The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-16


envelopes. but everybody has met
somebody who has the story ON the
uurrurIty N Il friend
There is one tale. however that
certainly deserves tu be- true. what
eve, its source. 1t is alleged that
Welsh prisoners Of war In Germany
are able to communicate freely with
their friends at home without having
recourse t. invisible ink or any such
d" ice.
Letter From a Welshman.
Here, for instance. Is II letter which
T., ,uiu tu have passed the German
c,rsor without any difficulty.
You win bc glad to hear news OF
old friends. MI Boyd Is very bad
here. Nil Barur TX very much darker
than when you saw him, and IL quite
hard. / never see Mr Craig, and MIR
Ymrnyu but seldom he was very bad
indeed the last few times | met him.
used to at first to meet Mr. Llaeth
every day but he has not been here
now for some time
70 the censor there seemed nothing
suspicious In these proper names
which were presumed to be- those "
other British prisoners But the
Welsh man who receives the letter
recognizes IN them the Welsh words
4 fol food bread, meat, butter and milk
respectively
One may believe such stories or not
us one chooses Bur there Is another
matter that, unfortunately the most
skrutical cannot dismiss ms IA myth
the continued rise IN prices This is
. largely responsible for the many signs
" unrest In the labor world. Another
probable cause Is uyrrwprk Several
occupations have lost u considerable
proportion Of their most efficient
workers through recruiting Mir As.
auth mentioned In the house NJ com.
mons last week that the army had
taken 72,OOO railroad employees. and
at Liverpool alone GNN dock labor
crs. In a short time l3N per cent NJ
thos, who In July were employed In
coal mining had Joined the colors and
their places had been filled 10 the eN
tent Of 3.4 per cent only But the ac
tusI vnh me uf work to be done In rncl
case has not diminished On the con
trnry. It has increased And thi'
strah, has fallen. from the peculiar
circumstances uf the case, upon m,
least efficient and physically weakes
mcr In each occupation. The resul
is that the men everywhere are get
ting tired and II ls this tired feel
ing" that often has much TO do witt
provoking strikes.
An Industrial Truce.
At the outbreak Of the war ther
we're So, eral anxious controversial
menacing the Industrial as well a
the political world. In face Of the su
premr need Of national unity Their
was, therefore, concluded an indus
trial as well ns n political truce. Blu
, It Is not IN human nature to be- quit
content under such conditions rs hay
prevailed lately On account " tn
war; labor agreed to postpone agltn
tion for the redress VI it's grievances
III, workman who has not enliste'
has since been working at unusua
pressure lie finds the cost " Twin
suddenly advancing, without any cor
responding rise I'm his wages Mean
while he learns that various kinds q
capitalists" are making fortunes Ou
of the very crisis which has bee
made the text Of sermons to the work
or or patience and sefsacrlfice.
Is not nt all surprising that ther
should have been trouble recent
among the railway men They wer
intending to make mst autumn n na
tiuual effort TO secure an eight hOu
dny and an advance of five shilling
la week In wages together with Gel
tain minor improvements The indus
trial truce compelled the temporar
A abandonment OF this program. Bu
{ the rise IN prices, combined with IN
pressure uf work under war Cond
items made II impossible that tn
q truce should continue to be respecte
n without some readjustment
Conference, therefore, have bee
held between the men aud the con
panis The men asked FOR raise q
i five shillings. and the companies o.
p fered one shilling. Finally both aid,
I agreed on a compromise by which m
lowest class OF railway workers gal