The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1919-01-31
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note: 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…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345502
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text