The Labor Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-25
issued: 1919-02-20
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note: -i,,^ ..a. , . , ...I.., ii win.uipwii i.j , ii iiiiiiiiamwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmj mmmmmmmmmm Pin nt I < >/<���!(< ..^...1. .1 *^"-*saassaM NO. 4 VANCOUVER, B. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919 _____ in ���until. O������ By mall l., 8<nsl�� Rn 'ordars Ot. par luu�� ���V :nplc�� *JV. THE GREAT (PROM THE LONDON "HERALD" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT FOLKESTONE.) IT BEGAN on Friday morning at Folkestone; it spread in a flash to Dover, Osterley Park, Shortlands, Sydenham, Grove Park, Shoreham, Kempton Park, Park Royal, Aldershot, Maidstone, Chatham, .Bristol, Pairlop, and even to a detachment in, London supposed to entrain for Salonika; and it is not ended yet-i-not by a long way. Two months ago the armistice was signed. For two months the armies��� And not alone at home���have been defending their release. For two months flfe press has been frying to whip up an agitation for a money war upon Russia. For two months the magnates have beeh shivering in their buttoned boots at the prospects of a.new spirit in the home-coming armies of war which are to become the armies of industry.. And two months the war office has been The mutineers visited the station in a body, after having posted their own harbor guards, and tore down a large label, "For officers only," which waa posted above a comfortable waiting room, 1 mention this as it typifies one of the many causes of the trouble���the bitter resentment felt at the easy conditions of the officers as compared with those of the men. Another cause of trouble, about which I heard on every hand Was the poorness of the food. The Cherry C- ar dens Camp was particularly mentioned in this regard. A Soldiers' Union On Saturday, a* great procession of the soldiers concerned, swelled by now to about 10,000, marched through the town. And everywhere the townsfolk showed their sympathy. At midday a ting decided to form a Soldiers' their last comrade go free before they went free themselves. Other incidents At Osterley Park, 1,500 A.S.C. men, mostly This d…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
spatial: Vancouver
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language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Star Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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