The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-25
Man-Power Problem Complicated By Clash of Glasses
Government Trucking Chief Cause OF Trouble -
Workers Demand Internal onalism, Despite Warnings
They Cannot Cash Peace Checks on Won linden
burg Bank

| r0neiautlv distruSlful and SUSPICIOUS
I The have To hr shown at every slcP.
! Just now ihry arc ClHmorInE very ois-
! urrrrahlv IL he shown IN regard 10 inc
nlan-powCr bill.
! In his gr"a- speech before III" house
: If commons on January ~. SIT Auch'i""
! riodd"$ minister for natl"nhl ScFN lt''
, clearly cNplHiU"d that IN" best poss'"'e
/ w,y !, raise the new army was 10 comp
out tho civil! life approximately hhil Il
: million Young men .hciwr"n' ~ ana -.
.rhrs. men had been exempted from
draft for various reasons. a large num-
I,rr hrcauSc they were needed IN certain
: industries. Their places must b" iillrd
! now. because they were more uFE'h"s
: needed in III" army.
, Thu government declared ms MINIS
, tor did not want |" raise or lower III
! recruiting ag". IOnScriptlnn III lTc'hnu
! WAS not possible at present. and comp
inr ont ~ previously cX"mr men oi mill
! .nry age-1riIs III" only other cNp"dlcnt.
Men in every walk "f life who could
! serge industry. ana more an" "'''
women would hav" 10 fiji ,hc places al
, ~. ,nrr sen, to the front. Three hun
! hrrd and iwrnly-righl thousand mon ana
nnc hundred and nineteen thousand
women were the minimum required l"I
; has tn rails, this winter.
| Army Must Be Expert.
"Armi.S in ihrSr days" said the MIN
/ isi.r for national service. "ar" some
thing nor" than men i'm the ilrId. An
army IS unw a body of experts hahd''nh
;hc NEST wonderful machines guns
! ,uor!ars a"roplHncs. telephone, clcc'F't
/ lights. cas-I KNOW not what. ma All
! ,b.sr things have :" b" mad" by men
! and women and transported 10 IN" front.
. with hundreds -! IONS Of sheI!S anu
. bombs and high explosives.
, "rhrrr j. ais" a vast array "l rear
ward services extending from IN" mines
rhr,urh tho factories along tn" lines OF
| commitment right 10 TN" hands OIL Inc
! mon who us" tho weapons.
, Sir Auckland Gcddcs namcI the mimi
/ mum of Inru required for the army as
: ga uon 10 i50.nnu Some of these men
'wiu Ia, furnished from IN" home defense
: ,rn,rs some viii be cOnbcd out OF buS'-
moss and professional and department.
staff rannS but Tn" majority must hc
; released from industry. mainly from
mines and munitions works. Tor IL =
there tina; the greatest number OF mon
have received exemptions.
: 4 rrrrcrI Storm. If protest arose IN
labor ranks. and for a snort umc IL look
rd j. though the country might u" IN
Waived If not in general strike. at
ilcas, IN strikes al such extent ana gray
! NV that III" whole munitions industry
! shIrhlildinr and acropianc mahulaCluE-
, lng might h" held up.
, Labor seeks n Majority.
Mr. Ilnvd George saved the situation
! for the lin" being ny meeting d'l"Gat'S
! rrn,,, all the principal trade unions and
I,,,l,t iaR z a.
J .,,u. than any If them had possessed be-.
! rnrr l;u, tho union most affected by the
man power bill. the Amalagamat'd SncI-
CIV ,,f engineers. with It's "o0."Q0 mem
.l..rs refused 10 attend the conference al
TAIL
! I'm America No have an Imperfect
knnwIcdrc If ,hc British labor organi%a-
lions. We know, they ha>" labor party
hint II is not generally known OF "hat II
Is ,nrnrns"d Tn" Labor party consists
nf trade unions. labor organizations ~
',arlnuS Kinds ami several socialist
groups.
Membership is by groups. not by indl-
&. ,,du,ls lu<i now The party is in pro-
gross Of reconstruction I" admit mar
NIdua!s and also Ia admit brain work
rrs" In other words, ii seeks |" enron
al; radirtis and 10 form majority par
ny.
The socialist groups arc extremists
and ardent ,,a"ifISt&. The "ho!c iapo'
par;N. or It's Spokesman. express warm
admiration for tho l'olSh"VIkl ana inc
, Trniyky gang Of Russia. One OF TIE
mimi. FANNY uuarrcls just now n't"''h
rhr !alorltrS and the government IS the
latt"r'S refusal Ia rCrucnlH" as an 'iIIlpaS
sad"r from i.u~Sia Tr"iZkf's appointed
man l.ItNInnir.
. Tr"i2y f!r>' appointed n man named
'rhrcn"rn. resident IN England. whose
open German >ympaihi"S and pr"pdCan-
da h;td landed HIM in EriXt"n prison. and
! I: Mas from j;fl that H." was expected
:" yr"r""d t" TN" court If -. James 10
hr i CullClEu" al mon If our Ny. rage $
dignity. Lara ,;""rgc turned this in
.uI aside. lrt att the request Of IN" -
nin.TrniAky government h" released 'hc
t;rruIau suSp,r, and allowed him 10 pro-
coed Ia Russia.
/ A Hero With Labor.
: I.ji,jnnif was tn"n ar.'"lni"d. hut he
has hcrn recognized only by tho labor
Irariy. AZ TINS is hc!nS written the labor
PARTY is holding It's annual convention
in Noitingham Tn" preliminary mc"ti-
+ Ing in l.nl"n was "rcn"d by vigorous
singing IL Tho Rcd Flag" The Russian
d r. N'llI tl''IliIN NY llll anu t''''
: cheering for III" revolution. Eamsey Mac
II"nH!d >urIaii$i leader and for Trotzky.
I.IlvinnT MAS TIA" hero Of the hour
AMI made Il speech which would have re-
suited IN ms instant arrest If II had
: h"rn mad N Germany. and Il SnJoUrn
nj Ellis Island II IL had been made h"-
! r7rc an American labor meeting. He
; Was dciriouSy rhccrcd.
!. Sow Ia" stranger in England might be
: "\cuS:d fer d"du"InG from this that
/ Great Eriiain was on tn" v"rc" OF a
i"\rrrm" wing nf the Labor party is. un-
! happlI. IN" noisy wing.
1t numbers thousands whrro the Sancr
membership runs int" millions. Rut
whenever IN" party has 4 special Erl"r-
anCC it seems Ia civ" tn" extremists the
lead. The man-pnw"r bill. calling for
( NOR" soldiers furnishes - special CrIrv
anc". h",aUI" the Labor party has got
it firmly intr"nch"h IN It's mind that
trade ur,"ns not soldiers. are needed 10
! "nd tho war.
Labor Blind to Truth.
with an UbsuIn:iry almost tragic ;hc
! British trade uniuniSiS keep on demand
( ing another SinckhuIm conference. The
/ government would not allow delegates
. from Britain ln gn to that dccrltful
gathering. and The men. have never
Z rraS'.d l." resent II.
Thry h"u"Silv believe. or profcs. 10
believe. that if tho wording p"np" Of
ih". allied rnGn;rIrS could get together
IN u convention with WnrkIngncn Of
Germany. Austria, bulgaria and Turkey.
they could bring about Il Wilson peace.
! or something like il.
Soldiers home IN leave have done
! their best /" rnliGht"n their fellow
workm"u MS 10 the absolute Subirctiun.
+ physical and mental. Of the German
wnrkmcn English prisoners returned
! from prison camps have Testified that
! tn" rank and lilo Of Germans ar" ysy-
| ch"l"eirally no different from their mas