (3) buying out Japan by granting economic concessions which she could not afford to refuse. The fulfillment of such a program necessitated a series of negotiations the ultimate object of which was the eixclusion of western imperialist nations from participation in economiic and social advantages of the Eurasian Soviet unit. The British empire with the occupation of Arabia, the assumption of control over Persia and Egypt, the mandates over Mesopotamia, and the successes in the Caucasus had been so extended that British control existed over a range of territory running from the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Malacca. In the near east, British operations centered about the oil fields. From these vantage points the British shut down the Baku oil fields in order to deprive the Russians of their fuel supply. At the same time they prepared the Anglo-Persian agreement of 1919, under which Persia became a virtual part of the empire. Two years later this imposing imperial structure had fallen to pieces like a house of cards. Turkey was self-governing and was defying the allies; Persia was a free nation; Afghanistan was independent, and the Caucasian oil fields were under Soviet control. The change was revolutionary. It was brought about almost exclusively by Soviet diplomacy and propaganda. Maine Textile Strike Lines Still Hold Fast (By Federated Press) BIDDEFORD, Me.—The strike of 4,000 continues at the Pepper- ell Mills. The weavers' committee told a committee of businessmen appointed by Mayor Drapeau that they would have nothing to do with the proposed multiple loom system. Meanwhile the company his shown possible signs of backing down. Agent Whitehead of the mills told the mayor's committee that it had been the intention to start the weavers on 22 looms each, that if they could not handle that many the number would be reduced to 18 or further till it wae determined how many a worker could operate. Strikers are dls- trustfull fear the company will force more looms on them than they can operate without exhaustion and say they will stay out till given assurances that the multiple system will not be tried. OUR PRESS <M««t»t*i*>tHtMtwtw a*oa»0'*Oo*0**Of*o*oo**o*ta**a**a**a**i**o**\ rpHE POWER of the printed word is recognized by all. The newspaper today does more than merely report .news, IT CREATES OPINIONS. It presents the news of the world in such a fashion that causes you to THINK and BELIEVE certain things. The press has always been Labor's vulnerable point. In Vancouver there is a large Labor sentiment, but for the past few years this has been allowed to remain dormaint and uncryslal- lized, due to the fact that our press has not functioned efficiently. Labor papers in the past have stressed officialdom and dogma, and attached too little importance to the work of creating a favorable Labpr sentiment among workers. One of the chief reasons for this has been the style of Ijabor journalism, which, until a few years ago (and in many instances still exists) was the featuring of long articles giving personal opinions of party tactics and doctor- ines. The value of these is not questioned, their efficiency is, however. Today news is presented in tabloid form, that is, short and concise. Opinion is created in the news printed, not in editorials. It was the idea of making a Labor newspaper that would feature ipews of the Labor movement in action, without regard to any particular section, that brought the CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE into existence as a development from the old B.C. Federationist. During the past six months THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE has published news of all parts of the Labor movement—wherever. Labor has been in the vanguard these activities have beea recorded. Without any official support, and indeed refusing to become the official organ of any part of our movement, THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE has achieved something of a record for a Labor paper in that it has proven it possible for men of all shades of opinion in the Labor movement to work together to attain a common objective. The work on THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE has been given voluntarily; every month an up-to-date financial statement has been prepared and open for inspection. The result of this has been that today this paper is able to meet all its liabilities from accounts receivable, after making a liberal allowance from bad and doubtful accounts. For 1926 it will be our endeavor to add a monthly magazine section to the paper, wherein space will be given for larger articles on subjects of current interest to the movement. Some months back THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE pre- seipted proposals for the unification of the Labor papers of Vancouver. Unfortunately these were not favorably received. We hope that during the coming year efforts will be continued to achieve this end. On our part we are willing to enter into negotiations at any time. If you are in accord with our objects in building a foundation for a strong Labor press in British Columbia, you can assist by sending in subscriptions and news items. BOOK REVIEW -1 (Federated Press Review, by Salendra Ghose Secretary, * Friends of Freedom for India) a biological but in a social s<] And therefore the solution problem of India is social main. "T^OR us Indians, born and bred A in the traditions of the saints and Rishis, it is not difficult to realize that machinery is a labor- saving device that should give us more time for reflection, and not a device for increasing our hurry; that property is an instrument for the expansion of life, and pot an instrument for hampering or smothering life; that first charge on the possession of property" is not the preservation of private income and the promotion of individual interests, but the well- being of the society and the promotion of corporate interests." With that idea as background, Wadi and Joshi, two young professors of the University of Bombay, have brought out a very interesting and handy volume under the title of "The Wealth of India," published by the Macmillan Co. The interpretation of "India's economic life so long has been given by English economists who were blinded by their own interests and by the interests of their own nationals as against the true interests of the people of India. The task of giving a true Indian interpretation of the economic life of India has been ably handled by these authors, who have conclusively proved "that the poor physique, the low vitality, the economic inefficiency of the people of India, are — very largely — the product of their environment. "It is true," they say, ''that poverty is the outstanding character of the Indian population as a whole —and poverty is unfitness, not in The shadow of an alien nation, it has been ably stated most conclusively proved, ni pathetic and unimaginative,! withered and has caused the nation throughout the whola clal organism, with its asp economic, social and religious tivities. The authors point| the tasjc confronting reconej tion work iu India. India undo. the forced stagrij brought qp by alien doming and In this many of her honored customs and tradil have to be sacrificed. India to adopt the modern meanl improving her agriculture and troduce modern machineries,) ways with the view of sen humanity as indicated in thel ginning. And India ^can dl and compete successfully in J complex world. Evep today, * crude machines and antiqu methods, India is a dominant! tor in the world market for j plying raw materials. What! India do when she "is orga«| along modern ways? "The Wealth of India" vri\ proverbial expression once. Wealth of India" will agaltj proverbial, and It depends the ability of Indian leaded say when. I "Tho Wealth of India,' Wadl and Joshi. The Macn Co., $5. Bonus To Employees Begets Rail Profits (By Leland Olds, Federated Press) Southern Railway employees are playing Santa Claus to its stockholders to the extent of $2,100,000 this year. This extra cash is placed in the owners' Christmas stockings by recently announced dividend increases. It comes out of the unprecedented prosperity secured through a speeding up bonus attached to the last wage agreement. The unprecedented prosperity is reflected in profits of the first 10 months of 1925 amounting to $28,- 202,324 compared with $23,991,- 235 in the same period 1924, and $22,650,428 i,'or 10 months in 1923. Although the carrier's total receipts for the 1925 period are about $2,000,000 below 1923, operating .expenses has been reduced about $8,000,000. The percentage of expenditure to revenue has fallen from 75.3$> to 70.3%. The bonus scheme la a feature of the 3-year agreement signed with the 4 operating brotherhoods effective March 1, 1924. It provides an increase of approximately 5% in wages, a minimum standard rate of pay for regularly assigned passenger sarvice employees for each day that service is performed and a bonus out of any savings in operating expenses resulting thelir increased productivity. To get the bonus the empl were expected to save the ain of their 5% increase by ke the cost of operating trains, to the same per cent, of tota erating expense that prevaile< fore the agreement. If they ceeded in 1924, they would bonus in 1925 of 1% % of 1925 waiges. If they succeed 1925, they would get in l"e bonus of 3% of 1926 wages, bonus system was later extl to tralin dispatchers. , The transportation expens the Southern, in which are grt the expenses affected by the ! agreement, fell from 366.6' operating revenues in 1923 to % in 1924 and to 33.3 % ln In 1923 they absorbed 48.6 total operating expense whi 1925 the percentage was 47.4 %. As a result of this savin feoted by the employees o Southern wtill this war ma profit of 16 % on its common In 1924 it showed >ai profit of and in 1923 10 %. Wealth is acquired by reaching our neighbors, ai spent in insulting theim.—Go Don't forget! Mention the vocate when buying. When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not lmipelled to- exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have been fructified across the centuries?—Madame Smet- chlne. Say you saw lt advertised in the "Advocate". SEAMEN'S STRIKE ENDS (By Federated Press.) SYDNEY, Australia.—The strike of British seamen collapsed at most of the ports in Australia and New Zealand in November. Many of the British seamen on strike have not remanned their vessels. About 500 found work in Australia at higher wages than they got as seamen. Others have found work in. the Australian shippinj trade at $80 per month, against $45 offered by the British shipowners. WE WISH OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS A HAPPY NEW YEA Dress Shoes for Men, Women and Children SPECIALLY LOW PRICES Men's Work Boots You will never buy bargains like this again. SOLID AQ AW TAN OB LEATHER 9«J«ftPO BLACK KIBLER'S SHOE STOR] (The Best for Less) 163 HASTINGS ST. E. (Almost Opposite the Librar
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