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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18
MAY GO TO OLYMPIA
DURING CONVENTION

Arrangements are under way with
a view to take Eddie Connors boys
down to Olympia during the State
Federation convention the week of
January IS. If this can be arranged,
the card Mr.. Connors expects to take
to Olympia will be as follows: Joe
Swain, 1853; Joe Baxter, 40; Travie
Davis, 118. They all look good to us
and we venture to say will bring home
the bacon.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18
ENJOYS PROTEST ALIEN ACT

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 17-Gov.
Hunt has telegraphed the state de-
partment at Washington that he will
delay proclaiming the law adopted by
the people of this state last month
which forbids the employment of
more than 20 per cent of foreigners
in any business in Arizona
Protest had been made at Washing
ton by the British and Italian ambas-
sailors, who object to the new enact
ment
The British protest attacks the law
as in violation of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, which provides that
no state shall deny to any person
within it's jurisdiction equal protec-
ton of the laws"
The Italian protest cites the COM
mercia treaty between Italy and the
United States, ratified in 1871, which
provides that citizens of each nation
resident in the other shall have lib
erty "to carry on trade, wholesale and
retail; to hire and occupy houses and
warehouses, to employ agents of their
own choice, and generally do any
thing incident or necessary for trade
upon the same terms as natives of the
country, submitting themselves to the
laws there established"
The law will undoubtedly be sub
jected to severe tests in the courts,
as railroads and other large corpora
lions have indicated willingness to
join in attacking it's constitutionality
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18
ENDORSE 2-SHIFT SYSTEM

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1.-THE NUM-
cipal fire department has ordered the
double shift system for local fire tugs.
The federal law provides that all tugs
must install a double shift system
whereby boat employees can work
twelve hours, instead of twenty-one
out of the tWenty-four
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18

Mrs. Margaret Stauffer, secretary of
the State Label League, left for Port
Angeles last Sunday evening where
she expects to install label league
in that growing city.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18

Bartenders' Ball New Years Eve
Thursday evening, December 81, 1914,
Masonic Hall, cor. Wall and Colby.
Grand Serpentine and Snow Ball Bat
tie at II o'clock. Admission soc.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18

Bicyc .es, tricycles. little wagons.
air guns, roller skates and every
thing to make the boy happy, at
Arthur A. Baily's Sporting Goods
and Hardware Store.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18
LOCALS

Some Of the local unions we're I'M
able to hold their regular meetings
during the past week on account of
repairs being done in the temple.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-12-18

Read H. Y. SINNERS advertisement
in this issue if you want to save
money on Xmas goods
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
.BELG|ANS THREATEN
TO AVENGE L0UVA|N
Burning of City Declared Act of
Barbarism - Reprisals De-
manded.

ANTWERP, Aug. 2s.-Reports of the
wanton destruction of Louvain by the
Germans have aroused Belgtans to such
an extent that threats OF rcprisals are
being freely made This act of bar
barism," as il is described in the of.
fetal reports, coming on top Of the
scores of instances of violations Of the
laws Of nations" has aroused all Bel
GUM.
The Foreign Minister today personally
visited the neutral representatives here
and asked that they bring the matter
to the attention Of their respective gov
ernments. He will also try to get
report into the hands Of the American
minister now at Brussels and request
that the United States take some action
to bring the matter to the attention
of Germany and to demand that future
acts of this wanton character be re-
Trained from.
reached here after terrible sufferings on
the roads They declare that no BEL
eian within the city carried arms and
they also assert that the real reason
for the burning of the city was the
report that the Belgians had defeated
the Germans at Malines. 1t is stated
that the Belgian army operating outside
of Antwerp has taken the onensl'e
and is now engaged with a strong Ger.
man force in the neighborhood OF
Malines. .
There is great activity at the war
office, and it is believed certain that
another attempt to cut the German lines
of communication is to be made. The
offensive movement begun last Wednes-
day had the effect of forcing the Wlth-
drawal of some 10000 Germans from
southern Belgium, and they are now
reported in the vicinity of Brussels. ap-
parently anticipating an attack on that
city by the Belgians.
Foreign Minister Davignon has also
addressed an appeal to the United
States asking that It request Germany
to cease Its bomba rdment of unfortifed
towns He cites the shelling of Malines
and OF number of small points west of
that city. AS a result of the action Of
the Germans. 1t is charged. there is
hardly a CITY or town in all north Bel
GUM that has not suffered severely.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
WAR TALES DECR|ED ]
BY GERMAN ENVOY
Won Bernstorff Regrets Killing Of
Women and Children, But
Points to Past Wars.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2e.-"News OF vic
tories over Germany will continue just
as long as the origin of the news re-
mains as at present: the news OF vic-
tories over Germany is as wrong -
the stories OF German cruelty
So declared Ambassador Won Bern.
storff here today. He had no news from
Germany, and described himself as the
one man who might give the American
people the truth in the European war
If he were not Isolated.
II do not blame enemies for cutting
the cable. and for their campaign of
misrepresentation in this country" he
said. They are deceiving the Arnerte
can People. There Is no German news
Naturally i, as much as anybody
else, regret the fact that civilians. wo-
men and children. have been killed an
various occasions. But civilian pod.
ulation that remains in fortresses when
they are besieged. which joins in bat.
tie, and which attacks soldiers, has alS
ways had to suffer the consequences
in every war of the past.
81 have no German news; I hava
been unable to get any.
II read in the American papers todap
that the English government Is sending
code messages to Japan, via the United
States.
The ambassador refused further to
comment on this last statement. n
was. apparent. however. that IL refers
red to the present claim of the German
government that under the American
neutrality position Germany should have
the right to use wireless for code mas
sages, since powers at war with he1
held the cables.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

no worse. Paris is once again opti-
mistic over the prospect of the French
and English troops being able to halt
the Germans victorious advance onto
their capital.
Fresh Troops In Line.
The exhausted German troops which
have been leading the general assaults,
now in progress for more than a week.
are being replaced with fresh. The reg
iments decimated by the French fire
have had their ranks filled up. Just
when they will strike only the German
general staff knows. but already indi-
cations of renewed activity have been
reported to General Joffre by the
French aerial scouts.
Meanwhile the German flankS and
lines of communication are again in
danger. Rendered desperate by the re-
ports of the wanton burning of Louvain.
with the destruction of its historic
buildings and it's priceless art treas
ures, the Belgian army has left Ant
werp and is moving in force toward
Brussels. 1t is reported here that 1t
has been materially REINFORCED from
Ostend.
This latter 1t is rumored, may include
the native Indian forces sent by Eng
land from her Eastern empire, although
all requests for details of troop loca-
tions are sternly frowned on by the
war office. It is known, however, that
the general staff expects important de-
velopments in Belgium which will en-
tirely change the general outlook of the
present campaign.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
What War MOUeS Mean
BY J. w. T. MASON.

NEW YORK. Aug. % G1 a. M
The lines of the allies are holding
in the open, the much-criticised
hundred mile gap from MaubeuSe to
Verdun. There is no indication that
a retreat has been made back to
LIE Fere-Rheims permanent defense
and the hills beyond.
The lull in the fighting officially
suggested from Paris and the inti-
nation from London that there have
been no serious assaules since We'd
nesday seem to indicate the presence
of too much optimism in Germany's
statement that the enemy had been
surrounded.
Many military authorities have
held the theoretical opinion that in
a devastating conflict such as pam
European war, there would have to
be an interval Of at least a month
between two great battles, to permit
both sides to recover from their eX-
haustion. Germany, however. can
not wait a month along the French
frontier without suffering a staategic
disaster. Whether the Germans can
force the pace under the weakening
conditions OF modern warfare is a
vital question for them They have
not quite carried the allies Off their
feet by the initial rush. The next
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
NEWS
PUZZLES LONDON

LONDON. Aug. E.-Conf1icting re-
ports of the British positions in France
are current here. The Times CORE
spondent at Paris cables that the Brit
Dish lines have been extended for some
distance. The correspondents of the
Express and Daily Mail however, say
the British have been forced back To
new line. and that Cambrai Is now
held by the GermaFs in strong force
According to the Express correspond.
ent. the Germans are threatening 10
raid all Northern France. He says that
Boulogne Is threatened by German cav
airy forces. and that notices have been
posted there warning the inhabitants
not to resist any German advance
The war office, however, PROPOSES to
believe the danger Of immediate German
occupancy of the French Coast cities is
past. and that the German cavalry is
now faced by a stronger force of
French at the points Of threatened dam
ger
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

east Of Brussels. 1t contains some
very valuable buildings, among
which is the city hall. one of the
most magnificent temples of Gothic
architecture in the whole world.
The Stats Zeitung. under the cap
ton "England's Perhdy." publishes
disclosures made by the military
experts of the German American
Chamber of Commerce Of New York.
in regard to secret ante-bellum
treaties between France and Bel
gium. England, he maintains, on
the quiet mad ordered her land
forces to be modified on August
.. beginning the transportation of
troops across the Channel into France
and Belgium during the nights of
August 8 and 4. He charges that
English troops had been in the field
aiding the Belgians when on Au-
gust 4 England sent her ultimatum
to Germany upon the neutrality of
Belgium, though herself unwilling to
give a similar guarantee. Germany,
having shrewdly anticipated just
such a move. also being on her
a secret military convention had
been entered into between Belgium,
France and England ever since the
Morocco crisis had been averted by
the Kaiser. The German govern
ment. says the expert. therefore
took the bull by the horns and quick
ly despatched three small brigades
on peace footing to Belgium. SO
as to be the first on the spot. and
then ordered her army to be mobi-
lized.
Belgium's neutrality. so Otter men
toned recently as the alleged cause
Of the war. dates from 1892. In 1866
Napoleon III planned the annexation
of the little buffer state, having his
of Antwerp. In 1870 nothing but the
fear of having to fight another
enemy besides the Germans kept
Napoleon's generals from entering
Belgium.
AS rule. this expert states, Brit
ain never considered herself bound
by treaties, whenever they crossed
her expansion policies. Then why
this sudden sympathy with out
ragged" Belgium? He quotes Lord
Palmerston and the naturalization Of
Turkey to show what Downing street
is capable of. That Belgium's neu-
trality had been merely a farce to
cover her intrigues with France he
charges. because the manner in
which the Notifications had been
laid out with the aid OF French
military engineres under the super
vision of the noted French engineer.
General Brialmont. The Belgian
army was reorganiZed under the
tutelage of French officers. and
French troops were in Belgium be-
fore war had been declared.
The Stats Zeitung this morning
publishes the first detailed list OF
dead and wounded of the German
army, names in full are given as
well as the particular troop with
which the soldier had served and in
which engagement he was stricken,
also in which part Of his body.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
"OUR LIFE OR THEIRS" "SAYS
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Copyright. 1914 by the United Press.

by the United FressI
LONDON Aug 29-Excerp from interview with first lord OF
British admiralty Winston Churchill:
THE British democracy engaged death grapple with the Pus
sian auocratic rule"
at is life theirs
This of honor; has become Of self
preservation"
at is the old struggle of 100 years against Napoleon
grips with Prussian milarsm
IF Germany wins will be the victory of the blood and iron mill
tay school whose doctrines and principles will then have
ceived a supreme and terrible vndication
The French English and American systems of by
popular election and parliamentary debate, with the kind of
civilization which flows from such institutions brought
into direct conflict with the highly efficient mpeastic bu
reaucracy and military organization of Prussia"
If go down. and swept in ruin the past you the
in line
I'VE recognize the consequences and the being joined Eng
land go forward to the very end"
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

immediate phase rests largely on
which side can recover more quickly
from the first shock.
If the report Is true that Allen
stein has been evacuated by the Ger
mans opposing the Russian advance
manderS have abandoned field re-
sistance to the Slavs. Allenstein is
the headquarters of the Twentieth
Army Corps. While not a fortified
camp, 1t has strong field defenses.
and is ideally situated strategically
in marshy country for a stand-up
resistance.
The German abandonment of this
great military post would be the
most serious loss they have suffered
in the East. It would imply that
Russia is faced only by garrison
forces whose duty it is to retreat
to the protection of fortresses on the
approach Of the enemy. The contra
dictory report from Berlin. saying
the whole question in doubt.
The German announcement that
the Russians have been defeated to
the south of Allenstein may mean
merely that the German retreat to-
ward the Vistula fortress is being
conducted in orderly fashion.
Great Britain great naval VIZ
tory Is valuable chiefly for its effect
on the spirit of the British sea
guardians. Since the war began the
British battle fleets have been patrol
ling the North Sea. with nerves at
the highest tension 1t is possible for
beings to endure. Constant watch
fulness, with no incidents to slim
ulate activity Is an undesirable con-
dition at any time, and particu-
larly in grave crisis.
The daring plan of the British
naval strateGists to attack German
warships off the immense strong
hold Of Helgoland undoubtedly had
in mind not so much the harm that
might be caused the German navy
by the destruction OF light cruisers,
as the psychological effect on the
men of the British fleets. The
break in the nervous monotony OF
fruitless waiting. for the enemy to
appear will repay the Helgoland ven-
ture far more than the material dam
age done to the German navy.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
LINER BRINGS MORE
AMERICAN REFUGEES
Adriatic Reaches New York
From Liverpool With 1873
Passengers.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The White
Star Liner Adriatic docked today with
17Ss passengers. most of them Ameri-
can refugees from abroad. The Adri-
attic left Liverpool. AUGUST 20.
The arrival of the big liner leaves
eight ships of the international Mer-
camille Marine on the high seas bound
for United States and Canadian ports
The passengers on these remaining
ships number 7,772. of whom 1850 are
on the Olympic. due here this after
noon or early tomorrow.
The Olympic left Liverpool August
%. The St. Paul and the Espagne are
due tomorrow with 1000 passengers
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Theodore Shonts'
and his daughter. the Duchess de
Chaulnes, Senator George c. Oliver. OF
PENNSYLVANIA, and Congressman Fair
child are on the Olympic.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
CHURCHILL BLAMES
GERMAN AMBITION
First Lord of the Admiralty Says
Prussian Aristocracy Caus-
ed War.
CONTINUED From Fase One)

iCOnunueO from EAge One.)
of government by popular election and
parliamentary debate. with the kind
of civilization which flows from such
institutions. are brought into direct con-
flict with the highly efficient imperial
list bureaucracy and military organiza-
tion of Prussia That is the issue No
partisanship Is required to make it
plain. No sophistry can obscure it."
I asked whether the democracy of the
United States, apart from the moral
issues involved. had any direct inter
ests in the result of the war.
America Would Inherit Burden.
You are the judges of that" replied
the first lord. You do not REQUIRE me
England were to be reduced in this
war, or any other which would be sure
to follow from it, If this war were
inclusive. to the position of a small
country like Holland. then however far
across the salt water your country may
lie. the burden which we are bearing
now would fall onto your shoulders.
II do not mean by that that Ger
many would attack you. or that il you
were attacked you would need to fear
the result so far as the United States
was concerned. The Monroe Doctrine,
however. carries you very far, IN
South as well as North America, and
Is 1t likely that victorious German
militarism. which would then have
shattered France irretrievably. have
conquered Belgium and have broken
forever the power of England. would
allow itself to be permanently cut off
from all hopes of that oversee ex-
pansion and development with which
South America alone can supply it?'
Now the impact is on us. Our blood
which flows in your veins should lead
you to expect that we shall be stub
born enough to bear that impact But
If we go down and are swept in ruin
into the past. you are the next in line.
War of Self Preservation.
This war is for us 4 war Of honor,
Of respect for obligations into which
we have entered. and of loyalty
toward friends in desperate need. But
now that 1t has begun. It has become
war of self-preservation. The British
democracy. with its limited monarchy.
its ancient parliament, its ardent social
and philanthropic dreams, is engaged
for good or i'll in deadly grapple with
the formidable might of Prussien auto
cratic rule
1T Is our system of civilization and
government against theirs. 1t Is our
life or theirs.
We are conscious Of the greatness
of the times. We recognize the con-
sequences and proportion of events.
We feel that, however inadequate we
may be. however unexpected the or
deal may be, we are under the eve Of
history.
And the issue being Joined. England
must go forward to the very end"
While I was speaking to Mr.. Churchill
a telegram came in from Belgium an
nouncinS the total destruction of the
town of Louvain as an act of military
execution Handing 1t to me. he said:
What further proof is needed Of the
cause at issuec Tell that to your Amer
ican fellow-countrymep.
You know" he added. II am half
American myself"
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
CHURCHILL WRONG,
SAYS GERMAN ENVOY

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Declaring that
the statement of Winston Churchill,
first lord of the British admiralty. was
based on a wrong premise, and calling
It merely another effort to deceive the
American people. Count Won Bernstorn,
the German ambassador to the United
States. today gave the United Press
the following reply to Churchill:
MIR. Churchill, who is largely re-
sponsible for the war and who is known
to have proposed an attack on the Ger
man fleet before the war had begun, is
certainly not a fair authority in the
case. Mr. Churchilrs appeal to the
American people is based on the en-
ton between the Emperor and the So
called military aristorcacy OF Germany
on the one hand and the German people
on the other
This assumption is entirely wrong.
It is proved so by the fact that the
German socialist demands voted the
credits In parliament. and said: We
haya alWaYs been against war. but
since our country has been attacked
by the worst autocrat the world knows
We stand with one mind with all the
rest of the German people
I'm striking contrast to this attitude
Of the German socialists, the leader OF
the independent Labor party IT England
(Kier Hardie) arose in parliament, ara
said that the British government had
not done all that it might have done
to prevent war 80,
Referring to a phrase in the Churhill
statement implying superior democracy
and civilization of England over Ger
many. the ambassador added:
..I cannot understand how the coall-
zion which has been formed to attack
us can complain about the German
Methods Of warfare after they have
drawn oriental races into the European
struggle. and after they have called
colored and Indian troops to fight their
European battles"