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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
BY WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING
OF the American Alliance fort Labor
aud To uoncro nv

~>~eAA ~@<~S~A
!. :: -. and Democracy.
There: is no doubt in the minds of
careful observers that Germany in
tends to make her. next peace often
sive chiefly. if not wholly, by means
of her, Socialist tools. For, this pur-
pose the German Socialist ajority
is, strongly in favor, of an /. "interna-
tional peace conference knowing
that Germans, pro.G Germans, timid
neutral and :war-weary pacifists will
have an absolute majority.
The game is so plain that the lead
ing newspapers of all countries have
come to understand it. Nowhere has
it been better explained than in the
Christian Science Monitor, which an
alyzes the position Of the majority
Socialists and their organ Vorwaerts,
as follows:
1.-THE news that the Vorwaerts has
published a. letter. written: by the ex-
ecutive Of the German Socialist ma
jority, and declaring it's willingness
to participate in an international
Socialist conference, to include
American Socialists, is very far from
being without significance. It H. in
short, the latest phase of the Ger
man peace offensive, and the allies
may rest assured that it will be
pressed as relentlesly as has been Won
Ludendorff's effort to reach Paris
in arms
All for Germany.
'"The Vorwaerts has, indeed, be-
come as completely an organ of the
German government as the: Lokail
Anzeiger or the koelnische Zeitung.
It exists today to do the bidding of
the man in authority, in other words
of the Koenings-Platz, as completely
as the, German soldier in the
trenches, and if it mutinied, its fate
would be precisely the same. There
fore it is perfectly manifest that
when it publishes. an announcement
that the majority Socialists are de-
irous of an international confer
ence, it. is because the general. staff
is anxious that the, Socialists should
display that. anxiety. In other words,
it has now become: the turn of the
Socialists to- be used in place of the
army: The army, that is to say, hav-
ing. failed in it's mission to Paris, the
Socialist movement IS to be used in the
.belligerent and neutral countries; to
modify the effect Of the, army'ss fail
ure. :. :. :>*~ 49,:
Heads win, says the general staff:
If the army is successful we will take
the British and French colonies, we
will hold Belgium and northern
France, and we will extend our en-
pire not only from Hamburg to- Bag
dad, but from Hamburg to the Cas-
plan. On the other hand, Tails you
lose: If the army is: defeated we will
have a SOCIALIST peace; by (which Ger
many will lose nothing, but shall be
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
Great BRITAIN B | |.
PRIZES UNIONS
Government Committees; CON-
mends Complete Organize:
ton in Industries.

LONDON, England, Aug. 29.-The
British governments committee on
relations between employers and en-
ployed (known as the Whitley COM
mittee) is squarely facing facts on
the question of trade unionism, and
in it's latest supplemental report on
industrial peace, says:
"Our proposals as a WHOLE assume
the existence of organizations Of both
employers and employed and a frank
and full recognition of such organf-
cations We think the aim should be
the complete and coherent organiza-
ton Of the trade on both sid es, and
works committee will be of value in
so far as they contribute to such a
result
The committee favors the. creation
Of committees by workers in every
establishment to adjust minor dis
putes and which affect the daily life
and omfort of the workers and the
success Of the business. Wage rates
should be no part of the function
of these committees, but should be
settled by district or national agree
ment between organizations of en-
ployers and workers.
The " governments investigators
plainly indicate that if industrial
peace is to prevail in England trade
unionism must be recognized in the
full sense Of the word and works
committees should not be used to
discourage trade unionism.
The Investigators even declare that
the cooperation of trade unions are
necessary. They report:
1T is strongly felt that the settling
up of works committees without the
cooperation of the trade unions and
the employers associations in the
trade or branch of trade concerned
would stand in the way Of the I'M
proved industrial relationships which
in these reports we are endeavoring
to further"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
SUPREME COURT IS IN bad
=. ON Child labor ruling
President Gompers Declares 1t lis Duty Of Nation to
" Conserve Child Life-Declares Court Decision
- ..: Is Unpopular in Nation.

conserve the physical vigor Of tho
men, women and children; when
tartan purposes every nation must
principles and methods Of human
welfare and betterment are given
greater consideration than ever be-
fore,- the opinion of these five men.
brings no conviction to American
citizens It has had two effects-to
focus thought upon the dangerouly
undemocratic power exercised by the
supreme court of passing upon the
constitutionally ! of laws enacted by
the will of the people through their
duly elected representatives, the con-
gress, and to harden determination
to secure a child labor law protect
ing children who are to constitute the
future race.
Minority Opinion of Court.
The supreme court could have re-
pealed no other law that would
have caused such degree Of popu-
lar resentment. The minority opin-
ion of the court written by Justice
Holmes and .concurred in: by Justices
McKenna Brandeis and Clark, ex-
pressed general opinion so convinc-
ingly that the reactionary decision
seemed well night incredible.
Organized labor and all humani-
tartan agencies are agreed that it
is only a difference in degree of
brutality in gouging the life out Of
children and subjecting them to con-
ditions that slowly but surely sap
their vitality and destroy future
potentiality, compelling them to drag
drearily through the future.
AS has been already said the A..
F. of L. officers and the child labor
committee intend to press home upon
congress the enactment Of a child
labor law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31

Representatives of organizations
most directly interested in the legisla-
+ tion-the American Federation Of
Labor and the National Child Labor
asociation-held conference in
washington to decide upon. a legisla-.
tive policy to remedy the damage done
by: the supreme court decision, :.
The abolition of child labor is some
thing more <than what the supreme
court designates as a mere local mat
ter. It is fundamentally and pre-emi-'
nently a national matter and is so
considered by an Overwhelming major
|. ity Of our. nation. Those matters
which are of fundamental national
Importance must be dealt, with ma
tionally.
The tend Of governmental develop
ment has been toward the recognition
of federal authority to legislate in
the interests of national welfare. The
supreme court has conspicuous1y OPP.
posed that development and in defense
Of legalistic precedents has sought
to aid separatists' influences under
the name: of states rights.
Effect But Temporary.
But the movement toward the de-
/ velopment educational standards and
principles is too string to be sayed
by divided Is to ~ court decision.
In a democratic country, the vote Of
|: one person can not permanently OBJ
struct efforts to protect the making
of a Stronger more resourceful nation.
| The: position of the supreme. court
has been reversed before in the IN
terests of human freedom--it was in
the bred Scott case. 1t will be In
the Hammer VS.. Dagenhart case.
But our nation must think further
!: than curative method. i. T. must deal
with this curious political phenome-
non unlike any Substitution OF any
other country: !. It must regulate the
! veto power: Of the supreme. court and
! eliminate an 4intolerable situation
that enables five men to defeat the
will of the: nation. ..- -.
In addition the democracy: Of the
! country must see. to 1t that: judge
ships ARE occupied. by persons who
haze contact with, life other, than
=, that infiltrated through purely legal
theory. ::
.The decision Of the supreme court
was = shock to the American people.
! Coming at d time Of world upheava1
! when precedents have !, no: value,
when men have 1eafnedS that fpr
! practical safety as Bel' as h',ni,an'-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
HUNS To- Use SOCIALIST TAP: ].
!. i. TOOLS IN New PEACE MOVE
German Socialist Majority Strongly Favors "Inter-
national Peace Conference Knowing That
: Germans, Tmid Neutrals and War-Weary
~: Pacifists will Have Control.

placed in: a position to renew Arrna-
geld at leisure.
The whole idea is so simple that
it might have been imagined that
anybody could have seen through it,
light, and the Socialist toys with it
as the triumph of the: Internationale
and as a new milestone on the. road
to the federation Of the world. If,
however, the man in tho street might
be allowed to adapt the saying of the
gondolier-king, The drawbacks are
many and the compensations few
What does any. reasonable person
suppose the general staff permit the
Vorwaerts to: make these suggestions
for? Is it to be supposed that it does
/ it out Of affection for Socialism, or
out Of an overmastering desire for
peace as such? The pacifist and the
pacifist Socialist will tell you that he
is indifferent to the method of the
general staff, for the moment the So
cialists get together round table
the power Of the general staff will
evaporate. THAT. curiously enough,
!, used to be the very contention of
Count Won Bernstprff, who is mot gen.
orally credited with an incredible af-
lection for pacifism or for Socialism.
But the leading prophets are Ulianoff
and Bronstein. =. -.
Hope From Russia.
"Ulianoff and, Bronstein were fully
convinced that if only the Russian
(Socialist would throw away his arm,
decline the Establishments Of the re-
icruiting sergeant, and satiate any bel-
'licose Instincts which might be left to
him by pIundering his neighbor's land,
Tor communicating his neighbours fac
tory, a. great wave of: sympathetic
idealism would sweep over Germany"
..UHanoff and Bronstein are, of
course, the real names of Lenine and
Trotzky; who delivered Russia into
lthe hands Of Germany by the Infamous
i Brest-Litovsk: peace. - =. -.
There, can be. no slightest, question
\in the hope of the German government
land: Socialists: to repeat this success
ful coup by means of an international
Socialist conference and strike move
ment. in England, France and Italy.
But, fortunately. the overwhelming
majority of the French, English and
italian peoples are aware of the game
that is~heing played; and there is no
chance either that the small Social
ist minorities will be- allowed to send
delegates to an international Socialist
conference, or that the democratic
governments of these peoples will per-
NIT any Bolshevist anarchy in west,
ern, Europe.
However, 'those Socialists of all
countries who deny that this is war
between autocracy and democracy,
and who therefore wish to stop prac-
ticaNy regardless of peace terms, are
doing the best they can to repeat the
Russian debacle and leave all Eu-
rope in the kaiser's hands,
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the people of the west. They must
go to the west and live in the west to
appreciate what the west really is.
Well, Henry, do not expect to start
off a letter in this fashion, as I feel
sure it will not interest you, but what
may interest you, is little glimpse
into what is happening and has hap
pened to me out here in France.
l came to France nearly two years
ago, and joined the End Canadian Pho
neers, battalion, supposedly nom
co1nbatant, whose work was the dig
ging of trenches, building dugouts, lis
tening posts, stringing barb wire en-
tanglements and all work in that line.
The non-combatant part of the Pho
neers is quite true but if you will look
up the records Of the Canadian forces
in France, you will find instances
where the Pioneers, have fought hand
to hand with the Boche, and defeated
him. One party of Pioneers in the
early part of 1915, were working on
a hill side, close to the rear of the
support trenches, when Hienie made
drive. The action coming quite unex-
pectedly found us unprepared. The
rifles lay some distance from the
work. Before they could be reached
the Germans were upon us. 1t was
either case of being taken prisoner
or put up fight with what we had in
our hands (namely picks and shovels),
and, as the records show, the lads de-
cided to fight. and so we'll did they
light into the Hun, with their weapons
of non-combata able order. that Hienie
decided he'd soon had enough and gave
way. The infantry then came upon
the run, and the German raid was
turned into complete route. This
sort of happening is exceptional, of
course, yet it will give you faint
idea of how even the so-called non
combatants can put up a scrap when
called upon. All branches of the Ca
nadians are the same. When called
upon for any branch of work or fight,
there is no hesitation whatsoever, but
they go in with the spirit of real
heroes, and they are never bested.
Quite a broad statement, that last,
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PRES. TOWNLEY SAYS COATES
LOANED LEAGUE 81, 1000
Head Of Organization Explains Af-
fairs of Organization in Bank
ruptcy Procecdings-judge
Amidon Questions
Witness.

E. B. McCutcheon, Receiver Of the
Townley bankruptcy matter, and
Francis j. Murphy, attorney for the
creditors, have returned from Fargo,
where a meeting was held before
Judge Amidon last week.
A trunkful Of the books and records
were brot up from the St. Paul offices
and some of these were introduced in
evidence.
Atty. Murphy sought to show that
President Townley had loaned the lea
que $1,000 Of his own money, the book
showing that this amount had been
paid to the league in $1,000 items,
within a short space of time. Mr..
Townley took the stand and said that
this money had been turned over to
him to loan to the league which was
short of funds at that time but that
he had given his word that the mans
name would not be divulged as it
might hurt him in business way.
Mr.. Murphy states that it would be
entirely necessary to learn the name
of this man and finally Judge Amidon
said that the witness might write the
name on a piece of paper. which was
handed to the Judge for the records.
Mr.. Murphy then asked the witness
the name. So much interest was ia
ken in the proceedings at this time,
that one could have heard pin drop
in the court room. Mr.. Townley then
stated that the man who had loaned
the $1,000 was DC. Coates, secretary
of the new National Party a man who
for some time was prominently con-
nected with the league.
Judge Amidon crossed questioned
Mr.. Townley to some extent concern
ing the league. He asked if it were
not fact that about 80 per cent Of
the old Equity members are now mem
bers Of the league and that Big Bust
ness started number of suits against
the Equity in hopes of crippling its
usefulness and purposes. Mr.. Town
ley said that this was a fact also. The
Judge then asked if the reason the
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themselves. The excitement had grip
ped us completely and all we wanted
to do was get at Fritz, | remember
quite well, one little fellow in the 25th
battalion. l was watching him chas-
ing two big Germans into shell hole
For a minute lost sight of them and
then seen the whole three of them,
climbing out, all mud and soaked to
the skin. One of the Germans was
bayoneted in the shoulder, and the
other was stretching his hands so
high, l thought he was pulling the
clouds down. Little Mr.. Canadian just
striped them of their revolvers and
knives and sat down while he lighted
cigarette. He then got up and after
looking at the prisoners pointed out
where the sage was and turned his
back on them and made on over the
ridge. 1t was so cody done that l
1!oAo1 ny JIas1noH pue uosuVor
are as good as that fellow no wonder
Fritz hesitates to attack them.
| went thro the drive at Hill 70,
We had a great many casualties in
cur company, but outside Of a splin-
ter Of shrapnel in the arm Gust
enough to draw blood, and having my
steel helmet knocked off twice with
flying shrapnel, getting blown about
twenty feet into the barb wire, l came
thro all 0. X. At Passendalc it was
a little harder. There were no trench
es there, and mud, mud to your knees,
that was the darndest place l ever
struck and never want to see it
again, we were building plank road
for the artillery to pass over, and car
rying the plans thro the mud under
continual shell fire. 1t was hell, but
| never got a scratch.
At Amiens, we stood in support
and followed Immediately after the in
fantry, that was some push, too, but
/ came through 0. K. and now Arras
again, Have followed that thro so far.
Was buried yesterday when Fritz
blew in my bivoac, but outside of a
bad shaking up Pm O. K. l don't
know what is coming next and have
got so that don't care.
Well, Henry, am afraid | have
wearled you and all my paper IS
gone. l must close. Please give my
best regards to my old friends in
Donnybrook. Best regards to Mrs.
sue!peueO 1no III y! 'ooO '4QSnoV4
and good luck.
Your sincere friend,
ALEX K. WALKER,
2O71O5 C. Co.,
4th Can. Engineer Battn.,
France.
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I'll admit, but one that has been thor
of different engagements where, sig
nallers, railway troops, engineers, Pho
neers and bandsmen have gone in sup
port of the infantry and taken their
places like men, but | have not the
time or space in which to do SO.
My first real experience of good
heavy fighting was at Vimy Ridge,
atho had been in the line some
months before that. Say old boy, that
was some scrap. remember was car
rying ammunition up to the line to an
advanced dump east of Nuevelle st.
Vassat (now wiped off the map, COM
pletely). We mad an intimation that
the big push was coming off that
morning. A bunch Of us started out
at 3 a. m. but the morning was so
dark, we could not see three PAGES
ahead of us. We were resting near
a dugout, on the outskirts of Nuevelle
st. Vassat, talking among ourselves.
got up to speak to an officer and we
stood just at the corner of an old
broken building. Oh, should judge
we spoke for about minute. He
went on and l rejoined the group near
the dugout. Along came another chap
and just as he stopped, where the Off
Ger and l had been talking few sec
onds before, Fritz opened up with a
machine gun, trained on that parti
cular spot. Ping, ping, and down
drops this poor lad with bullet it
his brain. Had that officer and |
talked two minutes more, on that cor
ner, in all probability, we, neither one
of us, would be alive today. Instances
of this kind are common enough out
here, and ] myself, have had so many
narrow escapes, that l have become
fatalist, and believe that when my
time comes I'll get mine and not be-
fore. Well, to get on, we were just
remarking among ourselves that the
push" must have been postponed, as
day was dawning and there seemed
nothing unusual happening, when
right on the ridge ahead of us, up went
a flash of flame and smoke. Immediate
ly the earth began to tremble from
the conclusion of the mine. Two
more of our mines went up almost
simultaneously and then, oh, we'll, hell
lust broke loose, that was all. There
was a battery of Is FOUNDERS just back
VI Luc "uClc VIC WIZ ooA>A.'6
and when they opened up l thought
my head would have new shoulders.
Come on YOU fellows, yells our SER
geant, up with that ammunition on
the double" Good God," says l to
myself" Garry this dam explosive:
Thro that hell. Say if you think
wasn't scared stiff, then you may
make another guess. However, did
not hesitate, but teeth clamped togeth-
err, | shouldered the box and saying to
myself, we'll "Alex, here's where you
get yours l started on, ! need not
have feared, however, had but
known it, because, before Fritz could
! get his artillery in good working or
der, our lads were over the top and on
| top of him, when I could get my
thinking apparatus working again,
took note of what was going on, and
say you ought to have seen our
bunch (the one was with, there
they stood right in plain sight, each
with box Of explosive on his shout
der, yelling encouragement to our
lads, with no thought of danger to