The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31

the United States, is quite satisfied
about the contribution America is CO.
ing to make to the war. So he lately
informed representative Of The
Christian Science Monitor.
American criticism Of American
effort is no doubt justified in some
degree, but Mr.: Appleton. taking the
longer view, sees America playing as
decisive part in the closing stages
OF the war as France did against the
, first onrush of German barbarism
and as England did when the time
came to place 11er shield in front of
France. Together, fighting with
grim, patient tenacity, England and
France await Americas coming, ana
Mr.. Appleton is convinced they will
not be disappointed.
Visit Was Productive.
Mr.. Appleton thinks his mission
to America produced very useful re-
suits and its value is perhaps exactly
| gagged by the efforts made to smash
1t.
The efforts Of extremists here"
he said, ''were supplemented by ex-
tremists in America to prejudice the
work of the delegation. ~ our own
extremists had been successful we
would never have got away at all.
Then in America we had Paul KEEL
logg circulating the federated
trades and labor councils of the
eastern states to the effect that our
delegation did not represent British
labor, and Lincoln Concord also
writing to Americans in an effort to
discredit US. Then we had people
like the pacifists OF Milwaukee try
ing to engage all the halls so that
we would not be able to speak.
! "All these efforts failed. At Mil
waukee the performance at one Of
the principal theaters was stopped
and we addressed an enthusiastic
audience Of several thousand people.
| Everywhere else we had enthusiasts
! tic audiences who carried with the
| most cordial unanimity resolutions
expressing their loyalty to their gov
j eminent and the allied cause"
Struck by Our Unanimity.
| Mr.. Appleton was especially struck
! by the unanimity Of America in this
struggle. With her enormous terri
tory, relatively small and scattered
population and the absence of that
! cohesion which is natural in smaller
and more densely populate coun-
tries, like England, with their long
history, he considers it remarkable
that there should now be such a.
burning conviction uniting all Amer
leans that the war must be fought to
final victory whatever the cost.
"America's delay in entering the
| was is easily understood by all who
understand her peculiar position,
circumstances and traditions" he
remarked, land the unstinting, un-
Frudging and unselfish way in which
she is consecrating all her physical
! and mental resources to the fight for
world freedom has filled me with
I1resh confidence and inspiration.
/ Her soldiers, whom I saw in their
thousands, are taking up the sword
with grim resolution and might
say, without any of that spirit of
Dragging which some people here
have expected.
Capital and Labor Loyal.
! American trade unionists and
american employers are equally
keen on the war. and this has gen.
Grated a better understanding of
and greater confidence in each other.
+ Americans Of German extraction
are In the Overwhelming majority
OF cases. absolutely loyal, and among
no sections had we more cordial au-
dtences. There are criticisms in
America of her delay in bringing her
1u1l weight to bear after she entered
the struggle, but we ourselves were
a long time in. turning completely
from peace to war. When Americas
weight is thoroughly felt by the Ger
mans 1t will astonish them, for much
as America has already done, her re-
sources either as to men or other
factors Of victory are yet hardly
touched. And I am quite convinced
that Americas determination to
wipe German autocracy from the
earth will progressively harden as
she becomes involved in the strug-
gle.''
For Industrial Understanding.
Mr.. Appleton thinks the war has
had the same effect in the United
States as in England in tending to
draw together employees and en-
ployed, and give them a recognition
of the great sphere Of their common
interests. In America it has pro-
duced national unity which is one
OF the outstanding facts Of the war.
He considers that the British work
man IS as sound as his American
brother on the war.
THE British workman arealizes
that the only peace that can be had
at present is a. German peace, and
he will not stand for II or for any,
body who wants to negotiate such q
peace. They feel, like my own sons
at the front, that, tired OF the wa,
though they may be, they would
rather go on with the struggle 70,
ANOTHER ten years that stop now
For to- stop now would mean, at thu
best, either a renewal Of the strus-
gle, in a few years. time on an in.
comparably vaster scale, with all the
additional horrors which in the
meantime the ingenuity of inventors
would have devised, or a tame sub.
mission to the overlordship of the
= Prassian. military despotism and the
disappearance Of freedom from The
world ..
Pacifism Has No Hold.
ct am certain Mr. Aoo1o%>~ 49,