The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-15

below sea level. water to your
knees all the time" he says.
i These men tell CT hardship-bit-
Ter hardship. But never a word of
weakening. No. Instead, the finest,
|sincerest, most determined defiance
20 autocracy that was ever voiced.
II Prussianism is as wrong as it
lever was. There is now the same
treason for destroying it that there
Twas year ago, two years ago, or at
Iany time since Prussianism became
/ menace to world civilization. So,
it must be destroyed. 1t must be
done, no matter what the cost!
They are going without lot of
things in England-things that we
haven't begun to feel pinch on yet.
To go for days without butter is not
uncommon. eve had no butter in
our house for two weeks at one
time" said Appleton.
Over there they have actually got
down to the serious business of
making the cost of civil life as low
as possible. The war has to be won.
The business of the nation is to win
it. The business of the nation is
the business of every person in the
nation.
Pacifists? Yes, they have them in
England. There are some in each
country. In England they are a
small-very samll-minority, accord
ing to the members of this mission.
They were told of some of the
stories cabled to America concern
ing pacifist activities and utter
ances loom large and important.
They quickly put these matters in
their proper light. Next time you
see story from England about
pacifist activity, take it with a grain
of sailor with several grains.
The British delegation will tour
America. There are four men. They
will separate and go about two and
two. Almost every large city will
have an opportunity to hear them.
1t is important that their message
be given wide circulation They have
big story to tell. They have the
story of big job being done we'll,
the story of great resolve, the story
of great willingness to sacrifice
for the common good-and a story
of fine understanding of Americas
part and appreciation of Americas
effort.
They spoke of the promised Ger
man drive. They say the German
drive is not feared eve have the
guns. We are ready. We can hold
the line until the Americans get into
action" Not the slightest fear. Su-
preme confidence
England's labor movement could
scarcely have selected finer dele
cation. These men come to talk as
brothers to brothers. They know
their own labor movement thorough
ly. Some of them have been in AM
erica before. Appleton comes near
qualifying as a globe trotter. And
he has mind that holds informa-
tion-and knowledge He throws
out facts as an automatic rifle
showers bullets. And on his facts
he has built a vision. 1t is an in
teresting vision. He has two sons
in the trenches. Victory for demo-
cracy is the groundwork of his
vision-and of theirs.
Duncan, member of Pertinent, is
quick, shrewd, earnest. Moses is
huge of frame, with a face is which
is written the story of toll and care.
every relative l had in the war has
been killed." he told me. Butter
worth has the look of fighter who
has seen tough battles. You would
not go to Butterworth looking for
compromise. You'd go to him to
give up.
These men have not come from
England to show us the weakness
of our ways. They haven't come to
"show us how" They have come to
talk matters over, to give us the
benefit of their experiences, to let
us know that they are standing to
their guns. They are here on in
vitation. They have facts that we
need to have. From them we should
learn a great deal. They know COW
men and women feel when shey
have gone through more than three
years of war. They know what war
means to industry. They know what
war means to labor. They know
what war means to the home.
They were struck by the few SOL
diers on the streets of New York.
In England soldiers everywhere;