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*° AT ^ m The Week Published by W. E. Peirce, In the Interest ot Good Government, Temperance, Single Tax and Sane Socialism Vol. XV, No. 39—15th Year I Victoria, B.C., Canada, March 23rd, 1918 5c a copy $2.00 a year The Bishop, "The Week" and the Censor THE WEEK has -no quarrel with the Bishop and it does not want to have any quarrel with the Censor, but it wants fair play and unless it can secure it, it is determined to let the public know the reason why. On march 5th, Malcom. H. Dewar, a Bible Student was convicted before the Police Magistrate of Victoria for that (2) "On the first day of March, 1918, at the City of Victoria, lid unlawfully have in his possession a book or publication containing objectionable matter, to-wit, the book or publication iniitled and known as Studies in the Scriptures, the Finished Mystery, contrary to the statues in such case made and provided." For this he was fined $50 with an alternative of thirty days in gaol. He chose the latter but was subsequently released by someone paying the fine for him. It will be noticed that the offence was "having the book in his possession." This was unlawful, and it was unlawful simply because the Censor said so. The fact that Mr. Dewar used the book only as an assistant in his studies of the scriptures and that he claimed he found them helpful to him in his spiritual life was not allowed to havo any claim whatever in the case. He had the book in his possession, and that, so far as tho administration of the law was concerned, was the Alpha and Omega of the whole business. According to the dnily press, "Instructions have been issued to police departments to forward all seized copies of the Forbidden Mystery to Ottawa. The 900 copies seized or surrendered in Victoria will be forwarded at once. There will, however, not be any slackening of effort to secure any stray copies wliich have hitherto escaped the vigilance of the police." What wo want to know now is what the police are going to do about thc copy in tho Bishop's Palace. We asked the question before and we now repeat it. Will the "might" of the Church that the Bishop represents prelect him or will the law bo enforced impartially? Wo ■know the Bishop will deny that he is relying on this "might" but we still insist on the point. If it is not the "might" of the Church that has protected him, then what is it? Ho has openly acknowledged that ho has the book. He has made quotations from it. His intentions were good—wo do not for one moment question this. Mr. Dewnr's intentions were also good. He used the book for spiritual studying. The Bishop used it to defend his Church. But tho law had nothing to do with intentions, and Mr. Dewar had to suffer. If it is "Right" and not "Might" that defends the Bishop, then the law must bo wrong. We aro quite ready to baek up the Bishop if this is his stand, but if the law is right then it certainly will not defend him but "convict" him. All this may appear to be mnking -'much ado about nothing," but we want to carry the argument a little further and show what we nro driving at. We said at the start that we had no quarrel with the Bishop. We contend that ho has a perfect right to use any book he likes, so long as it is not made use of for bad ends—and wc arc quite willing to let him be his own judge in tlie matter. The Censor, however, thinks otherwise. His decision is that no matter what a man's intentions are, IT it can be proven that he has in his possession any of the many publications on wliich he has set his ban that man must be punished. For some time pnst. lie hns boon keeping bis "eagle" eye on the editor of The Week, and nt last ho thinks ho has him cornered. Three articles appeared in The Week of February 9th. "The Price Britain Is Paying," "Great Britain and the Liquor Traffic," and "Great Britain Sober Up," all of them attacking the Liquor Interests. Wo doubt whether one render in five hundred, not interested in the liquor business, would see anything to condemn in them. Tho whole purpose of them was as plain as day: To denounce the waste of foodstuff in thc manufacture of liquor. We know the Bishop himself is just as strong on Temperance as we are, and that he would probably endorse all. that we said. All the statements made are common property of Temperance students. Most of theso have appeared in various newspapers, and have been used on the public platform in England and out hero. What the censor wants to prove is that they were copied from a book on which he had placed his ban. It matters not that the writer of the book is a man of considerable prominence in tlio Old Country, nnd that ho addresses "Win the War" meetings in Albert Hall, London, in company with Harry Lauder and many notable persons. It matters not that the extracts which he suspects are from that book have nothing whatever in them to cause disaffection to His Majesty, or that the whole drift of them was to encourage every one to follow the example of the King in abolishing liquor. He simply wants to get the editor of The Week into exactly the same position that Bishop MacDonald is in today. If he can do so there is not the least doubt that he will sit down on him "good and hard. ■/ To go back to the point we started from: We have nothing whatever against the Bishop, and we do not want to quarrel with the Censor, but if it comes to a "show down" we want fair play. The Bishop and the Editor will stand or fall together. M THE RULING CLASSES Si m m m By Ezekiel, Hebrew Prophet, B.C. 600 *J The word of the Lord came unto me saying, Son of Man prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say unto them, thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! 1 Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe ye with wool, ye kill them that are fed; but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but ■ with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. And they were scattered because there is in no shepherd. My sheep wandered through all the mountains and upon every high hill; yea, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth and none did search or seek after them. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; As I live, saith the Lord God—behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will renuire my flock at their hand—I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie clown—and they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God. m i <I The Week reproduces the above to show that the modern Socialist is not the only one who has used hard names for people in authority. Ezekiel was a hot number. We sometimes wish he were here today. But he is not, he died some time ago, and having been dead a long time people are more willing to take note of what he said. While a man is alive people don't take much notice of him. There is nothing like being dead, if you want to be listened to. m m m m m m MORE FORBIDDEN BOOKS FRIENDS of the Rev. Bon Spenco will not be surprised at tlie following which appeared in the Times of March 19th l "Rev. Ben Spence was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having in his possession literature banned by tlio Press Censor, namely, some hundreds of copies of "The Parasite," a book, shedding a fierce light on England's enslavement to the drink evil. Pending trial, Mr. Spence is out on bail of $200." The reverend gentleman in question is almost as careless in matters of this kind as a certain worthy Bishop and a few other people who aro still at liberty. TROTZKY'S BOOK TROTZKY has written a book on "World Pence." From beginning to end it is full of internationalism. Trotzky would not ho tolerated in any other country of the world but Russia, and the reason why he is so popular there is that Russia is getting big enough ideas to seo that tlio day of Nationalism is over, and that it is timo to regard all men as brothers. To accuse Trotzky of being pro- German is to acknowledge one's inability to comprehend him and his '"] «in ideals. He isn't pro-anything, not even pro-Russian. The things he says about Germany, if he had written them in that country, would have put him "behind bars" as soon as the book was off the press if not before. He is against imperialism in any country. He recognizes the failure of the International Socialist Movement at the outbreak of the war; he sees in this a failure of the "Socialist" and not a failure of "Socialism." He sees the only hope of the world in a general rising of the working class to restrain their governments. His remarkable achievements in Russia show that he is something more than a writer and idealist. He is a man that the "common people hear gladly" and are ready to follow. Old-time diplomats may well fear him. Ho believes in publicity, and lots of it, in letting the people know the facts and then taking chances. No man ever played for higher stakes than Trotzky. He is pitting the common people against Plutocracy and the stake is "World Peaee." We advise any of our readers who can stand a good evening's work, and want to know things, to get a copy of this book. It is in the same class as Liehnicht's "Militarism." THE TIMES AND THE WEEK THE WEEK has received the following letter:— "I am instructed by my client, the Times Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., to draw yo.ur attention to the following items which have appeared in The Week of issue March 16th .instant, namely: 'That the Hornet hears the Colonist has changed hands. 'Tliat tlie Old Lady now belongs to the same "group" as the Times. " 'That it is only another illustration of thc way the Nortli- cliffo Press is reaching out after power." "For the reason that these statements imply that the Colonist apd the Times nre now in the hands of one 'group,' you will readily appreciate the damage whicli my client will suffer when I inform you that already some of my client's advertisers have threatened to withdraw their advertising matter on tho strength of these statements, tlieir reason being that if these newspapers are no longer competitive they will not go to the expense of advertising in both. Under the circumstances, therefore, my client, who instructs me to advise you tliat there is not the slightest foundation .of truth in these statements, wishes you to withdraw same, failing which I am instructed to bring action for damages and an injunction to prevent tlie repetition of similar inferences. Yours very truly, C. F. Davie." It appeays by this that the information given to the Hornet was not correct—in part at all events—and we readily apologize to our contemporary for making n misstatement. It is gratifying to know that the Times and the Colonist do not belong to the same group. We must congratulate the Times on its choice of company, but wc would like to call attention to thc fact tliat in stating "that there is not the slightest foundation of truth in these statements (plural), the Times evidently has information of the business affairs of the Colonist. If tlie Colonist has not changed hands, why docs the Times need lo correct us? Surely the Old Lady of Broad Streei is able to speak for herself. AVe have our apology all ready if she feels entitled to it. BALFOUR AND RUSSIA THE speech of Foreign Secretary Balfour on March 14th will lw highly amusing to the all-Russian Congress of Soviets. While thoy are putting their own house in order and getting the most gigantic reconstruction programme tlie world has ever seen in running order, Mr. Balfour is standing up in tlie House of Commons and magnanimously saying: "Therefore, tlio question we had to ask of ourselves was, could any of the Allies go to Russia in her extremity with that help nnd sympathy she stood so sorely in need of. Tlio help and sympathy tho Allies desired to give was not invasion nnd plunder. What America, Great Britain, France and Japan desire to give nt the present moment is help—help te get Russia through the great crisis in her destiny." « All this sounds very fine, this proffering of help ns if we were practically tlie only hope of the world nnd it would fnll to pieces if it were not for our nssitsance. Jlr. Balfour ought, by this time, to be aide lo see tlint it is fnr more likely that Russia will come to our assistance thnn tliat we shall go to hers. The penetration of Gorman sentiment into Russia which Mr. Balfour fears, will not have one-quarter of the effect that the penetration of Russian sentiment into Germany will have. Russia is alright and sho will conquer Germany by her penetration in half the time tlint we shall do it by our knock-out blow! wssmmmmmmmmmmmsssssm Page Two THE WEEK Saturday, March 28j A HOLY WAR SPEAKING at the City Temple on November 15th, Lloyd George is reported as saying "The function of the churches is to keep the nation up to the high level of its high purpose, as it existed when the nation entered the war." No nation had ever entered the war with a more holy purpose. Tbe churches must keep the war to the end a "Holy War" and anything else would disgrace tho memory of the heroic dead." Two days before he said, "A league of nations could only be possible when the "Entente Allies had won." Mr. George is firmly convinced that the only way we can obtain ponce is by "smashing the enemy." There is no room whatever for conciliation and yet the churches are to "keep this to tho end a Holy War." There are two things that it is necessary for Lloyd George to explain. One is what plans he has for "smashing tlie enemy." It is useless to try to hide the fact that whereas a year ago the Allies had things in such shape that if they had listened to Peace suggestions they could have ended thc war pretty much on their own terms, thoy nre now drifting very fast the other way and tho longer the wnr is continued the worse the outlook appears for smashing tho enemy as Lloyd George domands. English statesmen nt one time held the first place in the councils of the Allies, but this is no longer the case. France has been dictating for some time, and for any real hope for the future from a diplomatic point of view the whole world is now looking to President Wilson and not to Lloyd George The other question is how will Lloyd George reconcile his idea of the "Holy War" with England's treatment of her Conscientious Objectors? When tlie attainment of any object is bolstered up by such means as have been used to force men to act contrary to their conscience we draw the line at calling it a "Holy War," and dub it a "Holy Terror." Every war has been a "Holy War" when viewed from the standpoint of those waging it. However justifiable our entry into the war may have been, the conditions have changed now, and "Holiness" does not consist in persecuting men for conscience sake, nor of indulging in reprisals, nor bombing with compound interest. Tlio British Premier doubtless is quite genuine in what he says; he sees no other way out and there nre many other British statesmen iu the same predicament. To them it is a case of "fight this thing through, or go under." There is no other way. But the fact that they cannot see another way docs not prove its non-existence. It only proves that they are blind to the real underlying causes of the war. They still hang on to the foolish idea that it was brought about by one nation hankering after world domination, when in reality it was nothing less thnn the complete breakdown of commercialism. The statesmen who cannot see deep enough to recognize this are naturally too blind to sec any way out, nnd the sooner they make way for others more enlightened the better. There is no hope for World Pence while Lloyd George is at the helm. In getting us all into thc war he has proved himself a remarkable success; but he has not succeeded in carrying us through, nor are there any signs that he will do so, and for getting us out of it he is a colossal failure. He has been one of the means of turning the whole world into a vast slaughter house, where the only free men are those nt the front and at homo who have laid down tlieir lives for what they believed to be right. We stnnd for maiiitenniice of the British Empire as ono of the starting points of n League of Nations. The Empire bus heen held together by tlie individual freedom that in tlie pnst hns been granted to its citizens. Lloyd George and his associates have almost destroyed this freedom, nnd in so doing have put the Empire in grave danger of falling to pieces. PACIFISTS' DUPES IN in the issue of Friday, Nov. 15th, the editor of the Colonist indulges in one of his hitter tirades on what he chooses to call Germany's dupes. He says: "They are our Pacifists, some harmless, some inspired, but all of them craven characters who contend they' see no uso in prolonging thc war. It is among theso that Germany finds her dupes and it is well to remember this; for before long there will he a new peace offensive which will be just as deceptive and dangerous as any of the past." In dividing them into groups, the "harmless" nnd the "inspired," we presume that the "harmless" class in the very nature of things may bo left out of account. It is therefore the "inspired" ones against whom he would warn his readers. It is a new thing to think of inspired men as being. craven, but this is what the Colonist assures us they nil are. In making this statement the writer must know perfectly well he is telling a deliberate lie. Whether his intentions are good or bad, we will not trouble to discuss; but in defence of the men whom we know he is attacking we brand it ns an infamous lie. No "craven" will dare take the stand of a Pacifist today. In spite of the marked change in public opinion during the lust twelve months, in spite of the knowledge that sentiment is gradually coming his way, no one with the smallest percentage of the craven in his make-up would dare to take a stand that he knows quite well may nny time lnnd him into nil kinds of difficulties.. In tlie troublous times that nre nliend he knows very well thnt the storm clouds thnt will gather, will in nil probability gather round his head. Foolish, looked nt from some standpoints, he mny be; idealistic,-undoubtedly he is; reckless as to what the future may bring him, but craven, most decidedly ho is not. Tin's is the most contemptible lie tlint the Colonist 1ms put for- wnrd in her enroer of misrepresentation. When anything like a just account is given of tho men who in tbe year of grace 1918 used the means nt their disposal to influence public opinion, it will bo found tbnt the most miserable cravens on tlie face of the earth were the prostitutes of tlio press who write only such things ns are dictated to them by tiie powers that be, and use tlieir abilities and means of publicity to besmirch the character of men whom they know very well are above reproach. GREATER PRODUCTION CAMPAIGN # THE WEEK is in earnest about Greater Production. We may hold different views to the majority of people on whnt the outcome of the wnr will be, but in this point nt lenst wo all are—• or ought to lie—agreed. Thnt there is a grave danger of World Famine and that WE ought to do our utmost to avoid it. With this object in view wc have offered the use nf our frorft pnge for one issue to the Mnyor for tlio advancement nf his Greater Production Cnm- pnign. He has accepted tlie offer and will edit the front pnge for April nth. PACIFIST PREACHERS WE nre in receipt of a letter from a reverend gentleman who thanks us for sending him a copy of The Week containing the address by the Rev. Haynes Holmes. It is a very nice letter and in it he says he is heartily in accord with nine-tenths of what is said. We know that tliere are other reverend gentlemen who also endorse what we have reproduced. But what are they doing about it ? What have they said in the pulpit or press to let others know what their sentiments are? The world is driving headlong to ruin and they are simply standing by and watching it drive, trusting that in the mercy of God things will utlimately turn out all right. We ask these gentlemen in the name of the God of love they profess to preach, whether it is not high time they did sorflething more than simply agree, with what braver mon have said ? The Week is trying to preach the Gospel of "conciliation." Every one of our men in the pulpil preach this as God's plan, but the number of them in Victoria who will help us declare that this should also be mail's plan could be counted on the fingers of one hand. LIBERTY A LIBERTY Dofenco Union has been formed across the line by /A a number of men including Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Scott Nearing and Morris Hillquit. Its object is "To organize popular support in behalf of person prosecuted for the exercise of their constitutional right of freo speech and free press." When we remember that one of the charges against Bainbridge, the editor of the Canadian Forward, who is now serving a term of six months, was the publishing of the platform of the "Canadian Freedom League," we are led to wonder what chance a "Liberty Defence Union" would have in Victoria. We need it, and we need it real bad, but how many reverend gentlemen have we here with the courage of Haynes Holmes ? LETTERS TO EDITOR * THE Editor thanks his friends for the many contributions of articles and suggestions which are being constantly sent in, and only regrets that lack of space precludes the use of so many of them. He also regrets exceedingly that there,are only 24 hours in each working day, and that out of them it is absolutely necessary to deduct a few hours for sleep. This is the reason why some lengthy articles which require alterations have not yet appeared. He is trying to make arrangements whereby tho 24-hour system mny be extended to enable him to do justice to bis contributors. Pending this arrangement he asks his frinds to be pntient, and to make the correspondence as brief as possible. NOTICE TO ADVERITSERS A DVERTISERS should take notico of the fact that many of the A* Labor Unions of this city have passed resolutions deciding to withdraw their patronage from those daily papers which have set themselves against tho rights of labor in the present industrial conflict. Inasmuch as these men are constant and careful readers of The Week, the lesson is plaiu. The only way to reach the homes of a majority of the workers in the shipyards of this city is to advertise in The Week. The workers support only those who support them. A STRANGE DIALOGUE 1 DR. PRICE VERSUS E. S. WOODWARD The debate on vaccination between Dr. Price, Medical Health Officer of* the Cily of Victoria, and E. S. Woodward, of the Anti-Vaccination Society, took place as advertised in St. Mark's Hall on Monday, March 11th, 1918. The doctor relied upon a brief aud lucid exposition of current medical and bacteriological theory. He showed that medical science had discovered and isolated the germs for typhoid and diphtheria, and had therefore been enabled to study their nature and find means to effectually combat tliem. Passing to smallpox, the doctor admitted that as yet the germ of the disease had defied all attempts at discovery and that calf-lymph did not stand in the same relation to smallpox as anti-toxin did to diphtheria. He still claimed however that cow- pox was nothing but smallpox modified by passage through the cow and that vaccination with the cow disease offered immunity to man. It may be said in passing that the identity theory has long since been abandoned by most practitioners. The doctor drew largely from his own medical experience iu support of his contention that inoculation and vaccination were efficacious in preventing the spread of zymotic disease. E. S. Woodward relied exclusively on the actual results of vaccination as shown in statistics since its adoption. He showed how thousands of persons duly vaccinated had caught and died of smallpox within a few years of Jenner's discovery. He traced the gradual modification of medical claims in view of the hard facts of experience and how each new claim was overthrown by the irresistible logic of events. He drew largely from the smallpox epidemics in well vaccinated and re-vaccinated Japan and Germany where the vaccinated had suffered the horrors of smallpox to a degree unknown iu places like Leicester where vaccination is not practised. Incidentally he challenged the value of inoculation against typhoid and quoted from the experience of British troops in the South African war. Dr. Price took strong exception to Mr. Woodward's observations on this point and claimed that inoculation ngainst typhoid was not discovered mil il long after lho war in South Africa was concluded. The Week has looked up lhis point since the debale and finds that Mr. Woodward was entirely right in his contention. Typhoid inoculation was general amongst the troops in South Africa. We have before us a leaflet issued hy the Research Defence Society in the interest of typhoid inoculation. This pro {inoculation leaflet makes this significant statement: "It is very important that the treatment (inoculation) should be given, not in one large dose, bnt in two or three smaller doses so that our general health may be disturbed as little as possible. At tbe time of the South African war it caused serious disturbance of the general health." It is now iu order for Dr. Price to explain how inoculation against typhoid in the South African war could have disturbed the health of the troops —as stated hy a pro-inoculation leaflet—if at that time inoculation wns undiscovered. The debate was conducted in the best of spirits by both sides and fully justified the action of the St. Mark's Men's Society in making the event possible. The Live Stock Branch of the Federal Department of Agriculture is rendering a service in reissuing a bulletin at this junction on the "Feeding and Housing of Swine." Three of the best aiithoritcis on the subject contribute to the bulletin, vis., Professor G. E. Day, formerly of the Ontario Agricultural College, who deals with selection, feeding and management; Mr. E. S. Archibald, Dominion Animal Husbandman, who takes for his treatise the farmer's cheap piggery, furnishing at the same time diagrams and dimensions for the buildings, and Mr. G. B. Eothwell, Assistant Dominion Animal Husbandman, who describes a cheap, portable hog cabin, also with diagrams and specifications. Between the three authorities keepers of swine whether on a large scale or a small scale*, can obtain valuable in^ formation which will make the task of pork products a gread deal easier than might be imagined. The pamphlet which can be had free by application to the Publications Branch of the Department is in reality a text book on the keeping of swine couched in plain and definite language. You have said a lot about the fellow who causes two blades of grass lo grow where one has grown, but what about the man who makes a mile of good road take the place of half a mile of hog wallow? It has become known that an article capitoned "Is America Honest?" which appears in the March issue of the Metropolitan Magazine, has been brought to the attention of Attorney- General Gregory. The article, which was written by William Hard, purports to bo an imaginary conversation between President Wilson, the Kaiser, Prime Minister Venizelos of Greece, and Vincen- tino Evangelista, a Sauto Domingan bandit. Beyond the admission that the article in question has-been submitted to the Attorney-General, Federal officials in New York City would not discuss the case. The "dialogue" begins with the Kaiser, who, addressing thc President is made to say that the President's speech of March 5 last was "gleaming and epoch-making." The President replies that he is surprised by the Kaiser's statement. "In that speech," Mr. Wilson is made to assert. "I said that Governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed." "Naturally," replies the Kaiser. "In your position it is necessary and it is therefore wise to say such things; but you do not intend to allow the people of Porto Rico to set up a government of their own. Most certainly not. You hold Porto Rico by war, by conquest, by the blessing of the God of Battles, by supreme biological survival and justice; and you intend to continue to hold it. Quite right. And so I overlook the concessions which you make in your public speeches to the romantic idealisms of your subjects, lama statesman, too.'' The Kaiser, continuing, quotes from the President's speech the paragraph in which the President said that the "community of interest and of power upon which peace miftt henceforth depend imposes upon each nation the duty of seeing to it that all influences proceeding from its own citizens meant to encourage or assist revolution in other States should bo sternly and effectually suppressed and prevented." Reports Kaiser As Saddened "Those were manly words, my dear Mr. President, supermanly," the Kaiser comments, "but I recall them to you for a special reason. I have had occasion to observe lately, with sadness, a most regrettable support given by your subjects to revolutionary impulses and movements in Germany. . . . Surely such people should be sternly suppressed and prevented." Further on in the article the Kaiser is made to quote from President Wilson's reply to the peace plea of the Pope, in which the President said that the word of the present rulers of Germany could not be taken "as a guarantee of anything that is to endure" unless those words are "explicitly supported by conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German peoplo themselves." "Is it right, is it decent of you to encourage a revolution in Germany?" the Kaiser asks. "In that speech I was speaking of the Americas," are the words put into the mouth of the President. "I must have been. In the Americas wo have too many revolutions. They nre a nuisance. They keep me busy with messages and marines. Too much. I nm obliged to set my face unflinchingly against revolutions — in the Western Hemisphere.'' "Should you not," the Kaiser answers, "issue your speches with geographical footnotes?" "My policy is clear," replied the President. "I cm against revolutions in tho Western Hemisphere." At this point the author causes Evangelista, Ihe bandit, to leap to his feet. Evangelista quotes from a speech the President made in January, 1915, in which llie latter is quoted as saying, in support of the Mexican revolutionists, that SO per cent of the Mexicans were revolutionists and that he, the President, wus for the 80 per cent. "That is what you said," Evangelista exclaims, "on January 8, 1015, and therefore I claim that you are iu favor of revolutions in the Western Hemisphere, and I relied on you being in favor of revolutions in the Western Hemisphere. And then you came down into Santo Domingo with your marines and took lhe bread out of the mouths of honest men who were living by revolutions. Was it right? Was it honest?" Alleged Reply to Bandit Mr. Wilson is made to reply to thc bandit as follows: You forgot something. You forget that I did not send my marines to Sanlo Domingo till some time in May of 1010. The speech you have quoted from me was made, as you have truly stated, on January 8, 1915. But in the interval between January 8,1015, and May of 1916, I made a certain other speech. I made it, I will remind! you, on January 6, 1916. In that! other speech I took a position utterly I against revolutions. I even suggested! an international agreement which] would make most revolutions impossible in the Western Hemisphere. 11 suggested that all American nations ( should agree to 'prohibit the expor-l tation of munitions of war for the.' purpose of supplying revolutionists.''i So you see that when I intervened in ' Santo Domingo in May of 1916 it was in strict pursuance of my clearly expressed policy in oppositon to revolutions. '' The article continues: But Evangelista refused to take his | seat. "Very well," ho said. "In 1916 1 you were against recolutions. But in 1915, as you have said, you were for | them. Well, when was it that you i sent your marines into Haiti, and | suppressed all revolutions there? It | was in 1915. I address your conscience. It might have been all right ) for you to intervene in Haiti in 1916, but was it right in 1915?" "Evangelista," said Mr. Wilson, j "one fact must be enough for you. In the year 1916, in the month of May, in that part of tho Western Hemisphere which is comprised within the boundaries of Santo Domingo, I was i against revolutions.'' "Now," snid the Kaiser, "we are getting on. Principles are things of j times and places. I have olways felt I it. You will admit that." "But," said Mr. Wilson meditatively, "I have never retracted, I ] think, my pronouncement against the supplying of arms to revolutionists."! Veniiselos Enters Dialogue There follows a long dialogue* in which Venizelos takes tlie leading part j in which the Greek Premier talks at great length of the troubles of j Greece, and then tho Kaiser breaks \ in again, the article continuing: "I MUST," said the Kaiser, MUST interrupt. It is TOO colossal. I begin to admire these Americans, really. They talk about the Monroe Doctrine, as if it were handed down from Mount Sinai. We Europeans nre loo wicked to be allowed in the Western Hemisphere. We have 'vassal Stales.' His Excellency the President here is never tired of rebuking me for my influence over Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria and Turkey. Heaven! I have no influence at all over the countries lo the south of me in comparison with the influence his Excellency here has over the countries to the south ' of HIM. I brought the data with me." Tho Kaiser again reached into his pocket. "I have a few excerpts here," he said, "from the last report of the Disagreeable Data Sub-Committee of my Universal Data Ministerium. They are, I may remark, extremely disagreeable to mc. They show that these Americans are simply gorged with vassal States all around the Caribbean. The Kaiser is represented as referring in detail to Cuba, Haiti. Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, and the Central American States, which, he asserts, are "vassal States," "sub-vassal States," or under "vassalized sovereignty." Mr. Hard, the author of the article wliich is now before the Attorney- General, was born at Painted Post, New York, in 1878, and is a graduate of Northwestern University, Illinois. He was at one lime a settlement worker in Chicago, and subsequently an editorial writer on the Chieagi) Tribune. He is a member of the American Association for Labor Legislation and of the Beta Thcta Pi Fraternity.—The Now York Times. PUBLIC WORKS OF CANADA BRITISH COLOMBIA DREDGING FLEET SUPPLY OF FUEL OIL 1310-19. Separate sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned at Vancouver, B. C, will bo received until li p.m., on Thursday, March 28th. for the supply of Fuel Oil f"r 'Jie use of tho B. C. Breeding Fleet at Victoria, B.C., for 12 months ending March 31st, 1919. Tenders must ho sent In an envelope endorsed "Tender for Fuel Oil, B. C. Dredging Fleet." Persons tendering aro notilled that tenders will not he considered unless mado on tho printed forms supplied, and signed with their actual signatures. Forms of tender may ho obtained at tho offlco of A. F. Mitchell. Esq., Acting District Engineer, Victoria, B.C., at the offlco 5f C. C. Worsfold, Esq.. District Engineer, Now Westminster. B.C., and at tlie offlco of tho undersigned, CH-18 Birks Building, Vancouver, B.C. Tenders must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, payable lo tlie order of the Honourable tho Minister of Public Worta? for tho amount mentioned In tender, whicli will bj>, forfeltod If the person tendering do' Ja S„'„°„e"•■*■: lnl° a °°J'raot when called upon to do so, or falls to comnlclo "'e >'»■>tract If tlio tender be not accepted, the cheque will bo returned ,."*; P^W'"10"' n0M hot hind Itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By Order, F. H. SHEPHERD, Superintendent of DrcdgcsT™ Department of Public Works, Canada, Vancouver, B.C., March I stli, 1818. Saturday, March 23 m wm Page Three THE FIRES OF WAR REVOLUTIONIZING , GREAT BRITAIN Looking for a square deal, I am, HUNTER AND SETTER. Straining every nerve to obtain the in the prospects and outlook of near- maximum army possible this year, the ly adult in the land. Every one, British Government finds Uself faced therefore, is P^P^*, ^ least inso '^eeTveZo*" to read again, as navy in the world. paid-up subscriber provided I get a England, Scotland, Wales, and in the the final overthrow of the Papacy. appeal to that class of people in this job. colonies of Canada and New Zealand. The writer of '' The Finished Mys- community who, to my way of think- Australia, Newfoundland, Ireland, tery" quotes from several writers, ink, have contributed "nothing" so South Africa and India alone being some of whom were Roman Catholics, far to help the Empire in its strug- free in this respect. These authorities show that that gle for democracy. I refer to the High Cost of Living The fear of a Canadian prison pre- church teaches crime. For instance, leisured people in our midst, who en- Editor, The Week. vents the writer from commenting on Dens, a Roman Catholic theological joy just as many luxuries in the shape Sir.—Re criticism of my article of the system of conscription, or rather authority in his "Theologica Mo- of limosines, fine foods and clothes the February 23rd issue under the "draft" as apologizers like to call it. rales," says, "A man who has been as previous to the war. This war is ; bove heading. Would advise "Con- (c) Britain will keep the greatest excommunicated by the Pope raay be an "investment" proposition to them , . .,.■,, . j, j, i, n ....... ■ stance Swendson" to read again, as navy in the world. killed anywhere, because the Pope has and in due time their profits will be by serious opposition on the part of far as the severance of the ties which sh(J ^ & ui „0^iieu (d) The new8 serv*ee_the source an indirect jurisdiction over the whole flowing in "so they stand to win both Labor. The Government in its Man- bound him before tho war to a special M article w ^ ia fte j^ ^ from ^ ^ le Ieftra of ^ ^ mm ;n t(. j m „ ways..* From the ir*t of ..j,,,^.. Power Bill proposes to raise 750,000 positon in life can do this, for an on- tejided ag a prcsentation of the case is happening-is under the strictest A letter {m Bishop MacDonald why should not they get out and more Men by "eOmbing Ollt tilt? §3= tirely HOW *tai-t. Again* for tlie time fa ."gtate ownership" qv the ujfr censorship. That no fact which CAN cluims that the statements made on help the worker in the production of 6-mpted trades, that is to say, by tak- being at least, the social web woven fflate M iy yjCj .;.*, t i„dl. ^ ^&m& by aft iWoiii^ $. pttgj 538 of "The Finished Mystery" "tbings"? ing the younger men who are now by generations of peaceful trade is eated and T had & ht -m unmis_ tem of !Lcealme,.t CAN be published ai.e „ot eoHMt, uA yet these state- Food will be the important factor exempted from military service by broken Not only is the individual ^^ ^ 0UI?present capi- unless approved of by the Govern- meats are taken from "The Canon of the near future so I would sug- reason of their skill in industrial less wedded to his place, but in ua^ sMe 'cou,d be ^ ^ «^ L „ b ^ G. F. von Sclmlte, pro- gest that they organize themselves -work This pi-oposal received the as- countless cases the place he once oc- ma d ^ ady newspapers shed crocodile fessor of Canonical Lflw at Prague, and bring pressure upon munie.pih- ntofmostof the labor unions says copied exists no longer The strong „„ ; tivel bof the factfethat tears over Belgium; and if Belgium's It seems to me that thf &S?9J ties and force them to pass a by-law the London Daily Chronicle, but was conservative instinct of the British .. ,. ... . L, ,. ,,■■[,,. . ,..,■ .. , ■ ,.,.,. , • i .• >, . *.^. aeeess tn land roiected bv the nowerfnl Am-lnrnt- neonle. the nower of use and wont. SOme t.Tt?n aS eXPlolterS and othel's kmS "ere to die with his country still would be more justified m banning a giving tliciil fa* ?ce<M ° »nd'. rejected by the powerful Amalgamat- people, the power of use and wont, ed Society of Engineers by a ma- which lias carried the nation over so pority of 93,547 votes. Commenting many difficulties in the past, is now on this situation, The Daily Chronicle faced with a crisis which can not con- writes : ceivably bo dealt with on conservative "At a number of large meetings lines. One-half of the revolution is held in London and the principal pro- already accomplished. The old world, vincial centres, a resolution was pass- the old dependence on the thing os- as exploited. under German rulej crying "I die church with such teachings than in They could instruct*}11--- •*!? -'P As the farmer who exploits his broken hearted," what indignation troubling nbout a book whicli ex- to the "position" of the "worke?.* cows well knows, it is more profitable and lamentations would arise! pounds prophesy. But perhaps there who arc striving to keep up the out- to keep the animals well fed, clean, Yet do these same organs call for is a reason why this book should be put to combat "destruction." We and comfortably housed, and to con- the liberation of Ireland? hushed up left people become wise must all admit the working classesare serve their energies by judicious guid- Are they moved to heroics by the as to the teachings of some of the doing their part: both as fodder for mice, and the careful maintainance circumstances whieh give rise to John church creeds. cannon and their "sweat" in the fao- .,,.,,, ..... of the contented mental condition that Redmond's pathetic death-bed utter- The revelations of Father Chiniquy, tory, and their remuneration is not cd making support of or resistance tablishcd, have been broken to pieces. dci.im from kindly relations behveen „nce? «Pifty years in the Church of over liberal, enough to keep them half to the Man-Power Bill conditional The task therefore, of reconstruct, man and beast It is more profitable, Those who are in a position to Rome," and also that of "Maria efficient, ever enjoying that position upon the Government s Mowing or ing society is thrust upon us whether T &r the farmer_and is H not know say that Illdia is being treated Monk" might have stirred all Canada in society, down the bottom of the not following the precise example of we will or no. llie destructive side ot '•«....... . - . . _• . . . . . . Lenine and Trotzky—that is, agree- the revolution has been carried out by ing to .an armistice and offering the the war itself; the constructive revo- more profitable for the beasts? just as Ireland is, and place India in but the authorities seem to have made ladder even to the last "rung." As I am not in the least in need of a the same class. no endeavor to enquire into the state- a laborer with a young family, I feel . , „ ,, „ . ... . ., . , ... . „ 'treatise on the laws of value, and Germany as revealed in the pres's ments made in these books. that I have contributed a lot: nlmost enemy peace in terms of the Russ.an lut.on is he first problem of peace." rf ms ^ „ j havfi gtudied g {s ^^ ^ u ig fT.U'a; • ■■■.;»„ , , I61'8 ^ „ n eC°" Marxian Socialism, and many other only a question of degree. ■ „ £ ch™ ■ the Pe"ce'e™f f0'' "omlc reactl°" afte''the J «WrU.f ".I "brands," and am perfectly familiar Yet in spite of all this, Britishers science. Sometime ago we read of a in my scientific the British Empire should be dictated duce unemploymen^ and . that if it ,vith the "robbery at the point of pro- wonder why victory comes not to their school teacher in Saskatchewan being therefore in the name of Justice I by the last hundred thousand or so does we may see British Bolsheviki duct*on„ al.gument. 'Also I have arms. They are astounded: they think forced to resign his position because would ask of those that God has bless- studied Biological Evolution, and fully God can no longer have the world der observation. Every man, woman and child is in- all I can afford. I could easily lose terested in freedom of speech nnd con- my efficiency if I got a little careless Yet in spite of all this, Britishers science. Sometime ago we read of a in my scientific spending ability, who are called upon to serve, after rampaging in London: seven millions (five millions in this "Unless some .drastic steps are """'"*. V °™TJ T/""""""■» """ **"'"•' , . , ...,.,, , , , . .; r ... convinced myself that there is noth- country alone) have joined the colors taken to prevent it, we may readily • . ,,.. V.tnHn,, Thpn„v >> .„ T -. , 11 • l ii i i l . • •i' i l _ i lliB »11 mc iii. in it nun J.11CU1V) au J. unconditionally, is surely the last have not a minority, but a large ma- word in'sectionalism'; and those who jority of the adult male population have been talked over into putting unemployed when the soldiers return of"l*™K1H™1 such a claim forward ought, on second and'war-work' has to be stopped; thoughts, frankly and promptly to while the country will be full of abandon it. It puts them in an alto- weapons wliich the unemployed know quite well how to use. And much as I believe most of the soldiers have learned to hate war, and much as "!By™7.!°n?t°SettIf ^."P™*" toeaoTs'Which have produced realized except by the steady process blood of martyrs, and the mark of the teacher instead of the aliens? tyrant is on our brows. JUSTICE. gether false position, So eminently conservative an observer as Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, frankly predicts a "social upheaval." In a recent pastoral quoted in his official organ, the London Tablet, he said: "The effect of competition uncontrolled by morals has been to segre- To explain the capitalistic state is interesting but not valuable in a practical sense. It is on a par with the explanation of the hell conceived by the Christians. Treatment of Children I March 21, 1918. I explained'the criminally lunatic T»Jhe ®Aitm °f The Week' peaceful work, it must not be forgotten thnt tliey have actually been engaged in killing people for three years; to obtaining their will by forte and violence. Under these circumstances, The gate more and more the capitalists it seems too much to expect that they from tho wage-earning classes, and will meet undeserved poverty and unto form the latter into a proletariat, employment with the same patience a people owning nothing but their as before."—Literary Digest, Mar. 16. labor power and tending to shrink , more and more from tlio responsibilities of both ownership nnd freedom. Hence tho increasing lack of self- reliance and the tendency to look to the State for the performance of the ordinary family duties. WHILE THE CONSTITUTION HAD I» CREASINGLY TAKEN ON DEMO- ttttttttttttttt t LETTERS TO THE f f EDITOR § lib t& (fo (fc s*b db c& cfl? cfe cfe (fr (fe cfi? tfe ifii (Letters to thc Editor on any subjeffi CRATIC FORMS THE REALITY of general interest will be published in n,-7~ UNDERLYING THOSE FORMS these columns. They must be accom- War Auns H A D BEEN INCREASINGLY panied by the name and address of the March 19, 1918. PLUTOCRATIC. Legislation under writer, which will be treated in strict To the Editor of The Week. the guise of social reform tended to confidence if so desired. Short letters Sir.—The politicians mark off all wage-earners as a defl- are preferred.—Editor.) nitely servile class, and the result even before the war was a fooling among the workers of irritation and resentment which manifested itself in sporadic strikes but found no very clear expression in any other way. "At homo, in our midst, there are signs of trouble and disturbance, which aro only very partially revealed in the public press, but are well known to those in authority, and which portend the possibility of a grave social upheaval in the future. It is admitted on all hands that a Employment to Returned Men March 15, 1918. To the Editor of The Week. H Sir.—I am a returned soldier nnd Lorraine, have been in Victoria a little better than a month and though a good mechanic have failed to get good employment either at the shipyards or elsewhere, and am convinced that I must either starve or go fishing. A little experience is very necessary he insisted on teaching the children ed with health with its ability to patriotic songs and their parents were labor to for once get out: do the right In truth, we call on God to judge us German. Don't you think the Govern- thing by their fellow man and work see no prospect of Socialism being while our hands are stained with the ment should have supported the producing those things that only those ^ that toil should enjoy. The Government seems to be work- FAIRPLAY. ing nt cross purposes. Onr men are shipped off to be killed while alien Answers to Correspondents enemies work on the farms on the Esperanza.—We agree with all you Prairie for $5 and $6 per day and do say in your letter, but cannot publish pretty much as they choose. it unless you send us your name and By the way, did you see that the address. Sir.—The following is an excerpt Winnipeg Evening Tribune of Janu- R. S.—Afraid it is a little late to High Cost of Living," as compared from the London Daily Chronicle of ary 24th gives a statement of our bring up the question of thc Satur- with the necessary cost of living these February 12th, 1918: military -authorities having almost day half holiday now. As you say, days. Not, bo it noted, the necessary "Two boys, aged 8 and 9, were yes- done to death an I. B. S. A. member the clerks should havo acted prompt- cost when the millenium shall have ar- terday ordered to be birched by the 0f the name of Robert Clegg, a clerk ly at the time. The time to strike is rived. Ramsgate Bench. The boys were Cyril i„ Winnipeg. The means adopted when the iron is Ijot, not after it I made but a very modest demand, Burton and Thomas Hunt, whose fath- seems to have been borrowed from the cools down, that we should endeavor to generate el's were in thc array, and they were inquisition of the dark ages. A enough common sense in the nations charged with theft and malicious dam- shower of ice cold water applied for to correct the silliest of our "present age. Thoy were said to be leaders of fifteen minutes at a time and re- day examples of inefficiency." a band of boys who got other boys of peated again and again until the vic- If we cannot do the simple and similar age into trouble. They had tim became insensible. The perpetra- obvious things nt hand, that require stolen goods from an unoccupied house tors evidently were afraid that death but a small degree of concerted effort, and caused extensive damage to the wns near so he was then hurried to death cometh soon or late," and John it is hopeless to think of inaugurating windows and furniture. Breaking the hospital. When admitted his tem- Redmond famous Irish Home Ruler and successfully managing the ideal open a shed they obtained shovels and perature wus 78 degrees. Talk of , ■ ', ', „ , , , „ ' began to make a dug-out in the back fighting the brutal Hun for democracy '"1S ,,CI"'d th° Ca" "nd P"SSed to the yard." jn Europe: and we have the Hun at ereat bey°n<1' He we"t> too, without When I read this I said to myself: home trying to choke off democracy) seeing the ripened fruit of his labor, "Poor little kiddies!" Just to think Notice also that the papers hero did as sp many others have done and will that whilst their fathers were away not give us that news. Can Ihey give perhaps- vet do fighting for tlieir country that coun-. „„ nothing except it is authorized by nf „ ' , try inflicts lhe birch rod upon their the Ministerial Association or the °f the '"""' Wh° Ca" S"y any more children. Poor little mites! seeking military authorities? Some of our re- "'"" thllt lle wl'OUght with what light adventure, branded at life's beginning cent recruits were hurried off over- llG ,,a<1' fherc were and are many as nioliciiius thieves. Using their gift seas without a chance to say good- who disagreed with him, and their of imagination to dig trenches; born by(!i I hear. It is mere rumor, of mlmber seems to be increasing, but course. But is there a reason behind? JOHN REDMOND PASSES OVER "To every man upon this earth Socialistic stat^^^^^^^^^^^^ BERNARD ROSOMAN. Sir.—The politicians and their henchmen who in glibly urging that "we" must win-the-war, maintain that "we" (but in truth the men in the trenches) are fighting to:— leaders at the age of 8 and 9, but i is sacred! A house nc nor apparently required is valued far (1) Free Belgium ^^^^^^^___-^^_^__,__^^__^^_^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ 2) Give self-government to Alsace- P''°pel'ty is "cretl! .^ house not used Why is our press tongue-tied ? „o,. annumM-m ™""'™'i ■•> "-"""I <"•» 'j_'h0 Customs officer that you re- TaT'vi'. ii n i ... above two little lives, temples of the port as having seized all lhe Bible Stu (d) Free the German people so that )•„•„„ fjnJ j._i.i , i„ t ..1.-1.1....... they will no longer have (a) Hereditary ruling class (b) Conscription. (c) Hugo armies. living God, About twelve years lhe writer was harrowed beyond all description by the birching of two lit dents' books has probably been read- ago in London ing "The Finished Mystery" and seeing that all it said was Biblical he jumped to the conclusion that the (d) Professional war-monger rulers ""_ ««tl!erie» boys> who «*• bir]che(1_ advice given by your correspondent, such as the Krupps, etc. new order of things, now social condi- to most of us but mine seems rather their, Political leaders* do the Britisl' , ,, , people realize: rougher than usual. (1) ,,hat InhaA jg nQW eng,aved I am partially deaf and though only and ims bee„ for a„ infinitely longer a Shorneliffe soldier, I have lost equal pe,.j0d than Belgium. That British to a leg or arm and look for a little garrisons are set over the Irish peo- tions, new relations between the different sections in which society is divided will arise as a consequence of the destruction of the formerly existing situation ■ "During the war the minds of the people have been profoundly altered. Dull acquiescence in social injustice has given way to active discontent. The very foundations of political and soi'ial life, of our economic system, of morals and religion nre being sharply scrutinized, nnd this not only by a few writers and speakers, but by a very large number of people in every class of life, especially among Hie workers "The general effect of all this on thc young men who are lo bo leading citizens after the war is lillle short of revolutionary. A similar change has taken place in the minds of our peoplo at homo. The munition- workers, hard working but over- consideration but here is my experience : Have continually been to the Foundation Yards and regularly informed there is nothing doing for me, and once while there I was requested to see the foreman at the outer wharf and forthwith I headed for the job mentioned, 1 was told to come iu Monday and 1 would get a start, but when Monday came there was nothing doing. "Come in two weeks time," I was told. Have since been through prison? 'ph. That the slightest movement in the direction of freedom has been, and will be, promptly crushed with frightful bloodshed. (2) That the Indian nation with ils 300,000,000 population (whose citizens have aided Britain so much in the war) has been and is agitating for the PROMISE of Home Rule to take effect AFTER the war? That those who support this modest request, including Englishmen, are thrown into but why inflict such diabolical torture falsc shenherds dumb Ann* (Tsn 50• . . n us the birch always does? fo 12) beclust bZdli pribg ff « .f^" T""" Those two poor thin fatherless boys the gospel (good news) they preach l"1(l ,ho"Kht "'"t possible; and th were birched by big brutal policemen almost anything else. They would '" "' " '"
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