Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-26
The World Wide War Trust

80 into batfie They also make a great
quality % material for land defense,
and ulrht be described az universal
death providers-
& am Indebted 20 > r. Walton New
bold and George Herbert PERKS %
EuEland. for most valuable and inter
ssunE information as 90 the business
method % the British war trust and
az 90 the men behind it- Nr Newboit
hna written q pamphlet entitled The
War Trust Exposed from which /
quote the following
The armament firms as the
years have passed have MANAGED 90
secure . larger and ever larger share
o. government orders. We VIII see
them first az the admiralty.
some classes 90 work the firms
have had almost as an exclusive mon
opoiv For instance. no torpedo boat
and 20 destroyer has ever been built
.u a state yard % 81 submarines com
a.a-rd CO. date 50 have been privately
buut OF 10 powerful battle cruiser
raIuF vlth most costly engines and
heavy armnmcut-tvo have been con
rf-1ctrd lr tho royal doCkyarts-
We have eFru above how maus and
how subtle are che influences az work
on behalf 90 the trust We are all
familiar with. and perhaps uow some
~ us VIII have "a clearer understand
ink % tho meaning o. that specious
plea 90 often made. that questions con-
corning the defense OF the empire
should De- removed from the dusty
arena % party poiitics- The trust has
taken good care that This is 1s FAR as
possible already the case. % has lfs
champions in both political camps. 10
has made friends with the hand that
feeds lt. Go has left no stone unturned
upon its triumphant way.
aIf has ifE friends az court. its d.
-rrf6~s iu che Peers and Commons,
suruarfed bT scores ot shareholder.
Its voice is heard iu the press and It's
apostles iu Jhe pu.p!tF 90 cathcirais
ana tabernacle The money changers
af tt- world shoulder its ab1es. itE
bishops. lfs p1wpr'rteers. ifs patriotic
orators. and 800 pr.vy councillors.
wfItc % retired adm. rails. generals.
end half pay OUcers .n Sos employ
prriai national reserve might Doe
formed.
In the Lords there are on the lih-
eraI benches four directors three
aifh tfcl- carousfs newly FURNISHED
Baron Aberc1u Wnv. Baron GlgaCUuuer.
Baron Pirrie. end Baron Rihbicsdale.
Lord Abarcouway. nephew OF John
Bright and q founder ot the Eighty and
National Liberal clubs. was created O.
peer ln 1911 $50 left two sons 90
watch the fortune of the family To-
tho lover house. He is chairman OF
John Browu a 60. Ltd1. and Is uatur-
ally Interested iu Canadian and Rus
sian questions
Lord GIencuuuer u.s. Mr. Asquiths
b-ufhcr-lnIav. high commissioner OF
the kirk OF scotland president OF the
PEBBLES Branch OF Tire National Sery-
Ice league. chairman OF the Tharsis .
Sulphur company. and has large hold
.uEs In the Nobel Explosive company. .
Lord PIrrie entertained the first .
lord of the admiralty when visiting .
belfast DE is chairman 90 Harland
4 Noin utdl. and debcnture trustee .
% John Brown d. Co. Th0s. Firth *
sons. and Coventry Ordnance com
7auy.
Lord Ribblesdale the fourth advo-
cate OF peace. retrenchment. and re-
.5-m.- in the slded chamber. stated 90
me last annual meeting ~ the Nobel .
dynamite trust:
Our steady increase iu business .
.u the due in no small degree 10 the .
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