The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-11

The drivers head poked out of the cab Of the
painting engine and looked down the platform to
where the guard stood with eye The station
clock and the other eye the station entrance for
late-comers. Inside the train we-lressed and we'll
fed gentlemen settled down comfortably into corner
seats with their newspapers before them
The "8-15' starts every morning from Hampton
Court and carries very select load into town. There
is always plenty of room for the train only fills
up later In the meantime the comfortable citi-
zens of Hampton Court and the nearby stations
have always bagged the best seats.
The last stragglers seurred along the platform
and wrenched open the carriage DOORS The green
flag of the guard waved in the air and a sharp
blast sounded on his whistle. 815 a. m and the train
slowly slid out of the station gathering speed and
rushing through the beautiful countryside fresh in
the morning sum- Hampton Court is very select
residential quarter 1t has been since the sixteenth
century when Cardinal Wolsey built palace there
and presented it to the English Bluebird, Henry
VIII. No factory smoke sullies its Skies In
dustry is banished from its breast and the smell of
jam and pickle factories never offends its delicate
nostrils The only smoke that curls around under
its placid skies is the peaceful friendly smoke of
the English fireside the long romantic trailing
smoke from the tunnels of hurrying trains.
In the roOmy carriages of the 1915" lawyers
greeted betterclass estateagents whilst stockbro-
discussed the latest with other professional
and business of all descriptions. The smoker
quickly became animated.
Good morning" "Ah, good morning, how d'you
do?"
Have you read that about 'Arcos'?"
"Why of course, splendid piece of work. Ought
to have been done long ago"
you're right sir. have the impression that this
Joynson-Hicks is very capable person and he GER
tainly has very fine under him. There is moth
ing to beat our police sir"
"No, you're right finest body of men in the
world. High time they kicked those damned Rus
slams out, bag and baggage!"
Il can't understand what the government was
thinking about to let it go so far. Seven tons of
documents, and all in Russian Just think of that!"
Eyes, and secret safes let into the walls and hid
den with wallpaper. Something fishy about that
WHAT"
ARMS have also been found"
what? Arms! You don't say 500"
Eyes sir, there it stands in black and white"
"And that's only the so-called trading establish
ment. What do you think search of the embassy
would reveal"
CHATS right don't know what the government
are about I'm The murderous rabble ignore
all the normal rules of civilized conduct it's far too
decent of us to treat them with kid gloves"
what do you think of that suggestion as seen
from the legal point of view Mr.. Cholmondeley?"
The pompous gentleman in the corner thus defer
entialy addressed looked up from his scrutiny of
bundle of papers tied with red tape and the strain
on his row of double chins relaxed a little He
peered over his gold-rmmed pince-nez at his fellow
travellers, cleared his throat with little cough and
declared ponderously:
"In my opinion may from the present
case of the trade institution to the embassy, alb
disco omnes. The law officers of the crown are
undoubtedly in possession of mass of evidence
showing that the representatives and institutions
of so-called friendly nation are systematically
violating all the laws of nations, jus gentium. We
aware of the habits of these individuals in their
vhxyf
they will act differently here, coelum non animum
mutant qu trans curunt. Under these cir
cumstances convinced that there is, to say the
least of it, an argumentum ad udicium for declaring
the diplomatic immunity of the Bolshevcks null and
void"
His hearers were deeply impressed and gratfied
to hear their opinion confirmed in such digni-
fled language and by such famous legal lumnary.
And all the way from Hampton Court through
Thames Ditton, Surbiton Coombe and Maiden and
Raynes Park, the arrivals swelled the anti
Soviet chorus. Unanimty complete and absolute
prevailed. f anyone didn't quite agree, they didn't