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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
WORKERS. and Socialists of Nations Fighting Germany Hope to
See official Representatives of American Federation at NEXT
Conference They Can Be Sent Without Sacrifice of UNITY

no tales. They cannot defend them
selves even against sincere Ameri-
can misgivings. They are dead.
They are buried. Their alleged
pacifism is six feet deep. No more
platform perorations for them.
What British Labor
Really Stands For
Yes, it is said, but what about
Snowden? What about Ramsay
Macdonald? Get rid of these men
and we will overlook the pro-Ger-
man grumbles of the British work
lngman. Sometimes it. almost
seems as if Jealous Americans
wished, as it were, to submit our
public men to a kind of political
quarantine, to make quite sure that
they are free from the contaminat.
ing disease of Lansdowne-hea
ness.
Rightly or wrongly, British labor
stands for freedom Of consciencs
and liberty of speech. If inan~dis-
agrees with the war he is permitted
to say So. We find that people
fight better and work harder when
they are encouraged to speak their
minds and hear not one side only,
but all sides. You do not under
stand us. We do not mind fighting
Germans, especially when Germans
are up against us three to one. Out
of six young men in the houses
Immediately adjoining my own five
are wounded, four are dead, and
two were killed after returning to
service healed of wounds. We are
always ready to fight majorities-
with the odds against us. But If
you require US to trample down
minorities-if that is to be our test
of patriotism-if the few and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Then there is the Liberty Bank"
the Liberty Theatre" and Liberty
Land,' all forcing upon the attention
of the public in an entertaining way
the need Of digging down into its
pockets for Liberty dollars. Parades,
airship flights and other Liberty Loan
stunts" galore are written up at
length in the newspapers as a phase of
the days news in which the people
generally have become deeply interest
ed.
in the same way every city, town and
hamlet in the New York Federal Re-
serve district is carrying on its par
ticular Liberty Loan "stunt" in its own
particular way The novel ideas put
into operation, the queer devices Gre
ated to centre the attention Of the peo-
pie on the Liberty Loan cause the
imagination to go lame. They suggest
ingenuity gone out of its head. But
the cumulative psychological effects Of
these "stunts,' multiplied as they are
many hundreds of times. expert bond
statesmen say add nightly to the mo-
mentum Of the Liberty Loan drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

walton all buy Liberty Bond. What
you going to do"
To attract crowds they dance and
sing The music, although produced by
modern instruments, is of the same
weird character as that to which the
heroes of the feathers Stocking Tales
danced and sang.
The Onondagas are working with the
members of the Liberty Loan Com
mlttee for the Utica-Syracuse district,
and, according to James Sheldon, the
chairman, they have played an impor-
tant part in awakening interest in the
drive being carried on upstate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

weak, are to be battened into 81
lence, you must seek other allies
than the English. We listen to our
pacifists because we hold that every
British subject Of the Crown is en-
titled to his opinions. That is what
we mean by personal liberty. In
our Parliament and in our labor
congresses pacifists are heard free
ly. 1t was SO when we fought Ma
poleon. Fox was instantly up
against Pitt. You must take US as
we are-those that are left of US.
They Intend to
Have Their Say
Then it is said, Yes, but what
about these. International confer
ences? This shaking hands with
the -bloodyfHun? Now, I hold no
brief for international conferences
and I don't love the bloody Hun.
Nor, apparently, does he love the
British. But tell you plainly that
British workers intend to have
their say about the duration of this
war and the terms of peace. And
so would you if you had buried
100000 of your bravest and best.
That is one reason why I want to
see American influence brought to
bear on the European situation.
Suppose that our men are wrong
headed. What precisely will be the
condition of your own heads when
you have been four years at war?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
The Sopwith Camel"

H. H.-The Sopwith camel" is typi-
cal of the single-seater fighting class
of biplane. and carries by way of
armament two fixed machine guns.
The nickname "camel" was suggest
ed by the hump on the back of the
fuselage. This hump served as head
rest for the pilot, and also served
TO lessen the air suction: it is. how
ever, less pronounced on later models.
In appearance this machine is dis
tinctive on account of the upward
slope of the lower planes, the top re-
naming fat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Subscriptions Send
Them Over the Top"


In the group of counties comprising
the Buffalo district, which come under
the leadership Of Ray Norris, scores of
towns have launched intensive drives
to raise their quotas during the last
week, and the Liberty Loan workers
have given free play to their inventive
genius in thinking up ways to awaken
interest in the campaign. Across the
state, in the city of Troy, which is in
the district Of which Charles S. Sar-
gent, jr., is chairman, the trench
stunt" for recording the progress of
the loan is keeping thousands of ordi-
narily sober minded citizens on the tip
toe of expectancy.
AS the residents of Troy "come
across" with their subscriptions per
fectly good, stuffed soldier is jumped
forward trench or two on his way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Just to Show What
War Would Be Like

The point is emphasized by the
Calling gun incident which stirred the
city of Bridgeport to a high state of
excitement, as related by Colonel
Franklin @. Brown, chairman for the
sub-district which includes Fairfield
County, Connecticut. On the morning
the present Liberty Loan drive started
the residents of that city were sud-
denly aroused to a sense that some
thing out of the ordinary was taking
place by the terrifying rattle Of ma
chine guns in action. Men and women
rushed from their homes, many Of
them fearful that the Germans had
actually succeeded in effecting land
ing, until. impelled by curl osity to
seek out the place whence came the
sound of the "bomb ardmeut," they dis
covered the meaning of it. An ener-
getic Liberty Loan committee had COM
mandcered a consignment Of twenty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
By P. w. Wilson
(Anserican Correspondent of .The London Doiy Ne,c>

AM about to discuss a some
what delicate subject-that
is the relations between or
.,;.ed labor in Europe and Amer.
write with the more freedom
s..suse. with the raising of the age
s,;t in England, | am now liable
~ service in the army, and it is
men to the authorities at any time
!. .sk me to lay down this pen for
..h.r and more important duties.
,,parently the position is that
.s;le labor and socialism in Italy,
v,ance. neutral countries and Brit
in frequently meet and consider
.ow TO make the world safe for de-
nocracy, they have not the advan-
tase. at present of receiving authos'
;.ad and official American counsel.
vour chair at the round table is
.untv. Scratch Populations from
.. visit YOU and scratch Populations
.,om YOU visit US, and this inter
.hanee of hospitality, has a value.
put the Federation of Labor, over
which Mr.. Gompers presides with
,uch craftsmanship and authority,
feels it advisable still to stand
sloof. / am sure that there must be
md reasons for this attitude, but
7 am not quite clear what those rea-
sons are.
America Would Receive
A Warm Welcome
America has certainly received
Invitations. A warm welcome would
await her spokesman. At the last
conference there was some talk
about dates not being convenient,
Init we all know that this must have
ieen eamoudage. Dates can be
liked up all right. Then, there is
obviously a domestic difficulty. Mr..
Gompers has a heavy burden 20
AIRY. In country of many indi-
Yidual opportunities, where capital
IS still suspicious Of trade unions
and mortified at socialism. he is
holding together great movement
which includes men Of many racial
origins and many languages. More
over, it is probably fact that our
Labor party is more numerous in
proportion to population and, in
deed, more numerous absolutely
than anything you have here. I am
told that the Steel Trust, with hun
dreds of thousands Of employees, can
still run as an open shop. Under
these circumstances, it has seemed
to be wise leadership to limit the
aims Of the Federation in two ways.
First, the Federation keeps clear of
politics; and, secondly, it avoids
International socialism. Broadly,
it is felt that the latter ideal leads
one via Stockholm to Brest-Litovsk,
and by clinging firmly to patriot
ism on the one hand and simple, in
dustrial bargaining on the other
Mr.. Gompers steers an even course,
settles many a dispute, secures
many a concession, checkmates
many pro-German and runs down
many Stacker. For this veteran
pioneer it is a fine personal achieve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Child raining at Home
By Mothers Who Have Been kindergarten Teachers

prepared uuder t direction of the United
the National kindergarten Association
o has her aiig into practice
embodies the vdom she has learned II
helpful them and them to
reaching all the mothers of the
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Nothing is lost by doing the gra-
cious, the sympathetic thing. But
among men who are hungry, anx-
ious and sore at heart much may
be lost by doing the opposite. Per-
sonally, l think. that an interna-
tional labor conference would have
led to what President Wilson calls
utter disi1lusionment.'' In Ger
man socialism I cannot myself find
as yetthe common ground that Some
expect. But, let me remind you, the
bolsheviki, even when they had laid
down their arms, received mes
sage from the White House. With
all his errors, the British workman
has laid down neither arms nor
tools. Is he really to be condemned
as a comrade unfit for patriotic So
clety because a certain item. which
many of us deem to be ill-adyised
appears on his agenda?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

propelling force derived from the influx
of subscriptions rises or falls.
Fanciful, perhaps, but the times are
not prosaic
When business man of mature
years and quiet habits rushes excitedlv
up to Liberty Loan booth, signs his
name to a goodsizcd block of war
bonds and then demands the privilege
of giving a stuffed etfigy of ugliness
vicious boot on its way to a watery
grave. it may be,sdifficult to repress a
smile, but there is no mistaking the
sincerity of his emotion.
When a. Banker
Dances a Jig
Behind that kick is the same impulse
to energetic action that prompts a
banker to divest himself Of the aus
terity acquired in the years when the
world was at peace and respond to any
demand made upon him, whether it be
to dance jig, make a speech or lead
band of Onondaga Indians.
The stunt" becomes the outward
symbol of the organized effort to stir
the people of community to enthu-
siasm and keep them alive to the i'm
perative need of responding to the APP
peal to their patriotism.
In greater New York during the two
weeks in which the drive to raise war
funds for the government has been
under way there has been plenty CT
opportunity to observe what an impor-
tant part in the life Of the city the
various Liberty Loan activities have
assumed. Each day thousands crowd
into the open space in front of the his
toric Sub-Treasury Building, in Wall
Street, where "movie" star Of the
first magnitude may be scheduled to APP
pear, while more thousands are massed
around the Liberty Bell'' in City Hall
Park, listening to eloquent pleas by
noted men and women for all to buy
Liberty bonds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Stands Solid Behind
Wilson S Position

There was day, not so long ago,
when even Americans were advised
to be of neutral mind. That was
Ramsay Macdonald's attitude. He
was of neutral mind. He wanted
his country to be kept out of war.
is it quite inconceivable that he
may have come to see things more
clearly? Why should the neutra.
mind have been a crime in England
when it was virtue in America Z?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
1t Is Important
o Preserve Unity

However, all this is not my bust
ness. American wage earners, as or
ganlzed, must themselves review their
own destinies. At this time it is
important to preserve their unity
intact. On the extreme left flank
there is always the I. w. w. If,
then, essential unity be menaced by
association with European COM
rades, then we shall all understand
the position. But very different
explanation has gone forth. It is
that the responsible leaders of the
Federation are not quite satisfied
that the. European standard Of
loyalty and sacrifice to the common
cause is equal to the needs of the
case. They are a little bit shy of
Mr.. Arthur Henderson, who has lost
a son in the war, and Mr.. Albert
Thomas, who organized French mu-
nitions, and M. Vaudeville, of Bel
GUM, and M. Branting, who led the
Swedish Liberals against the pro-
German court at Stockholm. Some
Americans fear that these eminent
men on the other side have been
gassed with Bolshevikism. The
Labor party in Britain is to-day at
least half the British nation. For
many days during the past few
weeks our comrades have been dy-
ing in France at the rate of more
than one minute. Dead men tell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

run shlpping-are, with few excep-
tons, what may be called Never
enders. Just as the President con-
suits Mr.. Gompers at Washington,
so do we take our trade unionists
into our national counsels. Ameri-
cans have often told me that So
ciety in Great Britain runs in
strata. To some extent that has
been very true, but your wonderful
observer of our life, Emerson, half
a century ago, got under the Eng
lsh skin and explained that the
strata are not fixed. The merchant
rises to the peerage. The agitator
becomes member Of Parliament.
The member becomes Cabinet Min
lister. The dissenting chapel grows
into free church. The peasant is
parish councillor. And all are now
levelled by CONSUMPTION. You who
think you were acquainted with
England as she was five years ago
must study her all over again to-
day.
Where Every One
Aspires to Leadership
And may I ask, Are there no
strata in American society? I
merely put the question. I may be
wholly at fault, but / am not con-
sclous that the relations between
capital and labor are here more in
innate than in our Lancashire cot
ton trade or our mines, where for
years there has been collective bar
gaming on both sides. You regard
every wage Garner as a man who
has not risen to be an employer.
That sense that each American citi-
zen is born to command and not
merely to obey recalls Napoleon's
saying about the field marshal's
baton in every soldiers knapsack.
But we are small country. There
is not room for everybody to be
rich and masterful. Most of us
have to be obedient and poor. And
If we would avoid disappointment
6NSoS SSSbOIl IiiS1t llIG Is Il
ure because others have risen to the
top-we have to remember that the
most utterly dignified of all men,
tor our sakes, Himself became poor
IN order that, in his poverty, we
might become rich
Labor and the
Sermon on the Mount
A wealth that is not material
must replace the material wealth
that we have lost or failed either
to win or to inherit This is the
wealth that all the world may share
at the great labor conferences which
so profoundly influence the life and
thought of Britain and her inme-
date neighbors. While your
churches invite US, who are grateful
visitors, to speak to immense con-
gregations about the war and what
the war means, which is indeed a
subject worthy of all reverent at
tention, being nothing less than the
crucitiXion of humanity on a cross
Of military espotism-while this is
going on in your churches our
labor conferences are filled with al
lusions to the Sermon on the
Mount, with hopes of new king
dom of happiness, brotherhood of
nations, a league of men, deter
mined to enforce peace against all
who would break the peace. Hence
the war aims of the British Labor
party-strong, farreaching, broad
as the utterances Of President Will
son himself. Hence the readiness
of our men, be they called patriots
or pacifists, to share with your
American soldiers the unmarked,
yet sacred, grave in what is now
every mans land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Kaiser Heading
For atal Plunge

Communities not so fortunate as to
be able to enlist the services Of a band
OF real Indians have resorted to other
stunts to keep the interest of the
people aroused in the Liberty Loan
campaign. For instance, over at Rock
away Park Old Kaiser Bill, the Uglv,
with his face turned toward the ocean.
is fast heading for a fatal plunge
Each subscription for Liberty BOND
carries with it the privilege of giving
him kick along his way.
Uncle Sam, in the majesty of his
nine feet Of stature, is hurrying down
Main Street, in Flushing, toward the
railroad station at the rate of two and
one half feet for each $1,000 in sub
scriptions received by the Flushing
Committee. When the amount sub
scribed by the residents of that town
reaches 100000 Uncle Sam will be
given "ticket" to Washington
The same idea for recording the
progress Of the loan has been worked
out on a more pretentious scale in
Hoboken. The land battleship Lib
erty may be seen ploughng through
the streets of that city, its speed be-
ing accelerated or retarded as the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

ment, but | am not assured that
any one except Mr.. Gompers will be
able in the future to maintain it.
We also have had leaders of his
type-John Burns, Charles Fenwick
and others. One and all have had
either to recognize the progressive
evolution of labor or to accept a
dlgnlfied isolation. Youth will have
Its day and with us the youth of
the country is determined to estab-
lush an industrial citizenship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-05
PLAZA

Plaza audiences will be greeted with
 complete new bill of vaudeville and hotoplay attractions today, that are b arranged in variety that they will ppeal to persons of all tastes.
 Heading the vaudeville acts Is Dot ie Claire, presenting "Petticoat Min trels," a big girl act which brings with 1t an elaborate display of costly Irenery and gorgeous gowns, good music and right up to the minute okes. This act is one of vaudeville's pest and is worth the price of admis- iion alone.
 The leading screen attraction to be shown will be Constance Talmadge, Dne of the most popular screen stars n a clever comedy picture entitled "A Pair of Silk Stockings" An ex- 2ellent picture with splendid cast, was the description given this picture by the critic of the Motion Picture Review. There is just enough comedy with an interesting plot to make this pictutre one of the best from every standpoint.
 "Of No Use to Germany" Is an other Red Cross picture. It shows pictures of the little French town of Rains. It shows the daily train loads of pitiful war prisoners returned by the Germans. After sec ing this picture it will be possible to realize how human is the great 'un- dertaking of the American Red Cross and how heroically 1t strives in this little outpost of mercy to put again a mite of sunlight into the lives of the people.
 Other features on the bill the last half cf the week are Joe Daniels a popular character monologist who is always entertaining; BOudini and Ber- nard, refined accordionists; Danny and Delll, who offer something new to the vaudeville stage that is bound to please because of it's contrast tC many of the vaudeville performances
 A reel of the Gaumont news con-
 cludes the bill that will be showr
 through three performances during 'he remainder of the week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-05
JEWISH MESSAGE
 TO U. s. SOLDIERS

We, Jews of America, are happy to seize this Chanuka season for send ing a word of proud and loving greet ing to you, our boys in the service of our country. Though our thoughts our thoughts and prayers are always with you, the approach of Chanuka with it's increasing lights of victory and it's memories of the glories of our Maccabean warriors stirs us to send you a special Jewish message"
 The above greeting has been sent out by the Jewish Welfare Board to all Jewish boys in the Army and Navy in this country and overseas, to reach them on the eve of the Festival of Chanuka, which begins tonight and will end December 9th. The Chanuka greeting is part of a widespread ob- serVance of the festival arranged by the Jewish Welfare Board for men in uniform.
 Thanksgiving dinners will be served to men in uniform at all canteens un- der the auspices of the New York City Branch of the Jewish Welfare Board.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-05
RUSSIA TO PAY ALI
 BUT BOLSHEYIK DEBT

Washington, Dec. 5-All liabilities contracted by the Russian government except those made by the Bolshevik regime, are recognized by the All Russian government at Omsk and will be executed by it, according to statement authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received yes- terday in Washington. The announce ment. made after Admiral KoHchak became dictator of the Omsk govern ment, follows:
 ''The government, which is headed
 by Admiral Koltchak as its supreme
 chief, bearing in mind that Russia
 has always sacredly fulfilled all its
 liabilities toward it's own subjects, as
 well as to other nations to which it was bound by treaties, has deemed it necessary to state in it's declaration of Nov. 21 that it will not fail, as soon 1 as Russia is reunited, to execute all liabilities of the State Treasury, i. e., payments of interests and amortiza- | ton on internal and external state 1 loans, payments on contracts and sal aries of employees, pensions and al ! other payments arising from law, con. l tract or other legal foundations. "The government, at the same time l declares all financial acts of the Sov1e | powers as made by mutfneers, illega l and not liable to eXecution.".
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-05
LYRIC

"The Woman on the Index" now showing at the Lyric theatre, pre- sented by the famous Poli Players, is the kind of a play that will appeal to every American heart and the many startling situations will thrill the most spathetiG person, whether it be man, toman or child. Every word, every line, in fact the entire production fairly eXudes patriotism without the display of flags or the playing of pa triotic airs for the purpose of elicit ing applause from the spectators.
 While not Q war play in the strictest sense, there is enough of the atmos- phere of the recent difficulty that will prove to the auditors that although forming one of the principal factors, fighting with shot and shell is not the only thing that wins battles such as this proved itself to be- Briefly, "The Woman on the Index is one of the strongest dramas which Bridgeporters have had the good fortune to see and the crowds which have been visiting the Lyric are the best testimonial of the value of the production.
 Next week the PoIi Players will pre- sent one of the funniest farce come- dies ever seen on an American stage, the oldtime laughing success, Sis Hopkins" To those who have seen this famous aughter-producing pro- ductio1 Sis Hopkins" will furnish just as many laughs as she ever did and those who have never seen her will enjoy an evenings entertainment that should not be missed for double the entrance fee.