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THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST nroOOTBUL 0OTTT: STRENGTH 4ta> OHICLU. PAPEB:' VANCOUVER TBADES AND LABOB COUNCIL, AND B.C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB / ^_+ POLITICAL UNITY- VT-rmirr ELEVENTH YEAR. No. 5 ^vHT PAGES ~" " 7^rT^^i^:^r, l^^XTT, ^x^=rr ■Eft REPLIED TO IN E. T. Kingsley Exposed the Weakness of Statements Made VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNINXUANUARY 31.1919 BEFORE AND~AFTElT Draws Comparison Between Press at Time of Paris Commune and Now It was indeed an invigorating and refreshing experience for tho largo audi- eneo which-tilled tho Columbia Theatre on Sunday evening, to listen to tho address of Mr. E. T. Kingsley, after what thoy had undergone the previous Sunday, when J. H. Hawthornthwaite, tho modern exponent of the Niccne creed, (whose main foundation is, "I believe") was on the platform. Mr. Kingsley showed in no uncertain manner that ho was in thorough touch with his subject, and that hercsay stories from venerable old ladies of seventy- five, whoso motives aro opon to doubt, did not have any place in the philosophy of scientific Socialism. The speak-, or'b remarks were greeted with round j aftor round of applause from the audience, which practically packed tho theatro. Mr. B. Bonachie was chairman, and road a resolution of tho Vancouver Federated Labor Party, condemning tho action of J. H. Hawthornthwaite in his anti-Bolsheviki speech uf tho previous Sunday, and also a challenge from No. 1 local, Socialist Party of Canada, to debate the question ,of Bolshevism, with tho most prominent anti-Bolsheviki in the provinco and J. H. Hawthornthwaite in particular. Mr. E. T. Kingsley, in his address, said tho grand culmination of centuries of slave civilization hod just boon realized in a four years wnr ,tho results of which was eleven millions of mon slain, double that number maimed and crippled, and nonu can accurately tell the number who died of disease and starvation, and after all the suffering nnd misery wo, tlio working class, havo nothing to show for tho tremendous liola- caust; thero was nothing in the strugglo which involved the freedom of the people. Tho struggle was entirely between conflicting interests of the master class, and as regards payment of tho bill, the only peoplo who could and did pay were tho working class, and they pay every day of thoir livos. For four years the Kaiser had been the goat. Another goat had now sprung up, and tho Kaiser got a reBt. The bogey was now discovered in another direction, the Bolsheviki. (Cheers.) Mr. Kingsley drew an interesting analogy between tho attitude of the press*, in j the days of tho Paris Commune and1 thcir expressions at the present time regarding the Bolsheviki. After the Communards had established themselves in Paris, all thu capitalist press of the world raised onc long, unending howl of despair, and thc working class of Paris, were pictured as unkempt, bloodthirsty ruffians, running around cutting throats just for fun. The womon wero bedraggled, wild eyed, debauched specimens of humanity, running about with cans of kerosene setting firo to tho sacred bourgeois treasures of art and Bcience, and thc cry went up from tno capitalist clasB of tho world, "If these terrorists w'n out in Franco, it will bo our turn next!" It was only years afterwards that the horrible truth was, revealed by the archives and the writings of men who, had been there. Elihu Washburn stated that Paris waB never so safe as during tho two months when thc Communards woro in power, that thoy did not destroy a building or cut a throat; thnt thoy never laid a finger on tho archives or records, in fnct it was all ono gignn- tic tissue of lies. But when the truth lenked out years nfter, what was tho horrible tale! Fifty thousand men, women and ovon children butchered in tho Btreets of Paris to gratify the cowardly bloodthirsty, all blinding desire for murderous revenge of tho capitnlist class of Frnnce, when tho French bourgeoisie (ready to join hands with their. erstwhile enemies, tho Prussians) slaughtered in roid blood those humble | Introduction^ of Machinery Saw Commencement of Imperialistic Idea Sunday evening's propaganda meeting of the Socialist Party of Canada* hold in the Boyal Thoatre. waB addressed by W. W. Lefeaux, his subject being "Imperialism in General, and Brit- isti Imperialism in Particular." He dealt particularly with British; imperialism, sot because it was in any I essential characteristic different, or in its manifestations better, or worse, than the imperialism, of any other great modern power, but becauso he and tho majority of his audience, boing of British stock, were better acquainted with the history of that empire. Tho beginning of modern imperialism could be traced to the introduction of machine production. With itB development an ever-increasing stream of surplus values, ovor and above tho cost of keeping the wage-working class, flowed into thc possesion of the capitalist class. An ever greater volume of these values was found impossible to re- ■ ■ ■ -■■-= invest in tho homo eountry, consequent-I SJg-=-g ly, foreign fields became more and morel ~* ■■—"* a necessity and the competition of other nations, having the same necessity, forced on tho struggle for the exclusive control of territories. The speaker in his survey of imperialistic developments gave abundant and well authenticated historical examples of the subjugation of peoples, not for thcir own good, us for tho example of tho opium war with Shina, and tho subsequent levy upon her resources, but to serve the interests of the ruling classes of the conquering nation. In explaining tho world-wide working-class protest against intervention in Bussia, which had ao staggered thc bourgeois world, he said it sprang from the working class knowledge of conditions in thoir own countries. This knowlcdgo mado them sympathetic with tho Bolsheviki who, in spite of the pross lies and slander, they realized had set out courageously to abolish thc anarchy of capitalism in Bussia, and pstnblish in its placo ordered management and control of production and distribution to the ond that the well- being of the peoplo may bo advanced instead of tho profit of the capitalist class. Soft Drink Dispensers Tho Soft Drink Dispensers, Local 67(1, regret to announce their dance had to bo postponed owing to the "flu1* ban. A wire was sont to the Attorney-General for permission to carry on owing to heavy expenses incurred and arrangements completed, but no reply whs recoived. Ticket holders are advised to take caro of their tickets and watch tho papers for announcements as soon as the ban is lifted. Members arc notified tbat the next regular meoting will bo held on Sunday, February 2,- at 2.30 p.m. A good attendanco is expected, as tho question of affiliation with tho B. C. Federation of Labor and sending delegates to the convention te bo hold in Calgary in March will be up for discussion. |E. T. KINGSLEY AT 1 MIY HUB NOM THOf WM/HT TK** WOIMTHFM TO 40 1MCK TO THI OLH WIDER OF THINGS AMI ■BOlSMKlS*! SEC/MS TO tl THO JMICK THAT /MUST BO THC THICK. Jllll. nun W. A. Pritchard Will Be the Speaker at the Royal on Sunday It has been one of the platitudes of bourgeois writers and speakers, that in a knowledge of the past is to be found the word of prophesy aa tb Ae future. But if you would get tkat knowledge of the past, and get it in the form that is of use, because of the light it throws upon tho present, and of practical interest because it explains the present, and shows how "in it nro spontaneously developed and are ripening tho condition of the future," if yon would get this knowledge in this form, you will neod to go outside tho writings and speeches of theso self-appointed mentors of tho people. Thc speakers of tho Socialist Party of Canada analyze world events from tho Marxian viewpoint. Next Sunday, J. Harrington will speak at tno Columbia, Doors open *t 7:30 p.m. Chair takon at 8 p.m. sharp. Questions and discussion after the spoakor's address. LAUNDRY WORKERS APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE The Need for Funds WiU Exist Until All Members An Again Employed The following further sums havo been recoived by tho Laundry Workers Union in response to the circular letter sent out to every union on bohalf of tho members unable to secure employment since the strike: Already acknowledged (260.00 I. B. S. 8. ft Dredgomcn... 20,00 IT. B. Carpenters of Amorica, No. 1621 (Caulkers) 60.00 Total n -r.i.*:.....*...;...|S8;«) The need for funds is still urgent, as quito a number of girls havo so far been unable to secure omploymont. The girls warmly appreciate tho assistance they have received, and as thc number needing assistance is growing less each week, it is hoped that tho Proportional Representation System Followed Out in Election The election for the executive board membors of tho Trades and Labor Council waa carried out as at the last eloction, on the proportional.representation -systom, ihe following being elected in the order named: W. A. Pritchard, W. H. Cottrell, G. Hardy, Miss Helena Gutteridge, For forgoant-at-arms, W. A. Alexander was elected on tbe first count, ho having a majority of thc ballot* east. Also Curry, Woodsworth, Wells and Barnard Busy on Sunday Dr. Curry will speak at the Bex or "Tho Boad to Peaco and Plenty." Owing to the constant crowding of the Bex Theatre far ahead of starting time it bas been decided to begin tho meeting with organ recitals at 7 o'clock and speaker at 7:30 on Sunday next. It is also being urged that as there are quite a number of tho members of the Labor party residing nearer the Broadway than the Bex, that these members would materially assist thc carrying on of meetings by attonding thc Broadway and making just so much more room for the peoplo whom it isj impossible to accommodate down town. This will work no hardship as the samo speakers will be heard, and generally tho programme is Birai-iar. The Broadway theatro is a eomfortable, modern building, Beating 30 more people than tho Bex, which demonstrates the accommodation provided. The chair at tho Bex will bo occupied by an old-, timer, Mr. Joceph Johnston, and at the Broadway by Mr. Wolsh Lee. Tho North Vancouver meeting last Sunday was a pronounced success from tho start. Dr. Curry was In good form and tho results in both literature distribution and membership were good. W. R. Trotter occupied the chair. Next Sunday Mr. Woodsworth will speak in the K. of P. Hall at 3 p. m. on "Waat We Want," and tho cnair will bo 'occupied by Miss H. Gutteridge. Owing to the somewhat spasmodical nature of meetings in New Westminster hitherto it has been difficult to foretell how any moeting might work out. This is going to be mended by tho holding of meetings every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Boyal Theatroon Columbia Street. Woodsworth addressed tho meeting last Sunday and A. 8. Wells wilt speak on Sunday noxt. Last Sunday's Victoria meeting waB addressed by E. T. Kingsley and T. A/ Barnard will travel to the Capital city for thiB purposo on Sunday noxt. On Friday, Fcbruary"7, an organization meeting will be held in Broadview school, Burnaby, at which Mr. WoodB- worth and W. B. Trottor will speak. This is on the Burnaby Lake Hne, got-! ting off at Crown Avenue station. . Tho school continues to be well attended at 641 OranviUe street at 2:30 on Sunday afternoons. GKolr practices are to bo started at samo address following the school, beginning Bunday next. LOW AND CAMP HOT Thousand Members * Month Is the Slogan Adopted Chairman of Compensation Board Addressed the Last Meeting Tho loggers are now getting inJtP their stride. They have leased permanent headquarters at 61 Cordova street west, which is being altered and decorated to suit thcir requirements. Owing to,the unusual character of tbo organP nation, (the membors being scatters*!' throughout the province the bulk of thp year and only occasionally com ng town). They aro asking tho Trades i General Teamsters and Truck Driven' fl'ck Benefit Association Tlio first annual meeting of the above association wns held in tho Labor Templo on Wednesday evening, a good attendance of members turning out. The report of the secretary showed considerable progress had been made since thi , _„„ „.„ asking tho Trades and Labor Council to authorize its offieei* to function as countersign ers of cheques, and, should tho office of secretary-treasurer become vacant through somo unexpected cause, the executive of the council is asked to mako a temporary appointment until the Logger** executivo or general membership cm themselveB act. Tho books are to be audited by chaptered accountants ,and a quarterly financial statement published in Tb> Federationist. The official receipt syr tem instead of dues stamps is being used, and a card index syBtem of book? keeping as the anticipated sizo of tlfr organization makos any other system unwieldy. "A thousand a month" iv the slogan of the unjou, and the indications aro that the big industrial union of the Logging and Construction Camp Workers will 1)0 one of the hig factors in the Labor world. At the meeting in the Labor Tcmpte on Sunday last, Mr. Winn, chairman of tho Workmen's Compensation . Board, spoko upon the operations of the acL welcomed and accepted many proposal! put forward by tho men for the further extension of its provisions in tho into* cats of the workers. It was pointed ouft that 81 fatal accidents occurred in thi lumber industry last year. Next Sunday afternoon's meeting in tbe Lubor Temple, Jack Kavanagh will speak o* "the organization of Labor, its ain* and objects.". i K. Winch, president of the Trude* and Labor Counoll, has been elected secretary. Brothers H. AUmnn, T. Go** ford, H. Grace, J. W. Green, A. Lamoafc E. Lindberg, Hector Maedonald, A. M» Kenzio, Smith as executivo eommit.tc-% and Brothers Allman, Cosford, Grae% fiiggins, Lindberg, Maee, Winch, delegates to the Trades and Labor Council Hotol and Bestaurant Employees Hotel and Bestaurant Employees will ,1,1 -M.-.-U —* • , _ ., - — "-«--- ™ rnoiThp fn-M?,5|ori^.?f thc ba"^ cnStliistof Jan^ ttolr next regular meeting We* fund will recoivo such support as will Sarf ^ d* C?,ndld"tc" for eiecutive cal 055 arc urged to join up right away h„^.nftfirnoon' «*• ™>- The ]«caJ (ftnblo them to be paid until all "■-— ' - ro;A' Crawford. J. HuhhV n I T).n _>in,.fs.„, Z* __«_.J"."i_-_."»a_.1 ?w*i'|had all — _ v« obtnined work. H°" ™IV ai..0?wfo# J;.Hl;1>***<** B* Tl'*' "lection Sf office™ nnljied In '£,__, „ —~-- ■ * 9* M% Mng elected pro^ members nf thc working class after 1/ they hnd thrown up their hands in surrender. We of the working class should not worry about the doings of tho Bolsho- (Continued Item pago 1) A Special Meeting -OF THE- Vancouver Trades and Labor Council —WILL BB HELD IN- LABOR TEMPLE Saturday Evening at 8 o'Clock Wife of Vice-President of Trades Council Is Laid to Rest The members of organized labor and other members of the working class throughout the provinco will learn with regret, that Mra. Kavanagh, wifo of Jack Kavanagh, vice president af thc Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, passed away on Monday last, a victim of tlio "flu." Tho funeral was held on Wednesday morning from the Hamilton Undertaking parlors. Tho Van- ouver Trades and Labor Council wns represented by Prosidont Winch. Mnny j mombors of tho Socialist party, and ' members of tho working class organizations iu the city attended the funeral. Jack Harrington was thc speaker, and the funeral was a Socialist one, and there were no (lower's by request. There wero at least ono hundred and fifty mombors of the working class at the last sad rites. J. Harrington, in delivering the fun- oral addrOHH, slated that the loss was t<> those surviving, und that death wus no catastropho to members of the working cluss, as their conditions of lifo, were not such as to make life highly prized. Coni inning, ho said that tho doeousod had-been activo in the .Socialist move ment since she was fourteen yeara of nge, and that it did seem unfortunate that our young comrado should have mot her end, just aa world-wide condi tions appeared in tho final stage of cup italistic anarchy, aud the two olusses wero lined up for the final struggle. An infant daughter, as well as husband, are left to mourn their loss. VICTORIA CARPENTERS > HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING Much Business Transacted and New Bules Are Voted Upon Locnl 2651, A.8.U.B. Carpentors, Victoria, held its regular meeting laat Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, as it wns a specially summoned meeting to voto on the amendments to the rulos, and tho subscribing in a body to tho Tribune. This proposal wns adopted by a largo majority, 80 for nnd 12 against. Fifteen new members wore admitted, and seventeen clearances accepted. Bro. E. Wi Ellis was elected as a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council nnd Bros. Bnrry nnd Laundry wero elected lo represent the local on the press committee of the Tribune. MILL AND FAOTORY WORKERS ORGANIZE Further Efforts Hade to Organize the Lumber workers at Royal City Last Friday evening at the Labor Temple, New Westminster, a moeting for the purposo of organizing thc mill and factory workors was held. Thore was a fair attendance, and over twenty men signified their intention to join the organization. The speakers were B. Groves, J. W. Wilkinson of tho Shipwrights, and T. A. Barnard of the Shipyard laborors. J. A. Johnson, president of tho shipwrights, presided at the meeting. Federation of Western Postal Employees Tho locnl branch ure holding thcir first social evening since amalgamation, on Monday, February 3rd, at 8 p.nu, in tho Auditorium, 339 l'ender street west. It was planned to tuke the form of a concert and douce, but, owing to the "ilu" ban on dancing ,u military whist drive and concert will be substituted. All PoBtal Employees nnd their friends aro cordially invited. Tickets 50 rents each. Refreshments provided. Hunt, Birt Sho'irbr^s!' Sinclair, W. Youhill and A. C. Woods. The defeated candidates for sergeant-at-arms are J. Harrison and Frank Poole. Thc new executivo as now constituted is as follows: President, E. Winch; vice-president, J. Kavanagh; secretary and business agent, V. B. Midgley; secretary-treasurer, F. Knowles; W. Pritchard, W. H. Cottrell, G. Hardy, Miss Gutteridgo and W. A. Alexander. FATAL ACCIDENT AT COUGHLAN'S SHIPYARD impossible to Secure Names of De ceased and Those Injured Lato yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at Coughlan's shipyard, one mnn being killed and three others injured. From information supplied by one of the men in the yard, it appears that n boom fell with fatal results to one of the men and injuries to three others. Late last night Coughlan's informed -a Fed. representative that they could not give the names of tho men, as the duy shift had gone home and the first aid men that could supply the in- formtalon were not there. A. A. McKay vice-president. All ... formation ub to bonefits, etc., can bo obtnined at ihe office, 587 Homer street, arrangements made for their I Ihe City Hall Employees' Union i^ the latcal organization to subscribe in a body to the Fod. ler in council now colled thi Returned Men Are Compelled to Wait for Civic ries" Civic Employeos At the last meeting of the Civic Employeos Union, tho following officers were installed: President, Bro. WJiite; vice-presidents, Bro. Baltensby, Myers and Cochrane; recording secretary, Bro. Minter; financial secrotary, G. Harrison; business ngent, O. McFarlane; trustees, Bros. Owen, Copes und Oliver; conductor, Bro, Dickson; warden, Bro. Goodwin. At tho next regular meeting, Mr. Geo. Hardy will give an address on industrial and economic questions. It is intended that speakers provided by thc Trndes and Labor Council will appear to givo an address on questions of the day each month. Calls for B. C. Federation of Labor Convention and Western Conference Issued THE CALLS for the British Columbia Foderation of Labo era Labor Conference, havo been sent out tbis week, on Monday, March 10, at 10 a.r Circulation Going Up This week 17,000 copies of tho Foderntionist were printed. By March 1 it is expected thc circulation will reach 20,000, and with the new press our capacity will be unlimited. or Convention, and ibe West- Thc convention will convene in the Labor Temple, Calgary. The Western Conference, will convene on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock iu the same oity and hail. Evory local union that is not at this time affiliated with the IJ. (', Federation of Labor should affiliated at, once, and send their quota of delegates. The sending of delegates to thc Western Conference does not entail the affiliation of tho locals witb (he Federation, but by being affiliated they can bc represented at both gatherings for xvvy litlle additional cost. The unparalleled conditions that face tbe workers ol' this and every other land make these conventions tbe most important gatherings that have over been held in tho country. Events have moved so fast since the last convention of the Trades Congress that even if there were no other reasons, the Western Conference has now become a necessity. Labor must have some definite programme, How can that programme be defined? It can only be clearly laid down by sueh a gathering as this Western Conference. The provincial matters can only be dealt with at a provincial gathering. It may entail a little financial obligation to be represented at these gatherings, but that is a small item when the interests of the workers are concerned. The future is fraught with promise for those that toil, but on the intelligent discussion of the many problems that face thc workers will depend the amount of suffering that must be borne by th the conditions under which they live are changed. hem before One of the most muddled up (laflcoea tlmt has ever been porpotratod on tho working class of Vietoria was pulled olf at the outer whnrf on Friday neon, January 21, the occasion being the arrival of the transport Asia, with troops from Kiigland via tho Panama Canal. Tht; preparations for the reception of the meu, (sojiio 2-1(1 of whom disembark* ed horo), hnve been going on for a month past, and despite this, no one seemed lo know who was coming on the boat, so that friends and relations of men ovcrocs eould only surmise us to the ideality of those aboard, Tho writer, with oilier workers at Ogden Point, watched Uie Hner arrive at ]0;80 a. m. and slowly drnw towards tho pier. Her decks were crowded with men in khaki, and hundreds of expectant pooplo hurrying lo (lie wharf, ivlion for some reason or oilier, she slowly harked away again, and anchored in the ltoyal Roads four miles off. Thero was yells uf disgust from tha soldiers aboard, and no wonder. After a long voyage, cooped up in a dirty troopship., to bu brought within a cable's longth of Ihe land ng stago, and (Jion go out again, was most exasperating, The liner lay off until If;30 j). in., und then came in. An elaborate spread was laid out n the duck shed, win re the civic dlgui tarios were ulso assembled with Inch mil Inliictious -of hoi air ami and those men for is taken oft* while the ai land wen1 kbpl aboard rostlvo, and getting a aft, Ihev proceeded to Bide, and share in ihe j the bourgeoisie of \i< ci rs mado an aft were una with liver imvuneis, were also power- n effect has com- arrangements ,nmt means considerable expense to the union. Xi may be pointed out thnt the dances Lh* locnl has held periodically wen; thp means of relieving many deserving caaiai in tho way of sick benefit, especially doting the Inst few months, although tbl locnl's membership is very satisfactory the small amount of monthly duea paid docs not cover tho expenses incurred tm death nnd sick benefits. We wish d> advise tho members through The Fed- orationlst, to attend the next meeting ns matters of importance will have 5 be dealt with, among these is the sending of delegates to the convention Vn Calgary in March. The following restaurants are on thu unfair list: _Seltk- tyrc's Cafe, McLeod's Cafe, Post Olliw Cafe, Leonard's Cafe. Members of of- ganlzod labor, please tnko notice. General Teamsters and Truck Driven Members arc reminded that thtt© will bo no meeting until February 1Z All members arc asked to phone Scj^- motir 4117 on Sunday afternoon. Mombors should get copies of the *'Soviets at Work," which has jiml been issued by the Trades and Labor Council, and can lie obtained in the offlco at fivs cents per ropy. This will give them _, true report en the programme Russian workers' govornment. In the event of thc "flu" bi lifted (he dance will be In Id verllsod, However, if the ban lifted before that date, annoi.i will he made in duo course v will be held. i"*"»i'|ii>ntiitii|i.|i*|ii|M|, ^.»„, ■I iho is not omen* ie;j. ife gas— and points were in for the riurin- Thoso hoys gol gangway rigged dumper over the rnli provided by toria. The ofli- pt lo slop thun, but i1, and a guard of marines, bayonets, were less to stein ihe rush. Several offlcors win Vietoria were sound), went down th The Vlotoria Daily Times, in an editorial, asks: " Who were the muddlers!" The answer is easy. The soldiers COllld wait; tiny had waited often before; thcir wives and children eould wait. Thev too have long waited. But oh, dear no, it would never do for ''" LABOR TEMPLE MEETINGS FOR COMING WEEK w> Mov* Sofl 1-ft tho boat at ■ linnlii'd as lln**/ guigwoy, rails or etnas to shift thoir sdhoduto. It would novor >lo for th™ lo loHo an op* por unity to nose nnd show thoir im* port«n._ in tho cyoa of the workers! and no rnnttor how muoh iho lonylng of thoso warworn mon for home, fu„„" Hes and fronds, tho hypoerltleai «veo- phants of thn Viotorla bourinolslo had to bc satisfied nRHT. Workors, ors, Brow SUNDAY, Fob. 2-t, ing Picturo Oi,, Drink Dlsoonsora «o. ,..() relcphono Operators Boilormakors, steam iJJ. noors, ElooWonl WotkcS , -I'allors, Pollohinen "ohlM* TUESDAY, Fob *| rr ■ • , (:,'™:l * CaSiont^S Boot and Hhoe Work- , '''y Workers, Butfth. "ake^s ^SLn'S,^ m n ""-uni L.ny r reinen S,"™ mi8 ,"'"i); n S L-xiirosa Employees: B-il.**-. ;:ij;mirit,*»t„,,„,,1(K,11)ll(,},.03i THUH8DAY, F**b «, t„ i WDM Counoy, Pnklors, Oar* ors, Machinists Ladies' Auxiliary, '.HAI* KlmiAY, F,l, 7_Bro, -.„.. Carmon, Pllodrivors and Woo* on Brdgomon, Bollorinakors-. Bxooutlvo, Olvlo fimployoos, Warohousomon, Holders, Oity Hull Employees, Minimum Wago League, PAGE TWO eleventh year, no. 5 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST $25, $28, $30 and $35 —ODD - Suits and Overcoats FOR SALE SATURDAY AT $15. >.00 [RAPE UPSTAIRS AND SAVE YOUR DOLLARS jflMOLD&QUIGLEyi flM ■*> SlY-ll-V. t-h.-lf*c n\..t r,..<- I...,*.." 546Granville St. 546J IN UUR NO ^tRuaukre"n°t upstairs CLOTHES SHOP What's in a Name? To vaudeville ttae word "Orpheum" means the bent In tho world—to Van- ■Oliver the Orpheum Cafe ' ii.t_.ina tilt* best natiiifr place In town; music and dancing- in tho evoning. Drup In any time. Biggest union botiBe ia Vancouver. 762 OBANVILLE License No. Opp. Orpheum 10-1758 $27,000 Verdict Stands White Plains, N. Y— An award of $15,000 damages to tho son nnd $12,000 to the widow of a twin killed by a railroad is not excessive, according lo a decision by Supreme Court Justice Soo- gor. The verdict is against tho New York Central Railroad. The son was born after tho death of his father. \ = VANCOUVEB, B. C. FBIDAY.. ' The Defeat of Imagination ■v two years since M. Georgcuttlicmsolvea they made war impossible, wroto in Vio des Martyrs,] but apt for the world. In the grim light of tho event, they seo that It is now Duhamol wroto in Vio des Martyrs, words of an import nad implication so terrible that they have been like a poison in our blood, a haunting refrain to desolate the mind. "L'ctre Humani," he wroto, "Souttre toujours solitari.ro- meut dans sa chair, et e'est pourquoi la guerre est possiblo." It was not a discovery or a revelation. Wo had always know that it wns so. The forco of the words luy in their powor to throw a calm, cold light upon a thing of whoso presenco we knew, yet dared not look upon. In the flooding ray of this acknowledgment, our indignation . _ „_-j seo chasm now divides thom from the World. Necessity has stolen a four years' march upon tiiem. Such a wall has boen built between them and thc world knit together by such a cement of blood und iron that it is becomo incalculable It grew up so slowly that they barely say it beforo it was too lato to cast it down. Before the war, thoy were of ono body with mankind; thoy wcro onc with mankind becauso thoy bolieved they were ono. Imagination in those days had easy victories. At the beginning of the war thoy wero stm and our protest withered. Tiil thon we ,<mo» }iiey couI(1 believe—they wero not ORPHEUM ^THEATRE1 x PULYINO OBPHKUM OIB OCIT VAUDITOLI ■Matinee 2:80 ■veiling*-** 8:20 T COAL WE GIVE "SERVICE" AND QUALITY Evans, Coleman & Evans, Limited Phones: Seymour 2988 and Seymour 226 Vancouver Drug Co. 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S638 782 Qi.ii.lUe St. Sey. 7013 Oor. .QrenvlUe »nd Broadway - • Bay. 231. aid 17410- ■ 412 Main Street Sey. 2039 1700 Commercial Drive High. 2SB aid 1733-0 SLATER'S QUALITY, SERVICE, FREE DELIVERY Canada Food Board License No. 8-22774 had, by God knows what tortuous process of intclloctunl self-preservation, half-convinced ourselves that tho ans- hvor to lho incessant quostion, Is it possible? No, it is not possible. Wo aro caught in tho toils of somo grotesque and giant mistake, wo said. Someone will suddenly let drop n word, and it will be revealed. Wc shall full upon the necks of our brother men, and laugh und cry over thc nightmare folly that is lifted from us. A man will climb to the pinnacle of thc Nelson monument and cry to the world some simple sentence: "My littlo children." We shall not wait for tho cad of the words we know. Ho will have told us that we arc littlo children; lost in I dark forest. It is that wo have forgot ton. There was fever in tho dream. For one man one cooling drug, for another, another. Por us it was tho calm, cold light of M. Dumaol's words. Tho possibility which wo had denied stood bofore us in the frozen, intolerable rigidity of a law. Against it wo might dash our minds, but they would break. Tho law of tho solitariness of human suffering would remain. A man cannot* suffer his neighbor's physical pain. If he eould, thero would bo no war. Thus tho problem was posed. It was a problem so urgent nnd all-devouring that wo began to dream again and to aslc why were not all thc minds of the wicked world implacably at work to discover thc means by which ono man may suffer with another. But all the minds of the world wcro engaged in discovering tho means by which ono man may inflict a yot greater infinity of suffering upon another, and himself bo unwrung by tho pain. Tho men of old knew tho problem. Tho Orooks, who first taught tho world thc potency of tho idea, solved it with a word. As though creating a new law, thoy framed tho word "syraatho- in." But thc magic of tho idea has deported from it. Thc world has sinco learnt that tho word docs'not mako tho reality. It is uo longer a challenge of powor thrown out 'over chaos. With tho word tho thing had been willed, but the matter was roluctant. Sympathy becamo in modern speech a mere shadow, all but a parody, of its brave intention. It is worn smooth by facile use; a coin, no longer a crcntion, a relic of tho days when tho mind had beon all-daring, and had clamored for entrance at overy gate of tho Bluggish soul. Tho mind hnd Baid; Ono man shall suffer with another. Ho ahall suffer his brother's pain. But tho fiat of tho mind is fact only iu tho kingdom whoro tho mind is sovereign. It is a small kingdom. Tho community of minds created "sympathy '' waB only a fraction of humanity. Only a fraction of humanity kopt that coinage bright and now. Too rost woro as savages .who havo caught tho language of thcir masters and mako uso of told it?" That this one last fight wus necessary in order that a victory should bo won for imagination in tho minds of the poople of a nation in which it-had boon supplanted by calculation. Thoso servants of»thc material exploiters of necessity, must be showu that imagination was sovereign; might was not right. In its origin andessenco tho war was a struggle of imagination against tho sluggish soul. ■ Neither the origin nor tho cssonce was pure. If thc imagination hud boon freed on its side from tho dross of sluggishness, it would have known that victory could aot be bought at such a price of pain. Its will to action would have been paralyzed hy knowlcdgo. More rightly, tho struggle luy botweon a little iinairhintion nnd lay botweon a little imagination und none. Spiritually, tho struggle wuh ended whon thp pooplo of no imagination had received so much experience of pain as would supply its placo. Tho moment soon camo when ou both sides thero had beon amassed a sufficient consciousness of tho grotcsquo, impossible quagmire into which humanity hod been led, to safeguard tho world for generations. The mass pi 'Consciousness had accumulated, but tho 'treasure was incommunicable. It lay in tho soldier's keeping; and tho decision lay elsewhere. Whore tho decision lay, thero was no imagination. The soul was sluggish as it had always beon. Tho war, that was a strugglo of tho imagination, becamo an1 orgy of necessity. So tho wa# grow betwoon the raon of imagination and mankind. On tho ono side, imagination was purified and completed by oxperionco; on tho other, on incapacity for imagination hardened into a deliberate refusal to imagine Imagination was proscribed. It weakened thc power of tfio fighting machine; it mado units of men again. Tho attempt to break down tho barrior of tho solitariness of human suffering becamo high treason. Worso than this, it was brunded as madness. And it was mad- noss. Suddenly it becamo plain that madness is a mntter of majorities. Because ten million men band together to deny that another million men are iu pain, it is madness to declare their sufferings to tho world. Thus imagination was not merely rejected. It was put in a madhouse. The one power which could make war impossible, was banished from society. In every warring nation thoro appeared a division far moro p/ofouud than any which lay botweon itself aud tho enemy. ThiB condition was oponly confessed. Tor all his madness, the advocate of peace at home was regarded as a being far moro hatoful than his enemy, while in tho eyes of tho advocate of peaco, tho agvocato of peaco among tho enomy stood nearor to him than the advocato of war at homo. But theso spiritual affinities brought no relief. The imaginative minority remained a minority, even though thoro were An Economic Commission Has Been Sent to Siberia V Capitalist Fountain Cannot Bring Forth Sweets for Workers [By J. S. Woodsworth] Article V. The Canadian manufacturer has put forth a reconstruction programmo; the Canadian farmer another that is widely different. Later, various groups of men, who claim to bo disinterested, public-minded citizens, have added their contribution. The Canadian Problems Club, originating with a Winnipeg group, havo offered various suggestions, the most important being a plan somewhat along New Zealand lines for forcing unoccupied lands into use. Thu Canadian national reconstruction groups, promoted by a Montreal committee, has issued a pamphlet outlining the problems of national reconstruction and from time to timo supply to tho membership of tho groups bulletins containing recommendations mado by individuals or groups. The pamphlet starts out boldly— "Reconstruction pro-supposes- destruction. What is being destroyed throughout the world? Tho old relationships between tho classes; the old ideas of security and fixity of tenure, privileges, occupation and customs; tho old systom of 'laissez-faire' and individualism." '' What aro tho main expectations and problems of tho period after tho war! Students agree that tho chango of cen- tre will be in tho industrial world. . . I In tho chapter on "Tho Employor,'1 it is suggested that "for tho timo being, and in several directions it (capital) enjoys greater security than before as a consequence of its co-operation with the stato. Capital occupies better strategic position so far as ...January 31, 19 You will not be "soaked" t_ So many peoplo nogleot thoir oyea evon when thoy know thoy should havo them attended to—when they know they should be wearing glasses—bocauBe thoy aro afraid they will be overcharged—and because of the uncertainty of the eost. _ I want any of you union men who feol that you may require glasses—you or yonr wives— to como in and let me exam- ino your eyes. Lot me tell you what is wrong—If anything—what it will oost to givo you glasses that will mako seeing and living more comfortable. _ My optical sorvico is the most efficient and tho most reasonable on the coast. Seymonr 1993 J. D. GAMBLE Manager Granville Optical Oo. M9 GRANVILLE STEEET Below Diyadtle'i VANCOUVER UNIONS TBADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—MEETS fint and third Thursdays. Executive board: Preildent, E. Winch; vlce-prealdent,' J. Kavanagh; aeeretary and businoss agent. V. E. llidgiey; treasurer, F. Knowles; sergeant-at-anna, J. F. Poole; trustees, J. H. MoVety, J. Babble, A. J. Crawford, W. A. Pritchard. concerns past wur negotiations than labor. FBESH MBA* DEPARTMENT Finest local lamb, shoulder, por pound ~ 26VjC Legs, loeal lamb, Ib- S7'/|C Loins, local lamb. Ib 37-Vic Stew, local Iamb, lb..... 25c Boiling Beef, per lb 18c Pot Hoast. per Ib up 200 PORK SPECIAL ' Finest Pork shoulders, ribs, 35c lb ; Saturday only 28'/ac Leg of Pork, per Ib— 38VaC Orlsco, per tin _. Tomatoes, large Una - Sunlight Soap, 4 for Boyal Crown Soap, 6 for... Sardines, 3 for „ „ Pork and Beana, 8 for Pry'i Cocoa, 2 for „ SSe _...20e „...25o 260 .....25c 26c ...«c PROVISION DEPARTMENT Sliced Streaky Bacon, Ib 60c Sliced Boneless Ham. Ib 60c Siloed Ayrshire Roll, lb 60c Sliced Smoked Backs, lb 66a EGOS—BOOS—BOOS Alberta Cooking Eggs, dozen....66c Alberta Fresh Eggs, dozen 76c • BUTTER—BUTTER—BUTTEB Finest No. 1 Alberta, 8 lbs $1.60 Finp Alborta Butter, 8 _tis....*1.60 finest Ontario Cheese, per lb 30c Finest Pure Lard, lb™ 36c finest Compound Lard, Ib 30c Finest Beef Fat, lb. _ 20e Finest Beef Suet, % „ 26c Finest Beef Dripping, lb 25c Salt Pork, per Ib 40c 3--BIG STORES--3 123 Hastings Street East 830 Granville Street 3260 Main Street Phone Sey. 3262 Phone Sey. 866 Phone Fair. 1683 WE DELIVER ALL OVER THB OIT7 AND SUBURBS it in pidgin spoils and incantations to moments, when its numbers wcro appar- thoir diivinities. Tor "sympathy," ontly swolled. For if tho numbers in- " cronsed on ono sido, they diminished on tho othor. Tho temporary reinforcement was composed of treacherous elo- monts whoso ardor for war abated I liko all truo words, was not a conquest mado by tho mind for onco and all, ' thereafter never to bo challenged or assailed. It was a spaco of light won from tho unconquored darkness. Each gonoration 'which would sot foot in it had to defend it, and to bo awaro that it wns precarious and impossible to maintain*. It had to will tho impossible ovor and over again. It had to draw the soul out of tho body, liko a sword out of its sheath, to cut through tho net of human limitations. Tho mind must bo dashed against the inovitablo law, careless of death. Sympathy was thc challongo of the mind to tho univorsc. By thc sword humanity denied tho solitariness of human pain. It claimed proudly that it possessed a spirit that crfuld dominate all material limitation, leap ovor tho physical abyss which divides ono man from another, and inhabit its brother's body and soul at will. By virtuo of this spirit man could triumph over timo and spaco; he could rise on Its wings and poise calmly high above necessity itself. He could summon up the dead and hold converse with thc future. Tho spirit was imagination. Man pitted imagination against necessity. This wns, at least, the faith. It was a true faith for those who believod in it. But they hnd .a singular capacity for belief. They persuaded themselves that '' man'' was ull mon, whereas "man" was only themselves. Thoy pitted imagination against necessity; all men did not. They strained thoir minds in the elTort to suffer their brother's pain; but they wore few. For You must have pants! , --unless you are a duly (certified member of a Kiltie battalion, you should have 'em—and wear 'em. OP course you should have the proper pants, too. Those that you wear to a wedding won't do in a shipyard. The proper pants to wear is oft times a problem. But in work pants, it is no problem at all, if you be sure and specify these good, hardy, honest "jeans" which bear the famous "TWIN BUTE" and Union Labels. So when you want work pants be sure and tell the man you want "TWIN BUTE" work pants, and that none other '11 do. when the prospects of victory appeared dim o*. remote, and it wos counter-balanced on the othor sido by thc falling nwny of thoso to whom tho expectation of triumph seemed near. Tho imaginative minority had boen constituted finally at the end of about > year of war. It gainod no adherents afterwards. Tho minority had three full years to realizo tho truth they had learned, and painfully to reconstruct their world on othor foundations. Imagination' could no longer be ono of them. Imagination was a reed; if humanity leant upon it, it broke undor tho weight of tho majority. It was no uso to hold that mankind woul inevitably rally to imagination in tho long run. The war had shown that a catastrophe, against which imagination was tho only dofenso, might bo consummated long before imagination had prevailed among men. Their problem wns to orientate I themselves in n now world. It was not really a new world; it was tho old one for the first timo clearly soon. But it was a now world for them, a world not without imagination, but ono in which imagination had no supremacy, and dared not claim; a world in which tho lines of clcaVttgo were entirely different from what they hnd seemed to be; a world wliich at the first sight seemed could and alien and hostile, yet afterwards appeured to havo at lenst the attraction that discoveries might bo mndo in it nnd new lessons learned.—-The Nation. TWIN BUTE work pants in tweed patterns. Doublo stitched, xivottcd buttons, lots of room, plenty of pockets, long- Weftring, strong—and reasonably priced, Jas. Thomson & Sons, Ltd. MAKERS OF Twin Bute Work Garments Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER IRISH NATIONALISTS MEET Irishmen Discuss tho Lahor and Bolsheviki Movements at Their Annual Meoting Tho anminl meeting of the Vancouvor Irish National Association wns held in Ht. Mary's Hall on the 22nd inst., Mr. 1). J. McCarthy in tho chair. The following officer bearers wero elected for the coining year: D. J. McCarthy, president; Mr, McFitddon, vico-presi- deut; A. Urquhart, secretary-treasurer; committeo, P. J. Molynoux, T. P, Oui- Ion, Miss McCann nnd Miss Scnnlon; sorgeants-at-arms, James I)6ylo and H. S. Flood. The duty of extending unstinted support to the progressive movemont of the Irish pooplo at home for democratic self-govomment was fully acknowledged by tho meeting, and the adoption of the inline "Sein-Foin" was considered and discussed. But it was decided to continuo tho work of the association under tho present numo meantime. The larger question of Lnbor and Bolshevism in their relation to tho nationalism of the Irish people was also brought up in the discussion, but no definition of attitudo wan recorded. There is no quostion, however, but Irish nationalism will merge into the larger democratic movement whon their lines t, "In order to work for its futuro security, it must co-opcruto with labor or lobor will work for its completo ovor throw. If it refuses to adopt this attitudo thero will bo an industrial Armageddon. '' It would seem that tho promoters of tho reconstruction gronpwere aware of tly) seriousness of tho situation and disposed to radical changes. Yet lator, in the discussion of tho stato in relation to industry wc iUnd thc self-samo old "laissez faire" doctrine: "Thc stato should interfero with industry only (n) whero public rights nro invaded by an industry or a section thereof, (b) to improve gouornlly tho efficiency of any particular industry." Further in tho chapter, on taxation and finance, wo aro warned that "taxes on capital should bo very carefully imposed as they tend to check its growth, and to accelerate its immigration." After tho brave setting forth, alas, what an ignominious ending! Tho pamphlet may stimulate discussion. Tho Bibliography is of valuo. But wo fear thnt tho discussion will bo largely academi* in character. Con- croto proposals do not contemplate the reconstruction of socioty. One public body hns—at least, on paper—advocated complete soeial reconstruction. J Tbo gonoral conference o'f tho Motho* st church, n few months ago declared: "That tho presont economle system is revorted , to as ono of tho roots of the war. Tho insane prido of Germany, her passion for world domination, found nn occasion in tho domand for colonies as markets and sources of raw materials. Tho wnr has made more clearly manifest.tho moral perils inherent in the agitation of production for profits. Tho whole system calls for a change. . . . demand nothing elso than a transferase of the wholo oconomic life from a basis of competition and profit to ono of co-operation and service." How far the church is prepared to implement this declaration, remains to bc seen. Certainly its confidence in thc leadership of thoso now in authority does not appeal to thc workerB. "Wo look to the government to enlist in the service of tho nation thoso great lenders nnd corporations which havo shown magnificent capacity in tho organization of life and resources for the profit of shareholders." Prominent Methodists liko Sir J. W. Flavelle of tho Wm. Davles Company, Mr. S. ft. Parsons, presidont of tho Manufacturers Association, Mr. Chester MnsBoy, of the Mossoy Harris firm, or Hon. J. Wesley Rowell, corporation lawyer, may bo willing to lend in n movement for tho elimination of profits, but wo confess, that our faith is weak. • If the confidence of tho Methodist church in the hends of the big corporations is well placed, national reconstruction is assured for the corporations now control the nation. What is tho government doing? From time to timo we nre informed of the appointment of vnrious committees nnd commissions, nnd assured that the government is preparing plans. So far as we have boon nblo to loar'h, the government's proposals look in tho direction of the manufacturers programme. Canada is to secure hor share in the rebuilding of Europe. An economic commission hns been dispatched to Sibera, through the Victory Iioan tho wnr profits aro to be made safo and profitable. Provision is being made for financing a housing systom that pleases no one, but thc contractors. A plan for settling returned soldiers 'on thc land is discussed by nil except the land speculators. The dangor of unemployment is to be met by an incrense in tho mi'i- tnry police force. In short, the government propose the same old Cnnndinn policy of specinl privilege and exploitation. What else could be expected? Can the same fountain send forth sweet, wnter nnd bitter? Can n corrupt tree bring forth good fruit? ALLIED PRINTING TRADES JCO0NCIL— Moot! second Monday ia the month. Preaident, Oeo. Bartley; secretary, R. H. Nee- lands, P. 0. Box 66. JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNA- tional Union of America, Local No. 120— Meets second and fourth Tuesdays In tbe month, Room 205 Labor Temple. President, 0. E. Herritt; secretary, 8. II. Grant, 820 Cambie Street. BROTHERHOOD OP CARPENTERS, LOCAL No. 617—Aleets ovory second and fourth Monday evening, 8 o'clock, Labor Temple. President, M. McKensle; flnanclal seoretary, Q. Thom, 6 Dufferln Street East; " " —■*..-. ««*j recording socretary, J. R. Campbell; business agent, Walter Thomas, Room 206 Labor Temple. Pbone Soy. 7495. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America, Vancouvor Lodge No. 104—Meets overy Monday, 8 p.m. President, M. A. Mc- Eachern, 1245 Alberni St.; secretary-treasurer, Angus Fraaer, 1151 Howe St.; business atfent, J. A. Moore, Room 212 Labor Templo, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES Local 28—Meets every flrat Wednesday In tho month at 2,80 p.m. and every third Wodnesday In the month at 0.80 p.m. President, Harry Wood; secretary and bualneaa agont, W, Mackenzie, Room 209 Labor Tem- -T- Phene Sey. 1681. Offloe houra: 11 to — " to 6 p.m, pie. _ 12 noon i INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM AND Operating Englneera, Local No, 620— Meeta every Monday, 7.80 p.m., Labor Tem- Sle. Prealdont, J, R. Flynn, 610 Moodle St., ew Westminster; vice-president, P. Hodges; seoretary-treasurer and bualneaa agent, W. A. Alexander, Room 216 Labor Temple. Phone Sey. 7405, Mark Some Silks Lower Than Ever The January Clearance Sale is nearly over—but there are a few things we will add for the ending days. CLEARANCE OF MADEIRA There are a few odd pieoes and they will be cleared at about half price: Bog. $9.00 13-piece Luncheon Set $4.95 45-inch Lunch Cloth, regular $12.50* for $7.95 10-inch plain round Doylies, buttonholed all around the edge; reg. 65c ....45£ $12.00 Madeira Nightgown for $5.98 $9.50 Chemise, to match the gown $4.48 $5.00 Madeira Infants' Jackets for $2.25 Saba Bros. Limited The Silk Specialists OW OBANVILLE STBEET Excelsior Laundry Limited 554-556 Richards Street Vancouver Drop Calls can be made after hours —THE— TROCADERO CAFE For Union Men > 166 HASTINGS STRUCT WEBT Phone Sey. 935 THE BEST PLACE TO EAT IN VANCOUVEB — UNION OARD ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL No. 318 —Meeta in Room 205, Labor Temple, tyrtrr Monday, 8 p.m. President, H. Barnes, 1162 Powell Street; recording aeeretary, W. Foulkee, Labor Temple;' flnanclal secretary and busineu agont, £. H. Morrison, Room 207 Labor Temple; assistant secretary, P. R. Barrows. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Local 8853—Offlee and hall, 804 Fender Street Weat. Meeta flrst and third **'' p.m. Secretary-treamrer, 0. Fridays Thomas bnsiness agent, A. Hill. AMALOAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND Batcher Workmen's Union No. 648—Meets flrst and third Tuesdays of each montb. Labor Temple, 8 p. m. President, H. E. Willi; ncording aeeretary, Fred. Lilly; financial secretary and business agent, T, W. Anderson, 687 Homer atreet. PATTERN-MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH America (Vancouver and vicinity)— Branoh meeta aecond and fourth Mondays, Room 204 Labor- Templo. President, J. Bonforth, Euclid Ave, Colllngwood Eaat; financial secretary and business agent, H. S. NlghUcalea, 276—56th Ave East, Sonth. Vanconver; recording secretary, E. Westmoreland, 8247 Point Orey Road. Phone Bayview 2879L. 0. ttr«H PASTIME Pocket Billiard PARLOR —fwiLva nw TABUS— (S*uawlak*-Ba]hi OoUeoder Oo.) —H*ad«Qertm for Unloa Maa— CaJon-saads Tobaccos, Olgan ui Cigarsttas Only White Half Employs* 42 Hastings St. East SHIPYARD LABORERS, RIGGERS AND FAateners, I.L.A., Local Union 88A, Series &—Meets the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President, J. N. Houtt; financial secrotary, M. A. Phelpa; business agent and corresponding aeeretary, W^_Le_e. oa,eeL Room 219-320 Labor Temple. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EM- ployees, Pioneer Division, No. 101—Meeta A. 0. F. Hall, Mount Ploaxant, 1st and Srd Mondays at 8 p.m. President, W. H, Cottrell; recording aedfetnry, A. V. Lofting, 35B1 Trinity street, phonn Hi-fli. 168R; treasurer, E. < S. Cleveland; financial seoretary and business agent, Frod A, Hoover, 2400 Clark Drive, offlce corner Prior and Main streets. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF America, Local No. 178—Meetings held first Monday ln each month, 8 p.m. President, Joseph O'Connor; vice-president, A. Benmlah; recording secretary, Mrs. F. A. Dolk, P. 0. Box 503. Phono, Sey. 8281L; financial sccyctary, Robt. McNelsh, P. 0. Box 50.1. . GENERAL" TEAMSTERS AND CHAUF- fours' Union, Local'No. (J56—Meeta-*i>very 2nd And 4th Wednesdaya 8 p.m. Preaident, W. M. Brown; buslneea agent, F, Haslett', 126 Fifteenth nvenur eaat; financial aecrc- tnry, Birt Showier, 1120 Robnon atreet; phone, Sey. 6870. Oflico, 667 Homer atreet. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No, 888—Meeti last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. President, R. Marshall; vlco-prosldont, W. H. Jordan; iecretary-treasurer, It. H. Nee* lands. Box 66. Greatest Stock of Furniture »n Greater Vancouver Replete in every detail aiid. 41 Hutlaii itmt WMt OLELAND-DIBBLE EKOBAV- INQ OOMPANT Limit,* PHOTO ENOBAVEBS — OOMMEEOIAI, ABTIST8 Phone Seymour 7168 TUrd Hoot. World lull-Unf VANCOUVER, B. 0. —Tho only Union Shop tn Vinconvei-— PROVINCIAL UNIONS B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR—Meata in annual convontion In January. Executive officers, 1918-10: President, Duncan Mc- Galium, Labor Temple. Vancouver; vice- presidents—Vancouver Island, Walter Head, South Wellington; Victoria, J, Taylor; Prince Rupert, W. E. Thompson; Vancouver, E. Winch, W. R. Trotter; Now Westminator, P. Peeblea; West Kootenay, Marcus Martin, Nelson; Crow's Neat Pass, W. A. Sherman, Fornie. Secretary-treasurer, A. S. Wella, Labor Temple, 405 Dnnamuir St., Vanconver, B. C. CENTER & HANNA, Ltd. UNDERTAKERS Refined Service 1049 OEOBOIA STEEET Ono Block West of Court House Use of Modem Chapel and Funeral Parlors froo to all Patrons Telephone Seymour 2425 VICTORIA, b. o. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES AND Labor Council—Meets flrst and third Wedneadaya, Knights of Pythias Hall, North Park Stroet, at 8 p.m. President, B. Sim- minis; vice-president, T. Dooley; socrotary. treasurer, Christian Slvertz, P. 0. Boi 802, Victoria, D. C. SOUTH WELLINGTON, V. I. Wage Decrease Stopped St, Louis, Mo.—Organizod stovo mounters linvo oltookod nn attempt lo docrenso wnges 8 per cent, in this city. Co-ops. Roport Progress Danville, TU.—Thn Co-operative Society of tm8 oity reports that in tlio operation of its store thn last three months, $15,500 worth of go-otto wns sold, and a dividend of $ per cent, to ench moitlbor was paid. Tlie dividend wns based on the nmount of purchases., LOOAL UNION, No. 872, U. M. W. of A.- Meeta flrst Sundny In every month I pM., Richards Hall. President, .Taa. Bateman; vice-president, Andrew Parkor; rocordlng secretary, Jaa, Fearon; flnanclal snore tary, William MaoDonald; treasurer, J. 11. Rich- nrdson. PRINOE BOPERT, B. 0. i-'KINCl*. RUPERT TRADES AND LABOR Council—Meets second nnd fourth Tuesdays of eaeh month, in Carpentera' Hall. President, S. D. Maedonald; seoMtary W. 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HILL 117 HASTINGS STREET EAST /la Vui»nm\ V Olty. 12.00 ) $1-60 PER YEAB The Baptism of the *■ ****** ****** ****** ****** Russian Revolution JAN 22, 1005—JAN 22, 1919 [By Aloxnnde/ Trnchtonbcrg, in the Advance] Tbo calendar of the Russian revolution ia replete with dates which Btand out abovo all iu tbo struggle for liberation in Bussia, Among such dates especially remembered by revolutionists aro March 1 (14), 1881, tho assassination of Czar Alexander IL; October 17 (30) 1905 (the successful completion of the genoral striko and the promulgation of a Bill of Eights); March 2. (15), 1917 (tho abdication of Itteho- las II. and tho ond of monarchic rule), and October 25 (Novcmbei 7), 1917 (tho establishment of tho Soviot government). But tho red lotor day of tho Russian revolution will, I boliovo, always remain January 9 (22), 1905, known in tht) annate of tho revolution as "Bloody Sunday.'7 Tbo significance of that- day and tho placo it holds in the hearts and minds of the revolution: ists cani bo appreciated only upon an acquaintance with what had transpired during thc fow years preceding it. The twentieth century opened with a series of revolutionary outbreaks throughout Russia. Tho student movement had assumed by that time menacing proportions, leading to strikes in various universities and culminating with tbo assassination of the Ministor of Public Instruction, Bogoiiepov, by a student, Karpovitch, in 1901. Peasaat uprisings were taking plnco in different villago districts, and, though local and unorganized, thoy registered the temper of the exploited and misruled peasantry. Industrial strikes were not known yet in tho eighties. Side by Bide with political and economic feudalism, Russia wns witnessing the introduction of modern capitalism, with its -attendant evils. Tho workera, drawn in thc main from nmong tho poorest peasantry and discharged soldicra who would not return to thcir villages, first protested against exploitation by destroying machines, breaking of factory windows nnd doing physical violenco to their immediate superiors, whom thoy hold responsible for thoir sufferings. Theso unorganized, undisciplined and unintelligent forms bf strugglo were soon supplantod by an appreciation of tho political and oconomic forces which tho workers roalizod thoy must overcomo beforo thoy could free themselves from oppression. The groups of Socialists which wcro* being formed at that timo in tho various industrial centres wore carrying their propaganda to tho laboring-masses, interpreting tho conditions under which they lived and worked, and pointing a way to emancipation from political and oconomic tyranny. Tho strikes which occurred in the later ninotics woro interpreted by tho government ns representing, not only economic demnnds mnde upon omployors but also of political significance. Duo. to Socialist training, advanced groups among tho workors wore directing tho labor strugglo both against thcir immediate exploiters and tho governmont which did not permit them to organize and fight for an improvement in thnir conditions. Such was tho great striko of tho 30,000 textilo workers in Petersburg in 1896, which caused tho government to enact remedin] legislation. The growing trust nmong tho laboring peoplo. in the leadership of tho Socialists caused tho government a great denl of worriment. There wore some in tho autocratic govornment who could foros.ee the ultimate result of such a leadership. Tho chief of tho secret polico at Moscow, Sorgiua Zuba- tov, developed a schemo whereby., ho planned to divert the workers from association with the Socialist movoment, which was growing in ndherenco and influence. Believing that the workors woro taking up political questions only because the Socialists advised them to combine thcir economics with their political struggle, Zubatov proposed to help tho workers obtnin improvement in tlieir working and living conditions. Such an attitude on tho part -of the government, ho thought, would make tho workers more friendly to it nnd would win them away from tho Socialists and revolutionists. Starting with tho organization of tho Council of Workers in thc metnl trades in Moscow in 1901, Zubatov helped to form similar councils in other Irades and cities. Clubs wero estnblished for the workers, where questions concerning labor conditions were freely discussed, though the statutes denied tho right of association nm! common action with regard to such mattors. Zubntov even assisted thn workers in his councils to formulate demands nnd use the power of the government in forcing recalcitrant employers to grant enn cessions. Tlio extra legal status of these lnbor organizations led* to their growth, und with tho perfection of tlieir organizations the workers grew bolder and mnde more stringent demands upon their employers. A series of strikes followed, which, contrnry to lho expectations of the promoters of theso organizations, transcended pure economic demands. \ Somewhnt of a similar naturo wus tho experiment which a priest, Goorge Gapon, was mnking in the proletarian quarters of Petersburg in 1904. Whether starting this work originally under government auspices, or going into tho secret service Inter, Gapon succeeded in nttrn^ting a great many workers to his plan of non-partisan, non-political labor clubs. (Inpon exerted a great deal of influence among the workers becnuse of his magnetic personality. He orgnnized mnny clubs where the workera gathered to discuss the affairs in their shop and conditions of employment. Ail subjects, except polities, were allowed discussion there. A* tho country was seething with political questions and various radical topics, Gapon eould uot stifle all political discussion in tho clubs. Thi' war with Japan brought one disaster after another, graft scandals were coming to the surface, various groups,of the liberal bourgeoisie wore inaugurating all sorts of reform movements and under the guise of banquets were holding political meetings where petitions and addresses dealing with the political situation were prepared for presentation to tho government. Tlie Socialist forces were feverishly preparing for an open struggle with the autocracy. Tho ♦atmospheres waa heavily charged and all sidca woro expecting somothing to happen any timo. The assassination of Von Plehve, who, as Minister of Interior, inaugurated tho most ruthloas ptfficy ngainst the ro volution lata, drovo tho governmont to further oxccbscb. All this could not but affect tho workers, whom ovon Gapon'b subsidized clubs could not keep from lending a willing onr to what tho Socialists were saying. Socialist litoraturo, in which the futility of Gapon's schorao was laid baro, was reaching them. In tho midst of thoae stirring events something comparatively insignificant occurred which lator led to tho grent drama of January 9. In tho latter part of December four workors who wore mombors of Gapon 'a organization were discharged from tho Piitilov works, Tho workors wero incensed over it. Tho incident was much discussed in thc clubs. To thc demand for tho reinstntcment of tho discharged fellow workers wero added othor demands which were to be mndo upon tho managers of tho Puti- lov factories. Tho demnnds not being granted, several thousand workora wont on striko on January 3. The complete ticup of Putilov's encouraged workers in otber fnctories, and soon strikes followed in the most importnnt industries of tho city. It is estimated that about 200,000 workers wont on strike. Almost all industry was paralysed by the strugglo. Tho economic strife was threatening to becomo a political one as woll. L'iko an elemental force it came upon tho city, and tho most optimistic among the Socialists wcro overwhelmed by tho suddcnnosB and tho potcutinl fprco which thc strike movomont possessed. The Socinlists busied themselves with organizing tho strikers and solidifying tneir ranks. Impromptu meetings woro being held, where Socialists were welcome speakers. Tho power of Gapon was, howover, very strong with the mnaa of workers on strike. • Ho wns laboring hard to keep them from falling under tho influonco of tho Socialists, whoso hopes for a revolutionary outbreak1 were rising with tho determination of tho workers to continuo tho striko. Gapon then proposod tho organization of a manifestation to tho Winter ' Palace, and to petition tho Czar for rodress of grievances. Tho revolutionists attacked this proposal and warned tho strikers against a* trap laid by the cunning priest. To counteract tho agitation of thp revolutionists, Gapon* drew up a grandiloquent petition, including most of the immediate demands of tho Socialist platform. Ho mado a whirlwind campaign among tho strikers for tho support of. hia plan. He exploited the myth about the Czar's ignorance of political affairs, and vouched that whon tho Czar heard tho grievances of tho workers he would inaugurate tho reforms. Sunday, January 9 (22), wbb set for tho parndc. Tho workers wcro told to como with their wives nnd childron, so that tho Czar mny see his subjects nnd hear of thcir needs. Tho polico did not prohibit tho demonstration. This worried tho revolutionists moat. They tried to dissuade the workers from going to tho Winter Palaco, fearing a fatal ending of tho crrund. Thoy wero unsuccessful. Tho working class districts of Petersburg were busily pro- paring for tho homago to tho Czar, upon whom all hopes were laid by thoso who still believod in him. On Sunday morning a procession of workerB, many of them with their 'families, singing religious hymns, enrrying national flags and portraits of the imperial family, headed by Gapon, was moving from tho suburbs toward thc Winter Palace. It was the first great labor demonstration Petersburg witnessed. Thc police did not* molest tho pnradera. They wcro allowed to proceed to tho Palace Squaro, observed by tho surprised nnd scared populace. They soon filed into tho square and were awaiting tho appearance of the Czar from ono of the bnlconies of the palace. Suddenly a regiment of soldiers appeared on the square and, without n warning,- sent a volley of shots into tho peaceful crowd. Nearly four thousand of tho participants fell dead or were suffering from wounds. Tho snow-covcrod square turned red with thn blood, of thc victims. Tho rest of the great crowd ran in different directions, amazed, terrified and botrayed. The news spread quickly. Bnrriendcs wero thrown up in tho several districts of the city and the workers engaged in skirmishes with the police nnd military forcos. As fast as the news of tho dastardly crime reached other cites, the workers arose in nrms and strkos were called tis a protest ngainst the barbaric treatment of tho Petersburg workers. In the Caucasus, in the Do- netz region, in Siberia, in Poland, on tho Baltic—everywhere tho workers were rising and declaring war upon the government. The sacrifice of the Petersburg workers made tho entire working class of Russin politically conscious and determined to wngo u relentless struggle for the overthrow of the autocracy. It is estimated that nearly 13,000 strikes took place during thnt year. Tho revolution, ivhich later led to the October and December general strikes in 1905, and still later to the crowning days of the proletarian uprisings of Mnrch and November in 1917, wns baptized in the blood of tho workers on Sunday, January 9, 1905, the Red Sundav of the Russian revolution. of high-grade, custom-made, fully tailored, finely finished and perfect fitting men's SUITS from upload*-, bluo and other Sorgo?, Worsted* of fine firm weavos and Twoed* in almost every color and pattern. Thoso aro fabrics wo mnke'up into $55 suits in tho rogular way. As a special for this seven days only wo will make suits to your ordor, fitting and finishing in the "B. C." perfect manner, and sell to you at thc remarkable prico of $ 35 Wo rarely mako on oifor of this sort^our name and reputation keop us busy. Wo need now to lighten our stock, which is far away tho largest of ony custom tailor in B. C. Wo guaranteo PBEFECT SATISFACTION. This has been our rule for ten years and is so for this Bale, irrespective of tho reduced price. The B.C. TAILORING CO. ESTABLISHED 1910 128 Hastings Street East Hear Theatre Boyal PEACE OB WAR Conductorets Barred Washington—The Nntionnl Wnr Labor Board hus ruled that thn Detroit Street Ruilway Company shull employ no mero womon conductors.. The bourd holds that the company can secure men if it applies itself diligently to this on- deavor. The union was ordered to i^sue permits to 15 women, per an agreement mndo with the company during the wnr because of nn alleged shortage of men. These women wall be employed, but they, together with other women, shall bo replaced by men ns fnst rft possible. Pessimism of the Noutrals Zurcher Post (Swiss 8. D.), quoted Kolnische eZitung—What happened at Brest-Litovsk, arousing the indignation of the world, was child's play to what is happening now. "Tho Fronch were great in war . . . but they are small in the armistice and in peace. . . Thoy aro sowing in overy Germnn heart tho inerndicablo seed of bitter hatred. What ia boing dono to destroy tho Gorman nntion . . . mean's the lamontablo annihilation of tho truly groat idea of tho Leaguo of Nations." Dagcna Nyhotcr (Stockholm, Lib- oral): "Tho terms of tho nrmistico 'bear tho samo hall-mark ns that which characterized Wilson's attitude during thc whole of the preceding interchange of notes. No sooner did Germany bow to his demands than ho increased them. For wherein do tho conditions now defined differ from a complcto surrender? The firBt condition, tho guaranteeing of tho Allies' militnry superiority) has proved to be of an elasticity which exceeds oven what hight have been expected. . . They know that Germany is not in a position heroaftor to offer any effectual resistance, and therefore they decide to let her drain the cup of humiliation to the dregs. Tho old story of tho victor's nrrogitnco alwayB .ropeats itself." (Berner Tngoblatt (Swiss, ConBerva- tive), qd. Kreufczig: "Tho impression ofthe conditions posed by General Foch arc eminently saddening. Not n spark of that generosity wliich tho French havo always claimed ns, their own, of that chivalry towards tlio vitmjuished enemy on which the French formerly prided'themselves. Nothing but the most brutal will annihilate, hatred and inhumanity are revealed in this dreadful document. . . It is finite certnin that under such circumstances no Lrn&uo of Nations can bo formed for pence. , .. ," Politiken (Copenhagen, Liberal): "Tho whole European situation eon- tains n serious reminder for tho En tento powers not to aim too high wiffc regard to Gormany. . . Thcyshoul* not now be blind* to the fact' that they ought not to behavo to Germany u Gormany behaved to Russia, and thai there is no guarantee that the dissdlfr tion spreading among, their opponent* will stop at tho frontiers of their owfc countries. . , The question now li to create a lasting and valid foundation of right for tho intercourse hctwAfc Europcnn nationa." StockholniB-Tidningcn (Liboral) : "It mny bo said of theso (armistico) conditions that if they &ro to bo co* sidered to bo tho augury of the* kind oi pence, whieh will lator bo offered to Germany, then it ia nothing but biting mockery to continuo to speak of thjs Wilson principles of right. . ," . AX this moment it might perhaps have beep more fitting if exactly tin's, document had not boen tho first to bo doliveroa in the name of the west European democracies fo tho newly-created Sfid- European domocracy." (Tho S. U then expresses anxioty about the settlement and the 'historic sequence', of events' it may ovoko). 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Exchange Seymour 7495 After 6 p.m., Seymour 7497K *%iPrlption Rates: Doited States tnd Foreign, $2.00 per year; Canada, $1.50 far ye*r; la Vancouver City, $2.00 per yetr; to Unions subscribing In s body, $1.25 per member per year. "Unity of Ubor: the Hope of the World' -CBIDAT —January 81, 191U THE ENEMY AMEN question has been largely boforo us for the past few days. It has been brought bo- tore us by city councils, and other public bodios. Tho situation in Winnipeg, last Sunday, was THE^ causod by this ques- -C&ntN tion, and returned -qpSBTXOtf. soldiors, and tho pub lie bodies, are alike la their demand for the deportation of do workers of enemy country origin. A good deal of sympathy can be felt for tho returned men, for they aro finding that it is by no means an easy thing for thom to securo omploymont, cad as they have been engaged in fight* big men of enemy nationality, their psychology can readily bc understood, lu time when thc returned men have fettled down, and havo taken stock of thoir advisers, and of the different bodies that aro dealing with the enemy dicus, and urging thcir deportation, fhey will see Hint: thn removal of these workers will not solvo the questions, ■OTd the problems that faco them. To get to tho real issue, it becomes necessary to go back into the past, and find -out just how these enemy aliens camo to this country. It is also necessary to gn into tho reason for them being induced to como to our shores. It has evor been thc desiro of the employing •riasa to securo cheap labor, Tho nationality docs not matter, so long as it Is cheap. Tlio large omployers of labor have been behind the immigration policy of this country for many years. The C. \?', E. and other large transportation companies, havo had a two-fold interest in tho immigration policy. Ono for the profits derived from tho transportation of tho immigrants, tho other for tho profits to bo derived from the labor of theso very immigrants when in (ho country. Has not tho most of tho railroad work,in this land been done hy men of foreign extractionf Did tho ■amployers consider the workors of Brit- tab stock when their economic interests were to bo enhanced by the employment of Gorman, Austrian or ovon Asiatic labor? Not on your life. The only question thon was, is tho labor that can he aecurod from tho overstocked labor markets of Europe or Asia, cheaper than the type that ib to hand. * * * Thero is no doubt that thoso that aro engineering the present demand for tho deportation of aliens, are doing so with a two-fold purpose. Tho soldiers are not a party to this, excopt it be somo of (he officers. . Tho main reuson for tto cry of "deport the, aliens,"i to to divert tho attention of the J returned men from the industrial I (tutlook, tho second ono is to covor up the presont schemes for a now immigrntion policy. There aro not sufficient fobs for tho rcturnod nicn. That is an Indisputable fact. Thoro are no jobs for a considerable number of men that havo not been out of tho country. Tho deportation of tho enemy aliens will not secure jobs for either of theso sections of the working class. Then: is another reason for this, and many othor forms of agitation along similar lines, tatd the cry of "Bolshoviki," that is lifting' raised wherever workers gather Co discuas theso problems. That reason to to provont unity amongst the roturn- ad men and tho workors. After tho returned mon have beon back a very short, time, they will recognize that tho -distinction which is made between the loldiors and tho workers is purposely made. They will also realizo that thoy ure workers, and that after thoy havo doffed tho khaki, that they havo immediately to faco the same problems that havo faced tho working class for all One. The roturned men in most cases -an, and always have boen, members of the working class. They will realize this fact in very short ordor, or wo miss our guess. * $ * The deportation of tho aliens will not ■wive tho problems that faco tho re turned men and the industrial workers. llo employing class agencies aro already making preparations for a fur- jfluir immigration of peoplo from Kuro- (i a/i countries, including tho British fclrw. So if the aliens aro deported, an-i other immigrants are brought hero, amJ them are not enough jobs to go round, the position will not bo in any way bettered. Not only thnt, if thero ■tn_ no moro immigrants brought hero, and the aliens aro deported, thero will mil bo' sufficient jobs. And if thero ware, they would only givo thc workers tho snmo old lifo of drudgery that has boon thoir lot for agos. Jobs will never solve tho difficulties of tho returned bhui. For so long ns the workers havo . to have jobs in ordor to livo, so long will they bo compelled to suffer from periods of unemployment. As capital- iam is based on tho exploitation of the working class, nnd can only operate with a large army of unemployed over at tho command of the employing claas, thoro is little hopo for any better conditions for thc workers, What is needed •both on the part of tho returned mon, aad the Industrial workers, is a know- lodge of tho causo of unemployment, aad its consequent misery. Tho enomy ■of tho workors in any country Is not tho-working class of any other eountry, hot Hie system under which they live. It to the system which is responsible for the present unrest throughout the world. Thorn is nothing that can re- ttave tho situation under the present 4*tem of aooietr. Tho workors of all Man till mi aro in competition ono with Mother, no maftor in whieh country j t*of realdft. Production is today enr-j ried on. for profit; commodities are produced for sale in tho world market. The workers of all countries ,as well as the ruling class of all countries, arc competing in this market, which is ever diminishing, for capitalist production must ever seek now markets, and when they aro secured, destroy them. There nre no further markets to exploit, and consequently thc position of tho workers must become worso. Unrost is in every land. It will. become worso as tho soldiers nre demobilized. Great Britain is seething with discontent. It will get worse. It will get worse in this province, A largo number of men will lie returning in the near futuro. What is to bo dono with them is tho problemT Tho organized labor, and tho working class movements arc as interested in the solution of this problem, ub aro the returning men. Hore effort is being put forward in tho endeavor to solvo this problom by the working class organizations, than by any other, or nil -othor organizations combined. Tho workors havo every interest in common with tho returning men, but thero Is nothing to be gained by suoh disruptions as took place in Winnipeg lost Sunday. The solution can be found, in fact is already known, but can only be put into effect by co-operation on tho part of the working class, of which tho soldiers arc a part. Tho system must bo changed, and thero is no other class, but tho working class that can chnnge it, and no other class desires to soo a chango. Once this fact is apparent to tho workers, tho solution will bo easy. In thc meantime, the lot of the workors will not be a happy one. HOW TO SOLVE IT THE unemployed problem is still unsolved. It is increasing in proportions every day, and os the demobilization continues, it will bocc-mo moro and more to tho foro. That is unless tho workors take a hand in tho gamo and do away with its cnuse. The Now Tork Herald has this to say: "Unemployment in tho United States has renched nn nlnrming stage nnd daily is becoming worso. "Officinls of tho United Statos employment service aro putting forth tremendous efforts to solvo the problem, but nro unable to reach its basic cnuse. "Tho general trend of the situation is acknowledged ns 'dangerous,' and unless checked is likoly to reach a crisis in February of the most far-reaching seriousness." Anothor item in the samo nowapaper says: "Tho surplus of labor over employment is incronsing daily, having movod from 11,000 in a group of representative cities on January 14, to approximately 210,000 today. The area of unomploymont is spreading all over tho country, starting in Mcino, running on a lino nlong the northern, tier of atates to Minneapolis. Starting again in Montana, it jumps to the coast and back again, through the Southwestern nnd Southern States, Daily reports received by the National Employment Sorvico show this condition increasing with overy 24 hours. "In this area of unemployment, Pennsylvania is in the best condition, showing a shortage of labor instead of a surplus. But this shortngo has been scaled down daily. On Docombor 21, Pennsylvania hud 11,600 opportunities for laborers. In the weok ending December 28 this number went down to 10,700. For tho wook of January 7, tho number foil to 6,082. The week ending January 14 showed tho number still decreased to 4,282, whilo this week the figures havo reached 1,200. At this rato next woek will show a labor surplus in Pennsylvania, making tho iron ring of unemployment around the United States complote. "Now England States arc in the foreground, with conditions especially bud in Connecticut. Further west, Ohio is in a thoroughly alarming condition, with its industrial centres filled with tho unem- • ployed." Lieut. May no, secretary of tho Amorican Soldiers and Sailors Protee tivo Association says that "tho number of idlo returned soldiors in Now York is being incrensed by 10,000 per woek, and he estimntes that there nre 50,000 returned men idle in that city. These are glorious conditions for men from the battle fields of France and Flanders to return to. But wo do not noed to go to the U. S. A. for any evidence .as to the prevalence of un employment, either amongst tlio roturned men or in the runks of the industrial workers. Vancouver has eigth thousand men at the least, today, on tho idlo list, and unable to secure jobs, Oreat prominence has been given in tho press to the demand being made for the deportation of the aliens, but the following press despatch wns found snugly hidden away in the local papers; Time for Roturn Extended Ottawn, Jan, Si*.—By an orderin-eouneil just pascd, Chineso who have registered out of Canada between November 15, 1017, and November 15, 1018, may prolong their return to Canada without affecting their right to free re-entry. Ko- duced boat accommodation in the transpacific servioe is given as thc reason for thc extension. under the present system. Tho system depends on nn army of unemployed. It ■is only by this surplus of labor on the market that tho employing class can lick the workers into line and hold them in check. Profits, not the needs of humanity, rule tho world today. Everything thnt ib produced is produced for profit, and as often pointed out in these columns, the workers nre denied access to the means of life when they need it tho most, that is in times of unemployment. What is the use of hollering for thc many fool propositions that nro now being put forward as schemes of reconstruction when tho system is too rotten to do anything with. The conditions are bound to becomo worse, but it Is littlo use railing at those that point theso things out; they arc not responsible for thc conditions, although the ruling class would have thc workors think that Socialists and others who point out conditions as they are, wero responsible parties for the conditions that prevail. The unemployed problem can only bo solved when the workers tako over tho menns of wealth production, and produco that which is necessary for their comfort. UNREST is tho order of tho day. Great Britain is in tho throes of industrinl turmoil such as has nover been known in tho history of thc country, Strikes and other lnbor disturbances aro taking plnco THE nil over the world. And END IN tho end is not yet. It ia SIGHT safe to say that this stato of unrest will become moro pronounced as time goes on. While we are regaled from time to time by statements in tho press as to what is to bo dono, not a singlo thing has yot been advanced by any of thc governing bodies that is of any vnluo in bringing about stable conditions. Tho press has gabbled about thc dearth of foodstuffs in Russia, and from the local pross wo lenrn that tho prico of buttor has fallen 22 cents iu six days, this due largely to large shipments from Siberia. If this statement is true, then the renson for tho intervention in Russia becomes much clearer and tho nativities of the Allies in regard to tho prevention of getting supplies into Central Russia arc exposed. While tho peoplo on this continent have been urged to save tho foodstuffs for the past two years or moro, becauso of a shortage of supplies, which wero needed by tho Allies, wo find that in bocf alono thero is 120,000,000 pounds moro in storage than thero wero a year ago. Warehouses all over thc American continent are reported to be filled to overflowing, and tho warehouses of Vancouver aro reported to bo no diffcront to those of any other locality. And so tho morry gnme goes on. Workors nro idlo, tho warehouses of the world arc full to overflowing with commodities that have boen produced by them. Supplies havo been hoarded, not by tho public, but by the speculating fraternity, figuring on the war lasting longer than it did, with tho expectation of a period of profiteering even more beneficial to that class than had provailed during thc pnst four years, and they are stung. And we hopo that they arc stung so bndly thnt the cry that will go up from them will bo equal to tho cries of the victims of capitalistic ex-1 ploitation. FRIDAY -January 31, 19: as refined or as well furnished; nnd that if they havo a wage of £18 or £20 a year, it really equals £50 or £55 if thoy had to find board and lodging for themselves; also that they would havo no fire to sit by, and many other discomforts when they are in lodgings. When a good, capable girl enters a respectable house she adds to her respectability; she need never mind the name "servant/* but bc proud of it; it only means "to serve." The very net of being in such a situation is a guarantee that she is respectable, for true ladies will not have inferior girls of bad character in their houses. And this ia tho reason why mistresses do not like to have servants that only came in for particular hours n day for a continuance; they do not think it respectablo that a member of their household Bhould bo wandering about till midnight every night, tiring and unfitting herself for their work, and they cannot take the motherly care of them that all kind mistresses like to do. Neither should servants think they nre overworked, for they do not work nearly ns hard as their own mothers who havo children do, nor as hard ob they themselveB will when they get married, nor do they rise as early. Every ono haB to work hard in somo way, and all arc servants, even mistresses are practically servants to their husbands, membors of parliament to their constituencies, soldiers, policemen, etc., are aU servantB. Thoso who go into domestic service should remem ber thnt they become members of i. household; they should interest themselves in the family, bo amiable, obliging, und aim at being "superiors" in their work, for it-is hardly worth while living to bo plcnscd at being an inferior workor; bo content with a few hours outiog onco a week or on Sundays, and recollect that a mistress has to endure a great deal in many ways. Those who nro faithful and good will hereafter bn greeted with thc holy words, "Good servant, enter thou into the joy of the Lord."—One Who Loves Her Servants. The references to tho possibilities of thousands of women, that will be ih the near futuro on thc unemployed list, will no doubt, bo very acceptable reading to thoso women in tho Old Land, that have helped to "win tho war," and as a result of the closing down of tho mu nition factories, will now hnvo to hunt for a job. Tho possibilities of adding to their respectability will no doubt bo o grent factor in their becoming better "servants," nnd duly nppreciativo of tho worth of "true ladies." The ruling clnss mind is certninly something to wonder at. It is not long since wo had an Idlers* Act. Under this act it was unlawful for a worker to bo idle. However, timo brings many chnnges, nnd conditions becamo so bad that tho workers could not secure employment, na tho mnster class did not have any need for them. So the Idlers' Act wns dropped. Wo now learn that Germnny is to compel nil workers to work, or suffer diro penalties. We wonder if they aro going to flnd tho workers jobs to go lo nud if, to pay tho indemnities, plenty of opportunities will bo provided for the workers to earn their living. If so, would it not be a good scheme for the Germans to demand an indemnity from Canada, nnd then Canadians now out of employment might bo supplied with work, ns it is vory evident thnt to dato that is tho height of thcir ambitions. " k job" is a wonderful thing. PEACE THAT PASSETH UNDERSTANDING that in claiming tho 340 milliards owed by Germany to the Matin, tho littlo fete could begin again. But no this canaille of a Hlndenburg, agent of Liebknecht and William II., declares it is no uso dreaming of fighting the German army again. Quel Salaudl Whnt a coward! So hero wo are with this peace definitely on our hands. . . . To begin with thero are all those people who ... are nover content whero they are and who want to come home. Mais oui just liko that, thoy would got into a train and get out at the station nearest their home. Theh there are thousands of masons, , . . paintors, etc., etc., who imagine they aro needed for building houses. . . . Also the unhappy army contractors whose fate . . . deserves commiseration. They havo contracts for making tanks, shells, cannons, etc. They cannot, from one day to another, begin making ploughs or bicycles. And they have contracts, and a contract is sacred, the Temps will tell us. , . . finally, then with the suppression of tho censor ... wo shall even go so far as to allow the returning soldiers to speak out all tho admiration thoy feel for the warl Doubtless we shall thus find ourselves faco to face with all the dangers of a state of peaco.... But, at least ... let it come as late as possible. Do not let us trust tho camouflage presented to us undor tho namo of tho German Republic. Let us imagine that tho Barbarians of Germnny will again prove their cruelty by violating the armistico terms, in blowing up a trn'n of munitions, thus causing n thousand soldiers to perish— German, it Is true, but no matter. Nothing goes to provo moreover that in or der not to pay tho thousand milliards claimed by Dandot, or to prevent its dismemberment demanded by Maurice, if not Wilson, Germany will not recommence her submarine war, although sho has given up her submarines. Thnt, you soo, cnn all bo managed. Ah! This .peaco! . . ." SIR HARRY JOHNSTON ON SLUSH AND HONORS Premiers (and prime ministers-to-bo) havo long looked upon the peerage, tho baronetcy, the privy councillorship and knighthood—knight-bachelorhood — as thoir perquisites while in office or when speculating on office; something—in plain language—to sell , with tho party whip or "patronage Becrotary" as the handy medium to do the actually unpleasant part of tho business. Tho money, of course, goes to the party funds, nnd tho primo minister only profits from it indirectly, in that by retaining or obtaining office ho draws a very handsomo salary and nllownnces and hns a rent-free house to live in and almost sovereign powor; while whon ho is out of power he haa the party funds at his disposal and tho small committee in whom they are vested probably if ho is a needy man makes him a comfortable allowance out of them. Another method of using honors for personal ends is ns n means of bribing persons of influence—possible enemies or useful friends—who would bo quito boyond monetary temptations. It is high timo that the roturned men and the industrial workers took a tumble to the gamo of flimflam that is being played. Why the removing of any restrictions ns to Asiatic labor nt a time like the present! Tho same old gnng, whose interests are not Identical with the working-class interests, nro in control. Thoso interests desire chenp labor. They will have it if they hnve to flood tho country with Asiatic or any other kind of labor. Tho question will be asked, well what ean bo done nbout itf Thoro is only one answer to that question, and the answer, if put into force, will do away with tho unemployed problem. Tho answer is, abolish the system that is tho cause of this night-: maro of the workors, I With all the talk of bringing nbout stable conditions in Russia that has emanated from tho statesmen of Groat Britain, the ordinary man would think thnt there woro stnblo conditions in that land. Thc same can bo said of France and this continent. Stable conditions, do not prevail in any country unless, perhaps, it is in Russia. Tho French Socialist leader, Longuot, has stnted that thc time has come for thc Socialists of tho world to decide whether they will line up %vith Wilson or Lenin. One thing is certain, thc workers cannot lino up with Wilson, if they have any knowlcdgo of their class position. Sir Bernard Pares has boon giving his opinion of the Bolsheviki in Russia. Ho stated that thc aim of this force was to abolish all other classes but thc ono it represented. That may, bo true, but the aim of the Bolshoviki or Socialist factions Is not to abolish by destruction nil other classes but the working clnss, but it is to abolish tho system which brings the two classes into existence. Today thero is a ruling class nnd a ruled cluss, the ono class owning all, the other disposcsscd of even the means of securing tho necessities of lifo. Thc torm Bolshoviki has had placed upon it a construction by all the ruling clnss apologists that is not true, and is only done to discredit the workers' efforts to bring about a chango in socioty. If the ruling class have no other methods but this to stop the oncoming chnnge, there will bo littlo opposition, but any attempts to disenfranchise the workers will only make the period of transition more difficult and attended by moro suffering. In the meantime the Soviet method on the part of the workers is growing, and industrial centres in the old land nre bring dominated by bodies similar to the Russian Soviets. Old-time methods of trade unionism nre being dropped, and industries are acting together, and thn eraft form of orgnnizntion Is being thrown into the discard. Loud protests nre bring rnised by the employing clnss at this new proceeding, and it Is all boing blamed on the "young and irresponsible" members of the organization. The blame, if blame it be, rests on tho conditions, and tho safe and sane variety of trados unionists havo hnd their dny. Surely the day of thc workers is in sight. The following clipping from tho Durham (England) County Advertiser, is so good thnt it would he a pity not to pass it on to our readers. Tt. will give our*women renders a good deal of satisfaction we havo no doubt, especially those that are not employed, and will sustain them when nt some Inter dnte, if thoy are now employed: Domestic Servants Respectablo young women should use their best efforts to enter comfortable situations, for the time is fast np- proaehing when nil plnces will be filled up, and thore will be thousnnds unable to obtain employment of any sort. They should remember that in entering nice , j houses thev are really grently bettering Unemployment is a natural condition j themselves, for thrir own homes are not Humanlte (Off. Soe), reports that M. Pams, Minister of tho Interior, in reply to tho Socialist's proposal for tho sbolition of the Parisian 'stato of siego,' gave reasons why tho government did not consider the roturn to "publie liberties" advisable: "Thero wore incitements to Bolshevism in tho country, and it is said that sums of money, of Russian origin, havo been imported by way of Spain; in short, it seomed impossible to tho governmont to subjoct the military authorities to the civil power." t Populaire (New Maj. Soe.): "Tho 'state of siego' will not be removed. . . . Tremble, bourgeois! If M. Pams did not keep watch, by day and night, . . . you wouid awake, ono fino morning . '. . with the great Soviet of soldiers and workers established ut the Pnlais-Bourbon,'' Tho French working-clnss may console itsolf for a 'stato of siege' by tho schbo of having fought for tho Pcoplo's rights. "Ono cannot have everything. If thc Czechoslovaks arc free, it is very nnturnl that tho Fronch, in their tarn should not bo. It does not hinder thom, moreover, from boing n Republic." The Censorship Remains Vcrite.—Paul Mennlcr notes thnt tho government, having justified the "stato of siego" originally by tho threat of foreign war, now justified it by the threat of civil war. But it is j contrary to-French law for a regimo which suppresses liberty of the press and public meetings to last over n general election, Pams himself admitted It. Populniro.—A. D. complnins that since tho signing of the armistice, Homo's articles (tho well-known Swiss correspondent of l'Humanitc) hnve failed to arrive. , "Tho censor has novor siftod foreign nows nt the Fronch frontier moro rigorously thnn in the Inst four wooks. The fact is that tho govornment, jeal ouBly watching over tho purity of our ignorance, only allows to circulate, about the German revolution (liko tho Rnsinn revolution) tendencions nnd lying information, . . . But tho country has had enough of this pestilent regime. . . . Tt wants to know whnt is bring concealed from it, nnd why.'' Humanlte (Off. Soe.)—Cnchln writes: "So long ns tho state of war lasted, tho governments found in tho necessities of national defence a thousand pretexts to justify their prolonged dumbness. Now that peace has eome, there is no renson to ref uso to declnro to tho face of the world the use France moans to mako of victory. ... Tomorrow, President Wilson arrives in France. The Labor nnd Socialist organizations had pnrposod ' demonstrating, by a procesBion in certain Paris streets, their sympathy with . . . the President's'ldens. 'But still under thn fltnto of siege, . . . M. Clemen- coau refused. ..." Ah! OettePalx (Ah! ThlB Peace) Humanlte.—Since Quentin writes of the '' Serious inconveniences'' of pence. "Look here! We hive had two or three years of wnr when all seemed for tho best. This was certainly the feeling of the good people who denounced the danger or the Importunate conversation between Wtkon and Gormany ... if only one could hopo Jewelry Workers' The Jewelry Workors held thcir election nnd installation of officers Friday, January 24, and in spite of thu rumors of a fow workers who are quite satisfied to get tho benefit in better working conditions brought nbout by the union, and lot somo one else pay for it, we had the beat attended meeting so fnr. Ninety per eent. of the total membership woro present and tho, membership represents ninoty per cont of tho Jewelry workers in tho city. Officers elected: President, W. Holmes; first vice,presidcnt, W. Wilson; seeond vice-president, H. C. McBride; secretary treasurer, D. J. Snell; recording socretary, L. Simpson; trustees, D. D. Blnck nnd F. C. Yarrallj sorgeont at amis, N. B. Pearsoll; convener of ontertainments, R. Thompson; delegates to Trades and Labor Council, W. WilBon, G. R. Ropkins and H. C. McBride. CHEWING THE CUD The Royal Northwest Mounted Police is a body primarily instituted ns an agency for tho enforcement of luw in tho territories which arc under the sole jurisdiction of tho Dominion parliament. When tho prairie provinces were carved out of tho territories an arrangement was come to, under certnin conditions, for tho continuance of the operations of this body in the new provinces. There is a provision in tho Inw (Cap. 91, Sec. 5, R. S. Canada) respecting the R. N. W. Polico under which tho government of the Dominion mny, from time to time, onter into arrangements with tho government of nny province for the uae or employment of the forco, or any portion thereof, in aiding in thc administration of justice in such province, and in carrying into effect the laws of thc legislature thereof. I may not havo boon following locnl affairs vory closely, but I do not remember any announcement by the provincial government of any arrangement having been entered into with the Dominion government "for the use or employment of tho force'' in this province. Yet such an arrangement must hnvo been made, for neither tho government nor parliament of the Dominion hns thc right of its own motion to place tho forco in British Columbia. If my memory serves mo well British Columbin in years gono by was rather jealous of encroachment on her polico, prerogatives. Whut has supervened 11 Whatever has must be of much mo- j incut; for I would expect so staunch a Liberal as Mr. Oliver to bo ob watch-1 ful a guardian of provincial rights, if not so mighty a protagonist, as was Sir Olivor Mowat. Of courso tho matter is one that appertains particularly to tho Attorney-General. But upon Mr. Oliver's government Ib tho responsibility for tho forco boing horo and for its operations in British Columbia. t t • The Fabian women's group in London has suggested that the hostels which tho government maintained in munition areas should bo utilized as training centers for domestic workers. Thoy might go furthor. Domestic work will not bo sntisfactorily done for hire until tho state of domestic workors is Improved. It takes more brains, moro brain nnd sense training, and moro thought to bo a good domestic than to bn a good typint. A trained cook should hnve tho social standing of a trained nurse. Thero was a time, nnd not so very, vory long ago, when nurses worn regarded not much above ordinary servants. 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MM FBIDAT..— January 31, 1919 eleventh yeab, __ s THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST WORLD WIDE NEWS BUSSIA t Worken Begulate Marriage Among the many decrees issued recently by the Soviet government of Bussia, tho decree on marriago has boon made the subject of very genoral comment. Articles have appeared in which it was asserted that this decree forced women to marry against their will. The new law on tho subject of marriage, contained in tho decree of the Soviots, states in detail how marriage should be performed. According to this decree the Bussian Soviet Bepublic recognizes only civil marriages-; church marriages is considered the private affair of the con* traoting parties. Those who wish to contract marriage must appear before tho department of registration of marriage and births of the district, and declare their intention orally or in writing. Such declarations of intention to contract marriago are not accepted from persons of the male sex under 18 years and of the female sox under 16 years of age. (In Trans-Caucasia, whero the custom of marrying younger Is in practice, the native inhabitants may enter into marriago upon attaining tho age of 13 and 16 yoars respectively for girls and boys.) Relatives in tho direct fine, full and half brothers and sisters, insane persons, and those already married cannot apply for a marriago certificate Theso wishing to obtain a marriage certificate must, according to this law, sign a statement, "that thoy contract marriago voluntarily." Tho latter clauso would indicate that no legal forciblo marriages aro possiblo. The law further allows the contracting parties to decide whethor thoy will be called by tho surnames of the husband or wife, or by ony combinod names of both. Tho low is very simple, and a ccrtifi cato of marriago is easily obtainable, if tho contracting parties como under tho provisions quoted abovo. In genoral, tho law docs not vary from marriago laws in other civilized countries. BUSSIA Workers Take Over Land and Industries Thc new constitution of tho Russian republic adoptod in July, 1018, has recently beon translated into English, Among other provisions of this constitution those relating to land, natural resources, factories, railroads and banks aro as followa: "For tho purpose of realizing the socialization of land, nil privato property in land is abolished, and the entire land is declared to bo national prop. erty and is to be apportioned among tho husbandmen without any compilation to the former ownors, in tho measure of each one's ability to till it. "All forests, treasures of tho earth, and wators of goneral public utility, all implements whethor animate or inanimate, model farms and agricultural onterpriscs, are declared to bo national property. "As a first step towards complete transfer of ownership to tho Soviot republic of nil factories, mills, minos, railways and other moans of production and transportation, the Soviot law for tho control by workmon and tho establishment of the Supremo Soviot of national economy is hereby confirmed, so as to assure the power of tho workors over tho exploiters. "Thc transfer' of all banks into thc ownership of tho workers' nnd pens- ant's govornment, ns ono of the conditions of tho liberation of tho toiling masses from tho yoko of capital is confirmed. 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STEPHENSON 401 Pender St. B., Vancouver, B.O. month. The dispatches indicato that aU except tho harbor workers have gono back to their jobs. President Irigoyen has made important concessions to the labor unions. Tho roports from other South American states indicato victory for the striking workers. A new spirit of aggressive class-conscious unionism has taken possession of the important industrial centers of South America. MEXICO Labor Laws Enacted Mexico has secured a numbor of important labor laws, according to "Tbe Carpenter." Wages and working conditions wero extremely bad at the beginning of the present Mexican administration. The situation has been remedied by the enactment of a code of labor laws which at first seemed drastic, but which are now proving highly satisfactory. At present, workmen tako so much interest in governmental affairs, that much of the legislation proposed is suggested by the labor organizations of Sonora, vera Cruz, Pueblo, Yucatan, and other states. NEW ZEALAND Exploitation of Farm Workors Thero are parts of Australia that are still in tho grip of landlordism. A dispatch in the "Maoriland Worker," describes tho conditions in theso words: "From Tonui to Akitea there is a stretch of country extending over forty miles owned or in tho possession of a few mon. Tho class of men they employ is such that tho only school now open is at Akitea, and the attendanco is ten children. Thoro are stations whose owners will not employ a married man, partly becauso a married man wants enough wages to keep his family and partly because to accommodate a married man more accommodation will be required. This expense tho squatter avoids and herds his men in hovels like swine, building wooden bunks side by sido, and, in some cases, to save spaco, in tiers one abovo tho other. It seems to mo that the country which, in tho hands of tho squatter, cannot support families, should oo taken away from thom and cut up into closer settlement. From Whakataki to Akitea no land has evor seen tho plough though much of it, if in tho hands of small men, would produce fino crops and givo much employment." ENGLAND Miners Demand Six-hour Day A roport from London announces thnt thc Southport Minors Federation hns unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that tho miners in tho British army bo demobilized immediately, and bo given employment. The resolution also asks that these disabled in the war receive tho wages which they would havo earned if they had not been injured. Tho concluding paragraph of tho resolution demands that a six-hour day bo substituted for tho present 8- hour day. FRANCE Labor Angered and Bestless The working pooplo of Franco are aroused as thoy hove not been for many years ovor tho problems that aro confronting them as a result of tho world war. A special mall despatch recently received in tbe United States indicates that French labor is in no mood for trifling. The despatch statos: "Forced into extremist positions by tho angry rejection of its most moderate demands, Fronch labor is more restive ovory ray. The French government is afraid to close the munition fnctories for fear of idlo labor, nnd tanks and ten-inch shells nre still turned out monotonously. Tho government fears to demobilize the army, uncertain of its temper, eortain- only of its own incapacity to reestablish peace-time industry." JAPAN Socialists Issue Manifesto The Socialist Party of Japan, according to Lo Populoiro, has issued a manifesto in tho form of an nddrcss to the Council of Soviots in Bussia. In tho courso of this manifesto, the exocutive committee mnkes the following rtftte- ment: "AM of our attention is given to tlio progress to tho Bussian revolution, nnd it. is with profound sympathy that wc observe the vigorous advance of the Russiun proletariat—an advance which produces un ineffaceable impression on the soul of tho Japanese poople. "Wo nro full of indignation against the methods of the Japanese government, which, undor ono unimportant pretext or another, sends its troops into Siberia in ordor to chock tho freo development of tho Russian revolution. We regret vory much not having enough orgnnization to ward off tho present dangor which menaces you on the part of our imperialistic government. But you mny bo persuaded, that although pcrsocutod as wc aro today by tho govornment, the flag of liberty will float somo day over Japan." Lo Populairo notes that Socialist groups hnve difficulties in Japan where the legislation against them is very oppressive. It is, therefore, difficult to keep in touch with the activities of thc Japanese Socialists. Tho abovo docti* meat, however, throws an interesting FALLING OUT OVER SPOILS Italy's Strategic Needs Tho Jugo-Slavs and Greeks stand to suffer from excessive Italian claims, it is asserted, that Italy has spent herself in the cause of the Entente to an ex* tent unoqualled by any other Ally (Corriere dolla Sera), yet tho very people who pressed, for her intervention in the war now wish to refuse hor those territories which are essential to her future safety, and were guaranteed to her by the paet of London (whieh, saya Bedolo in tho Oiornale d'Italia, "no political acrobatics Of the Jugo-Slavs" will sorve to invalidate.) Italy's situation (as the chief Medditeranncan power,' having, however, an exposed coastline to defend) requires that she should possess naval security in the Mediterranean, and more particularly in the Adriatic (where an enemy fleet, operating from the Eastern harbors, with their incomparable advantages ovor the shallow harborleas Western coast, could easily have Italy at its mercy.) Gazetto de Lausanne (Swiss, pro- Ally)—Dr. Bossi, of Lugano, writoa in answer to the artielo in the G. de L. (given above): "As regards tho Italian aspirations in Adalia and Smyrna, allow me to ask M. Ed. Ch. how it is possible to reconcile the occupation of Jaffa, Jerusalem and Palestine by the British, and the occupation of France of Bcyrout, with tho Wilsonian principles! Not to speak of the anomaly by which England keeps possession of Cyprus and Malta, without making the slightest allusion to consulting the 'freo will' of these populations, which have become British by the simple right of conquest, without; oven having been asked to give hor decision in virtue of tho 'principle of nationalities.' . . . At all events it uppcars to mp equitable that since Franco and England have thought that thoy should pay for the war expenses at tho expense of the Turkish Empire, Italy can in tho same way cut out her slice (wo arc, as may be seen, somewhat remote from Wilson's principles) as a recompense for ber voluntary participation in tho war, at a moment when tho situation of tho Allies was not promising, and as a compensation for her enormous sacrifices of blood and treasure." VANCOUVEB, B. C. PAGE FIVr Italy's Claim for Her Fair Share Corriero dolla Sera (Milan, Conservative), suggests that the Allies are much concerned to draw attention to tho mote in Italy's eyo and neglect the beam in thcir own. Thoro aro 400,000 Italians, and at most 750,000 Jugoslavs in the territories disputed between the two nationalities. Coniparo this with Alsace-Lorraine, where there are 204,200 Fronch speaking, ngainst 1,634,000 German speaking inhabitants. Nine million Czechs of Bohemia annex two million Germans. Tho Poles, Eou- maniuns and Jugo-Slavs sook to incorporate Germans, Hungarians, Bulgarians and Albanians. Only in tho caso of Italy is a strict ethnological boundary insisted upon, precluding the incorporation of alien nationalities. But tho English writers who combat the Italian claims should remember that thoy bolong to a nation whieh for strategic reasons has taken Cyprus from Grocco and Malta from Italy. (Similarly the Soeolo obsorvos that "while the Jugoslavs accuso tho Italians of violating tha principle of nationality in the wost, they aro themselves accusod of violating it in the cast.") Italia (Milan, B. C): "Franco and England, who already possess immense empires across tho seas, aftor having divided tho Gorman colonies, havo laid .their hands on these territories of Turkey in Asia whieh they respectively covet. It would be intolerable if tho application which tho Allied powers have already given, whoro their own interests were concerned, to tho doctrines which havo triumphed with tho victory of tho Entente, should be subjected to an unexpected restriction peculiar to Italy (in a caso) where she can demonstrate the most legitimnto claims and tho clearest rights." French Press on Russia How raro aro sermons on that pregnant text: "Money is tho root of all evil.'' It causes hunger and thirst and heart anguish. Bodies arc prostituted for it, and souls nro sold. From it springs tho upas treo of politieal corruption. Thc evils of industrialism aro its flowerings. The calendar of crimo is crowded with its fruitage—just a fow headings for thc clorgy. If all tho little nations were as mod* est as Ireland how relieved the penco conforonco would bo. Tho Irish only nsk to havo in thoir keeping tho tight littlo island the Lordt put them on. sidolight upon some of tho things that thev are trying to do. Fire Sale An.BE really occurred in our store and did considerable damage, hence the reason for the exceptional bargains ln all Solid Footwear. I am offering my band-made boots at genuine Fire Sale prices. Oome in and see them, it wai pay you to take advantage of these bargains, We specialize ln shoes for the man -sho works outside, and our shoes are made by UNION LABOB. WOEKING BOOTS—Hand*made, with chromo uppers; solid leather soles and heels, half bellows tongue; guaranteed all solid leather and will givo tile utmost in weuring qualities. f>n Eft Regular $10.50, salo price V » iOU MEN'S BOOTS—With plain too and pockot counter (Army cut), Goodyear welted soles; uppers of uruB calf; soft and pliable; d»/j QC blnck or tan. Regular $8.60. Salo prico IpXj.tmO HEN'S FINE SHOES—With black gunmetal or dark tan calf uppers; Neolin soles and rubbor heels; Good year welted; built on a smart last and guaranteed. Regular $9.60. */» Ag Salo prico *J>O.S/0 BOYS' BOOTS-Hand mado; No. 1 quality chrome uppers, half bellows tongue, double solo and clamp. The very best for hard wear, and guaranteed to stand the knocks. Sizes 1 to S 1*2. &A (J A Bogular $6.60. Sale priee sJ>"-r«»HJ P. PARIS UOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS 64 HASTINOS STBEET WEST—One Door West of Columbia Theatre I operate the largest shop repairing plant in tho West. repairs here. Bring your ENGLAND Lahor Party Urges Govornment to $ Keep Factories Tho British Lahor Party has takon a vigorous stund in fnvor of having tho factories and other works built by tho government during tho war, retained under national control. Thc London Times in an effort to discredit this move, has been urging tho government to permit the trade unions to make an experiment in guild Socialism by taking over somo of these factories and managing them in competition with private industries. Tho London Nation in common-Mug on tho situation, calls attention to tho fact that ovon should tho trade unions make an effort to take over tho factories and mnnnge them, they would vory easily bo discredited by thcir failure to secure raw materials nnd to obtain markots, Workshop control is only a smnll pnrt of modern business. Th'e trade unions controlling tlio shops would be helpless in tho hands of tho bankers, producers nf raw material und marketers of the product they created, Tho Nation warns the unions that any attompt to follow the suggestion of the Times is bound to fail. It furthor suggests that the Times desires this failure in order to discredit tho work of tho Labor Party. Mine Conditions Bad Columbus, Ohio—In a study of tho health of Ohio coal miners, conducted by Dr. Emory B. Hayhurat, of tho stato department of health, it is stated that working conditions ara not as good as tho average of most industries in this stato. While ventilation in tho mines is good, in tho main, many of them are of a damp and muddy typo, and work is such that exposure to this hazard Is largo. Blasting during working houra Alls tho mino nir with poisonous gases nnd occasions considerable health complaints. Tho mining laws, ho suys. should be amended in thin respect, and tho division of mines given a larger force \o compel obedipnoo. [From the Cambridge Magazine] Temps (Con.), Dec. 9, roports that M, Noulens, French ambassador in Bussia, has been visiting the French troops stationed along the Vologda railway (between Archangel and Moscow). In his addresses to thom, ho explained that "the armistice is not peace, and that anyhow, beforo the world could enjoy peace, the Bolshevik regime must disappear from Russia." The Bolsheviks, ho said, woro banned by humanity by reason of their tyranny and atrocities, and thoy wero "allies of Germany from tho outset. ... To allow tho Bolshevik regime to exist, is to allow the danger to survive of civil war, and of a new international war. We must go on to the bitter end, until completo peace reigns in Europe. This ono more effort and sacrifice we ask of you.'1 Populairo (New Maj. Socialist): Pax says that the abovo publication by the Temps of Noulen's speech "rends the veil." It is no longer war with Gormany, but "tho holy war of capitalism against the workers' effort for freedom. Of old Franco made war on kings. Nowadays sho declares war on peoples." Action Francaiso (Clerical Boy.): Bainville rallies Gauvain, in tho Journal des Debats, who is "preaching a crusade against Bolshevism." According to Gauvain: "Our 'duty' towards tho Russians anid ourselves is to deliver them from tyrants whom they mako no move to overthrow. Ono of tho offorts of armistico is to allow us to begin a now, a holy war (censor). The Russian question will require a more delicate treatment than a surgical intervention, tho dangers of which are ovidont. Wo soo at Archangel jifst how much small detachments can do on a hugo territory. M. Gauvain disposes of his effectives with facility; he already sees our troops from Roumania on tho march to the Ukraine. It might bo prudent first te know how much we can ask from troops that have already done a good deal. We are at a momont whon wo cannot afford follies ,and when tho advico of day- dreamers may provo fatal." (Censor). A "Holy Alliance" Humanlte (Off. Soe): Cochin writes: "Tho dispatches of foreign press agencies confirm us moro and moro in tho conviction that war is beginning afresh in the East, no longer against Gormany and Austria, but against tho Russian revolution. Thoso Fronch papers in touch with tho foreign offico allow discreet roforonces to CHcapo occasionally; others aro moro downright, and givo away tho wholo design which appears, day by day, to mo coming into operation in Russia." Cachin quotes details of a campaign by M. F. Nool in 1'Opinion for a vast armed intervention in Russia by tho Allies; which concludes: "Russia -is open evorywhoro; with nn energetic offensive, penetrating her from all sides, in three or four months, tho world will be cured of its Russian nightmare," Wo havo serious grounds for tho bolief (says Cachin) that this programme is that of tho government. Lafont (for tho Socialists), will not fail to domand (in tho chamber) clear explanations beforo tho country. If it bo proved that our armies, and thoso of tno Entente aro at this moment marching against the Russian revolution, if tho Holy Alliance forms again aftor ono hundred years against the revolting peoples, what will not bc tho unanimous protest of tho international proletariat f" Cachin then exhorts the Russian Socialist parties to forget thoir dissensions and unite for a common effort, elso tho counter-revolution will get tho better of all parties alike. Intervention for tho Sake of Czechs Tomps (Cons.): M. Masaryk, president of tho Czechoslovak Republic, interviewed ou his arriyal in Paris, spoko of tho Russian sitaution as tho "gravest of tho contemporary problems for Europo and humanity." A strong and organizod Russia was a necessity. He hoped tho Entento would help Russia, now that tho preoccupations of war woro disappearing. The Bolshovik programme was "abstract, with a maximum of froodom, of idealism. But who would regard it as practical?" Thc Czecho-Slovaks did not fear its "contagion"—had indeed resisted it in Russia, Action Francaiso (Cler. Roy.): Bainville refers to the above pross interview: "M. Masaryk has mado known to somo of our colleagues his views on the futuro of Bohemia. If wo may translate into plain language an idea which he oxprcssed with prudonco, a Czechoslovak state, shut in, compressed on threo sides by tho Gorman masses, will only bo assured of existence if Russia is born again. Ho links tho reconstruction of Russia with tho establishment of a now settlement (stntut) of Central Europo. M. Masaryk frankly invites us to intervene in RusBin. For he thinks that thc Russians ennnot bo counted upon to overthrow Bolshevism. Ho does not even believo in a Russia groaning under thc yoko of Lonin nnd ready to join the Allies us soon as they appear. What then remains to be attempted in order to restore n Russia 'organized and Htrong.' A military expedition undertaken by tlio Entente! After tho experiences of Archangel nnd Vladivostok, it is a mutter requiring reflection. Wc arc speaking, of course, of active intervention by arms. But if the new states which have orison out of tho decomposition of Austria-Hungary demand this armed action, the question becomes very complicated," Ib.—Bainville adds to above his view that it is out of all proportion that M. Masnryk and his state of seven or eight million inhabitants should require an onterpriso whoso aim would bo to restore n Russian power of HO million inhabitants. We ought to know whlthor Iho "policy of nationalities'* is leading us. Franco does not* want to throw away more milliards than those she has lots in a doubtfully successful military operation in Russia. It is wild for her to think of restoring the Cznr, however regrettable. It is a good chance for Europe to do without Russia, or rnther to bo contented with blockading her (aR nt present) with the added help of Poland, Bohemia and Roumania, and so lot hor "slew in her own juice," and see whnt happens. A "Policy of Blindness" Vorite (Paris Socinlist): Criticising Russian intervention. Fabric-1 argues that it is her "milliards" France is aftor, she will he disappointed; thoy were spent long ogo. There aro certain pledges in the form of mines, railways', etc., but in what condition nro thoyt After nil I do not sen by virtue of what judgment we perform this seizure. By vlint right, on what principle, nro we to interfere in the internal affairs 1 of this people, which is quite froe, after *all, to call order, what to us, is disorder and government, what wo cal) anarchy. Thoy are in their own country, let us remain in ours; let us save tho cost of this wild goose chase." Humanite (Off. Socialist): The manager of important mining industries, just returned from Russia, offers an earnest warning to tho Allies to stop their "march in the dark" against the Soviot government while thero is still timo. "Tomorrow it will bo too late." "We must stop if we do not wish to suffer in Russia tho German experience in Ukraine. To continue this fight in order to try to justify by tho fall of Bolshevism tho policy of blindness which has ignored or has not understood the strength of the Soviets , . . would be worse than a mistake; it would be a crimo laden with consequences. It is through having chosen to ignore the facts, and not basing their action on realities that the Allied governments, while sacrificing in Bussia men, enormous economic interests, their prestige and honor ended in utter failure.'' Victorie (Nat.): Herve laments that, among all the rejoicing of tho Allied nations, Bussia alone, who lost four to five millions of men in our cause on the field, should sit "weeping with bowed head." "And how should they not havo been massacred on masse, the unfortunates, with their rudimentary material . . at certain tragic moments (provid-) cd) with one rifle between three. . . . That tho Bussian army was able to hold out like this for two years was a tour de force of which perhaps no other army would havo boen capable undor similar conditions, and after having contributed moro than the greator part of thc Allies to the common victory, tho Russian army is abandoned by its former companions in arms. Are wo not going to help them to re-establish in thoir eountry tho civilization abolished a year sinco by tho Bolshovik hordes, and give tho word to a national Constitutional Assembly which, with the devoted help of tho democracies of the west, will end by saving Russia from ruin and dishonor! With what especial harshness havo tho Germans not treated the poor troops of Russinn soldiers, now reaching us dying of hunger." Hcrvo deplores tho fact that Russinn soldiers havo not always boon well trcatod in Frnnco, and saya now is the moment to make up for it." If we are not capablo of that, in 25 years Russia, a great nation once more, will hate and despise us." An Official Opinion Avanti (Off. Socialist), publishes tho following extracts from a letter of Captain Sodaul, dated Sopt. 1, written to a friend in Paris. Captain J. Sadoul (it is explained) was sent to Russia at Albert Thomas' request, commissioned to inform tho French govornment on Russian affairs. Believing that hostility to tho revolution, incapacity to understand, preoccupation of diplomatists with their own interests rather than with their country's, has profoundly vitiated the information sont to tho French government. "I made up my mind," writes Sadoul, "to sond nows, sparing neither things nor persons, concerning myself only with what I believed to be. true." This system mado him some powerful enemies, and boing warned of possiblo Anglo-French movements to suppress him, ho gavo his private diary to a trustworthy friend, sinco tho revelations contained in it concerning th* disastrous policy of the Allied representatives would have provoked a scandal. "I assure you (ho writes in his lotter to Paris) tho attempts on Lenin's lifo will-not wenken but strengthen the Russian revolution—tho Soviets havo never been so solid as today. I havo always thought that even if the Maximalist movement perishes, its example of revolutionary force will certainly greatly benefit international Socialism. If only for this Lonin and Trotzky would deserve our gratitude. But you know with how much reserve I exposed their tnctics, with what scepticism I judged tho consequences of this tremendous upheaval. I have now como to tho conclusion that Lenin nnd Trotzky have a clenror vision than we opportunist and conciliatory Socinlists, and that thoy are greater realists. Facts seem already to provo them right—from the frightful ruins of ten months of systematic des truction, tho strong shoots of a new organization aro beginning actually to appear .and in a fow years will bear fruit. But oven up to now, in nil fields —administrative, military nnd economic, tho nmount of creativo work accomplished is immense. It would be dishonest ond foolish to deny this. If the power of thc Soviots had not been undermined by nil parties, and so impln- cably by thc Imperialist forces of Germany, Franco, Britain and Japan, in tho north, south, enst and west; if (the Soviets) had not been cut off from their granaries, their industrial centres, thoir iron nnd eonl mines ,nnd their petroleum wells; if they had not been ruined, starved and bloodsoaked by tho foreign, if they had only had to fight against the Russian bourgcoisio and tho politieal nnd economic sabotage organized by the counter-revolution, who knows but that they would already have successfully enrried through the flrst stages of a communist organization!,. The splendid victories on tho western front hnve undoubtedly facilitated the exception of thn programme nf tho Bolsheviks by diminishing the German pressure, which is the greatest immediate obstacle to tho realization of this programme. The Socialization of Russia will become more profound. The depression nnd thon the revolt of the masses of the people, in enemy countries will become more threatening. Thc nations of Europe will turn their eyes to a democratic ideal, purer, nnd more fraternal. Thnn will humanity change tho bloody nightmare which has tortured it for four years into u wonderful dream." lb., speaking in the chamber (Nov. 20). Treves said: "If armed intervention of the Entente in Russin was justified during the war, it ought to ccaBe after the armistico. It ts n grave mistake to try to crush the Russian revolution if it is destined to assort itself ,nnd no human force will be able to stop it." THE Proof of the excollcnco of our product is the steady) strong and increasing trade we are doing. Cur o-r- perlcnco is that once a man liuyi a "TO OBDEB" suit, mado by the House of Ford, with that line, easy lit,'radiating comfort from the first moment of wearing, and keeping its shape and style throughout months and years af hard wear, he will nover revert to tho ready-made. FORD SUITS are the PAB EXCELLENCE of value. We sell from *30 (for ladies from MO), but we lay speeial stress on the magnillcent suits we turn out at 137.80 from genuine highest grade woollen*. Hastings St. West Union Unt ARRESTED FOR HAVING BANNED LITERATURE Newly Formed Loggers Union Looks After Interests of Uu Lumberjack Bichard Higgins was arrested about two weeks ago for having in his pos* lion, literature that contalnod objectionable matter. Higgins is a lumberjack and his interests are being watched by the newly-formed Loggers' Union, which organization has retained Mr. Bird of Bird and Maedonald, solicitors, ns legal counsel. When charged in the polico court bail was set at $5,000; needless to say he is still in the toils of thc law. Amongst the works whieh the accused was in possession of were somo by Karl Marx nnd Haccklo. Tho amount of bail demanded has sinco been reduced to $3000. Shipyard Laborers' Riggers' anl Fait- enen' Union At tho last regular meeting of the above local the following delegates woro elected to act on the Metal Trades Council for the ensuing session, vis.: Brothers Lee, Bully, Paterson, Nelson Won't Seduce Wagea Washington—Director General of Bailroad Hines gives notice that tho railroad administration will not be a party to the policy suggested in seme quarters, that it use its purchasing power to break coal prices for the purposo of reducing miners' wages. ;Canada Food Board; _ License 8—1855 ; IF- you "Pay Cash You Go Farther," because you havo more money to go on. It's tho saving that does it. Quality, Service and Price. Fresh Ground Peanut Butter, por lb Fresh Peanuts, shelled, for lb „ _ Wild Bose Pastry Flour, 10-lb. sack for Lake of tho Woods Breakfast Food, per sack Malkin »s Pancake Flour, package Boman Meal, package and Phelps. It was decided to ask the no,*, jjj-j {.__, Trades and Labor Conncil to send speaker to tho next meeting on February 14. The committee on tho Ladies' Auxiliary reported anil it was decided to ask all wives, daughters' and sisters of membera to join. Any lady who 1b eligible for mom* borship and is willing to join will please write tho secrotary of thc union, Hoom 320, Labor Temple, The union, after a long discussion, doaen Finest Butter, 3 lbs. Finest Cream Cheese, lb. Boiled Oats, 61b. sack for 25c 20c 68c 45c 35c 30c 70c $1.60 35c 45c MEAT DEPARTMENT I regard Mail Orders as special ..„ ~,. marks 0/ confidence calling for my bost decided to accept tho 30 dnys armistice I judgment and prompt delivery, with tho Coughlan firm. Mr. C. B. Young, president of tho District Council, wns in Vancouver for tho week-end, nnd roported thnt on his way bnck to Seattlo from Washington he had started to organize the shipyard laborers in Texas and gulf points. There will be no regular nieeting of tho Shipyard Laborers until February the Htli, tho regular mootings being held on tho 2nd and 4th Friday in each month. January has fivo Fridays, and it moy cnuso somo littlo confusion, unless the fact is called to the attention of tho members. Fresh and Cured MeaU—Tbe very j best Government Inspected—and at f reasonable prices. / S. T. Wallace's Marketaria 118 HASTDiOS II. W. Save Money on Tools OUR STOCK AND PRICES ARE RIGHT Cunningham Hardware Co. 1012 GRANVILLE ST. Agent for McOlary'i Ranges Carpenters Found Gem At tlie recent social ovening held by the Victoria Carpenters, a surprise was in store fnr all. Bro. W. Orey, a member for Homo time, was thc cauae of the snrpriso; he sang two songs, both of which were loudly orplnudcd. Bill hnH a lovely tenor voice, nnd his evident ability to nso it to tho brat possible effect ivriH denionatratod. It is rnre Hint such a voice ih heard in n privato finthoring. Bros. 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REMEMBER THE SALE STARTS SATURDAY, FEB. 1st WILSON'S Twin Shoe Stores 157-159 Hastings St. W. Near Cambie Highest Grade Mechanic's Tools FOR ALL TRADES ' Martin, Finlayson & Mather Ltd. 45 Hastings St. W. :: Vancouver, B. C. BOYS'AND GIRLS'CORNER Peru on 8-Hour Basis Washington—The Goneral striko in Peru has ended, according to a dispatch from the Peruvian foreign office to the Peruvian legation here, which says: "The general strike is nt an end owing to the establishment by government do- croo of an eight-hour dny and tho designation by President Pardo of tho prosidcnt of the supremo court as arbitrator between employers and laborers." It wns statod that "enthusiastic manifestations" have beon held becauso the strike is ended. FOR MEN are tailored just right, outside and in. Scientific apparel construction involves painstaking attention to each detail of figure types, and variations. A Semi- ready garmeht fits—in each and every dimension and measurement;' and the "Price-in-the- Pocket" is profit.in your pocket. We show Suits and Top-Coats, $18 to $50. THOMAS & McBAIN 655 GRANVILLE STREET Two of the best all-union eating-houses in Vancouver—the Good Eats Cafe All That the Law WiU Allow Wi Doner*™ Trade Union Patronif* No. 1 No. 2 110 Cordova St. West, or 622 Pender Weit SHOE SALE EXTRAORDINARY NO HUMBUG / NO CLAPTRAP GENUINE REDUCTIONS Men's Tan and Black Work Boots, "Skookum" make, with solid leather soles, stitched and nailed. They have waterproof tongues. Come with toe-caps and plain fronts. Made by J. Leckie Co. Regular $7.00 values, now $5.75 UBk Ihe Shoe People 160 CORDOVA STREET WEST ' Bound the Corner from Cambie We Mall Shoes free Write for Catalogue "OVERCOMING DISTANCE" [By J. 8. Woodsworth] "How far is it," I asked an Indian, "to Battlo Biver?" "Two days/' ho replied. He did not measure tho distance by miles but by tho time it took to get thero by canoe, or dog-train or on horseback, as the case might be. Bo we say that Winnipeg is two daya from Vancouver or Now York is livo days from Liverpool, If I livo ton miles out in tho eountry how far am I from my work! Three hours by foot; an hour and a half by horso, an hour by street carj twenty minutes by express train and a few seconds by telephone. Tho quicker tho sorvico thc nearer, for all practical purposes, I am to town. The application of steam to transportation made a new world. Hitherto inaccessible ureas wcro opened up to settlement. Ono winter I lived in Southorn Saskatchewan whero there wasn't a treo for many many miles. A heavy snowstorm blocked the railroads for some days. Tho supply of coal had run out. Iu tho village tho storekeeper was burning packing boxes and tho harness-maker scraps of leather; in tho country we had almost como to an end of the odds and ends that would burn and woro thinking of pulling down tho cow-sheds. It mado one roalreo how absolutely wo wero dependent on our railroads. So tho steamboat has bridged thc oceans, the ferry is practically a bridge to North Vancouver. The big liners unite us with Japan and Australia— tho world is becoming small. Quick transportation hits mado possible our largo cities. Prom ono of the suburbs of London, in which I lived, 17,000 workmen camo into tho city overy morning. In the old days food had to be brought into tho city by wagon or smnll river boats. Now overy duy scores of express trains bring butter and eggs and vegetables for hundreds of miles, or ocean liners bring fresh meat or fruit from tho other side of tho world. But electricity is bringing greater changes still. Steam helped to build up largo cities. Electricity may help to carry people out to tho country again. Far from any water powor or any coal mine; thcir nro now springing up great factories. Whyf You see the explanation in those wires tbat lead out of the city. They bring electric power for hundreds of miles that is sufficient to run nil thc factories that will be built. Niagara Falls helps to nrflk tho farmers' cows a hundred miles away, lights his home, hatches his chickens and carries his crop to market! Electricity is performing still greater wonders through the telegraph and the telephono and the wireless. In the Arabian nights ono had but to turn n magic ring and our friends appeared or to sit on tho magic mat and frestol he was hundreds of milos away. Today wo take down tho phono receiver and our friends in another city talk to us, or we put a record on a graraophono and we arc sitting in a grand opera house in Paris. Daily the telegraph brings us messages from other parts of the worldssometimes apparently hourB beforo the events occurredl Suroly wc live in a new worldl These changes havo almost revolutionized our social life and mako necessary many changes in our institutions and ways of looking at things. In tho old, days, when citios wero walled, tho gateways wcro v%ry important —all roads lod to tho gateways. What aro our gateways today! Why, our stations and wharves. Through them nil men and goods must come and go. In tho old days tho gatoways belonged to the city. Todny tho gatoways bolong to companies. Policemen still stand at the gateways, but thoy wear on their caps tho lotters C. P. R. Taxes are still charged on goods that go through the gateways but they are collected by tho Grand Trunk or tho other dock owners. Quick transportation has, by overcoming distance, really created vast wealth. When Falso Creek was filled in many ncrcs of building sites were added to tho city. When a suburban lino is run ten miles out into the country thousands of acres are added to tho land available for residential purposes. This ought to moan tho possibility of thousands of workers having comfortablo homes. Instead of that, under tho present system, a few speculators buy up oil the land for a few dollars nn aero, divide it into little lots and hold it for hundreds of dollars a lot. So, bofore, tho peoplo must do without homes or pny very heavy tribute. In tho factories, machinery1 which ought to hnvo helped the people often made their conditions really worso. So sometimes tho farmers who have tho advantage of a railroad are worse off thnn thcir grandfathers who had to drive to market. In some cases workmen find it too expensive to live in tho suburbs! Who owns thc streets? Who should own the cars that run on tho street? Who should havo tho benefit of thc lands opened up by the cars? Most public services to bc offlciont and economical must hnvo more or loss of a monopoly. Tho B. C. Electric claim tlmt they ennnot run their ears profitably if lho jitneys are nllowed to run. So the jitneys have been styped. But why should a privato oompany be nblo to drive anyone off Ihe public highway? Under the stress of war both Great Britain and the United Stntes have found it necessary to operate the rail- roads. If this is an advantage in wnr why not in times of pence? Further, why should large dividends go to stockholders who really nevor should have been allowed tho special privileges thnt enabled them to build up tlieir great systems. Transportation is the key to our natural resources and our industrial and commercial system. That key must* bc in tho hands of the people, LETTERS TO ED The Armenian Situation Editor B. C. Federationist: Sir—In a recent issue of the public press I happened to notice tho following headline: "Man Responsible for Armenian Massacres Arrested;"" and it went on to say in substanco that ono Kyainil Mchomond (Homal Mnhmond) Pasha, who is said to bo responsible for Armenian massacres, hud been arrested. It is now realized that the press does not always tell tho truth, but this untruth, or distorted fact, can easily bo considered tho crowning distortion of all tho untrue press items, because if the men really responsible for tho Armenian massacres wcro nrrestod and rightly punished, thero v.'ould be another bloody massacre on both tho European and Asiatic continents. One scapegoat used to carry the sins of tho Israelites into the wilderness and evidently poor Kyamil Mnhmond is doomed to suffer the fato of the goat; but let this bo plain to your renders, that thousands of black and whito goats of European nnd Amorican courts, together with secret treaty makors, ennnot shift tho blame for tho crimes that have been committed on tho Armenians, neither can they shirk tho responsibility for tho abominable cruelties perpetrated upon this ancient peoplo. Kcuinl Jdevdod Envor or Kia- gun Pashas and thc innumerable hirelings of tho Court of Osmnn may (or may not) bo only superficial instruments of others, for at tho bottom of nil theso crimes lies hidden tbo Bccrct internntionnl intrigues of European and American courts, tho conquost of commorco and exploitation *of Asiatic territory, Bagdad railways, Russo-Persia and Russo-Indian boundaries, Mesopotamia oil fields, and Ural silver mines, and the necessity from the capitalist standpoint for tho extinction of the Armenian commercial element, because it stands between them ond these sources of wealth." European commercial and American exploitation would have free play in tho Near Enst, and sooner or later any victorious in- Mistrial nation would tako the riches of the East without any hindrnnce, if the Armenian capitalists nnd the Armenian peoplo wero out of tho way. Tho hypocritical Christian world sheds crocodile tears over tho blood of the Armenians and sends a fow rags tt> cover those whom their policy has rendered naked and helpless, but at thc bottom of their hearts thoy are glad because thero is no one loft to compoto with them commercially, or to dispute their westernized phase of Christianity. Does nny hireling of tho capitalist press disputo those ffictst I stand ready to givo comploto details of the why and whercforo of tho Armenian masBncrcB. Some of us havo been, and seen, and know. The capitalists of tho western world and Europo cannot camouflage the facts with a hired press, for thoy and they only, arc responsible for the crimes that have been committed by tho Turks upon thoso poople. DERVISH. SOME PRESS NEWS Isvestia (Mobcow, Soviot), quoted Krouzztg. Wilson demands the return of Alsaco- Lorraino without consulting tho inhabitants. Ho garrisons the Philippines as a road to China, where ho is struggling with Japaneso capital for tho mastery. Ho raisos no word of protest against Russian Tsarism nor the. subjection of tho Irish. , . , American capital is fighting against the Soviet power, in ordor, in common with the English, Ho rulo tho market in raw materials, of naptha by tho possession of'Baku, of cotton and Ciberinn ores by the possession of Turkestan. If in Europe tho Socialist revolution triumph, then American capital will try to blockade it, witb even less mercy than showed to German capital. In such a stato of affairs, to represent Wilson's solo aim as boing tho triumph of democracy, is to sell the Svorkors of Europo to tho Amorican Moloch. As for tho disarmament that Wilson advocatos, only a ninny could beliove that England and Amorica will do away with their navies. FariB TompB (Cons.) regards as dangerous und immoral tho policy in Russia of tho cordon sanitairo, or 'isolation' of tho infectod area which might leavo Russia to German influenco. Nor cun it really bo done. "Ono cannot disinfect brains, aud tho ideas written upon paper are not subjoct to any antiseptic treatment, . . . So-callod 'sanitary' proceed* Ings (at tho frontiers) did not servo to guarantee tho Tzur's security. To bo suro, tho Western democracies havo not tho samo reasons for nuxiety and weakness as Tzarism, and it is ftifinito- ly more just to combat tho Bolshevism theory, than to strive against most of the theories that wero .attacked by tho Russian ancient regime. But it is nono tho less truo thut a police forco is never certain of keeping propaganda in check," No Independent Press Editor B. C. Foderationist: In view of the frequent discussions that tako pluce nbout a froo or independent prcBs, the following mny be of intorest to some of your readers: John Swinton, ono of America's oldest and most beloved journalists, was tendere.d a banquet by his fellow editors, and surprised his hosts by the following words: "Thore is no such thing in Americn as an independent press, unless it is in the country towns. You know it and I know it. Thero is not ono of you who dares to writo his honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would nover appear in print. I am paid $150 a weok for lto#ping my honest opinions out of the papor I nm connected with—others of you arc paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would bo so foolish as to write his honost opinions would bo out on the streets looking for another job. "Tho business of tho New York journalist is to destroy tho truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to*fawn at tho feet of Mammon, and to soil his ■race and his eountry for his daily bread. You know this, and I know*it, nnd what folly this is to bo toasting an 'Independent press.' Wo aro tho tools and vnssalfl of rich men behind tho scenes. Wo are the jumping Jacks, thoy pull tho strings -end wo .dance. Our talents ,our possibilities and our lives aro all tho property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." The above extract is from The Cry for Justico, page 754. This book can be obtained in the Cnrnegio Library, and is well worth reading. I can strongly recommend it to any of your renders who think that the interests of capital and labor nro identical. JOHN M. C. CLARK, 137 Hastings Btreet enst. Post Official Blamed Washington—In urging n cessation of immigration before tho houso immigration committee, A. F. of L. Secrotary Morrison snid that an unhealthy unrost is boing fostered in this country by tho anti-union attitudo of eortain largo employers of lnbor, including thc post offico department and the stool trust. "Postmaster General Burleson refuses to meet with representatives of a union. Mnny of the officers of the unions hnvo been discharged from tho servico because of thoir union activities," said Secretary Morrison. Leather Workers Unite Kansas City, Mo.—Officers of tho United Leather Workers International Union report that locals hnvo been organized in Sun Francisco, Boston and Portland, Ore. tually taking jnoney to keep men's souls from purgatory. Yo gods, think of it. Thoro are no transfers on this journey, and if ono cartnot got to heavon through not using one's talonts, well, I don't think you can shovo tho blame on to some ono elso. Wako up, workers, know youraolves, and organize. I am, your truly, SAMUEL LIGG1NS, Gibson's Landing, B. C. Editor B. C. Foderatiouiat: Last week wo wcro somewhat surprised at tho attitudo takon by Mr. Hawthornthwaite, M. P., towards tho Russian Bolshoviki. He had discussed tho Russian situation with a lady who had just arrived from Russia, it seems. Now he had como away from thc conferonco with tho conviction that tho Bussian Bolsheviki wero not what ho had always thought them to bo, Beforo an audioneo in the Columbia Theatre, Victoria, ho said that tho Soviet rulo was communistic anarchy. Now this-, sudden chango of viows is rathor peculiar, and I confess I do not understand it. Who is this Mme. Breshskovskaya, "tho littlo mother of tho Revolution?" Thc following may help to solvo this matter. Tho Vandouvor Trades and Labor Council has issued a very instructive pamphlet) entitled "The Soviets at "Work." In It a classification of tho different factions in Russia is given, Thoro aro two main parties in Russia, tho Social-Democrats and tho Social-Revolutionaries. Tho first, named aro tho Marxian Socialists, and thc second are tho non-Marxians. Now thc Social Democrats are split up into two groups, the Bolsheviki and tho Menshoviki. The former aro more uncompromising in their attitude toward tho Bourgeoise. Tho Social Revolutionaries aro also divided. Tho leader of th,o most reactionary group is our friend, Mme. Brosliskovokayn, known ns tho "littlo mother." Sho is a supporter of Kor-. en sky, who is a momber of her group. Thero aro two other groups wliich are slightly more radical. Tho pamphlet, which is a report of Spencer's February FURNITURE SALE Of vital interest to homes that need Furniture LARGEST STOCKS AND BEST VALUES IN THE CITY DAVID SPENCER LIMITED The Royal Bank of Canada INCOBPOBATED 18<» Capital Authorized Capital Paid-up ...» 25,000,001 ...$ 14,000,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits $ 15,000,000 Total Assets $360,000,000 518 branchei in Canada, Newfoundland and Brltlih Wwt Indiei. Alio branchei in London, England, New Tork Oity and Barcelona, Spain, Twelve branchei in Vancouver: Main Office—Cornor Hastings and Homer Street! Corner Main and Hasting! Streets. Corner Granville and Robson Streets. Corner Bridge Street and Broadway West. Corner Cordova and Carrall Streets. Corner Granville and Davie Streets. Comer Granville and Seventh Avenue West. 1050 Commercial Drive. Corner Seventeenth Avenue and Main Street. 2016 Yew Street. Corner Eighth Avenue and Main Street. Hudson Street, Marpole. Also—North Vancouver, New Westminster and 27 other points in British Columbia. ■FECIAL ATTHtfUON OIVEK TO iATOHM AOOOUHTi One dollar opena an aeeonnt, on whieh intorej li paid halfrearlj it current rates. THOI. PSAOOOE, Uanaf «r Vancouver Branch 0, W. FRAZEB, Vueot-nr, ■np-tmnr (or M. Named Shoes are frequently made in Non-union factories DO NOT BOY ANY SHOI No matter what it's name, unless it bears a plain and readable impression of this UNION STAMP. All Shoes without the UNION STAMP ara always Non-union. Do not accept any excuse for Absence of the Union Stamp. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 SUMMEE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. JOHN P. TOBIN, Preaident CHA8. L. BAINE, Seo.-Tieaa. a speech of Nikola Lenino, is very interesting. It is pleasingly freo from tho idoalogicnl stuff which detracts from most articles and reading matter which we ean got about tho Soviet regime. Yours truly, A. COTTRELL. To TJurge Public Worki Washington — Becrotary of Labor Wilson urges wago earners to uso their influence in thoir communities to havo 'school houses, engine houses, roads, canals and other improvements begun at once. Woman Official Appointed Washington—Miss Ethel E. Tulloch of San Diego, Cal., has boon appointed fifth vice-president of tho Nntional Federation of Postal Employees. This is the first timo in the history of postal trade unionism that tho Federation of Postal Employees has elected a woman to an executivo position in n national organization. '/Miss Tulloch's appointment." snid Sec.-Treas., Flaherty, "is the Federation of Postal Employoes, a recognition of the fact that the large number of women clerks now in the postal service are entitled to direct representation in the management of their organization.*' Engineers Organize Tampa, Fla.-—Stationary engineers have orgnnized in this city and have affiliated with the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers. Editor B. C. Federationist: Will you kindly publish the following: Our opinions me largely formed and influenced by our experiences in lifo, J consequently most people whose provision for the future Is assured, arc apt to look at tho oconomic position from a lofty standpoint and blame tho workers for wauling too much. To put the lilume on tho workers shows a poor sense of justice, for whilo the well-to- do persons—many. of whom will cull themselves brain workerB, even though their fortune was mnde in real estate, prohibited liquor,- etc., aro standing in tho wny of justice to preservo thcir sociul standing, and keep their posterity from nnything liko work, the workers are fighting for. tho real thing, justice, our daily bread and better conditions in tho Lnbor market for their posterity. Can nny fair-minded man honestly say that capital compounding in limited areas does not act adversely against Labor? It is up to tlio workors to organize overy man and woman possiblo, reading, and listening to economic discussions is not sufficient; membership in tho Labor Party is absolutely necessary to create a body of public opinion strong enough to attain rosullB.' S Thc usury of capital and tho helpless attitude of tho church—fully awake to the serious economic conditions—for its ministers are educated mon, standing by unable to tnckle thc monster who now pays their salaries. I say theso things stand locking the way to Christianity, and instend of serving tho Lord, these men have been busy climbing tho social ladder and listening to a voice calling to n higher place, a little higher, only to find out right now that they nre getting no nearer heavon, nnd that the workers nre not following them, and that tlio voice they listened to was the voice of the devil, and that thev were on the wrong road. We are in tlie twentieth centuTy now, and yet somo of these ministers are ae- Read the Letter from Grandview Hospital 'Friends" "The Children's Friend" VALLEY SPECIAL BUTTER Thc golden butter that betters thc bread, 60$ pound. Phono Highland 137 Modical Surgical Maternity Grandview Hospital 1090 Victoria Drivo VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 29, 1918. 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For Ratos, Tickets, Literature and Information, apply to ASSISTANT OENEEAL PASSENOEE AOENT 605 Haatinga Btreet Weat, Vancouver, B. O. Phone Seymour 2482 HOTEL ALCAZAR Opposite Labor Temple VAMOOOVBE, B. O. —Heelquitore 'ot I*l»» htea— Rstel—750 »nd Sl.00 por dur. |4.00 |»>r woek tnd up. Cite at Heaaontble IUtoo OOWAN & BROOKHOUSE PRINTERS ANO PUBUBHBB-S Prlntari to Tbo ftd-mtloiilit The Federationlit li prudueed from oar modern newspaper printing plant. OtfE OP THB FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION Everyone knowi that oheap goods can only be produced by using oheap material! and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER li produced from the highest grade materials-procurable— Oascade is a UNION product from start to finish. VANCOUVER: BREWERIES LIMITED VANCOUVER, B. C. These Terms Are Identical With Those Later Adopted However, Villified Attempts of Labor for Peace [By W. Francis Ahcarn, Special Representative in Australia] History in the future, if truthfully written, will reveal oho highly important fact—that tho terms oiitHtaod by tho Australian Labor party in June, 1017, are substantially tho terms upon which an armistico between tho war- rine* nations was signed and tho way maao clear for approaching tho peaoo tablo. This is a matter in which wo, in Australia, have a right to fool not a little proud. I doubt if ever a honest purposo was moro cruelly villiflcd than tho attompt on tho part of tho Australian Labor Party 18 months ago to outlino torms on which a just and lasting peace could be secured. We were branded as pro- Germans, as spies in tho employ of tho enemy countries, and traitors to our country, and as cowards of tho deopest dye. Evon whon it was revealed that President "Wilson'j. famous fourteen points, uttered sortie six months after our own pence term* had been publishod to tho world, efforts woro sought to malign and libol our intentions. The fact still remains—it is indisputable—thnt the end of tho greatest war in history was brought about by an ngreement to observe conditions which approximate our own poace terms, in a remarkablo manner. Our peace terms havo already boen published in tho American Labor and Socialist press and need no repetition here. What, perhaps, is necessary, is a briof outlino of Labor's attitude in Autsra- lia throughout the "courso of tho war. At the outbreak of war, Labor in Australia endorsed, rightly or wrongly, tho declared objects of Great Britain as then expressed openly. Labor accepted tlio war as a strugglo for liborty, democracy, and tho independence of small nations. Lubor accepted tho war as a vindication'of publicly-made treaties; as a re-assertion of tho principles of international ethics. And on these declared idoals, perhaps no de* mocracy could turn its bach. Labor rendered aid to Groat Britain —tho aid of a froo army. Think what that moans—an army of froemen, freely dclicating thoir lives to tho causo of tho world's liberty and peace. The world has yot to appreciate to tho full tho fact that Australia was tho ono nation of tho world which sent its men to light as free men, and not as eon- scripts. No lust of booty lured Labor to war, nor did revenge course in our veins. And right here the cry by certain jingoes in Australia for rovonge and lust of conquest is an insult to our hallowed dead. No Australian soldier gave his lifo that our country should bo so enriched—no sailor soiled tho , TO A rUTURE HISTORIAN ' Whon, standing on the battlements of Time, Tou overlook our plains with restful eyo, And, while the shuddering constellations climb, Chased by tho sun, against the rounded sky, Consider tho procession of our years, The train of our endeavors pnssing by, I Across thc landscapo of our faiths and fears. Think then, 0 Watehmanl of the blinded host \ That fought between itsolf to mako you wiso, And think that ovon thoy who suffered most •* Knew not what harvests from thoir griof niight rise; Remember thon the youthful brotherhood That diod to purge you of thoir fathers' Lies, And wrote your Books' of Knowledge with their Blood. —C. A. Barman, in Tho Cambridge Magazine. PAGE SEVEN" AUSTRALIA AND I ONE E The Cases of Mooney, Debs and Haywood Are Taken Up At tho timo of writing tho political and industrial organizations throughout Australia are condemning tho action of tho Unitod States govornment in incarcerating Tom Moonoy, Gone Dobs and Bill Haywood. In the case of Tom Mooney, perhaps no such appeal for an international Labor leader has been soon in Australia before, Columns of publicity matter aro being regularly circulated throughout the Australian Labor press, carefully written and edited by W. Francis Ahern of the editorial staff of tho "Australian Worker," Sidney, and who is the Australian representative of this journal—who is acting in Australia on bohalf of the Tom Moonoy Defense Committeo. Scores of meetings havo boen hold, motions passed, and cabled to President Wilson, tho Governor of California and tho Tom Moonoy Committee in San Francisco. Much of tho success of tho agitation on behalf of Mooney is duo to tho untiring work of Mr. Francis- Ahern, who must be credited with having brought tho matter under tho notice of Australian democracy in tho why ho had. In connection with Debs and Haywood, this matter is being handled by the Socialist organizations throughout Vustralia, and many motions of protest have boen recorded and forwarded to tho right quarter. It is to bo hoped that the voice of Australian democracy will not bo raised in vain. poaco fundamental principles of treaty:— "1. Loaguo of freo peoplo. f 2. No political, oconomic, or discriminatory restrictions; no indemnities and reprisals for vindictive or injurious purposes; but to right manifest wrongs, "3. Recognition of the rights of small nations. 4. No territorial changes, except seas that wo should exact revenge from |f°* tho welfare of tho pooplo^nffocted.'' a dofoated nation. As with all other countrios, much lip sorvico to liberty and -peace was rendered by mon, soon to be revealed os hypocrites. Hon elamorod for liberty abroad and denied it to us at homo. Sinister motives, often frankly admitted, inspired the advocates of the press-gang. Conscription was demanded by many who sought cheap and submissive workers; by many again who sought to relievo tho wealthy by securing a cheap army. Theso could havo dono nothing had they not seduced many of tho trusted servants of Labor. It was a bitter blow to those of us who havo given tho best part of our lives to tho Australian Labor Movoment to find that our leaders and companions—tho men who bittorly opposed conscription in the oarly days of tho Australian Commonwealth—had abandoned tho party and thcir solemn plodgos. Much has been said of tho political coup d'etat in Australia in September, 1016, whon, without a second thought, we discarded tho most intelligent of our leaders becauso they had betrayed us. Never a man who broko the solemn pledge of tho Labor Movement that "no Australian citizen should bo compelled to light outside his country ngainst his will" was allowed to ro- main with us. In May, 1017, at tho general elections, we paid our penalty by being defeated. But we kept the Labor Movemont spotlessly whito and clean, and todny wc can look back on pur action of thoso days with perhaps not a littlo pride. What other labor movement in tho wholo world has such a record? If wo paid tho heavy price of surrendering power to our im- placable enemies nnd their new mercenaries, was it not, after all, worth paying? At least wc wcro nblo to test tho sincerity of those who stood for liborty in Belgium, in Scrvia, in France, or any other country—cverywhoro except in Australia. In June, 1017, the Labor Conference of Now South Wales carried a resolution demanding immediate negotiations for poace, in the spirit of reparation and reconciliation, with no annexations and no penal indemnities. Tho same resoltuion was soon endorsed by the other Australian State Labor conferences, and thon finally endorsed by tho Interstate Labor Conference. The resoltuion carried'by tho Now Soutli Wales Conference, at whieh tho rcprcsentntivo of this journal was present—it was after all an historic conference—was thc first attempt by any representative body among tho Allied pooplo to set forth tho terms of a just and honorable peace and reconciliation. At the conclusiongpf hostilities, copies of our peace terms were scattered throughout the world, and published in this journal, and soon came requests from Labor and Socialist i bodies throughout the world for thc peaco terms of Australian Lnbor. In substance, and this should be borne well in mind, tho resolutions, first of tho British Labor Party, and later of tho Conference of Allied Labor, reproduced the Australian proposals. Even Gompors, president of the Amorican Federation of Labor, nt tho Conference of Allied Labor, stated his position in the words of our resolution. "Tho following," said he, "nro the essential Australia's Labor poaco torms aro now well known. Time passed. President Wilson outlined his famous fourteen points—almost identical with our own peace terms. Wo wcro then told by tho cunning jingoes in our midst that the Allied nations accopted those terms; that Gormany alono' refused them. Our reply was that nevor yot had tho Allies stnted that they accepted tho policy of "No Annexations." When the Allies have clearly accepted the policy, wo shall know whethor tho war need bo continued. If a frank and unequivocal offer of peaco upon our tonus is mado, and rofusod by Germany—and upon her alone—will reBt the responsibility for prolonging thc war. Whero that responsibility now roBts no ono knows." Wo further said: The Gorman rulers must be left to thc Gorman peoplo. Thoy alono can destroy German militarism und autocracy; and wn believe that tho prolongation of thc war only postpones the hour of triumph for Gorman democracy." Theso woro thc views which caused Australian Labor, at- tho Interstate Conference at Perth Inst Juno, to declare that Labor should not urge anyone to go to wnr Unless and until the Allies should, by a clear and authoritative statement, assert their readiness to enter into peace negotiations, upon the bnsis of no annexations and no penal indemnities. This declaration was submitted to a ballot of the rank and file of Labor throughout Australia nnd carried by a huge mnjority. After the closo of tho ballot, tho required condition wns complied with by an Allied acceptance of President Wilson's proposals. These declarations have been justified by the event. It saw the greatest triumph of Gorman militarism —it saw its final downfall. What caused this seeming miracle? Whilo tho German war lords eould put before their peoplo the secret treaties and brutal boasts of tho jingoes thoy could exact . the utmost sacrifice from their soldiers and citizens. When Allied Labor by its resolutions, whon President Wilson by his appeals to the German people, hnd undone the work of tho war lords, the soldiers and workers in Gormany revolted against their masters. The advocates of n negotiated peace and the workers of Germnny have brought to a sudden close a struggle whieh otherwise would have been prolonged to the over-increasing misery and exhaustion nf the human race, Tho basis laid down by -President Wilson's fourteen points, closely following the Australian Labor resolutions, havo been agreed upon. All that remains now is the development of tlie details of the peaco treaty. The general principles are sottled. And they are what we laid 'down, for the first time in the world, nt a Labor conference in Australia in June, 1017. Wn claim that the signing of the armistice was a clear indication of the terms outlined by Australian Labor IR months ago. And though onr purposo was libelled and villified nt the time, history, if it speaks the truth, will reveal in Rood time, whnt pnrt Australian Labor played in bringing to an end the greatest wnr the world hns ever known. Manifestos Sent to the Men Who Are Serving Same Old Policy of Divide and Bule Is Those of Employers [By W. Francis Ahorn, Speolal Representative in Australia] Despite tho opposition of a fow'craft unions, the capitalistic press, and tho captains of industry in Australia, the one Big Union Movemont is assuming definite shapo, Thoro bas just been concluded (November 10, IMS) a threo days' conference in which tho finishing touchos wero put to the movement in Sydney, Australia, preparatory to calling a Commonwealth conforonco, to tako placo in Melbourne on January 11, 1019. At the present time, an army of 60 leading industrialists are conducting a propaganda campaign throughout Australia, on bohalf of tho One Big Union Movement, while a ballot is to be tuken of all trades unionists prior to the holding of> tho Commonwealth conference next January. At the Sydney conforonco, just concluded, somo important resolutions were carried. The following was carried, to tho singing of the "Red Flag":— ::That this conferonco of the Ono Big Union of Australia sends to the workers of Russia, Germany, Austria, and othor countries, thoir warm and wholehearted congratulations on the magnificent achievement of political liberty after a long strugglo against official tyranny, persecution, and despotic mon- urchism, nnd expresses tho nope that the spread of revolutionary propaganda among tho pooples of all countries in .Europe will everywhere help forward the causo of tho people towards complete emancipation from capitalism." Consideration was given to tho question of returned men from tho war. Most of thoso are, of course, working men, and because of thcir absence from Australia, it becamo necessary to address a manifesto to thom setting out what tho future holds for them. Tho manifesto wus as follows: "In tho namo of organized Labor this congress of tho One Big Union Movemont cordially greets you upon your roturn to Australia. In thus welcoming you back to tho civil life of tbo community, we assure you of our earnest desire to rendor you every assistance In securing tho fulfilment of evory legitimate promise made by the government and tho peoplo of Australia at tho time of your departure. Organizod Labor possesses many facilities for obtaining employment for its members and for securing those rates and conditions which it has boen our constant effort to maintain in yonr absence. Those facilities wo unhesitatingly place at your disposal common intorest, Realizing that the vast majority of Australian soldiors and sailors aro members of tho working class, and that as such thoir economic interests are. „ identical with thoso of organized Labor J painfully acute, in tho reconstruction of socioty, thoy | identical human;t; *"■ We have secured the exclusive agency for B. C. of the SOLO-ELLE —Manufactured by— -BACON PIANO COMPANY- BatablWied 1789 The tremendous vogue of tbe "SOLO-ELLE," throughout the United States, among the more discriminating classes of music-lovers—its unreserved acceptance and adoption by the modern artist as the GBEAT- EST RE-PRODUCING MEDIUM evor devised or originated by trained scientific intelligence and craftsmanship, is attributable to tho marvollous fidelity wirh which it REPRODUCES every nuance and shading of tho MASTER PLATERS in thcir interpretations ot the great music classics, and the CLEAR AND DEFINITE ACCENTUATION OF THE MELODY, throughout the most intricate variations, conveying distinctly tho motif of the composition to the untrained ear. For some time wo havo held tho agency of tho "SOLO-ELLE" in our SEATTLE House, and the phenomenal success it haa met with there, and in kindred communities, lnducos ub to bcliovo that Vancouver music-lovers will welcome the advent of tho "SOLO-ELLE" with prompt enthusiasm. Hear the "SOLO-ELLE" * *. *., The consummation of the perfect re-producing piano I' Old instruments accepted as part payment. Time payments arranged. ' MONTELIUS, PIANO HOUSE, LIMITED ORANVILLE STREET the nations of Europe, which have not only thrown over autocratic rule, but havo insisted upon oconomic freodom aB tho keystono of their future national lifot Tho Ono Big Union headquarters are situated ln Sydnoy, Australia, at tho Trades Hall—it having superseded the TradeB and Labor Council. Most of the organizations in New South Wales, where the schemo was initiated, havo joined up, and.quick progress iB also being made in the Australian States— particularly in Queensland and Vic* toria. In January ho wroto: "I have no use for tho poem you sent me, because in tho bitterness of things out hore I have no use for 'Ood' or for the sentiment that we aro righting in holy righteousness a nation of brutes. . . or feel any sympathy fer tho yap, yap, yap of the pross about those things." Ho puts on record for us that tho soldior did not fight and suffer and die to mako a victory for Lloyd Qeorge, for politicians, pen patriots and profiteers. "Execration," "Hang the Kaiser," "Make the Hun pay," he statea, "is a civilian trade." Humanity, anl ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ England's contribution to the tomple Piolteeilng-Two Kinds ' 1°' humanity waa what ho foughtfor, The Vancouver papem report that\%2_™Jg2r** that ™ "** the eity connell endorses the resolution | ____________________________ * of «the Calgary city*councU to petition the Dominion government to demand for Canada an indemnity of $1,000,000,- 000 from the Central powers. Archaic, ain't itf Makes ono smilo sadly. It is a gem soreno of Cavodom. In tho London Nation, the reviewer of Keeling's Letters and Recollections, remarks: "His vision of futuro fraternity and reconciliation became almost d his sense of tho of tho Gorman sol- Oppose Night Work* '] Madison, Wis.—Organized bakers ia thiB oity are demanding the abolition of night work. Other demands includo a nine-hour working day. nnd wo must stand together. This fnct dier in tho trench beforo him all but in-J has been fully realized by tho soldiors tolerable.'" and othor workers in every European country who arc now taking combinod notion to securo common justico. The attitude of tlio industrial move ment of Australia toward tbo members of tho Australian armies has been persistently villified and misrepresented by the capitnlistic daily press. Tho rigid and scandalously biased political censorship effectually provented Labor's aims from reaching you. No othor period is likely to witness such a multitude of complex probloms demanding solution,as demobilization, machinery to securo reabsofption into industry, repatriation, etc. All past experience has proved that jio government has made any serious attempt to redeem those promises so freely given to men to secure thcir enlistment and so quickly forgotten when tho need of their services has ceased. In the cnso of the presont Australian "Win-tho* War" government, tho treatment accorded to the comparatively small number who have returned, the muddling incapacity, the favoritism shown to some and the neglect of others, provo that no sincere effort can bc expected to copo with tho many thousands who will soon bc returning to our shores, and is an ominous warning for thc future. Patronize Federationist advertisers and toll them why you do so. The capitalist class of Australia, of which the present "Win-the-War" governmont is the mouthpiece, stands universally condemned for its shameless ami unwarranted profiteering, which has so increased tlie cost of living that those in relative comfort four years ago are now on the border lino of poverty. This profiteering which robbed your dependents, is slill in existoflce, and those who huve practised this economic piracy during the war will be loth to forgo their unholy advantages gained at such ^orriblo cost to the workors now the war has ceased. Thoso returning from the war will bo faced with a similar, if net worse, situation than that Oftdurod by their comrades and dependents in their absence. The only means to redress these ovIIb is strong and effective industrial organization'. This our soldier and sailor comrades must realize if they hope to put a stop to their own exploitation. The Workors* tndustrial Union of Australia (the One Big Union) is tho ono form of organization which will enablo us to resist the continuance of profiteering and ensure for all a decent livelihood. We therefore appeal to you to link up with the Industrial organisations without delay. Atlempts have been made by the employing clans against which we most emphatically warn you, to divide thn workers into antagonistic, groups, With n view to reducing wages ami still further plundering all other actions of the community. We live in riticnl limes when events are moving rapidly. Wo can by unit}1 and energetic effort, secure more complete ceo- j nomifl and social froodom than we have j r beforc possoWd. Should we ne-1 gleet our presont opportunltlflfl the shackles of industrial Borvltude will bo rivettoci upon us and upon you, ami the forces of reaction triumph. Shall we, in Austrnlin, lag behind / Keeling was killed in August, 1010. | T. B. CUTHBERTSON & CO. Men's Hatters and Outfitters sso Oruvtils Stnet 018 Bwttaf* Stmt Wut Turner, Beeton & Company, Limited WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS Diy Goods, Gents' Furnishings VICTORIA, B. C. -P MANUFACTURERS OF "BIG HORN" BRAND SHIRTS, OVERALLS, Etc. Factory organised under "United Oument Workert ot America" Your Money is Safe in War-Savings Stamps Buy now for $4.00 - Sell 1st day of 1924 for $5.00 Government Security Your W-S.S. cun be registered to securo you against loss by theft, fire or otherwise. Thrift Stamps cost 25 cents each. Sixteen on a Thrift Card are exchangeable for one War-Savings Stamp. •A SOLD WHERE YOU THIS SIGN 1»AGE EIGHT eleventh yeab, No. g THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST We've a complete range -of- Men's Trousers Suitable for work or dress —all well made from hard-wearing fabrics — good worsteds and tweeds — serviceable corduroys — in browns, greys and stripes. "Right Selling Plan" Prices $4.00 to $8.50 This Store for Men offers you guaranteed trade- marked lines only—Hart Schaffner and Marx Suits and Overcoats, Wolsey Underwear, Holeproof Hosiery, Manhattan Shirts, etc. They're known the world over—ask for them always. Claman's 163 HASTINGS ST. W. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes THE PIONEER UNION STORE TO BE APPOINTED F. W. Welsh to Represent the Men—Mr. Justice Murphy Chairman At the last meeting of tbe Vancou* vor Metnl Trades Council it was decided that no work would be done by members of the affiliated organizations on any ships from sound citios. This decision was arrived at' owing to tlio attempts that havo boen mado to have work done on tho Admiral Watson. This course has also been ndopted in Victoria. Tho request for a Boyal Commission to go into the wholo shipyard situation has been granted by tho government, and the Motal Trades Council elected i\ W. Welsh as the representative of tho men. Coughlan's has not decided on their representative. E. H. Morrison of tho Eloctrical Workers has been requested to act as counsel • for tho men. Mr. Justice Murphy has boen agreed upon as thc ihuirinun of thc commission. Exceptional carpenters have very Interesting session EducAtinotl Meetings to Be Continued —The Ai.atic Question at the Next One Tho A. S. of U. B. Carpentors held their regular moeting on Tuesday evening. Six new members wcro admitted, and two clearances wore recoived. The referondum on tho question of submit- ting matters of disputo to the central body, was referred to the mass meeting of all tho carpenters' locals, which is to be held on Tuesday next. A petition asking for thc release of Bros. Watson and Cheescman of Toronto, and the lifting of the censorship forwarded by tho Toronto District Council of Carpentera, was endorsed, and passed around for the signatures of tho members. The committee appointed to conduct tho series of educational meetings, roported as to the laBt one of these meetings, and it was decided that at the next meeting, a spenker should be secured to deal with tho problem of Asiatic labor. A special meoting is to bc held to deal with tho question of subscribing to The Federationist in a body. Will Deal Witb Employen Portlnnd, Ore.—At a mooting of tho Pacific coast metnl trades district council it was voted to have no further dealings with the wago adjustment board of tho shipping board, known as the Macy board. Tho metnl workers gave notice that hereafter they will do business with employers, nnd that wago reductions will bo resisted. Laundry Workers Strike Fund Previously acknowledged $10,400.00 Typographical (Victoria) J5.00 Soft Drink Dispensers 80,80 Refund foo, Miss Outtcridgc.. 50.85 MINERS ENDORSE ACTION TAKEN At CONVENTION Axtest of Miner for Having Banned Literature Causes Strong Comment A joint meoting of tho two locals, Carbondalo No. 2227 and Coleman No. 2063, United Mine Workors, was hold in tho Eagle's HaU, on Sunday, January 19th, for the purposo of hearing thc delegates roport from the Alberta Federation of Labor convontion, and also bring up for discussion the circular sent out by W. Smitten, calling upon us to voico our protest against the continued incarceration of political prisoners in our jails, Theso two locals combined, represent about 670 membors, and wo had a ver}* enthusiastic and crowded meeting. There wns some lively debate on tho above subject, and tho meeting unanimously supported a resolution: "That wo endorso the action taken by the Alberta Federation of Labor convontion at Medicine Hat, demanding the release of all political prisonors incarcerated during the war, and are ready to fall in line with any action the executive of tho A. F.' of Labor may take, no mattor how drastic, to attain that end." Tho arrest and conviction of Bro. Tom Shannon, secrotary for Diamond City local, for having in his possession banned literature and other correspondence 'in connection with tho local, called forth somo vory strong comment, and it wus argued that if such a state of things wore allowed to exist, all secretaries for organi-zed'bodies would bo placed in a precarious position, and liable to arrest at any timo, therefore it was, SALMON ARM NOW HAS LABOR ORGANIZATION Branch of Federated Labor Party Was Formed Last Sunday Evening Quito a large number of tho progressive residents of Salmon Arm and district wero present at tho meoting in the Finn Hall, last Friday. Mr. George F, Stirling was tho speaker of the evening. Ho went into tho subject of trado and commerce, discussing particularly tho theory (held by many .prominent financiers and business men) that thc exports of a country should greatly exceed the imports in value. Ho showed that the difficulty of finding frosh markets for the enormous surplus of commodities is increasing steadily, and it is this competition for markets that onuses tho friction nnd antagonism resulting in war. Mr. Stirling made his subject very clear and interesting, and drew thc conclusion that the exports Bhould about equal the imports in value, so that all tho people, whilo having an abundant supply of the products of their own indlustrios, should also enjoy a goodly share of the necessities and luxuries imported from all foreign countries. A small but rather hostile band of reactionaries were present at the meeting, and these gentlemen actually imagined they could provent a branch of tho Labor Party being formed at Salmon Arm. Ab well might they endeavor to prevont tho morning sunrise, which dispels tho darknos of night. This opposition objected to the suggestions that the recent war was caused by trado competition; and also to the proposal that the government should tako over tho C. P.E. Thcir remarks on_ these points enlivened the proceedings considerably, and Mr. Stirling made short work of replying to thcir objections. At thc close of tho meeting the Salmon Arm branch of tho Labor Party was organized with twenty-fivo members. The following officers were appointed. • President, Jack Chappie; vice-presidents, A. E. Twcoddalc and Frank Coleman; secretary-treasurer, Alf. Johnson; ■ organizer, Qeorge Stirling. U. S. SOCIALISTS AND PASSPORTS FOR EUROPE Question to Be Aired In Both Legislative Houses in the United States Prl rice Reductions on Suits, Coats and Millinery 575 Granotlle Phone Sey. 3540 VANCOUVEB, B. C. Hawthornthwaite Replied to in Victoria (Continued on Page 8) E "Fashion Craft" Quality Clothes are sold as reasonable as high quality and good workmanship will permit. Thos. Foster & Co. LIMITED 614 ORANVILLE STREET Unanimously resolved, That wo urgo upon nil locals in the district to take immediate action in this matter, fix n dato ob early as possible, and all ceaso $16,508.35 j work until Bro, Tom Shannon is released from prison. Tho resolution passed in convention at Modldno Hat, demanding free speech, free assembly and tho ban entirely lifted from all literature, wns also duly endorsed. Trades and Labor Council—Educational Committee A numbor of unions hnve asked to have speakers for thcir next meeting, nnd tlio committee decided to publish llio muiies of those speakers who have iilrenclv promised io nssist them, so thnt tho locals may choo.no thcir own speakers if so desired. It is hoped that all locnls will make use of the programme, and that in time it may becomo a familiar feature in local meetings. II. Ncelnnds—"Why Be a Union Man!" A. S. Wells—"Where Are Wo Heading!"' Functions of n Trade 1). Rgob- Union." W. Lee—* and Objects. ti, Hardy- Chicago—Both branches of congress, the scnato and tho house of representatives, will hear about the discrimination against tho Amorican Socialist party in tho granting of passports to Europo, according to tho plans of the party officials here. Adolph Germer, national secretary of tho party, under instructions from the national executive committeo, sent a telegram to Moyer London of New York City, tho lono socialist represent- ative in congress, as follows: "National executivo committee askB you to raise questions of personnl privilege and protest against discrimination in refusing passports. Our delegates aro as much entitled to passports as Oompers to represent reactionary labor policy and Wiekcrshum to represent Republican party." Representative London will bo instructed to point out that every conceivable form of organization, except thc Socialist party, has been* granted passports. Gompors heads a special mission of tho American Federntion. while Chnrlos Edward Russell and John Spargo have gone abroad on behalf of the Social-Dcmocrocic league, a fictitious organization thot exists only on paper. Mr. YVickorshnm, tho attorney general in tho Taft cabinet, is in Europo on behalf of the Republican party. No reason is given for discrimination ngninst the Socialist pnrty. Although the Socinlists have no momber In the United Stntes, it is planned to liavo the faets pined in the hands of somo Republican or Democratic momber and hnvo him bring tip the mutter in the senate jpintly with Repre- mtntive London in the house. Defeat Constitution Little Rock, Ark.—Thc proposed state constitution hits been rejected by the voters of this state. One nf the jokers provided thnt not less than one-j hnlf of tho designated percentage of' the electors in 20 counties must bo obtained. In addition tlio initiators would be compelled to pay tho expense of publishing their proposals while under the present. law the state pays for the publication -In at lenst one'newspaper in every county. Organized labor is agitating for n now direct legislation law. Celebration of Amalgamation of Forces on Wednesday Evening Tho Longshoremen beat tho ban placed on dances by a short head. On Wednesday evening, tho Amalgamation dance and whist drive, to celebrate thc amalgamation of the Longshoremen's Auxiliary with Local 38-52 of tho International Longshoremen's Association, was held at Lester Court. The usual high standard-in social functions for which the Longshoremen aro famous, was upheld, and a splendid list of prizes wero provided for tho winners in tho whist drive. Thc dance hall was nicely filled ,and many had to bo turned away who had not bought tickets, but left it to chanco as to whether they would gain admission by paying tho fee at the door. No doubt it will be a lesson to them in tho futuro ,as thoy missed a treat by their tardiness. During thc evening, A. 8. Wells, secretary- treasurer of tho B, C. Federation of Labor, addressed tho gathering briefly. I Refreshments woro served in tno dining hnll during the ovening. viki, for if they hung every Grand duke and overy general without an army, and all the rest of tyrannous ruling class outfit of Russia, they could never attain to ono ten-thousandth part of the atrocities practiced under the Czar. Wo could rest assured that all tho stories of Bolsheviki atrocities were 99 por cent, falsehood and tho rest a Hot Such men as Col. Thompson, Raymond Rob- bins, John Reed and Arthur Ransome, tell an entirely different talo from what wo read daily in tho capitalist press. Russia was never so orderly and freo from atrocities, and all who wero going to Siberia with tho intention of beating up tho Bolsheviki would bc woll advised to think twice beforo thoy tackled that job. Even tho tyrannous land barons had not suffered any violence from tho Bolsheviki, unless when they offered resistance. These barons received the same quota of land as tho peasants, and so long^as they wcro industrious thoy wero perfectly safe. It was only thoso Russian barons without Innd nnd Russian generals without nrmies who wore now in Paris raising such a cry against tho Bolsheviki, and Baying it would be dishonorable to moot thero. Touching on the peaco conference, Mr. Kingsley said thoy wero certainly a nice bunch, All this talk of league of nations, no wars, etc., was just bo much hypocritical bunk. Tho United States and Great j Britain wore mnking bigger'guns than ever, tho British nnvy was to bo maintained, so that freedom of tho noas might bo insured. How did navieB originate! The precursor of tho present gigantic fleets of lighting machines wns the pirate of tho high sens. In earlier days it was a regular means of getting revenuo, by equipping^ a fleet and setting out on a marauding expedition, robbing inerchantment, until eventually it became a permanent institution in every capitalistic eountry, nnd whilo a single fighting ship was left thero could be no freedom of tho soas, As for no more war, we might ns well forget it, for whilo tho exploiting system lasted thero would be war nftor war, oach ono more fierce and terrible than the previous onc. Never In history had thoro, been such a conflict ns had just been finished in Europo. Tho rulers had conjured up a spoctro that, would not down nnd thot was not confined to Russia alone. Tho working class is not infallible and mnko mistakes. Anyono, however, who says the Bolshoviki aro killing and burning, speaks falsely; no mnn can rend the record of Trotsky and Lenine and think of thom otherwise than ns truthful and courageous men, valiant in tho causo ^FRIDAY.. ...Jmnary 81, 1W* I SWEEPING I ! I Reduction Sale LADIES' AND GENTS' FINE APPAREL GOING AT TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES Nothing reserved-—every garment in the store must be sold. Not a single piece that is not cut. You will hardly believe your own eyes so unusual are the sacrifices. But we must have room for new goods now arriving, hence these bargains. Shop Early—Sale Starts Saturday, at 9 a. m. PITT THE BUND A Dog's Life, His Aims Our Clnss Position—Or Proportional Representation." B. Showier—"Getting Together.*' W. Youhill—"Arbitration." V. R. Midgley—"Evolution of Trado Unions." J. IL McVety—"Workmen's Compensation." W. Thomas—" The Trade Union Movement." C. Rouse—"Organization.1" Other mombors of unions who hnvo promised to assist include Bros. Pritchard, Winch and Welsh, but they have not yet naipcd their subjects. A supplementary list of other speakers will | be published notft week. QUESTIONS FOB THOSE BOOSTING ALIEN DEPORTATION To Mayor Gale, Officers of Great War Veterans Association and others: WUl you publicly explain your position re the continued influx of Orientals, hundreds on the Montcagle recently? Are the Chinese to como in unhampered to take the place of your deported Aliens? DAVE BEES. [By K. C. Jones] A capitalist askod mo tho other day if 1 considered for a momont that I could represent his class, if I wero elected to parliament. My answer was, No. I then put exactly tho same question to him, viz., if he considered ho could represent my class if ho was elected a member of parliament; hiB answer was, yes, ho certainly could, and1 the poor blind fool believed he was telling tho truth. So I then took him in tow to find out how much he knew about tho labor class, and hero arc a few of thc quostions I asked him, along with his answers: (j. How much docs capital produco in ono year? A. Everything. Q, How much docs labor produce in ono year! ! A, Wagea. If tlio above quostions had road "got" instead of produce, tho answers might bo fitted in f little better. Q. What is capital? A. Capital represents tho ownership of the means of production. Q. Who made this mnchinery which you call the means of production? A. My workmen, labor. Q. How much of it did you mnko? A. Oh, I wus in England when it was being made. Q. That being the cnso, labor must own it? A. No. I pnid all tho men that made it, so it belongs to me. Q. But if you never work where do you get the money to pny these men? A, I borrowed it from the bank. Q. Where did the bunk got It? A. They got it from the people that work for safekeeping. You see at no lime do the men get paid until they have worked two weeks, nnd in thnt length of time they have spent the wnges they ; got two weeks ngo, nnd it is in the1 bank again. So T borrow il ngnin nnd pay it out to them in wnges. After thc machinery is nil made it belongs to mo, only I owe the bank, nnd ns I nm the president of the bank, it all belongs to me. I now put the mnchinery to work nnd tire all the men except half a dozon, and do yon know that mnchinery is capable of muking mc $.100 a day loss the wages I pay my men, wliich is $5.00 ench, mnking a total of #30. I am n good union man nnd nl- ways pny the union rate. (■), So yon make $270 per day. A. Yes. Q. Whnt do you do for it? A. I am the owner. Q. Are you a union man? A. Yes. Q. Woll, all you should get is $5.00 per day. But— But nothing, how long would you keep your men if they did not earn thoir $5.00 por day? A. I would flre thom, Q. Well, do you know thnt that Is exactly whnt tho mon aro thinking of doing with you, firing you? Q. What for? A. Being a damned thief. And yot you nro ono of the men who says you enuld represent tho laboring class In pnrlinmont. But, tho most astounding thing about It all Is that you do represent them in parliament. "Pity the poor blind." Many peoplo havo nn entirely wrong notion of the criminal law, and, hence, aro oft dissatisfied with its operations. They conform law with justice—the broad bed-rock basis with thc little structures of statutes men have erected upon it. For instance, tho kniacr caunot bo convicted under tho crimin- nl law because his offense was against "tho basic law of humanity." A now law and a now court, drawing its authority from a now order, must be provided. Thoro aro other examples. Caro is necessary lest in tho gaining of victory tho nation loses its soul. "What destroyed tho German soul," says tho eminent London divine, Dr. Campbell, "was her crushing victory over France in 1870." Unusual Sale Prices Payable on Our Credit Plan LADIES' DRESSES Rare Bargains at $17.50'o$35.00 Sacrifice prices $9.50, $15.00, $35 and $49.50 SUITS Big Bargains at $22.50 to $39.50 ■—-—MEN'S — Department SUITS Smartly tailored, reduced to $22.50 $27.00 $37.00 $40.00 OVERCOATS To suit all, sacrificed for $17.00 to $35.00 RAINCOATS Sweeping Reductions at $15.00 to $27.50 LADIES' RAINCOATS Opportnnity Prices $17.00, $22.50, $27.00 SKIRTS Real snaps at $7.50 to $17.50 SPECIAL SALE TERMS Aa low as $1 down nnd (1 a wook. DRESS WELL ON EASY TERMS AT THE NEW YORK OUTFITTING GO. c Limited 143 HASTINGS STREET WEST WEEKLY AND MONTHLY TEBM8 ■U VVi j 3ST 1 of working class emancipation. Kerensky wished to form a bourgeois republic the samo as tbo United States, thnn which thero was no more reactionary or backward country, no country with such nn apology for a labor movoment, bourgeois to tho core, with scarcely n grain of revolutionary thought. We in Canada do not wnnt any rough stuff if it can be avoided, but just now thoro was a militnry shebang in Canndn; our Hteraturo was banned, our correspondence* scrutinized; but wc hnd still some semblance of political rights. Tho timo would eome when wo would bo nble to express our will nt tho polls, and woo to him who would attempt to thwart tho will of tho majority. (Load cheers.) A collection of $50.60 was takon. The BIG UNION STORE FOR MEN DICK'S Specialized Service To the Working Man —means a lot to the man who toils in and out of doors. Here are men's stores (all union stores), the largest of their kind in Western Canada, giving the working man specialized service ' in men's wear—everything from the shoes on your feet to the hat on your head—giving not only specialized men's service, but giving the best quality goods that can be purchased to suit your needs and selling at close prices. These are purely men's stores with expert and courteous union salesmen to wait on you and give you service—service in goods, fit and wear—backed by our well-known slogen— "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK." It is never too much trouble to show you whether you buy or not. Come in and look around at any time. 33-45-47-49. Hastings St.Eas*. MAIL anWBKOTH.OVR VERY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION At Am. TIMES—ALL MAIL ORDERS PREPAID TION
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