The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1916-05-19
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note: THE I8RITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST KNDTISTBIAL UNITY: BTBEN^j? EIGHTH YEAR. No. i". OFFICIAL PAPEB: VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LAjBOH COUNCIL AND B. 0. FEDEBAT10N OF LABOB VANCOUVER, B. G, FRIDAY, MAY 19,1916 POLITICAL UMITT: VIOTOBTI (l"c7ty*oTo7) $1.60 PER YEAR i PULLOFFIMMENSE PARADE Many Thousands in Line for Boosting 'Preparedness' Schemes Evidently They Were Compelled to Participate in the Affair ACCORDING to tho despatches there wore moro than 100,000 persona who marched iu tho "preparedness" parade, through tue streets of New York, last weok. It has boen spoken of as a most imposing demonstration in favor of tho huge scheme of military and naval armament being so zealously pushed to tho fore by the great armament makers and othor dominant trade and commercial interests. In the personnel of tho puraders, as mentioned in the press, there is much to indicate that the parade was not altogether a spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm and patriotic zeal for the welfare and safety of tho nation, but was moro in the nature of a stage mado affair, for the purpose of impressing the unthinking multitude with the idea that the demand for '' prepnrodBoss'' , was an exceedingly strong and popular one. The appearance of two or three hundred preachers among tho paradors was, no doubt, intended to convey tho impression thnt this precious armament scheme is not without divino sanction. How else could the prcsenco of these disciples of tho moek and lowly Nazaronc in thc parado be explained. There is something suspiciously akin to coercion suggested in the statement that the famous battalion of "white wings" wus also greasing the paving stones with its sweat, as it marched along with bankers, stock brokers, millionaires and other equally humble folk, in this imposing demand for thc up-rearing of a military despotism as a safeguard of peace, "White Wings" aro the city's street sweopors, ?!hoy get their name from the white uni- orm they wear while performing their august function of swee…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345124
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text