New Britain herald., 1917-11-12
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO AMERICAN LABOR
CONTINUED from First Page.)

| alton. He said that he would like to
see all the critics exported" and added
I'VE must get down to business and
everyone must do the right thing.
Never show ourselves Americans
by going off in separate groups to talk
by ourselves but by cooperation In a
common enterprise which is to re-
lease the spirit of the world from
bondage"
The president denounced organiza-
tions, which he said, are trying to de-
stroy the law, but in every case, they
| should be dealt justice. am op-
posed to our taking the law Into our
own hands. as much as I dislike the
activities Of these organizations.
THE man who takes the law into
his own hands Is not the man to CO.
operate in any development of laws
and institutions We must not only
take common counsel but we must
! obev common counsel! Instrumental
ties must be devised Where they do not
exist, to bring the proper amount Of
cooperation between labor and capt.
| tall"
| II believe that the spirit OF free
| dom can get into the hearts OF Ger
mans and find as fine a welcome there
| as 1t can find in any other hearts. But
| the spirit of freedom does not suit
| the plans of the pan-Germans. Power
cannot be used with concentrated
force against free people II 1t Is used
by free people," he said
"You know" he continued, chow
many intimations come to us from
one of the central powers none is
more anxious for peace than the chief
central power and you know that 1t
means the people in that central pow
er know that If the war ends as 1t
stands, they will in effect themselves
be vassals Of Germany. notWlthstand-
ing that their populations are COM
pounded Of all the people Of that part
Of the world and Notwithstanding the
fact that they do no wish in their
pride and proper spirit their nation
atty to be absorbed and dominated.
Referring In another part Of his
speech to Russia the president said:
May I not say it is amazing to me
that any group Of people should be
so Nl-informed as to suppose, as somo
groups in Russia apparently suppose,
how any reforms planned in the in-
terest of the people can live in the
presence of a Germany powerful
enough to undermine or overthrow
therA by intrigue or force. Any body
Of free men that compounds with the
German government. compounds for
its own destruction"
Ialntfon Talks.
With an appeal to all American
workingmen to place their full and
undivided force behind the lighting
men at the front and a stirring pic
ture Of what Il bor may expect if Ger
many wins the war. President A. A.
Landon Of the Buffalo chamber OF
commerce. today welcomed tho dele
gates at the opening Of the convcn-
ton.
\ former labor leader himself who
has seen first hand in Europe how
troops In the field give their lives and
blood for naught when workers at
home engaged in disputes instead Of
putting all their energy into keeping
the fighting men supplied, Mr.. Landon
appealed to all labor to sink every
thing in a great effort to do its part
to win the war.
president Wilson," declared Mr..
Landon," has said we are fighting a
war for democracy. We are not only
fighting a war for democracy. but a
war for Industrial freedom and self
protection, war to CONSERVE that
which we now have"
81 spent the summer Of 1915 and
1916 in France and Italy doing what
! could in helping them in their eff
forts to increase the efficiency Of their
industries so that they could hold
back the German army and possibly
defeat them. In 1915 England was
in very sad way.
II was in England when the
Princess Pat-Canadian regiment
was literally cut to pieces. You
know they went in full regiment
of 2,4OO men and came out with less
than $50 men and eight officers, and
most of them wounded. T was talk
ing to a young Canadian officer from
Montreal, who used to be salesman
and therefore worker in civil life
and he told me that they had run
out Of ammunition, that the artillery
had run out of shells and that they
had to crawl out on their bellies,
leaving approximately $500 men be-
hind, dead and missing. They even
had to witness one of their officers
crucified before their very eyes.
and what was happening in Eng
land? A large shipment Of munitions
that I was assisting on was completed
and ready to ship and could have been
been used and should have been used
in this very battle-upwards Of 300
900 pieces Of munition entirely COM
pleted with the exception Of a small
firing cap. I was told that they could
not be delivered in less} than three
weeks for the reason that the work.
men were taking their usual summers
holiday. Think Of that while their
own brothers and sons and relatives
were undergoing the hardships and
fortunes Of hell and the very nation
was in DANGER.