Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-11
APPEALS TO
W0RKFRS|N
AMERICA TO
HELP CAUSE
Labor Member of British
War Cabinet Says Present
Year Will Be the Testing
Time in War.
Effective American Help
Needed to Meet the Great
German Offensive Planned
on Land and Sea-Praises
Wilson Address.
By md L KEEN.


By ND L KNEN.
Leadon. Jan fl0Ths interests Of the
Woskmsn q America - we'll az Of Eng
hnA ass bound mp IN beating the Ger
nan azmyi II cannot be done except
~ wf1ling oo-opsratfon Of men IN the
work shops With The men IN the field.
Mpessstng his most emphatic ap-
proval Of President Wilson's outline Of
war aims, the Right Hon. q. N. Barnes,
u. p, member Of the British war cabi-
nat, sent this word to the American
working man today through tho United
Press.
"This year WIN be the testing time
Dsr the fighters for freedom" Barnes
declared. "Germany's U-boats will
make their last great effort before
America gets In 0ermany's armies
may attack the French. the British or
the Italians in great foroe within the
next three or four months.
AMERICAN HELP NEEDED.
sEfective American help must then
be in the field. hope every one IN the
working ranks in the United States
will see that so far as lies In their
power, they will contribute to that
help being there in time.
IT speak as ono who has been in the
labor socialist movement on this side
of the water for 80 years. My sympa-
thies are all with the working folk. I
am one Of them in sympathy with their
claims for the fuller life, but I know
That everything just now must be sub
ordinated to winning the war.
81 hope President Wilson's speech
will stimulate the men in the work
shops to do their part by working
during the next few months with all
their mind and all their strength. 80
that militarism may be dethroned. 1t
cannot be done except by willing CO.
operation Of the men in the work shops
with the men in the field-and this al
though the latter will have after all to
carry the heaviest part Of the burden.
THE value Of President Wilson s
speech lies In the fact that it reaffirms
the common aims OF the democratic
people OF the United States with their
allies on this side of the water. making
common cause with Premier Lloyd
Georges statement
OF TSn nSS0IN
~Resardins Russia, It expresses on
the whole the mind not only of
America but of Britain. The people of
this country have nothing but the most
kindly feelings for the Russian people.
It 10 our wish a. we'll a. President VIII
sons that order will como out of ex-
listing chaos as speedily as possible. so
that the Russian people may enjoy or
dsriy democratic rule.
TT u our wish az we'll as his, that
~ western provinces Of Russia should
not become the appanage Of Prussian
nilitaFism
1T II our wish a. well ~ his that in
ne future democracy should. be car
yisd on In the light Of day, SO that
every people will know to what they
ne being committed.
1t Ii our wish as wen Is his that
countries in the future live under
terms enabling an exchange OF goods
to mutual advantage and that compul-
sorry military service be no longer a
blight ON civilization.
LIVE THEIR OWN WAY.
In short, 1t is our wish as well as
hts that the nations, great and small
i've their own way and develop ac-
rording to their own bent.
TN the concrete application of those
principles to the moments problems
we also agree that French territory
should be restored and compensated
for, and that other small countries
which have been ravaged by militar-
Ism should be restored to full terri
torial, economic and political exist
ence.
We. are in this war together-the
free peoples Of the west and the free
peoples Of Europe. We on this side
are carrying a great burden and we
want help speedily and effectively.
my message to the Industrial work
ers of the United States would be that
they should carry on the building OF
ships and the equipping of armies by
which those armies may be made eff