Widnes Examiner. — 1905-05-13 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE OLD STRUGGLE IN A. NEW FORM calculate—that although his apple cart was upset—(A. till the demoralization and the weakening of the country between certain favoured groups of interests and tho Velma : "He is played out.)—air. Chamberlain was not had proceeded far enough in order to swoop clown and people as a whole. There was no doubt they had sue- quite played out and be calculated at the next eleation take it for herself. That was one illustration of the ceeded for a time in depriving the people of the real upon there being a wave of popular opinion which would cynicism to which he had referred. At the time of the voice in the Government of their own country by a bring him back into power to carry out his programme. worst atrocities not only the British Consul, but the liberal use of the influence of money and of false in- Therefore there was other Consols at Constantinople refused to recognise the formation and lying through a concentrated Press. The A REAL AND SERIOUS DANGER, Sultan's birthday, and that was considered about as big intention was to use that machinery to take this country and he hoped no little paltry electioneering dodge and an insult as they could offer him. But he (the speaker)was into Protection. The Protective policy was a desire on no side issue would be allowed to divert their minds sorry to say that only a few months after those 150,000 the part of powerful trades and groups to use the politi- from the real and grave question upon which all genuine people had met the fate he had described,the bead of the cal machinery of this country to enrich the limited few progressives were united. (Applause.) There is one great German Empire did not think it unbecomiug,or—to at the public expense, and to change the current of question which was certainly going to be made a party quote what he (the Kaiser) was very fond of quoting political thought so that the democracy should be cry and which was certainly intended to obscure the himself—nn-Christian to go to Constantinople and split up into different groups which would not be vital matter of Free Trade. He referred of course to bob-nob with the arch-murderer of the whole of possible under Free Trade. Protection would cause not I TICE ALIENS QUESTIONS that population, while the Empress of Germany only employers to have an interest in corruption, ! which have been very much on the teals during the was actually receiving Presents from this man ; but it would cause the workers themselves to be last few weeks. In regard to that question he would who had regulated by telegraph from Constantinople allied with employers in robbing the other sections like to quote from an article in the Speaker." The the percentage of People who should be done to death.l of the public by increasing the price of corn- writer said "The dishonest outcry against, the overAll he (Mr. Crosfield) could say on that point . modities. Protection could be nothing more or less than crowded Jews of our East End serves to divert attenwas that to his mind, absolute cynicism in its cruellest legalised brigandage. Mr. Vivian showed how a work- tion from the slum landlord and the sewating employer. form could be carried no further. (Applause.) Res i man if he gained in wages by the protection of his own " There have been many phases in the reaction of the ferring to England's Position in regard to Macedonia, particular industry would in the long run lose through past ton years more menacing and objectionable than Mr. Crosfield said the unfortunate thing was that when the increased price of commodities. Protection would ' this, bue there have been none more dishonest. We