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RULE BILL
GETS ADDITIONS
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commission and four in reserve with
nucleus crews.
OF the foul active notillas. the first
and second, thirty-siX in all, will be
based on Rosyth. the third on Har-
witch, and the fourth on Portland. The
fifth (reserve) notilla will have Har-
wich as its base, the sixth Portsmouth.
the seventh Davenport. n the eighth
Rosyth. This last will be stationed
at Harwich until the necessary pre-
parations have been made at the Scot
fish port.
No fewer than 1865 destroyers are
Included in the new organization. be-
sides eight fast cruisers, eight scouts
and eight depot and repair ships.
Each fiotilla is from sixteen to twen-
ty-four strong. Sixty-eight will be in
full commission and ninety-seven in
reserve, the numbers in the North
sea being tifty-two and sixty respect
lively.
In addition to these 1O2 destroyers,
There are flotillas of twelve submarines
apiece based on Harwich and Dundee.
With the exception of the fifth %fotilla,
all the North sea destroyers are driven
by turbines, n the majority burn oil
fuel exclusively.
The change will quite double the
effective strength of our advance
guard" along the eastern seaboard,
and it is hoped hat the new arrange
ments will discourage the growth of
the usual spring crop of German
scares."
The movement for the r Of
fusing the various conservative and
lunlonlst Workingmen's organizations
has now been successfully accom-
plished, and a new body created under
the name of the Union Labor party"
W hundred branches have been
formed in different districts and con-
~stituencies. The object of the new
party is to promote the interests of
labor along national lines by the
adoption of the following program:
The direct and effective represen-
tation of labor in parliament and on
other public bodies.
The promotion Of cooperation be-
tween capital and labor. including CO.
partnership and profit sharing. Tariff
reform and imperial preference.
A reformed second chamber, with
power to refer important questions to
the electorate.
Reform of the poor law. land re-
form. small holdings and the better
housing Of the working classes.
% support the legitimate operations
OF all rad unions and kindred or
CARNATIONS n of friendly societies,
CONSISTENT WIN tne pOIltlcal, municipal
INC religious freedom of their mem
bers, on the basis Of the Osborne iudg-
ment.
A great number Of meetings are to
be held in different parts Of the coun-
try, and all unionists and moderate
mems associations are asked to afili-
ate to the movement. 1t is constituted
on parallel lines with the socialist
labor party, having local branches,
district councils. and a central execu-
tive committee in London. The new
party is in no way officially connected
with the conservative central office.
1t is claimed that the present labor
party at Westminster does not correct
~ represent the views of great num-
bers Of the working classes, who are
against the socialist doctrines, and one
OF the most essential points in the
program of the new party Is the ade.
quate parliamentary representation Of
the working classes. 1t is intended to
resist to the utmost the attempt of the
socialist trade union element to inter-
fere with the political freedom of the
individual members of the trade
unions. A general executive has been
formed. on which the following or
CARNATIONS have representatives.
Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
typographical association. South
Wales Miners federation, Steam En-
ginemakers' society. Skaters and Tiers
society. Workers Defense union, Trade
Unionist Tariff Reform association
and the Conservative Labor party.