@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "2c8996ec-9979-4e6f-aa8d-1006ace90e44"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-03-28"@en, "1921-07-22"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345335/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST proUSTBIAl! UNITY! STRENGTH m mm " "* THIRTEENTH YEAR. No. 28. FOUR PAGES OFFICIAL PAPEB; VANCOUVEB TlfoDBS AND LABOB COUNCIL. VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MdjRNJNG, JULY 22, 1921 POUTICAL UNITY: VIOTOBT ~~ $2.60 PER YEAR HOW THE RED MANY ARE STILL UNEMPLOYED [ Military Machine Formed to Fight Counter Forces [Soviet Government Saw the Need and Formed Workers' Army (Editor's Not*: This If ths flfth |»f Mr. roster's spsolally written f trtlelts (or the Fedsrstsd Press on •ondltlons In Russia as hs finds I Ihsm. Earlier dispatches recounted | the rejuvenation In society which " i revolution brouiht about.) By, William Z. Foster |;(Copyright 1M1. by the Federated Press) Moscow.—In order'to convey an flea of tho events and forces lead- I kai up to the formation of the [famous Russian revolutionary red I army, lt may be well for us to start I at the breakup of the cssr's army. I Already, before the February, It 17, | or "first" revolution, this enormous I machine wae disintegrating. Re- I selllous and weary ot the ruinous I Imperialist war, the workers and I feasants wero deserting by tens of I thousands. And with the downfall tet the csar's government this dls- I Integration was tremendously has- ftened. Although Kerensky's gov- lernment attempted to hold It to- |gether and to make lt light, the old ny melted away like snow bsfore Ian April sun. Millions of soldiers ■sault It taking with them what ■equipment they could carry. This IMllapse ended Kerensky's ambi- |tlous war plane and finally sealed Us doom. The journey homeward of these ■ ■any millions of soldiers suddenly ■ freed from the army was one of Itbe most striking events in history. I Multitudes of them had to walk as I Much as 4000 or 80.0 miles back I to their villages, living on the way, I no man knows how. The railroads ■ were choked beyond relief, with (them. When a train departed It [Would be literally packed with hu- (Contlnued on page I) [New York Central Body Protests Against Kidnapping (By The Federated Press) New Tork.—The Central Trades nd Labor Council has adoptod nanlmously the resolutions condemning the kidnapping of Mrs. Me Richards O'Hare by American leglonalres at Twin Falls, Idaho, he resolution saya ln part: "This rabble sets Itself up as the tecial upholder of our constltu< en, flag and honor, the guardian f our liberty and freedom, the 100 cent. Americans who fought (ur wars and paid the bills. Re olved . , . that notice be served pon the Leglonalres, business men ad others who composed the mob _t Twin Falls, and all those who pplaud such acts , . . that |uch criminal, unlawful, shameful Me Indicate their despicable, dle< fraceful, un-American character at they befouled the name of nerloan manhood toward worn- nhood; that they disgraced their flty and state and nation." Arthur Warner, whose articles the American Legion now run ng In the "Nation" aro exposing lawless behavior under the Jdous pretentions of the American l-iglon, made this comment on the pldnapplng of Mrs. O'Hare: "The Legion can't go on forever king the atand that this sort of hlng is unofficial. An organisation I judged by the acts of Its mem- •rs. That ls all we have to judge . by. It ls nonsense for Legion |fficlals to make the exouse that hey can't eontrol the acts of their ^embers. No effort has bssn made i control them so .far as the 'balt- fcg' of liberals is concerned." Relief Only to Married Men—Must Live Two Weeks on $22.50 The employed situation has not Improved to any material extent ln Vancouver, Many thousands are still out of work and there appears to be no Improvement ln sight. The city ls providing relief work for a number ot men, but thla relief is confined to the married men, only aged single men who would have to be provided for by the flty are being given any employment. The married men are being employed one week In two and given four dollars per day for Ave and a half days, ln aome cases they are employed the full six days but this ls the exception. This leaves the married men ln a position where they are compelled to live and provide for their families on a wage of H-.tO or at the most lit for two weeks. Rumors of an Influx of workers from Beattle and other 17. 8. eoast points have been circulated, but there appears little foundation for the rumors aa the authorities have too much trouble on their hands to allow any great influx of workless slaves from the south. NEW INQUISITION ■FEDERATED labor party, \\ The Federated Lnbor Party held nother good meeting on Sunday light with Tom Rochardson as Tpeakej-. Questions and discussion jeeupied every minute after the beaker finished till 10 o'clock. [The speaker tor next Sunday 1)11 be Dr. Curry. [On Sunday afternoon, July 31st, Party will hold a picnic at leeond Beach to which all mem- teru and friends are Invited. I NATIVES Sieze Native Lands and Ill-treat Workers of Borneo (By W. Francis Ahsrn) (Federated Press Stan Correspondent) Sydney, N. S. W.—It seems that the British have a way of their own of "civilising" the natives of Borneo ln the Blast Indies, where the affairs of the country are carried on by British chartered com panics. Serious charges made against the British overlords are the seising of the natives' lands for rubber estates, the destruction of their orchards and graveyards, ill treatment of Imported workers who are held in a system of debt bondage, subjected to cruel treatment and floggings. Plantation managers also take lt upon themselves to In Met Judicial punishments for In dustrial offenses. Other charges relate to gambling and licensed brothels on the estates. The British colonial ofllce refused to take action, stating that the evidence adduced did not warrant any Interference In the administration. That there aro grave abuses ls admitted, however, ln a report- by Sir West -RUIgeway, president 'of the Chartered Company of Borneo. Naturally he does not wish to paint the picture blacker than He can help. He states that only "a few" native lands were seised, and that the only debt bondage system Is confined to advancing money to coolies, who may leave their employment "If they repay the debt and part expenses of their importation." Flogging Is not denied as a Judicial punishment "for certain breaches of the labor laws," but It is claimed that It ls not "brutal." AT Mexican Workers Want to Return to Mexico Phoenix, Arli.—Unemployment hM caused much misery to the Mexican residents of this district. Three hundred natives of that country, mostly women and children, marched through the city streets the other day on their way to the state house to ask Governor Campbell for temporary relief. Fermln Tapla, leader of the procession, who claims to be a relative of President Obregon of Mexico, was Informed that the governor was absent. He told Secretary of State Hall that his people were ln actual need of food and asked loan until relief could be obtained from the Mexican government, Many of the marchers are eager to return to their native country, he said. Immigration Commissioner P. R. MUnes is looking into the matter. Barcelona, Chief Industrial Centre, Is Ruled by White Terror Syndicalists Are Murdered1 by Guards and Assassins (By the Federated Press) Barcelona.—This, the chief Industrial center of Spain, continues to be the hub of the new Spanish Inquisition against the organised workers and advanced* thinkers. Since the assassination of the general secretary, the general treasurer and another aotlve member of the syndicalist National Confederation of Labor immediately after their release from prison, special dispatch from the central committee of tho Confederation of Labor stated that two other trios have been killed. It ls significant that Arlegui, chief of police of Barcelona, has repeatedly made the threat, both in the presence of Imprisoned syndicalists and of others, that for every capitalist or "free unionist" who was attacked three, syndicalists would be made to pay the extreme penalty. On the night of June 80 an active syndicalist named Bandella. under arrest, was killed by his guards, who made the usual claim that he had tried to escape. This method of getting rid of determined members of the advanced forces of labor has been quite in vogue In Spain ever since last December. Found Dead ln Streets. On the morning of July 1 two other well known syndicalists were found dead on the streets of Barcelona, And again the assailants are unknown and have made good their escape. Intelligent workers have a fairly good Idea as to who the guilty parties are, but the repressive measures ln force since Governor Martinez Anldo's access- ton to office make it absolutely unsafe lo even hazard an opinion In public. On July 5 three more from the ranks of the workers fell victims to the bullets of the official semi-official assassins or were stabbed to death by the usual "per- sons unknown." One of those who fell was the well known radical writer, Francisco Jordan, author of several pamphlets and a contributor to radical Journals, and whom the authorities and the brass check" press endeavor to stigmatize as a "dangerous anarch. (Contlnued on page 4) -*•*>• ~r~ £ Be sure to notify the post ofllce as soon as you change your address. A MEETING OF AM, Workers of Greater Vancouver Under thc Auspices of tlie Oouncll of Workers —WILL BB HELD IN THE— PENDER HALL Corner of Pender and Howo Streets Sunday Afternoon, July 24th Commencing at 3.80 WORKBRS, WHETHER UNEMPLOYED OR NOT, ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING South Vancouver Unemployed Can Get No More Relief The Municipal Hall at South Vancouver was packed at capacity last Monday night at the meeting of the unemployed. The meeting was Interesting and at the same time full of Incidents which shows the keen lntereat that Is being taken in that part by the workers in working-class problems. The committee appointed to meet Commissioner Gillespie on the questions of opening up more work and extending the relief, as already reported ln last week's Issue of the Federationist. The report was accepted without comment. It was also reported that Commissioner Gillespie had stated to the committee on Saturday morning, "that he had done all that he could do at the present time." A keen discussion arose over the recently adopted constitution of the Council of Workers. The main argument was on Clause 6 of Article I, which reads: "All members of workers' organizations living in South Vancouver and North Van couver, also surrounding munlct palltles to form themselves Into sub-councils of the Council of Workers, and send delegates to this Council, In the discussion the opponents of thiB clause endeavored to show that South Vancouver was being discriminated against and Its representation -reduced. Those favoring the clause as lt stood took the position that there was no discrimination, Inasmuch as the clause provided for the establishment of a council of workers ln the municipality which would in turn be affiliated with the Council of Workers ln Vancouver, and that when Issues other than those concerning work or relief arose they would Join together on a class issue. When the vote was taken, the chairman decided that the nays had it, although to an onlooker lt would appear that the yeas were ln the ascendency. The secretary reported that the municipal engineer had Intimated that from now on the road work would be done on the principle that a man would start on Monday morning and finish at Saturday noon, irrespective of weather con NOT A HARD TASK SEVERAL READERS have,* during the past week, proven that it is not a difficult matter to secure new ■ubscribers to the Federationist. I One sub. hujtler calls in the offlce every week and obtains a number of sample copies. These he distributes and later calls for a sub- ■cription. Usually he is successful. To enable our reader to secure new subscribers, subscription cards have: been printed. These, along with sample copies, oan be secured bj. any reader. All that is necessary is that any individual.desiring to see the circulation of the paper increased drop us a line, and cards, along with sample' copies of the latest issue of the paper, will be forwarded. One sub. hustler turned in f_t' llf«m »,•■*»; ;) $he regular meeting of the Council of Workers was held on Tuesday night in the Pender Hall. Ttti| recently adopted constitution wo under discussion for a considerable time as a result of the objection of the South Vancouver unemployed to Clause 6 of Article.! During the discussion it was pointed out that at the meeting held on Monday night In South Vancouver much confusion prevailed, as to the function of the Council! of Workers, and lt was also pointed out that the sub-councils which would be established in the surrounding municipalities would be the means of organizing the workers In those districts. After mnchc argument it was decided to delete the clause objected to and the municipalities will be able to send delegates from organizations to.the Council of Workers in Vancouver. A communication was received from Dominion Fair Wage Officer Bulgerasking the aims and objects of the council, also the names of officers. The secretary was inducted to supply the required information. .It was .(.ported that the food provided for a b, ___«> et which had been arranged for the dentists' convention had been turned over to the council, and that It had been distributed among the unemployed whicli could be found tn the time to space ub- the most of It was time to spare as thc most of it was ■The representatives of the Seamen's Union pointed out that the Canadian Merchant Marino was the worst offender In the cutting ofithe seamen's wages, the rate being paid at present being only $80 per month while othor shipping concerns were paying $76. ■The Cigarmaker's representatives reported that the strike of ojgarmakera. at the Stettler Cigar factory was still on and that only ton clgarmakers had left the city ■(nee the strike commenced. How London Police Seek Evidence Against Communists Underground Tactics of Police Among British Workers (Fed. Frees Btaff Correspondent) London.—"There are other visitors. Will you go ln now or wait?" the clerk aaked your correspondent who dropped ln to eee the editors of the "Communist" at their office near Covent Garden. The other visitors were a couple of Scotland Yard Inspectors, one tall and one short, who stalked In and out of office, first talking thingi over downstalri, then upstairs, muph oa though tbey were the board of directors. The editor, Francis Meynell, welcomed the American visitor. He was a bit limp, his hair disheveled, and he frankly confessed that these dally bouts with the police were tiring. Latest Demand. The lost demand of His Majesty's officers ls that the members of the "Communist" staff turn king's evidence under pain of six months' imprisonment and a fine up to £100 If they refused. Alfred Inkpln, secretary of the party, was arrested recently for treason, lese majeste or something like that, and now the police are trying to get enough evidence to justify arresting him and keeping him In jail. This last summons has been served on everybody from the edl< tors down to the volunteer filing clerk, a mild little girl, and the red haired office boy, They must tell, so the summons reads, "all the conversations said Inkpin has had with them from time to time since commencing em ployment in reference to the busi- hess of the said premises, by whom they are employed and by whom paid." According to Mr. Meynell these direct attacks of the king's officers are less troublesome than some of the indirect ones. After all, there ls ln England and in many of these very circles which are combatting the Communists most energetically a respect for fair play and freedom of public opinion which Is still strong enough for them to disapprove of frontal assaults. The real obstacles are, therefore, those from other channels than the law, Increases Circulation. The Communist, published by the executive committee of the Com- (Contlnued oh page S) Wage Cutting Follows Long Periods of Unemployment Paris.—The wage-cutting campaign which ls at present in full awing In Franco ls being met with determined opposition on the part of the majority of the textile work- ore. A particularly strong stand is being taken by the textile workers of the Isere. A 10 per cent, reduction was made last April. According to the secretary af the Isere union, the women textile workeri, "who were abominably exploited while their husbands, fathers and eons were defending the coffers of the pirates of finance, are not disposed to accept thie reduction meekly." The Congress which they held at Lyons recently voted a categorical refusal of further reductions; For over six montha these workera have worked short time, ln many cases for 80 hours or less a week, "And now," comments the union secretary, "to the misery of unemployment ls to be added the misery of wage reduction." The conflict In the textile Industry will be widespread, extending over at least eight provinces. WAR IN SPAIN discussion bb to whether there ihould be any discrimination against slnile men, and the meeting went on record as opposing the single men being treated differently to the married men. lte cell on one meal never give up. a day I will Hand your neighbor this oopy of Tho Federatlonist, and then call around next day for a subscription. Brands Writer of Letter of Accusation as a Lying Coward In the report of the General Workers Unit of the O. B, U. meeting which appeared In last week's lepue, mention was made of a letter written by a worker ln Prince George ln which Jack Mclnnes was accused of attempting tb cut the wages of carpenters in that district. In a wire to the Federatlonist Jack Mclnnes denies the report and states: Keport in Federatlonist that I have tried to cut carpenters wages is absolutely (false, the author of this report is a contemptable lying coward," The matter will be referred to the next meeting of the General Workers Unit of the O. B. U. and investigated, and the standing of the writer of the letter determined. Hold Picnic. The Women's Auxiliary of the O, B. U. Js holding a picnic at Kitsllano beach to day (Friday), All members are rnquested to attend. At the last meeting it was decided thnt the memberB should meet under the troes at noon, when final arrangements will be mado. Workers' Representatives Are Shot by Agents of Reactionaries (By the Federated Press) Chicago — Dispatches received hero by Solidarity, from Barcelona, tell of the cold-blooded murder there of three Labor men, two of them being general secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the National Confederation of Labor of Spain. According to the employers' press, it was another "syndicalist plot," In which the syndicalists appeared as the aggressors. The murdered men were Hvelio Boal, general secretary, and Antonio Felfu, general treasurer of the Confederation, and Jose Domln- guez. The industrial war in Spain, which has beon going on for the last two and a half years, has claimed hundreds of victims. The dispatch roads fn part as follows "With the taking of office Inst December by thc new civil governor, Martinez Anldo, of Barcelona, there wns a return to the gunmen tactics formerly used by the i offlclnl police captained by Bravo Portillo and Knenig. "On June 16, us the mayor of Barcelonn was leaving his offlce for his home, two unknown persons Bhot at him twico from a Bide street wounding him slightly, On the following dny EvilJo Boal, Antonio Felfu and Joso Dominguez, incarcerated since March 1, were ordered released. Shortly after midnight they were conducted to the office of the chief of police, Arlegui, where they were brutally beaten, as had been done upon their arrest. About 2 a.m. they wero finally released, only to be shot down ln the street after going' a short distance. All three showed bullets to have entered from behind. This Is not the first case of its kind, and many are tho cases of simple assasinatlon of active syndicalists of thc C. N, T. "Boal was a printer by trado, n dynamo of energy ln organization and propaganda, and ployed an Important part In the affairs of the C, N. T. for some year. 'The central committee reiterates Its call for solidarity among the workers of all countries to aid them in their fight, at least morally, if not by boycotting all goods to and from Spain." Patronize Fed Advertiser's. S RECEIVE SMALL INCREASES Subterfuge and Misrepresentation Break Strike at Fiji Island By W Francis Ahern (Fed. Press Staff Correspondent) Sydney, N.S.W.—A message just received at the Australian bureau of the Federated Press from the Fiji Islands (South Pacific Ocean) indicates that the strike of Hindus ls finding out. On most of the fields the Hindus are going back to work. On others they will resume as soon as the rice crops are harvested. Small concessions In wages and conditions have been granted. Subterfuge and misleading statements have played a big part In breaking the strike. The sugar trust, it Is stated, brought 600 free workers (not Indentured slaves) from India at reasonably high wages and spread the rumor that these were Hindus who had previously Jeft Fiji but who returned because "it was better than India." Then the newspapers and wireless stations got to work booming the "glad" news. Another dodge worked up by the, sugar trust was the spreading of a report* that thousands of Hindus in India were clamoring to come to Fiji. The more intelligent of the Hindus at Fiji claim that the latter statement Is not true—that they have letters from India which tell a different story. But the mass of the Hindus at Fiji are not so well informed and as a result they have been coaxed back to work on the strength of these reports. Lack of Understanding Ot Economics Is Denounced > . Blockade Responsible for Impoverishment of Russia (By The Federated Press) (Editor's Note: Leon Trotsky, who, accocrdlng to information received at the state department last week, had been arrested by Nikolai Lenln, waa free enough on July 6 to deliver a apeech before the Congress of the Third International at Moscow In which ho criticised the economic theories of Secretary of State Hughes.) Moscow.—Reporting to the Congress of the Third International on the general econonflc situation, Leon Trotsky dealt at length with the letter of Secretary of State Hughes to Samuel Gompers, made public last April. "Mr. Hughes," aald Trotsky, "Is reported to have deolared , that Rusaia is a 'gigantic economic vacuum' and to have stated that the Impoverishment and decay of, Russian economy cannot be blamed on the blockade and clvjl war, because, according to Mr.' Hughes, the ruin has affected industries which were independent of foreign countries prior to the war. As regards the mobilization having been less than under the. csar," aald Trotsky, "this argument ls truly childish. In the flrst place, Russian Industry was ruined, not only by the mobilization for civil war, but by the preceding lmper/1- ist mobilization. The argument that the Soviet government mobilised less men than cxarlsm is arithmetic ccally correct, but substantially wrong. Czarism left the qualified workers at the factories and workshops, recruiting the army from the aristocratic an.d middle class youth, with professional officers. and student volunteers, while the (Continued on page 4) If you want some sample copies of this paper for your neighbors, call around to the offlce and get them. Where Is the Union Button 7 Will Speak for Irish Tom Richardson will bc tho speaker for the Irish Self Determination League on Sunday Tilght. It ls expected tlmt there will bc a liiri'c attendance. AI THE COLUMBIA . Harrington Was Speaker for S. P. of C. on Sunday Much interest was shown In the meeting of the Socialist Party of Canada last Sunday night. The Columbia Theatre was comfortably full when the speaker of thc evening, J; Harrington, began his address, Briefly outlining the institution--, habits, and concepts of of Savagery and Barbarism, the comparisons between ipmlern and pre-hlstoric life of mankind. Hfs summing up of the world situation as it now appears to the cluss conscious mind, was very Impressive, and of grent educational value Next Sundny J. Kavanagh will be the speaker, and a good opportunity is afforded to anyone desirous of hearing the revolutionary position outlined, A fine display of literature worth reading. Questions and discussion after thc address. Meeting begins at 8 p.m. TO GERMANS Third International Says *Holz Was Brave But Injudicious Moscow, June 26th, "Rosta Wien."—The congress of the Com munlst International decided to send the following manifesto to the German proletariat ln reference to the condemnation of the German revolutionary Max Holz. . To the two thousand years imprisonment that the German bourgeois have given to the fighters in the March Action the sentencing of Max Holz to life imprisonment lias been added. The Communist International is against terror and sabotage which do not immediately serve the purposo as well as against partisan warfare that is independent from. the political leadership of the proletariat. , At the same time the Communjat. International sees in Max Holz a manly 'champion of the proletariat who have risen against the capitalist rule. The actions of Max Holz were Injudicious, for the white terror can only be "broken by the mass rising of the proletariat and only through the sume means can tho victory of the workers be ensured. The actions of Max Holz were dictated by love of the proletariat a'nd hatred of the bourgeois. On this ground the Congress of the Communist international sends ils fraternal greetings nnd authorises tho German proletariat to defend him. Wo hope that on the day when the Germun proletariat shall open Lhe dour of his prison Max hoi/, will fight in thc ranks of the German Communist Party for the work of liberation of tii'* German worker... Patronize Fed. advertisers. Another Offensive. The Dally Herald in a recent issue predicts another offensive against Soviet Russia. It says: 'The Dally Herald has '-od reason to believe that another plot is on foot for n White rfelng in Russia—to be followed, as usual, by foreign aid and Intervention, Tho plotters are counting on assistance from France and Amerl- cn—especially from America. This "rising," which Is to be heavily financed, is to take place ty st month." Meetings in O.B.U. Hall For the Coming Week 804 PENDER BTREET WEST SUNDAY—Irish Self-Determinntion Lengue. MONDAY—Piledrivers. TUESDAY-Workers' Council. WEDNESDAY—General Workers. SATURDAY-Dnnec, 9 to 12. ..«..|..ln.|..t,-i-.«._»„>„|,.t„>,l,.t -">"•"*"»•»"»'■ l'l I ll'H THE B.C. FEDERATIONIST Published every ftUay morning by Tkt B. 0, Fedorationist, Limited A. a WELLS... ..Manager Offloe: Boom 1, Victoria Block, 342 Pender Street Woat Telephone Beymour 0871 Bubseribtion Bate,: Cnlled States and Foreign, 13.00 per year; Canada, .2.50 per year, 11.59 tor aix months; to Unlona subscribing in a body, 16c per member per month. Unity of Labor: The Hope of the World ..July 22, 1921 THE downward tendency of wages is worrying the workers of this continent. It is a nightmare. "With the cost of living still greater than in 1914, the daily money wage, with its lower purchasing power, is less than VICTORY,- DEFEAT it was previous to AND THE the war. In other FRUITS THEREOF words, the standard of living for the worker is being reduced to a considerable extent. Naturally this is resented, and in thc minds of those who have not yet grasped an understanding of economies, the fault lies with the employers. We have repeatedly pointed out that thii downward tendency of wages is not due to the conspiracy of the employing class, or to the desire of the employers to cut wages because of their antipathy to th* workers, but due to economic conditions that prevail throughout the world. This may be construed as a defense of the employing class by superficial thinkers, but the truth mtlst be told as to the workers' position, for only by thc dissemination of the truth of the situation can the workers realize that the system has nothing to offer them which can be an improvement to that which it has already given them, and, in fact, will as time goes on offer them less of the good things of life and create greater misery. * » * In previous issues the development of China on industrial lines has been pointed out as one factor that will eventually bring down the standard of living of the world's workers. Tha immediate present is, however, the main concern of those who toil. Just what is transpiring today is very vividly portrayed by the Financial Post in a recent issue. Everywhere the struggle for commercial advantage is taking place, and the nations that won the war are today faced by a more powerful enemy in Germany, as a commercial factor, than they were when they faced that country's guns and armed forces. Com- menting on German competition, the Financial Post has the follwing to say: "Wc have had this week a practical example of what Germany with her low production costs, owing to low wages, longer hours and greater efficiency of her workers—executive, clerical and mechanical—is able to do in Canada. A contract for some machinery for a Canadian paper mill has just gone to a German manufacturer, and this in the face of the Canadian super-customs duties, recently imposed to overcome the low prices at which Germans can manufacture. The price must have bcen unusually low to interest Canadian paper manufacturers, beeause they have been in tha forefront in asking Canadians to refrain from buying any German or Austrian products." The Post also points out that in every branch of industry the Germans are beating their competitors. * # * Outside of the fact that low prices have conquered thc patriotism of the Canadian paper manufacturers, it must be recognized that the standard of the German workers has been reduced by the imposition of long hours and low wagos. That this means intensified competition with Germany for the world's market is also brought out by the Financial Post when it says: ''It is important that wc should understand this situation quickly, that we may the sooner get back to the basis of world costs." High-priced labor is still the great factor in Canada, says the Post. Every newspapor on the Anjerican continent is saying similar things. In othet ■words they mean that in order to compete in the world's market those nations that find themsolves being ousted out of that market by cheaper products must reduce the cost of production. This can only be done when the "great factor" wapes are reduced to the lowest of any of their competitors. Thc economic struggle determines that thc nation whieh can produoe the cheapest will secure the greatest amount of trado. This in turn means that the poorest paid and most productive workers will be the onos that are employed, and only by coming down to their standard can the workers of the unsuo-, cessful manufacturing nations expect to secure employment. « ♦ • This is capitalism. It is wage slavery. Its economic laws arc like unto thc mills of God, they grind slowly but they grind exceeding small. They grind members of the ruling class, who must of necessity grind the workers in their struggle for profits. The burdens of modefti society are borne by the members of thc working olass. On their backs society has 'been built. By their sweat and agony has modern /fcivilization been created. Ruling class profits are the fruit of that burden of toil that slaves have borne for _ centuries. German workers are working- working to pay thc price that war has demanded shall be paid to thc victors. Their standard of living has beon reduced in order that they may quicker create the wealth that tho allies have demanded as indemnity. The workers of those nations which consider themselves the victors arc compelled to go idle or reduce thcir standard Of living in order to allow their mas- ters to compete with their late enemies on tho fields of battle, now commercial conquerors. That is all thc war hart brought to the workers oi both victorious and conquered nations. It ia the fruit of the highest achievement of capitalism, a blood fest such as the world never before saw. It is all that can be gained from capitalism, which compels members of the working class to sell their labor power, not to produce commodities for a local market, but for a world market that is ever becoming more and more restricted. The moral should be obvious to the most dense momber of the working class. It is, abolish the system which enslaves the workora of all countries and from the cradle to the grave gives them nothing but misery and degradation. There is no other solution to the wage question. It can only be solved by abolishing the system that creates wage slaves at one end of\\ the social scalo and a parasite and degenerate idle class at the other. Meanwhile German workers are being exploited to the limit of human endurance. American, Canadian, British and French workers are out of work and starving or living on charity and doles that a ruling class must hand them in order to keep them from becoming a menace. Suoh are the inevitable results of human slavery in the form of the wage system. THE Alberta elections are over. The Farmers aro now in the saddle, but it must be remembered that the same electorate which elected the Farmer regime is the same as elected the late Liberal government, and is ALBERTA largely composed of farm- ELEOTION ers. The Liberal party of RESULTS.. Alberta has, like all such political parties, become a political machine without any consideration for the wishes of the electorate, and, quite naturally, the fanners have said, hore, we elected the government, why not ■"elect our own men and have our own political machine and control it instead of being controlled by a political machine of professional politicians. No great change, however, has come over the farmers, as can be proven by the fact that the Saskatchewan agriculturists have been placated by a more astute Liberal government, which gave the farmers repre-- scntation in the Cabinet, and by so doing, offset any tendencies that the farmers of that province might have had to take things into their own hands. The political dove-ootes are, however, mueh disturbed. The Liberal party fears its extinction by the agrarian movement, and the Union Government is trembling in its shoes as to.what the results of the next elections will be. The manufacturers are also fearful of the agriculturists' attempts to gain politieal power. But there is little for the ruling class to fear from the political aspirations of the farmers of this country and particularly of the cast. Property rights will be protected just as they have been in the past, for the farmers have not as yet realized their position in society. This is demonstrated by the farmers' political catch cries. They want the duty taken off farm implements. They desire cheap transportation for their products. Cheap binder twine is of more importance to them than the freeing of the industrial and agricultural slaves from the thralldom of the capitalist system. In faot, their outlook is as narrow as a contented wage slave's, or the trading class of the country. * * » In view of the fact that there is but a" very small industrial proletariat in Alberta, the elections, from a working-class viewpoint, cannot be.considered as disappointing. Only in Calgary and the mining districts can it be said that there is any semblance of an industrial working class. Edmonton to even a greator degree than Calgary, is parasitio, living on the distribution of farm products and as a centre for the distribution of farm machinery to the agriculturists. This is demonstrated by the faot that not even a Labor man was elected in that constituency, while Calgary elected two. Eocky Mountain, Charlie O'Brien's late seat, was captured by a miner, P. M. Christophers, who, it will be remembored, was run out of Bein- feit, Saskatchewan, by the law and order crowd when he attempted to organize the miners in that district into a unit of the 0. B. U. Perhaps the greatest proof of the need for educational work on working class lines both amongst the farmers and the industrial workers in Alberta, is the fact that in Calgary A. Ross, a Labor nominee, with a very sane and safe outlook, was elected at the head of the poll, and Bob Edwards, of Calgary Eye-opener fame, a close runner up. If our readers oan imagine anything more ludicrous than the spectacle of the same electorate electing two such types, they have imaginations more fertile than usually exists. THE Italian Fascisti, or white guard movement, has openly'and brazenly gloried in its terrorist tactics. Not only has it boasted of the success of its reign of terror, but it has stated that its policy of violence has captured PSYCHOLOGY the minds of the masses. NEW Ever since there was a AND OLD ruling class, thc subject — class in society has more or less been controlled by the psychology which the ruling class has created. Even today, every channel of education and influence over the minds of the people are controlled by those whose interests are bound up in the present system. It is no uncommon thing to meet a worker whose psychology is of exactly the same type as the employing class. He considers that the present system is the best that ever was or will be, and blames the evils of society on agitators and the bad traits in human character. This is not by any means the result of an accident. It is due to the careful manipulation of the educational facilities, the press and the pulpit, by a ruling elass whose interests it serves to have a servile and docile slave class with the ideology of its masters. * * * Referring to the recent Italian elections a Milan daily, and official organ of thc Fascisti, has the following to say as to the policy of force that was used during the election!". ANOTHER EFFORT FOR STEEL Again Publish Attack on Interchurch Report Attempt Made to Forestall Second Volume '' of Exposures (By The Federated Presa) (New Tork Bureau) New Tork.—The sole purpose of the mysterious appearance of the document entitled "A review of the Steel Strike of 1.1», by the Commission of Inquiry, Interchurch World Movement," la to discredit In advance further revelations of exploitation and Inhuman practlcea by the Steel Corporation, and If possible to reflect upon the first volume of the Interchurch report on the ateel strike—which already has aroused many clergymen and a large fiart of the public to the manner In which tin? _t*el trusts treats il_ employes and te lite manner lu whit-h it ni-bi>;_-d press, pulpit and public -fiU-lal.. by falsehood and suppression to aid ln Its brutal methods of breaking the strike. It hu heen learned also that the "Review" above referred to once was presented to the Senate Investigating committee as "evidence" to blook a Senate resolution making the Interchurch strike report a publlo dooument. The Interchurch reply to the "At the bottom of the present Fascisti victory one encounters a.case of force that creates right. The error of the Socialists is that of believing that in violence there may be an exercise of pure and simple brute force. It is this error—psychological and moral—to which the Socialist party" must ascribe its incapacity to -Offer adequate resistance to the Fascisti." 1 Likef everything else in capitalism, morals and ethics arc dualistici The ruling class has always preached against the workora achieving their objective by violence. At the same time the same class has glorified violence and bloodshed when the workers have been called on t» fight for the interests of thie master elass. It is well for the ruling class to achieve their ends by violence, but immoral for workers to adopt the same means to accomplish their purpose. * * * How the ruling class of different countries is adopting the poliey of violence ean be found in the Irish situation. In the United States in the operations of the En Klux Klan and the American Legion. In Spain by tho new inquisition, and in Italy by the methods of the Fascisti. In fact, in every country where the workers have attempted to achieve power, or there even appeared to be a movement to do so, the policy of violent suppression has been adopted. The effectiveness of the methods of the ruling class in the past in creating a psychoolgy in the minds of the working class in keeping with ruling class interests cannot for a moment be doubted. Tho result has been more than satisfactory. By those methods not only have the workers been chained to the wheels of the machines of production, but their mentality has also been placed in bondage. * * « The attempt to create a new psycho! ogy, as outlined by the Fascisti, may be as successful as the old efforts to create, ..Revl8W/. pre!Hmt()(, ,„ lhe senate a passive state qf mind have been. Jhe | committee at the time, called attention to the fact that the "He- view's" 22-page attack on the personnel of the commission and Its Investigators consisted of secret reports concocted by Bpiefl and under cover" men. Summarising Ita reply to the ■Review" the Intetrchuroh Commission aald: 'Our report contains 41 pagos on the 12-hour day and the 7-day week and the causes of the companies failure to reform; 80 pages of wage and living standard analyses and the resultant living conditions among the steel workers; 46 pages of evidence on the effects of arbitrary control ln plants, grievances, welfare work, etc.; 40 pages of evidence, largely documentary, on the social results of 'no-ebnference' Industry; 62 pages of analyzed data on the organization and conduot of the strike, Its alms, leaders and failure, and IS conclusions, carefully formulated, and the findings. Against this the 'Review' contains 82 pages of a comical a't'^mpt to show that the commission was not the author of the report and that the Interchurch was full of Reds'; 16 pages of sincere.general argument on collective bargaining from the anti-union viewpoint, and the rest general observations on hours, wages and management designed to shift to the workers themselves the blame for bad oondlttona." The reappearance of this discredited attack on the Interohuroh report Is without doubt an attempt on the part of the steel Interests to forestall ao far as posslbls the publication of the second volume of tho Interohuroh report, announcement of which forthcoming book was recently made by the Bureau of Industrial Research, 289 Fourth Avenue, New Tork City. This second volume contains an exposure of the spy system main. tained by ths various steel cor poratlons to smash all attempts to organise the steel workers. The records show that the ohargos agalnat the personnel of the Interohuroh commission are almost exactly the same—even to phraseology—as thoso mado when the mysterious "Review" was circulated anonymously among the ateel manufacturing districts year ogo and that the charges were retracted and apologized for under pressure. That was about the timo the Steel Corporation published 1,500,- 000 copies of a sermon by the Rev. E. Victor Bigelow of Andover, Mass, ln which the minister attempted to besmirch the Interohuroh Investigators and thua discredit their report and glorify the Steel Corporation. It was rumored that the "Review," which now has bobbed up again after having been several times thoroughly exposed, ls to be given a circulation similar to that of Rev. Bigelow'a sermon—the cost of distributing 1,600,000 copies of which was paid by the Steel Corporation, ASIA IN WORLD POLITICS ONE 7° precepts of the Ku Kluz Klan and other terrorists groups may also be accepted by the working elass, and the ruling class may yet find that the creating of a new psychology will not be exactly to their liking. It may also be, as expected by the Fascisti, that the new idea aiid concept of violence may become a political factor. Conditions are, however, driving the workers to a realization of wfiat the present system means to them. There is, however, a necessity that has as yet not been fully met by the working class political parties, and that is the creating of a psychology that is purely in keeping with the interests of the working ■ class; No ruling class can exist without the aid of members of the working elass who can be used for the purpose of suppressing that section of the workers who seek to bring about a change. # * * It is true that conditions are forcing the workers to form new ideas. This ean be seen in every country. France cannot trust her troops. Qreat Britain has had to form a new force to deal with Ireland. But there still remains much to do before the ruling class will find it impossible to obtain workers to take part in their campaigns of forceful repression and violent suppression of any movement which threatens their reign of profits. To this work every intelligent and class-conscious worker must bend his efforts. The less there are who will follow their masters lead, the weaker will the power of the ruling class become and the new psychology become ineffective. By creating a working class psychology the powor of the ruling class will be taken away and the final struggle that much easier. What the Ruling Class has done in the past in creating psychology can be done by the Working Class in the future. It iB in the interests of the Working Class that this work should be done and done at once. The Vancouver Daily Sun has been restrained from making comment on the Campbell libel case. It is a pity that this restraining order could not be made to cover everything that journal deals with. Considering the way the provincial elections have gone during the past year, the next Dominion parliament will bo more like a mulligan than anything that has yet appeared in the shape* of a legislative assembly in this country. The British Oovernment has been defeated, on what the press calls a snap vote. The defeat of the government may not matter very much and Lloyd George may, like the premier of this country, hang on as long as possible, but the outstanding feature of the political situation created in Great Britain, is that while millions are starving, the ministers of the crown and members of thc parliament were having a good time at a garden party, and as a result the government could not muster a sufficient number of supporters to stave off a defeat. Such is government by the people for the people. Those members of the working class who are imbued with the idea that working class troubles in B. C. can be solved by the exclusion of Asiatics, should remember that it was the ruling class that brought them here, and only if it suits the interests of that class will they be expelled. It might also be pointed put that men like Mr. Cecil Rhodes of the Soldiers' Council who give expression! to sentiments like the following are dangerous: White men, he declared, were standing in bread lines while Orientals worked There were only two ways to remedy the matter, legislation or direct action. Direct action in this case can only mean such methods as have been used during the past weok in California. It can only end in race riots, and Vancouver has already had some experience along those lines, and let it be remembered that after it was all over, the Asiatics still continued to be brought into tlie country by those interests it wns to have on hand a quantity of cheap labor. (By Taraknath Da*) * NE of tho effects of the World 'ar has been the decline of Europe and increasing importance of America and Asia in world politics. Today Asia ls at the forefront in world politics, because Asia ls challenging European supremacy in Asia. Tho theatre of Asia's assertion against European Imperialism Is & vast field and the aot is being played with growing intensity creating unusual uneasiness among the ruling classes ot Kurope. Although Great Britain and France settled the question of dividing 'up the Ottoman Empire to suit themselves, giving England mandate over Palestine and Mesa- potamia and protectorate over the newly-created kingdom of Hedjaz, and making Persia a" virtual depent dency of Britain, things are not today aas expected by'British and French Imperialists. The whole Near East is ln ferment and actual war ts going on ln various parts of that region. A recent Jerusalem dispatch shows that the Arabs are not only attacking the British forces, but the British navy had to appear at Jaffa to participate ln ths struggle. Arabs in Mesopotamia are lighting the British army of occupation, The Turks and Syrians are lighting the French in various pUicos. Tue Persians ln the north have repudiated the Anglo-Persian agreement, and they have concluded an offensive and defenfivc agreement with rt'ii'sla and Turkey. The Itu.st'ian Kovenr.nt'iit has enn- clufjed a series, of ire;itibn with the Nationalist Turkish government at Angora, and the Amir of Afghanistan. The text of these treaties shows conclusively that these powers are ln offensive and defensive alliance. There is fighting going on at the northwestern province of India, bordering Afghanistan, and it Is the general and well-founded belief that these people fighting England are being supplied with arms and ammunitions from' Afghanistan or some other quarter, The situation in India ls getting more serious every day. Earl Road. Ing haa had an Interview with Ma hatma Gandhi, the leader of Swarjl movement in India. Earl Reading asked Gandhi to stop the "non-cooperation" movement in India, but Gandhi flatly refused the request, The All-India National Congress committee at Its recent /session, held on April 1, among other things decided to raise a national servioe corps of ten million men and women enrolled as members of the congress. It was also decided that the Indian people should begin gen eral "civil disobedience" as a protest against repressive measures ln India. The Labor movement is taking an aggressive stand and It Is ex- petce'd that within this year, India will have no less than three million members In the All-India trade union movement. Women of India also are taking an active part ln the social and political revolutionary movement in India, The moat Important significance of Indian movement under the leadership of Mahatina Gandhi and AU-Brathers, lies In the fact that they not only demand Swaraj or independence for r_id.ua, but they want that the Ottoman Empire In Asia be not dismembered. A London dispatch in part says: Gandhi and All Brothers are leading an anti-British movement to have Palestine, Mesapotamla and Arabia returned to Turkey. The Importance of this to America Is evident from the repeated statements of the Turkish Nationalists, that if they obtain control of Mesapotamla, they will oust the British from control of the oil there. South China, under the leadership of Dr. Sun, has started to hove an independent foreign policy for the nation, which is not very favorable for British control of Tibet and Yangste valley. It is reported that British gunboats have been dispatched to that region. China sees the typocrisy of the parties connected with the League ot Nations, and is very favorably inclined to Russia, which has given up all concessions and spheres of Influence In China. British antagonism against Japanese commercial expansion in Asia Is becoming rather acute. Japanese statesmen are qu'ite aware of the fact that although the Anglo-Japanese alliance may be rewened, that it ls not a guarantee for the Japanese position in Asia. They feel that an Anglo-American understanding agalnBt Japan may come into existence at any time, In spite of the renewal of the Anglo-Japaneso alliance. The speech of Col. Harvey, the proposal to mobilize the entire American fleet in the Pacific and the support Iii the senate for Borah's proposal for a disarmament conference have made Japan nervous, This has resulted, according to a despatch ot May 19, in Japan catling an extraordinary conference of her statesmen and generals faml- l»r with the situation in the Far East, to revise Japanese policy ln Asia. It has been suggested that Ja^an Is working for an alliance or understanding with China; she has begun to withdraw her troops front certain parts of Siberia, and Is Intending to extend a more liberal form of government to the people of Korea. Jupan is afraid of facing isolation In world politics, and she 1h alrcudy faced with an industrial crisis. The British Empire Is being threatened ln Asia. India Is the key to the situation. Japan Ib watching the latest developments with keen interest. To many Oriental statesmen it la obvious that, while Great Britain is talking for an Anglo-Japanese -alliance, tthe underlying British policy Is to have an Anglo-American-German understanding under the guidance of Great Britain, Japan Is mortally afraid of the day when British dlr plomacy may attack Japan with the combined fleets of Great Britain and America. Japan la looking towards America and east for a friendly understanding, —The New Majority. Copenhagen. — About 10,000 agricultural workers are on strike ln Denmark as a result of the wage reductions of 18 ore per hour (three cents). The position of agriculture has undergone a change since pre-war times, reduced productivity being the outcome of Intensive culture during the war. Land ownors turn to the workers to recoup their losses aiid proceed with wage cuts. Building workers are going on strike in sympathy and the harbor and metal workers are also threatening to Join. Chicago.—The Mexican workers, through Eduardo Venegos, president of the Confederation of Railway of Societies of Mexico, with a membership of 35,000, have wired emphatic protests against the course of the United States in sending man-of-war to Tamplco and thereby violating the integrity of tha Mexican republic, according to Otto Branstetter, national secretary of the Socialist party. "This attitude haa undoubtedly been Influenced by the petroleum companies," says the messsage. "We know the American people do not want war. We expect from the workera ot the United' States unanimous support of our attitude. We will never permit Imperialistic capital to declare a new war." Moscow.—A new university has been opened in Nljni-Novgorod. It contains faculties for political economy, sooial sciences, pedagogy, literature and art. Girard, Kan.—Kate Richards O'Hare Is appealing for funds to carry on the legal flght she has started against the kl.dnappem who recently abducted her from a prl- vnte homo in Twin Falls, Idaho, In which town she was scheduled to speak. In making tho appeal she said: "If there are enough lovers of liberty and people who wish to save the country from an orgy of mob violence there in no doubt of our success ln bringing the guilty parties to conviction and punish- ment." Moscow.—Addressing the Trade Union International Congress, Chairman Lozovsky spoke against those who advocate secession from the "Yellow" unions, urging Instead the advisability of "Rod" mombers pursuing an educational campaign from the inside. Hie view was stronglly baeked by the British labor leader, Mann. Moscow.—The all-Russian central executive has freed the cooperatives from the previous finance control and has given them the right to dispose freely of the credits whtch they hold and to have their own cash account. ■—HOME- CASH OR CREDIT Furniture Store We want you to come to this store with confidence that you can buy Furniture. Carpets and Linoleum at lower priees and better terms. No for Greater Opportunity tho Working Men BUY IN THIS STORB ItEMKMIIER THB HOME FURNITURE STORE ' 416 Main Street Phone Sey. 12.. MDITIOlt THB nDEBA- TIONIST sal f.l yoar le pw cant. discount LEOTUBES OH Theosopby SUNDAY Ersning. July 14. BOOM 224 DONOAN BUILD-NO—Subject: "T_» InuMrtaUty et tt. Soul." Spsaksr: HISS AMT OBimiHS. SPKCIAIj LECTURES TUESDAY, July 26, BOOH 224 DUM- CAM BUI1DJHO. at I p.m.—Subject: "Ths Mew Spirituality." WEDNESDAY, July 27. HAMILTON HAU, at I p»—SrtJeot: "Ba- incanutlon, tbe Kape of tbe World." THUESDAY. July IS. HAMILTON HALL, tt 8 p.m.—Subl.ct: "Tbe Madras Use of Qod." 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' TUB NEXT ISSDB Or THE G1BATBB VANOOTJVEB TELEPHONE DIBECTOBY CLOSES OM JULY 25, 1111 If yoa sr. contemplating taking new Berries, or tasking sny changes in or additions to your prss.nt ear* vlco, you shonld sond notification, in writing,, not later than the abore date, in order that yon may take advantage of tho new directory listings, BBITISH COLOMBIA TELEPHONE OOMPANY BE SUBB TOU OET VAN BROS. WH__» TOU ASE FOB -CIDER- and Nod alcoholic wines Of all klnda UNION MEN'S ATTENTION /RIDA1 „ July J», 152- — Are You Willing to Show Your Photograph Because Your Teeth Are Fart of the Picture'? -H your teeth aren't right, you won't be willing to. No one will blame you. Somehow, teeth j make or mar the face and Its looks. But you're " seen every day—that's the point. * Let me replace those missing teeth—correct tho misshapen ones. A mouth of charm and beauty goes a long way towards a pleasing personality, and my prices are now so low there's no "reason why you shouldn't have it " Expression Work .An adjustment that mean, the "perfect bite" as well as long ana satisfactory servioe, ls only obtained by aound quality both of materials and workmanship —essentials which, in my olllce, are of the highest atandard. Dr. BRETT ANDERSON 602 HABTINOS BT. W. Corner Seymour PRONE SEYMOUR Mil Offlc. Open Tuesday .nil Friday Evenings DB. BBITT ANDERSON, formerly msaber ef lbs heelly ef tb. Collage of Dentlatry, Dnlrsralty of Southern California, Lestuor on Ore wa snd Bridgework, Demonstrator la Platowork aad Opera- tir. Dentistry, Loeal and Oeneral Ansestbosl.. Victory Bond. Accepted at Ftr for Dental Work THIRTEENTH YEAB. NO. 28 THIS UKMSH COLUMBIA F&_Jij._U'i'J.OW_.-_T ■ ■ ■flll(l,lv I Vancouver, a a PAGE THRBE Lumber Workers'' News and Views -How the Red , Army Wm Formed .(Continued from page I) BOOM OAMP, COB RTESAV. ' We raped te get all members paid up atter pay day which ls on the llth ef July. Have been trying to get particular, of the acoident that occurred at Camp I last month, when a fellow worker was killed; and expect to get them shortly. It seems strange how little the workers know of such accidents this summer. They seem to be scared that they may be called as witnesses and lose their (?) Job. Wages have been reduced 6 cents per hour and the board has been cut down I cents per meal. The next cut will pre- sum ably include one or two hours per day. • The ballot on the. three questions contained in the last circular letter will be taken at our next meeting. What ls th. position of the members at Camp 17, Ocean Falls, and -what will be the position of any of the member, who go to a camp where the L. W. I. C. hold meet- Inn -will th^r still pay duea direct t. th. O. B. U.T May be It would be as well to aend the workers at Camp 17 a copy of the "Labor Spy." DEL. 17. 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Since the visit of the organiser a few weeks ago, have been keeping busy distributing papers, etc. and, as uaual. the foreman let it be generally known that there was to be no meetings, and no radical literature distributed. Z have strong reasons to believe that the cook, who is co-operating with thc foreman to make the camp safe for Democracy, was instrumental In putting the foreman wise to my activities, any way, yours truly got the can. However, there ls another delegate on the Jdb. After fighting the terrible Hun in France and winning the war lt sure make* me feel that I made a great mistake, when I come to realize that one of the men who my masters told me was my enemy is now used ln an attempt to enslave me, for I am reliably informed that this cook ls one of the Huns who was Interned during the war, so probably we dtdn't win tho war after all A. J. T. (Late Delegate) 29 VAN STRIKE NEWS FROM ANDA. Alberta Lumber Co.'s Camp. The foreman was successful ln getting a few to scab by keeping their wages at the same rate as before the proposed cut, until he went to town. He Ib in Vancouver now and ts expected back on Monday's boat. We have given as much publicity as possible to the striko on the Island and I am furnishing you wtth the list of men working, although it ls difficult to get news there ls nothing but traitors working. Am pleased to say that the majority of tbe men, although som* of them were practically broke, would not listen to the pleadings of tho foreman, Ed. Glllls. DELEGATE '38. The men who are in town picketing the slave market and the boats got tangled up with the foreman on Saturday, who informed them In the usual bombastic manner of such Individuals, that he would make it hot for them If ther didn't stop picketing, in fact ho (?) would have them arrested. Tha Alberta Co. are trying to get scabs, even going io far as to Indue* their employees ln town to send their sons up. A son of one of their employees made inquiries at tha office of the Lumber Workers on Saturday and when he found there was a Btrike on, said "nothing doing." There may be something to be said about going on a hunger strike at this time," but that doesn't excuse the cattle who are at present scabbing, and while It will serve no useful pur pose to publish their names, they can remember that their names will be In the rogues gallery. Some of the big camps have closed down recently, among them being the I. T., Wilson & Brady's, B. S. & W. at Myrtle Point, and Merrill & Rings; these are the camps where the blacklist has been exceedingly efficient, sn perhaps the blacklist was not such unmixed blessing for the Logger's Association after all. Word has just been received that most of the men at the- Dollar Camp at Pui-t Moody have refused the present of hour extra on their day's toil. Ee. ductlons of wages and increase of hours is becoming an epidemic these days and if the crushing of tho slave is going to wake him up he certainly should be wide awake by, now. The C. P. R. have Bhut down on the Rogers Pass Tunnel presum ably for "the purpose of lowering the slaves' standard of living and men are working ln the grading camps for 30 centa to 37 cents an hour for a 10 hour day, and what aro we doing to bring about « solution of these every day problems. The Lumber Workers will hold a general meoting on Sunday, July 24th, that will take the place of a convention and it to be hoped that a policy will be proposed thai mo* MAPI The 1 M.T.I Loggers' Boot Kail srners ftrtontily .Meals! to Guaranteed to Bold Caulks and Are) Thoroughly Watertight MacLachlan-Taylor Co. Successors to H. VOS * BON IS CORDOVA STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, B. a Next Door to Loggers? Ball Pbone Seymonr Ml Repairs Dona Whil. ro. Walt Easy Shaving Gillette or Auto Strop Safety Razors make the daily Shave easier. We havo a splendid line of both makes in many designs, priced from $5.00 to $7.50 each. TISDALLS LIMITED Tho Complete Sporting Goods Stor* 618 HASTINGS ST. W. PHONE SEYMOUR 8151 NOW ON SALE AT ALL OOVERNMENT VENDORS STORES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Slater's QUALITY SERVICE FREE DELIVERY Provision Dept. Sliced Streaky Bucon, lb. Sliced Aj.ra_.lrt Bacon, lb. Sliced Streaky Bacon, lb. Sliced Boneleii Roll, lb. .... Sliced Pearaeal Bacon, lb. 38e .„ 40C 40e 360 BOO BUTTER BUTTER BUTTER On Saturday morning, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., we will soil Alberts Creamery Butt.", special, 8 lba. for ~* 11.00 LABD LABD Burns' Famous Shamrock Pan Lard, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday mornine, lb 190 Finest Compound Lard, lb. .—.160 BUTTEB BUTTEB BUTTER On aale on Saturday, our famoua Alberta Creamery Butter. Bug. 4So lb., epeeial, lb 40c 6 lba. for |M5 Fresh Meat Dept. We sell nothing bnt No. 1 OOT.ram.nt Inspeoted Beef .nd Pork. Doa't ssk for chilled or frown b..f, w. don't stoek it. Mo. 1 Pot Xessts ol C_olf> Bs.l (rom, le. Sc No. 1 OVEN ROASTS o( Choice Beef trom. Hi 18 1-8C No. 1 Rolled Roaita, notblse floor, lb _ SOe No. 1 Boiling Beef, eitrs qnallty. I from, lb ...Se "Tbe Beer Without a Peer" This is the same quality Beer as we brewed in pre-war days, and is tho finest Beer on the market today. INSIST ON HAVING ! CASCADE BEER Vancouver Breweries Limited No, 1 Stew Beef bont'leaa, lb ..-12 1-20 LOOAL KILLED GOVERNMENT INSPECTED SPRINO LAMB Spring Lamb, Stew, ib. _. 15c Spring Lamb, Shoulder* ....221-3 Spring Lamb, Loins, Ib.......28 l-2c Spring Lamb, huts, lb. .36c POBK PORK POBK On aale on Friday and Saturday, our famous Pork Shoulders, weighing from 4 to 8 lbs., apeclal, Ib SOo Middlo Cute of Pork, lb. 25c Grocery Dept. White Spring Salmon, 4 tlni....25c Fine Sardinea, 3 tine for BBC rork and Beana, 8 tlna for......26c Potted Meat, I tlna for 260 Kitchen Salt, t aaoka for 200 Holbrook'a Custard, 2 packeta..30c Bird'a Cuatard, large tlna 400 Large tina Peaohe» for 26c Finost New Spuda, 12 lba 25c Flnost Dry Onions, 8 lba. for....26e Slater'a Red Label Tea, lb 46c BXTBA SPECIAL We have aecurad a nlco lot of apeclally cured Shoulder Hams, which we are cutting In halves, weighing from 3 to 4 1-2 lbs. Very nice and Juat what you want to boil for the week-end. They are ail nicely smoked, Reg. prioe 85 l-2e lb., Friday and Saturday, special/ lb fl» l-«o Four Big Stores 123 Hastings (Head Offloe) May. 3262 830 Oranrlili Stntt Iff. 808 3260 Main Stmt Mr. 1683 Waat End Market (Oor. Dwle and Qrantille) bay. 8148 manity, Inrtd* outatite, top and [bottptn; 9Vi_y placo where a human being could hang on had its oeccupaoti. Large numbers wore killed, often the overcrowded car roofs cmved in and cruohed those packed liko sardinea . below, hundreds were swept off the trains by the brldgea and tunnels. The Whole thing waa a terrible nightmare. lbe Red Guard With the old army rapidly die- solving a pressing need arose for a defense force to preserve order and to protect the revolution from'im- perlQiiatte counter - revolutionists. Consequently the famoua red guard sprang Into existonce. This was.a loosely constructed organization, consisting for the moat part of detachment! of Tvorkera recruited in the varloua shops and factories of the big Industrial centres, together •with a few remnants of the old army. (gj Despite lta lack of numbers, or- Jionization, equipment and disclp- ine, the red guard served Its purpose well, covering itself with glory in many a hard-fought fight. Its sympathies were altogether with the working class and . lt went hand In hand with the Bolsheviki in overthrowing the Kerensky government in the "second" revolution in October, I»17. Hardly was the preaent Soviet government in power when It perceived and act about remedying the inadequacy of the weak Bed Guard. The whole capitalist world was arrayed against Russia. Terriflc struggles were surely ahead; and In order to survive them a great, powerful military maohine had to be created. Plans were made for the Red Army—an organization en tiroly distinct from the old Red Guard—and their carrying out entrusted to the remarkable Peoples' Commissioner of ■ War,' Leon Trotsky. ■! Compulsory Service Tremendous problems confront' ed the organizers of the new Rod Army—military experts thc world over declared the whole proposition impossible. We can mention only a very few of these problems. One was the question of compulsory .military service. Due to their bitter experiences with Imperialistic militarism, the Russian people had gained a deep hatred of conscription. Honcc the Red Guard whb founded upon the volunteer system. But this did not work well. The war-weary people were tired of 'fighting and the burden of the cation of the working cluss for the speedy solution of the grave prob: loma confronting them. W"! to74£or'ita-°Weet the unity -atrufcgle fell upon the best and (most- militant elements of thc city workers. Russia was slaughtering: fofr' .her most precious mechanics ami Industrial workera (a loss from 'Which she is now suffering severely), while the slacker elements either stayed aloof from tho army altogether, or, having Joined it, would leave in a few weeks time, ifed 'up, with good clothes on their .backs and rifles in their hands. Under such conditions it was manifestly impossible to build a realj fighting force. Nor did the Russian leaders hesitate beforo the obvious remedy. Even as Ameri can trade unionists, by setting tip compulsory systems of dues, obe< (Hence to strike votes, etc., (our movement upon the volunteer system in these* matters), practically compel the ignorant and Indifferent KAMLOOPS BRANCH. On leaving Kamloops I went to Mabel Lake, twenty miles from Ederby, and held a meeting at the Driving Camp of the Okun._gn.ti Sawmills Co. (R, L. Rogegrs Co.) There wero but five or six white men working there, the reBt were native sons (Indians). Twelve dollars tn dues were collected. The next place I called at was Glacier. Thc flrst man I happened to meet on going to the camps was the time-keeper. He told me there waa no need ln my going any further aince they did not want any men and there was no sleeping room ln any of the cabins, and he made sure that I walked back with him. I then called at the Columbia River Lbr. Campa at Donald. On the night of the 16th I spoke at the Steel Gang Camp, but could not get-any results. On the following morning I went to thc Grading Camp and held a meeting In the afternoon. There are quite a few members here, but they are simply trying to make a "wad stake, howover, a delegate waa appointed and the hoys agreed to stand behind him. The meeting was well attended, there being present about 90 men, practically all in the camp. The Kamloops District is pretty hard hit, there being but three or four jobs in the district, but there are quite a few loyal fellows In this district and the chances are good that the district will hold together during the coming winter. The hall in Kamloops is on Vic torla Street, and easy to reach, so that all members going East should drop In and spend a few houra in that neat and attractive place. It. H. LUMBER WORKERS' INDUS- TRIAL UNION OF CANADA PRINCE RUPERT BRANCH Referenda On the Proceedlnga of the Emergency Convention, held in Prince Rupert on June 28, 1921. BALLOT To be filled out and mailed to the Secretary, J. H. Burroughs, Box 831, Prince Rupert, B. C, not later than August 5th, 1921. Name of voter File No Dues paid to month of 192...'. Last receipt No (Membera more than three months ln arrears cannot vote.) For Membor of Central Exocutive Board, L. W. I. U. of a (Vote for One) Doyon, P., Sedgwlok Bay McDonald, Hug. A., Sedgwick Bay For Members of Branch Exocutive Board, Princo Rupert Vote for six. Brown, Nelson, Breaker Bay Burke, A., Sedgwick Bay Gagno, 2. P., Usk, O.T.P „._. Jones, A. E., Swanaon Bay , King, Ed., Carnaby, G, T. P , Kobler, Victor, Kelly's Camp, Cumshewa _ , Morris, Wm., Sedgwick Bay Reld, D„ Sedgwick Bay (Members absent front the District will cut thla out and mall as above.) Moscow.—The All-Russian Central Executive Committee has granted the Socialist Academy IB,- 000,000 rubles In gold for the purchase of foreign scientific publications. A convention haa bcen signed, uniting the railway systems of Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Tho united Trnnscaucas- ian railway administration will ba looated at Titlla,. workera to fight intelligently and vigorously In*heir own behalf so that Russian worker military g.mlzers, proceeding upon identical principles, found It necossary to In^ stitute discipline In order to enlist the backward masses ln the vital task of defending the revolution. With the united support of the trade unions they introduced compulsory military service. They recognized an'd so did the great mass of toilers, that there Is a world of difference between conscription to defend your master's Interesta and conscription to defend your own. Hence the Red Army was founded upon compulsory service. Only workers and poor peasants are allowed to become real soldiers; the Bons of rich peasants and of doubtful city elements are kept at laboring work about the camps. Another grave problem which the Rod Army had to face was the system of army control and com- mnnd. In the Czar's army extreme bitterneaa existed between the officers and the rank and flle. The former, who were exclusively aristocrats and bourgeois, lost no occasion to tyrannize over the common soldier. Hence, when the revolution came, a natural demnnd of the soldiers was for tho right to elect their own officers. Thfa waa grunted and tho systom introduced into the old army, and later on into the Red Guard after the farmor had disintegrated. The effect was chaos and general demoralisation. Discipline vanished nnd tho military units degenerated into debuting societies. Elections of officers and commanding committees followed each othor In swift succession. Thare was head or Ull to anything. Orders would be given to a regiment and then maybe a woek later word Would be sont to hoadquarters that after long consideration thc rogi ment had decidod that the orders woro impractical and should not be obeyed. The efficiency of tho armed forces as a fighting organization was reduced aim nst to zero. - The officers of the Red Army met this Issue where the ruling powers were ngainst the soldiers, tary service. They pointed out the weaknesses of the syatem of electing the officers by popular vote, nnd declared that although this measure was a perfectly natural demand In an Imperialistic army where tha ruling powers were agninst the aoldlora, It was altogether out of place In a democratic army, where the governmont wus composed of workera and bound to give the rank and file a square dent. Surely auch a govornment could be entrusted to nelcct the officers of the army. This view prevailed and the system of electing officers by the common aoldlera was let out of the Rod Army, But where xould the government securo tho necessary officers? The workors themselvea knew littlo or nothing of tho compHcatod business of modem war. Large numbers of ex-Czarist officers were at hand, and many of them wanted to Join the new army. But thoy could not be trusted and a violent prejudice exlstod against them. Finally, however, many of thom were accepted and put at tho heads of the troops. But tnelr authority waa limited to purely military matters. Side by aide with them were placed Soviet Com mission era, who looked after the political work of the army. They attended to the education of the aoldlera and made them understand what ths revolution meant. They also saw to it that the decrees of the government ware carried out and that the army waa not used against the Interests of the revolution. Ill fared the offlcera Indeed, who ventured to engage in treasonable activities. Exploited Old Officers. The general plan waft to exploit the knowledge of the old time officers, but not to let them secure any real power. And ao well was thla done that the government has been able to educate large numbers of worker officers and to build up a workers army and tbe claaa monopoly of military knowledge haa been Anally broken. Military experts declare that lf thla had not been done the workera could not have constructed an up- to-date army and carried on modern warfare. And ao It was with a whole mass of problems, many of them unique ln military experience. The Red Army triumphed over all of them and was able to crushingly defeat Russia's multttudoua cnemlea. In the United Statea we make much ado over the difficulties of the army ln the American revolution, but, compared with the overwhelming obstacles that con- fronted the Red Army, Its troubles were negligible. Aa it now stands the Red Army la enormous In size and power. Juat what its numbers are la not to be learned but It is generally conceded to be the most powerful military organization In the world. There is a studied effort being made by enemies of Russia make it appear that the Red Army is the same aa other armies and has all their ajlingsX But this Is decidedly not the*caae. The Red Army ia Just as dlfforent from capitalistic armies as the Soviet government Ib different from capitalistic governments. It Ib pervaded throughout with a democratic spirit totally unknown In other military organizations. Between the officers and aoldlera a feeling of brotherhood prevails they dress exactly alike and address each other aa "comrade." Tho Red Army is a people's army, defending the people's interest. The Red Army ls an organized crusade for the revolution. So militant and contagious Is Its prole, tarlan spirit that Its leaders can truthfully boast that "White." European troops cannot be used successfully against It. When faced by such soldiers the Red Army, In addition to its Iron resistance, sets it's great propaganda machine in operation. The prisoners captured are fed, entertained, educated and taken about the country to see the proletarian institutions of Russia. Then they are returned to their own lines. Besides thla, large quantities of literature are published and distributed to the enemy troops, pointing out to them how they are being duped by their masters and why they have n< interest to carry on the war. Usu ally tho result is not long In showing itself. Soon the enemy aoldiers, most of whom, of course, are working men, wake up to the true situation and refuse to flght their Russian brothers. This haa beon the case time after time. Not even American troops could withstand the Red Army propaganda, thoir revolt ln Siberia proves. All told the Red Army Is a marknble institution and a fitting Instrument to defend the great Russian revolution. Communism andChristianlam:^"',-,,! _ Hsrs-sa sal DarMsJaa pelsta si .lew. By WUUaa Kntgosury Bran, DJ>. Tk. wriur, a M_hop ia tks Episcopal C-urak, nIlea auparastarallaB la rellflea and -spllallsn in polities. . .__ Cmmenta: "Oa. ef th. moat extraordinary aal annihilating reeks t hare stm read. It wW ahak. th. wnntrr." "I sat) it a ear-Ma. ftt-M Is se_-__dln»:—Baalah the (ode Stem tk. eh, tal sasdtslMs (rsat Ik* "It aaa. Uk. a nutMr asrsss a dark" •_, ud'U MM ass Mtat." Blake, Brown ia Ik* rainearnaHM et Tkemas Mb. snd Us hwkSth. •*-*: Me si i all •It wll] «. • wwadssM wart la tkis lla pnassaa "A rsauus-aH* _o_k Vf a HSMiksHi sua sf sssssss srUS la aB klstorr." Inters.! to all." v PahlUhed la O.loter, 1.10. ritUath Tkenaaad asw net,. _J» H_*s; alotk »1.00; paper, ts rente, or sll c.j.l-1 »1.__, postpaid. The Bradford-Brown Educational Oe, Ine. PrtJiahari 100 Smith Uaion Street Gallon, Ohio LET ME GIVE YOU A PRICE ON YOUB WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRS I <--__. SAVE YOU MOKSY dM BICHARDS trt. APPLEBY . VANCOUVER B. a Scrap OoU and SUrer and Old Jeweliy Botsght Ask Communists to Tarn Kirn's Evidence (Continued from page 1) munlsta In England, Is a progressive weekly. Three months avo the circulation wu but 6000. Now It ha* Jumped to (0,000. This necessitated using a rotary presa. A publishing company agreed to print the sheet. But ths owners of the works cancelled the contrast on Insistence from outside quarters. The aame happened when the new Labor Press Company considered printing it. Here the printers' union took an attitude hostile to the "Communist," and even refused tp set up several columns In a recent number. The Communist, therefore, Is reduced to a primitive old press and must have a Ave days' start to run off (0,000 each weak. Were It not tor this difficulty the circulation would Jump over night to 90,000, Mr. Meynell declares, because tha number of readers grows with the prolongation of Industrial warfare and general discontent. Various efforts havs been made to prevent the sale of the paper on the nows stand-. An unsigned article was circulated In some of the large papers that sellers of the Communist would lay themselves open "to line and Imprisonment. Mr, Meynell does not find that tho Communists are getting any support from the leaders ot the labor party or the independent labor party. Wo main ladlai' OanmU Blfht Hmin Vanooavor —the eejaal ta style atat ssaart- nc-e etimy offered la Qusada. ■aits, .Snmss, Omm, SU—tk. sll tke aew ahailss osaqlS-i liaes fsr yo ■-—.-- Ws eO_r these far-Mats Merer ttae ettalaets aa Ike adddhaMa't trolls. Famous OlMk A Suit Oo. Wt HAffllWl It., »« OnartlH Moacow—A government decree givea to the People's Commissariat of Health sole control of nil health rcaorta throughout Soviet territory. Another decree Initruota the Peo- ple'a CommiHB-irlat of Education, acting through the duly-appointed custodian, to preaerve Yasnaya Polyana (the home to Tolstoy), a National Totatoy Mtim'um and Educational Centre. All agricultural lands adjoining the estate are handed over to a Tolstoy.in Com munlat Industrial group whloh will govern the same automonmously. Rttasla and Poland Revel—Rosta Wlen: Representative-! of the Russian and Polish governments have carried on negotiations at the station of .Stotbtay for the concluaion of a railway convention between the two coun triea. VANCOUVEB TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—Treaidont, R. W. Hatley; aeeretary, J. O, Smith. Meets 3rd Wed. nesday eaeh mo- th in the Pender Hall, corner of Pender and Howe streets. Phone Sey. 281 Vancouver Unions Drive; raeordlng-aperetary, t. _. Griffin, 447— 8th Avenue East; treasurer, E. S. Cleveland; flnanciat-ssarstBr? and litis!' nesa agent, iW. H. Cottrell, 4308 Dum* fries Struet; offlcd cornar Prior and Alain Sts. Phone Pair 3004B. WHEN UT TOWN STOP AT The Oliver Rooms MM OORDOVA EAST -SvSFything Modern Rales ReaaonaMa COAL TALE SOOTM__S AND HANAtMO Klndllog Free CANADIAN WOOD AHD OOAL COMPANY mo aiiANVlLLK sey. tito EMPIRE CAFE AND GRILL "A flood Place to Eat" HASTINGS AND COLUMBIA STS. Mainland Cigar Store tit OARRALL STRKST TKE PLAOE FOB PIPES ALUBl") I'ttlMTINtf cil—Meeta aeoond month. President, J. TRADES 0OUM- Monday ln tha T. McConntll; sss- retary. It. II. Neelands, I'. O, Box 60. BMCKLAYEHS AND MASONS—If yon need bricklayers or masons for boiler works, etc., or marble setters, phone Brieklayera* Union, Labor Temple. WOBKlSB1 COOMOIU VA_VCOCVSB. 0., maata every Tsesday evening at 8 p.m. in the O. 8. V. Hnll, flOl Pan- dor St. W. Secretary, E. Hornburgk. Pander HaU. GENERAL WORKERS1 UNIT OF THR O. B. U.—President, E. Andre; secretary, W. Servioe. Heeta 2nd and 4th Wednesday in eaoh month in Ponder Hall, cor. of Pender and Howe streets. Phone Soy. 201 HOISTING AND PQRTABLE SHOT neera, Local 840—International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers meots every 2nd and 4th Friday at 8 p.m., B19 Pender Streot West. O. Kiley, 20114 Mahon Avenue, North Vancouvor; aeeretary, P. Bradley. 1702 McSpadden Street, Vancouvor, B. U. I1UT__1. AND RESTAURANT EM- ployoes, Local 28—Meeta every aecond Wednesday In the month at 2:80 p.m. and overy fourth Wodnesday in the month at 8:80 p.m. President, John Cumming!, secret--y and business agent, A. Oraham. Office and meeting hall, 441 Soymonr St. V.. Pkoao Sey, 1681. Office houra, 8 agt, to fi p. I NT K R N AT IONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Loeal 38-53—Offlee and hall, 152 Cordova 01. W. Meets Irst and third Fridays, 8 p.m, SecreUry- treasurer, T. NUon; business agent, P. Sinclair. INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORK- era' Union—Meeta Snd and 4th Mun days. President, J. E. Dawson, 1646 Yew St., Kitsilano; aeeretary, E. T. Kolly, 1850 Hastings St. E.; rocordlng secretary, L. Holdsworth, 589—14th St. W-, North Vanoouver. LUMBER WORKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION Of CANADA—An Industrial union of all workera in logging and construction camps. Coast Dlitrlet and Oeneral Hesdiiuartera, 61 Oordova St. W., Vancouver, B. 0. Phona Soy. Y856. J. M. Clarke, pen?ml aeorolary- treasurer; legal advisers, Messrs, Biro, Macdonald A 0o., Vancouver, B. C.; auditors, Messrs. Buttar A Chiene, Vancouver, B. C. ___ TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 228— Meeta last Sunday of each month al " p.m. President, C. H. Collier; v_ta» jiresldent, E. H. Gough; secretary- treasurer, R. H. Neelands, Box 66. THE NEW WESTMINSTER BRANCH of tho O. B. U. meata on the flrat and third Wednesday of ovary mouth. All numbers in this diatrict ara invited to attend, Provincial Unions VIOTOBIA. 1, O. Vl-TOHIJ. AND DI3TEIOT THADIS and Laber Oounall— Heats Irst set third Wedneadara, £nl|>fa of Frtklaa Hall, Morth Park Street, at ■ n.m. Prudent, O. SWerta; vlee-pmtd-iit, R. II* llott; eecrctary'treeaure-, K. ... Wood* ward, P. O. Bor 308, Tleterla, B. O. Pglljjjg BOT11T, B. O. 1'RINCE HUPKRT CENTRAL, LABOR Conncil, O. 11. IF. Branch...: Prlnea Rupert District PleheriM Beard, OBD.i Mrlalllfarona Minera' District Board. O.B.U. Secr.ary-trea.nrer, _, 0. Ban 217. Prince Rii|ii-rt. KIRK'S Guaranteed Coal Means--- If oor coal is not satisfactory to you, after you hare thoroughly tried it out, we will remove what eoal is left and charge you nothing for what you have used. You to be the sole judge. Kirk & Co. LIMITED 929 Main Street PheaM Soymour 1441 ud 401} fiuy at a onion novo. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERA' TORS UNION, LOCAL 8*8, I.A.T.B.B -Afflltated with Tradea and Labor Council and Theatrical Federation, Vsneourer. President, ,T. R. Poster; secretary and treasurer, Loeksley Clark, P. O. Box 846. Ofllce and meeting room, 310 London Building, Pender St. W. Regular meeting night, lirst-Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m, Business Agont, W, Wool- ridge. Phono Fraser 237L. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA {Vancouver and Vicinity) —Branch moots 1st and Srd Moiidoys, :il9 Ponder St. W. President, O. Hoys, Contral Park P. O., South Vancouver; (irni-ii'ijil secretary, K. A. Ood- dard, 856 Bichards St.: Recording Secretary, J. L. Irvine, 340—10th St. W., North Vancouver. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DEC0- rat ore. and Paper!) an kith oi* America, Local i:ts, Vaneourer—Monts 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 148 Cordora St. W. Phona Sey. 8491. Business agent, R. A. Barker. O. B. U. UNIT PILE DRIVERS, WOOD- en Bridgemen, Derrlckmcn and Riggers ol Vancouvor nnd vicinity. Meots every Monday, 8 p.m., In U. v.. V. Hail, 104 Pender St. W. President. W. Tucker; f-nnnoial secretary and business agent, C. An demon. Phone Hcyin.mr 201. _ BTlttti?.* ANU BLKOTH1U RAILWAY Emplnyoea, Pioneer Division, No. 101 —Meets A. O. F. Hall, Mount Pleasant 1st and Srd Mondaya at lO.lfi a.m. and • p.ra. Prosidont, P. A Hoover, 2400 Clarke Clearing Sale Prices ON ALL LINES OF FOOTWEAR MEN'S HEAVT WORK BOOTS «0 pair of Man's Oil drain Work Boots. Rsgular J7.00 valus. SUt-hlng Is strong and serviceable and good «t>l- net weight soles, at spO.UU A hand-made army groin boot, made In my own factory to sell at |10.r,i). Special, whilo they lut $6.95 Men'a Beaver Brown recede tot drus shoei; Qoodyear wtlt ■oles; aa rood a hoot aa you want, . $6.95 Men's Brown Canvas, leather box toe, leather heel and leather counter. No llbre In soles or heels. Art __(_ Special at $UetfO A high trad* calf shoe In a rich dark mahogany. 8tralght last. Heavy single i sole. Special at... $8.95 OIULI-lll-.VS SPECIAL VALUES Misses' Patent Strap Slippers, In sizes 11-1. To clear $2.95 Boya' good grade DresH Shoe. Juat thn kind for him before the hoftvy ones. Spoclally priced.. $3.65 Sandals ot good quality calf, In sizes 11-1. While *| £_f_ they last 91.00 Boys' Blaok Box Kip Shoe. Solid leather throughout. A renl boot for hu nl wear at $3.95 liAI>Il;s' t,\\_■onus KHDUCED Ladles' Patent Lonlhor Oi- Black kid, black calf and fords. Begular d__f\\C ^.a.0." ,0",f(m!?; 8»w"* $0.95 " ,80° t*tultT*v- td OR H.OO value at.... ▼»»••»"»' now «PU.i70 BRINO YOUB ItKI'AlltM WITH VOU Pierre- Paris51 ISP" PAGE FOUR =s_=_ THIRTEENTH TEAR. no. _g THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FJHUflKATIOMST Vancouver, b. o. FRIDAT ..„ ■■■■'..July 22, 1921 CLAMAN'S STORE NEWS Boys' Di'imi'tmeiit—Seiond Floor Silk Striped Madras Shirts Formerly Worth $6.50 Now Selling at Canada's Largest Exclusive Store for Men and Boys ■AIL ORDERS—All Charges Prepaid. Satisfaction or Honey Baok. Identically those fine Madras shirts—silk striped, that until a few weeks ago you were paying $6.50 for. Ideal for the summer weather. Light, elegant and cool. Beautifully made from fine quality Madras enhanced by silk stripes in the newest summer colors. These handsomely dressy shirts are cut on roomy lines. They have the new broad, double French cuffs which hang "just right"; pre-shrunk neck to fit your collar exactly; double-sewn seams and pearl buttons. Finely finished in every detail; shown in all the favored, tasteful shades. Formerly worth $6.50. All sizes A o ng now selling %P*>*vD THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Claman's MMITED 153 Hastings Street West Moscow.—A government decree published July 10 authorizes the leasing of Industrial enterprises to co-operative and other associations and also to private Individuals, Minor industries can be leased by the local economic councils subject to tho approval of the contract by the higher council. The lessees must observe all soviet laws and trade union regulations concerning labor conditions, workers' protection, safety, etc. The contract can be revoked only by popular tribunals. The lessees may accept private orders, but they cannot get money from the state or material subsidies for such manufacturing. They may, however, import machinery from abroad subject to authorization by the supreme council of public economy. Sydney, N. S. W.—The New South Wales Labor government is planning Insurance against unemployment. A bill will shortly be introduced Into the parliament along those lines. Hand the Fed. to your shopmate when vou are through with It LOGGER BOOTS At $15.00 a Pair, 10-inch Top, Made to Your Measure We Guarantee Theee Boots to Hold Caulks and to give you better all round satisfaction than any other boot on the market, irrespective of price. Order your pair today. Send your repairs by mail. We can save you time and money. The "New Method" Shoe Making and Repairing Co. AU O. B. V. Help—3S7 OARRALL ST.—Fhone Seymour 8217 All men who were Claimants in the Lawsuit for Wages Against the Premier Mine Co. are requested to send their names and addresses to Secretary, Central Laber Council PRINCE RUPERT, BC. What a Beautiful Place! This Exclamation Is Frequently Made' by Visitors When They Arrive at HORSESHOE BAY Whloh Is Reached by the North Vancourer Route o_ Hit PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ^ Through Thirteen Miles of Beautiful Scenery lt is the children's paradise. Playgrounds with free swings, and picnic tables installed in a shady park. A safe beach for bathing or paddling. Refreshments and accommodation obtainable at two hotels. Depot adjoining Ferry Wharf, North Vancouver. Return Fare 75c—Good day of issue only. Timetables Stalled on Application to Passenger Department. Pacific Great Eastern Railway Vancouver Block Soymour 9547 and North Van 800 New Inquisition Now Dominates Spain (Continued from page 1) SUMMER SALE All Suits Reduced SHIRTS Specially Priced. $1.45 $2.45 $2.95 UNDERWEAR Much Reduced $1.45 $1.95 $2.45 C. D. Bruce Limited. Corner Homer and Hastings Streets 1st." Jordan received six deep wounds from the assassin's knife, any one of which would have been fatal. Many of the assassins are professionals, released from pen!' tentiaries for the purpose. Thousands Jailed, Since the appointment last December of Martinez Anldo as military government by the then Premier and Minister of the Interior Dato thousands of workers and writers who have" dared to tell the truth have been Jailed, deported and assassinated or taken afoot under escort of mounted civil guards from one end of the country to the other. After the forming of the new cabinet and ln the face of criticism of the causes supposed to have been responsible for the assassination.of Premier Dato, the new minister of the interior. Gugallal, denied In parliament that syndicalists were still being taken "en conduccton," But your correspondent is in receipt of authentic Information that tends to prove that workers until lately were being driven on foot over the highways of Spain by mounted elvtl guards. To cite a case ln point; Manuel Nunez, Francisco Pomar Alvarez, Santos Garcia and Hilarlo lonez, all- Madrid workers, one of them arrested shortly after his return from service with the Spanish army ln Morocco, and others while attending union meetings or In union halls, arrived at Redondela, near Vigo, May 17, after having been on the road since February 18, when they left Madrid. They wero part of n much larger group, but the others either dropped by the way or were held over in some of the various jails they passed a few nights In on the way, Much as Valladolld, Salamanca, Orense and Ponteveiira, Much Suffering. Due to the fact that most of the workers thus taken "en conducclon" were from the cities and Industrial centres and therefore unused to the inclemencies of the weather and the opon road, there was much suffering among them, and during last winter many fell sick and some died as a result of the cold, being thinly clad and poorly fed, often with their shoes worn out Snd their blood making tracks on the snow. All that Is corrupt and vile ln the presont regime Ib In full clash with those who advocate a bettor order of things in the Iberian Pen^ Insula.' The fiersecuted Spanish workers ask that if possible a boycott he made effective on all Spanish goods, so that the practical solidarity of their fellow workors the world over may be felt by their oppressors. Third International Hears Report on Activities of Socialists Is MOSCOW.—"ForgerieB" is the single, simple designation given to newspaper stories published In cere tain British papors and purporting to be extracts from Russian papers, telling of "defeats" suffered by Soviet troops In Siberia, There has been no such stories in the Russian Journals. Fabrication also, officials of the Russian government declare, is the "telegram to Litvinoff," published in English papers as evidence thot the Third International ls sending $250,000 to Krassin, the Russian trade commissioner, to the Sinn Fein movement in Dublin. There are Reasons Why I get results when others fail. Twelve years' actual experience. Dr. W.Lee Holder OIUROPRAOTIO, DIET, HYDltO-THKRAPY Hours: 1 to 5 Mon., Wed.; Frl., 1 to S Sey. 8583 Bay. 4023B 74 Fairfield Bldg. (Fourth Floor) Special Consideration Given to French Movement Moscow, June' 27th, "Rosta Wlen."—The sitting of the Third International on June 27th began with a report of Sinovjev. Characterizing the relations of the Communist International to the French Socialist Party Comrado Sinovjev stated that lt had been decided to accept the French Socialist Party but at the same time to take Into account the peculiarities of their position. One had to remember that at the time of Its entry into the Communist Party the French Party had not completed Its flrst split. One had to remember that the Communist groups were not very numerous and that the most of their leaders were .in gaol. Concerning Longuet, said Comrade Sinovjev, the question was addressed to him as to whether he would accept the twenty-one conditions. Longuet did not accept the conditions, and he and his party we're expelled. It was as if we had concluded a tacit bargain with the best French comrades. We gave, them several months so that they could carry out the regrouping of .their forces and settle their work of organization., .The developments in France are showing progress and on this account the Executive, has had patience with the party. .That doea not signify, howeveri that the congress must not point put that danger threatens the French Party from the side of the Opportunists, However we have confidence in the French Party who number over 100,000 members.. In the Czecko-Slovakia we have a Party whose members are con sclous proletariat. We hope that the Czecko-Slovak Party will soon overcome the Centrist tendencies. Also In Norway the Communist Party Is strong and healthy. In Sweden the road between pacific Ism and Communism Is now being traversed. In the last year we have carried out not only splits but also unions. Formerly there were eight different Communist groups in England and these were successfully united into one Communist Party. The same was also true of America where the Communist Party can show a strong growth. The splits of the Socialist Parties and the unification of the Communist Parties has great significance. The events which are going on ln Austria, Denmark and Belgium have great significance, especially ita Belgium, where the movement supports itself chiefly upon the trade unions, and in which the Communists have succeeded in obtaining a foot hold. A large movement is now making Itself noticeable ln Switzerland. In Roumania we have at our disposal a good strong Party. The Roumanian government had aU those arrested who pronounced themselves for the Communist International. Also In Jugo-Slavia It has come to a separation from the Centrist elements. In Finnland the Communist movement is, illegal but in ppite of the White Terror Is growing. The labour movement in Japan is now in the same position as the Russian labour movement previous to the year 1906. In the Far East many trade unions have been organized and press activity has evolved properly. There is no land where there has been no split within the Parties. Comrade Sinovjev closed his speech with a reference to the fact that the struggle with Amsterdam and "the Trade Union question is the moBt important of the questions for the Comunist International. Amidst great applause he called upon the delegates to build up a strong Central and strong sections. The proletariat must display iron energy in the struggle with the bourgeois. LETTERS TOR SO. B Trotsky Replies to Secretary Hughes (Continued from page 1) Soviet armies are expressly comprised of the experienced workers. Thus the mobilization imposed upon the Soviet government by the intervention of France, England and America hit Russian Industry harder thap did the imperialist war. Industry Interlinked. 'The argument that the ruined industries were independent of> foreign countries before - the war," continued Trotsky, "exhibits an amazing forgotfulness of i the ABC's of economics. All branches of industry are interlinked and inter-dependent. Russia before the war was a component part ol the world's economic system and become even more closely dependent upon the entente countries during the war. The blockade immediately severed these vital ties* As a result all the most important branches of Russian Industry suffered and In individual cases frequently were paralyzed for the lack of small essential parts previously Imported from abroad. For Instance, we lack many precise measuring Instruments, as well as such articles as spiral drills. For coal mining we lack the necesary flat and round metal cables, formerly obtained from England or Germany. "To begin manufacturing those articles ln an economically exhausted country, isolated from the rest of the world, naturally presents tremendous difficulties. The wire screens used in our paper mills were also foreign Importations and the shortage of these luis greatly handicapped our paper Industry. This list could be multiplied many times. There was not single Industry In Russia whicli Wants to Start Something. Bdltor B. C. Ferderatlonist Dear Sir: Allow me to draw your attention to an Idea, that I thoroughly believe will be to your benefit. Allow a few columns of your paper for letters of discussion; both for and against your policies; with editorial comment on the subjects; for by so doing you would interest and do more good by drawing together, men of different creeds, which is the present bugbear of labour; the best method to produce converts ts by sensible arguments, not by abuse. At the present day, we are face to face with the imperative need of organization; there are thousands out of work, and although your idea, labour produces wealth, and doles are Just returns; still, lt does not alter the fact, that men In only fair living jobs will hot acknowledge lt; the O. B. U. fell flat because It demanded fees, and no- returns; all these things have got to be reckoned .with; there are thousands who have not the price of a meal, how can they pay dues? yet its the organized body of humanity that counts; the unemployed; radicals, moderates and all workers must be brought together; whether thetr Ideas differ, there ls one common ground for all, methods of general labour Improvements, politics, taxes and economies, these all heed to be understood; for instance I will start the argument, why not tax all Idle money not In circulation, 76 per cent, to pay for employment assurance and old age pensions; why does not the worker's council organize all unemployed; why separate labour by army methods, etc? Sincerely, J. O. Vancouver, B. C, July 14th. Editor, B. C. Federatlonist. Comrade. Being a union man I feel it my duty to forward you a general outline of the affairs to date regarding the Lumber Industry around the Kaslo District, No doubt you have received news from this district previously. Though not quite the real inside facts.' The timber that is being manufactured here is owned and controlled by tho firm known as How- land and Waltz. One of the many United States firms operating in Canada, This company Is being managed by a man named Farrol. who appears to be a better book' keeper and Union-bucker than a walking-boss. Sometime ago our Secretary, T. Roberts, from Sandon, arrived at the camps to collect dues and distribute literature through the Io. callty. He was promptly for warded a lawyer's letter to the effect that proceedings would follow providing he did not keep out of the camps, nevertheless our secretary was not to be thwarted, he Immediately received response from the members, with the outcome that wo have a delegate in eaeh camp to line up the 4pys and collect dues. This outfit entirely ignore the Semi-monthly payment of Wages Act. Some of the men have not received any pay for April or May, and no cheques have been forwarded to any of the camps since March. Which Is tn violation of the B. C. Semi-Monthly payment of Wages Act. We have forwarded the facts to the Provincial Government, with the result that we are in receipt of a letter that was aent to the company, nevertheless, the cheques are not forthcoming. It seems queer that the Provincial Government would stand for an American outftr lo come across and Ignore the laws of the province, and provide their own, and what Is more enforce them. Yours for solidarity, Delegate 72377. Kaslo, B. C. July 12th, 1921. 10 Counsel for L. C. Martens Alleges Vessels Were Stolen JUNIOR LABOR LEAGUE NOTES The regular monthly business meeting of the Junior Labor League will be held tonight, Friday, at the club rooms, 62 Dufferln street west, at 8 p.m. The meeting ls an Important one and a good attendance fs essential. The league Intends to make the holding of a camp for the young folks of the labor movement an annual event. Last year the camp was not very strong, but it was a start. This year tt ls much stronger, and It ls to, be hoped that the league will be tn a position by next yenr to have a permanent camp of Its own. The league ls Indebted this year as lt was last year' to friends well-known ln workers' circles for their camp. There ts accommodation for a few more and information can be obtained by phoning Fair. 1610. The camp will be held for the month of August, at White Rock. Agent of Non-Existent Government Is the Accused (By The Federated Press) New York.—For some time the steamships Pensa and Tobolska, formerly the property of the Russian czar's government, have been at anchor on the Hudson River here off 186th Street They had been seized In Cuban waters by agents of Boris Bakmetieff, "ambassador" In Washington of a Russian government which no longer exists and sold by Bakmteteff U Ivan V. Shestakowsky and the so- called "Russian Volunteer Fleet." Charles Recht of this city, counsel in the United Statea for L. C. Martens, deported trade representative of the Russian Soviet republic, flled suit in the admiralty division of the federal district court, alleging the ships were stolen by. Bakhmetteff ahd illegally sold by htm, and asking that they be turned over to the representatives of the Soviet, government The court granted Mr. Recht'S plea that the ships be taken from the possession of the present hold ers pending the outcome of the suit The court order was placed ln the hands of process servers, who proceeded at once to the Hudson where they had been moored. The ships were gone. It wilt be necessary, probably, Mr. Recht said, to obtain another process which may be served In another state, as It Is believed the ships have been taken away from New York following a "tip" to the present holders that court action was Impending. This proceeding, however, Is expected to involve much more than the mere, possession of the two ships whtch formed a small part of the Russian property and supplies Illegally sold by the bogus Russian ambassador to support himself and his retinue and his propaganda machine in America. Immediately after filing the suit Mr. Recht telegraphed Secretary Hughes in Washington requesting him not to Issue Bakhmetleff a certificate aB ambassador from Russia, which would be required before he could testify tn a United States court. The response of the secretary of state will determine, for the time being, the precise attitude of the administration toward the self* styled ambassador who- still as accorded all diplomatic and social privileges in Washington despite tho fact that he represents no government. A similar suit, brought In a federal court In California to recover for the Russian Socialist federated republic the vessel "Radgai" was decided against the Soviet govern ment when the court accepted the statement of Robert Lansing, the secretary of State, that the Soviet government was not in fact a gov ernment. .The sale of the Pensa and the Tobolska by Bakhmetleff was made in the face of the fact that Recht, counsel for Martens, had published In New York newspapers a warning that the ships wore the property of the Russian Soviet republic, and that no agents, save those of the Soviet government had any right to dispose of them. The price paid to Bakhmetleff Is said to have been only one-fourth of their actual value. It Is said the present owners had been negotiating the re-sale of tho ships to a yacht club. The action brought by Recht on behalf of Martens as agent and represent atlve of the Russian Soviet government,^ to recover the vessels, asks also that the court award such damages as it may deem fit against the defendants for their alleged wrongful action. It is also asked that the court issue a general motion against all persons claiming interest ln the vessels to appear and answer as to how they came Into possession of the ships, and to the uses to which they have since put them. Want Agreement Revised. The Waterfront Employors Association haB notified the local Longshoremen's Association that it is deslrious of revising the exlst- agreement, at the end of this month. Moscow.—A former worker of the Russian Central Machine Factory, who la now employed In Khiva, has Invented a new agricultural machine. It Is a combination of motor plow, mower and binder. The Commissariat for Agriculture In Khtva has decided to construct a number of machines of this type. was not directly or Indirectly dependent upon foreign countries before the war. If Mr. Hughes were able to grasp these phenomena ln their Inward economic significance and world-wide inter-relations he would have to say: 'The fact that Russia, divorced from the world's oconomic system, shaken and exhausted, flrst by the Imperialist war, ahd then by the civil war, has been able, under ths soviet government, to withstand three years of uninterrupted Intervention and wars, and to feed, clothe and equip an army at times exceeding 6,000,000 men—this fact ts nothing less than a miracle. No other regime, under similar circumstances, could have developed such vitality •• Contemptible Action Is Adopted Against New Guinea Germans By W. Francis Ahern (Fed, Press Staff Correspondent) Sydney, N. S. W.—The deportation of German settlers from their homes In ex-German New Guinea now mandated to Australia by the League of Nations—has begun, and at the time of writing they are passing through Australia en route to Germany. These settlers have been deprived of their land and possessions and when they asked that compensation be paid them they were calmly told that their possessions were being seized as a set-off against the German indemnity. Even after the order went forth to evict the German settlers and sequestrate their property, they were not allowed to go in peace. That did not suit those In control of the Australian anti-Labor federal government. They were compelled to remain and work on their own properties as employees for the benefit of the government so that the lands might be kept ln good order for the country that dispossessed them. And in case they demurred, an act of parliament was brought forward to enslave them. Under this act tt was declared that once a property was seized no person employed upon it could be discharged or cease work without the consent of the government un- THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MEN'S AND BOYS' SHOE STORB IN THE WEST Mid-Summer SALE See Our Windows MEN'S $10 and $12 OXFORDS $4.95 MEN'S $10 to $15 BROWN AND BLACK BOOTS _ $7.95 MEN'S WORK SHOES ...:, :...: $4.45 CORNETT BROS. & CLARKE UMITED The Men's and Boys' Shoe Specialists. . 33 HASTINGS STREET EAST 15-Day Close-Out Sale This big clothing institution, with Us 15 years of prestige for Integrity and uprightness, again comes to the aid of the people of Vancouver. No man can afford to miss this sale—it's an opportunity to secure good suits for Immediate and later wear - at an extraordinary saving. Every Suit tn the Store Is Included In Tills Btg Close-out' Sale. Absolutely Nothing Hold Back < $16.75 $28.75 D. K. BOOK SUITS that were (22.(0.. SUITS that were J37.60.. SUITS that were 127.6-.. SUITS that were $44.60... $21.75 $36.75 CORRECT CLOTHES 137 HASTINGS STREET W. der penalty of a flne of ¥600 or six months' jail. Not content with this, the Australian federal government Introduced a further law compelling the unfortunate Oerman settlers to spy against one another by fixing heavy penalties if they refused to do so. This amazing law set out that "any person, Arm or company having knowledge, Information or possession of any books, documents or papers, or any record of any transaction In any way relating to any prescribed company, national, or estate, shall forthwith supply and deliver all such Information and matters to the board without being so required to do so," And failure to comply with this regulation was punishable by a fine of 92,600 or one year in Jail, or both. It ahould be noted that Australia was under a moral obligation to respect private property ln New Guinea. When the Oerman governor of New Guinea surrendered to the Australian military forces ln 1914 he did not do so unconditionally. It was expressly stipulated in the termi- of the surrender that private property was to be respected. This stipulation was accepted by Australia. You may wish to help The Fed- erattontot. You can do so by renewing your subscription promptly and sending in tho subscription of your friend or neighbor. Dental Plates a Specialty Orowni, Bridges ind Fillings nad. tbt tuns shade si your natural Dr. Gordon Campbell Dental Art Establishment Of\\t_ GRANVILLE STREET OUO Corner Robson Over Owl Drue Store. Ser. 5288 Put a one-cent 'stamp on thl. paper and mall It to a friend. Buy at a union store. SHOE REPAIRING UNION SHOP Bring your work to a to.-notcher, THOM'S 256 KINGSWAY (Cor. Broadway) "PELLOW-WORKKB" O. J. Mengel Writes all classes of Insur* ance. Representing only first- class Board companies. If Insurance is wanted, write or phone Sey. 5626. 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