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onosinalssuasv r - I rua wail

_ _ Congress

this country is not borne outl "0"

in this country. Party jealolisies, party rl”

lt is apparently impossible for our to

million organized workers, record It

for volunteers to iight against the l tvrailny of niilitarisnl. S a

We are really fighting to defeat the di(

eiitiilc savages It is not the “tvi'aniiy me

but the misuse ot nlilitarisin by a na F tion eager to tyrallnze over Europe. D

iltteiilpliiig to l'o::=: or this colillry pa

hlirlicil tr- the wo-'I-.l‘r.l und will llirllle the imtivn at a limi- when lb~=llll e

unity is l-ee-'ellti~ll_ »

A inns: slovcnly r"lnsc. It alleges

that rollsr'i'ipt.ion ulw:i_\:-' proves at bur- den to tht ivorkclis 1-nil that. it w.ll divide the nation at a time when unity TH is essciltial. It 1llIe,:'s that certain -of actionary nclvspauers are attempting

~° _. _ I_.et us_Dispel Class Mistrusi, our Great Peril at liome in War- Time! _

Case for Compulsion Not Shaken at Trade Union‘B'AlrlrLl_;_ THE 'HUN T0 Slow' .D]3G(l§.D.T. ABRQAD .Striking Pronouncemgnl by _Fii_.i|_i€.i,'_._i_i_`F_§l_lin

ey S0~ He is eilly (10195 Wil”-t MV- What they .are to blame for is their'

Deoplm even ln me present grave cn Seddon has just been doing, using hits beglecl to warn and prepare the na.

sis, to colisider any qiiestlon on its Dover Pr statemem'°r °f .pelsuasiom U0" fel" e terrible War' which ne AWAY W-|TH Ci-A33 5|A3- .

merits. Party ieuds. class feuds and Demofmwy. does nm comust ir' the iiiBDi0ill&Cy 0I` Btatecrhft 0011141 ai/Old. _ porsonnl snirnosiriss oonfuso ms pub- "‘“”“"g 0* il" “‘°S° Wh° “° “°i “gf” But hers. suse more. in this unress0u~ Lorssly these Jsaiousies sriss from lic mind and distort. ovory issue. Loi with Mr- S°d“°“- What “Pei "le de* ina suspicion of "secret diplomacy. us consider the resolution passed un- m°“ra_°y Sify ‘Q Mr' Seddom? sinister W9 iiiiiie ei/id€ilC° Of U16 d8ilS8i'0UB anlmouslv nl the llrlslol ,l.m_lU lllllull and llulbolil-nl) attempt to injure the mlsumlerslamllng of the classes and Cong,-955; "ai`"iS“'0i"ii _1i'@SS_- The limes W0 the masses. When the Welsh niiilors

_fpllllt lvl._ lllc lll,_ll,l_llltCs ol- this ii_lncll_ too serious for clowning to the Bl,-bell, llle classes and the glass ba.

congress, wprcsclltiiig nearly three ’°“‘""'l’§y__0 use _m_an__g the Harmsworlh DUB Uli'0W the 0iiUS \ilJ0ii the mell-

our hearty iipprechiiioil of thc nlag- Press' If me Press talks n°“Be"se or MINERS, ANGELS AND THE'PRES8

nliicent l'cspoli:=.o nlnde to the call Dervcrts the truth' it is (men to the

ti-alllliméllitioii leaders _lo confutc Bits Nl')vv_ l have had a long and vavled

_ ll _"ls °_r Clxiigselllff ‘:"l”r,s uf' experience of labor troubles. I know Why drag in the .word inilitarisnl? “li 51”? wr; “ le "SP (’0“g'l`es" tliat_ the men are generally in the

"0 "m U °“ any use age “st right I kilow that the mine owners

domination of zi race of organized sci- “ompulsory service' and dm 'mt shake and the Shippliig Federation are re-

casc for compulsory service. And d d me l l lm llle nd sllm

- ., , -, ~ ` - then. is it wise for u trade union lead- gar e as n os S a

ot’ ”nillitzill_sln wc .lr_e_ figting against, erm deuolnme the Pres ? nw _lnecked of employers. And I have

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. S. e re *read leading articles and letters in

th seml 3l'000‘000 °"gal"'fed works" the Press about the wickediless of the

We cnlpliaiii-ally protest against _exe ea‘_crs Say' am _ “mem er Welsh miners which would make the

the sinister efforts. of ii section of the "het HWS” ‘i'000'000 wmkels could not angels weep. When the trolible began reactionary Press in forinulntiug news- ol. would, notnkeep "h°ir,,°w"'Daper the employers absolutely refused to paper policies for party purposes and a 'vc' _ the democracy has the meet the miners' representatives.

pcrs it deserves-what is it grumb- Nothing was said about that ln me

const-rip. rn. which ul\\':iys provef. z- Img abmn? I‘ress. But how would it strike a min-

er? Ho would say, “We are good

iS COMPUI-Si0N i`.'i.f’11i5,‘ .l.‘3..“..‘Z...‘1."‘é..’.ii‘.El. i‘2,'..i;’;‘.' .§’.§’.§

reason with yell.” In the second

m _ strike the trouble was caused by Mr.

ltuncinlan. The men were absolutely

E QUESTION THAT HAS GOT in the right. but they were condemned

To BE FACED- and lectured.

_ _ _ I have never seen a paper which did

to "foils-t" i-onsvripiioxl oil tho llaiilill, Uilil Hilillillihll- iliilifl IGBIUIIIHIC iiiiii blame the employers or did not blame OUR ADMIRABLE OFFICERS.

ari :hat tht-_v are doinr.: this for p:l.rtv ‘lUi‘0 S0““d» iii" "0iil4i`0SB SDi’~iikei`5 dill the men, The men are not fools nurilthes. .ind it cnilll:\t.i<'al|y protest; U5” iigaiiliil U0iilllUiiiUi`y S*‘-i`Vii~'U- il I5 They understand their own trade, they \`\"hf'n the 0ilicf.'l‘ had gone, :ini I al.,-liilsi t|.fse “sini-rio" I-ft'orl,s." UlI‘ ilI'I:IlIII€nl that the G0Vei`iimL’ili- know their own employers. They have ict him go Without DI‘Ot€Sl OI* GXIYIILI-

including Lord Iiitclleiier, have never been bflell (lecelvql, and will not be so ation, I felt extremely uncomfortable

‘t'.rFlc|AL nErlcENci:'s. told the uuiiuu the voluntary syslsm easily dooeivod in futuro. i sm writ- 1 do not dislike officers. I like them.

IS “Oi i‘iHiiSiiiL’t0i'y 0i` that COIUDUISQFY ing new as an Englishman, and as one l had a great admiration for the oiii-

This llnliiac leave- too much l'o'>l'l S‘?i"'iiff‘ iii ii“-"'0Si‘liii`y- Ailii UIC U0V` who has a right. to speak-the right lf9I‘-S Wilell I Wilillili the `Ai`lny fiilii ii

for coiitrovei'sy. lf i.~= not nt all ap~- 'lfiiiiifiiil 1ii`0l`l`SlI0ilSihi¢‘-Hiifi iiii* iffidil of knowledge. These class jealousies has not diminislicfl since. I have parcli: that thi- "ri-:lrlionai°_v" news- iiili0iiS iii Ulf? lliiiiiiii' 0" i‘0iiil'iilS0i`Y and class prcjlidices divide the nation, nevir seen illier or handsonler nlei: papers are :ulvo<-ailing <-onsirriptloil Iii‘-I`\’i‘*<’- 100k 10 till* G0\'l‘-l‘iliIl@ili f0I‘ ii 'They are a peril in time of war. It is 'than the British oillcers I saw in for party purposes. It might bc clnini- illiiii- i -“ily iiilli IS il iI\lii0 i<‘l¥iliilli=il0 time the couiltry recognized the fact Franco. When l Tnct I1 number oi' ed that no llowslmbnp or l-l,llf(,,lr-l-fl. argument. But it impliesa faith ill long known to the majority of the British officers during the British man- tion of newspaers could foist. coiiscrip- U10 G0V0i'IIiIl0ili Wili<’il Sllillc Of US HN workers, that the coal owners and Oellvreil they treated me as if I had, tion u oil the natioil li ainst the na- iilliiilifi t0 feel- First Ulilfe iii U19 ship owners have proved themselves bi’-en their fiilhel' OI' their Uncle Ber-i

.-`r»-` " - ' A delegate at the Bristol Cousress they have been quits' sincere; it is l what this warmaans toiho parents,

' . raked up thc 19-iiilcy Bi-will Secret dill* their BPPBIIIIIB idnorance which leads _the friends, and " the wdmeu ot our

A REPLY 'ro ‘QUE1-:R ARGUMENTS’ As is I ~

' ‘ ' ' ._ remarks he clings to the belief that On the other hand, some of the wor-

. W1” WSIS di‘i1Wi1'liiti° _gills gal' by sovgo lrellsdaild soige of their leaderla have > - ' secre agreemen 0 ep rance. 6- a e o un ersta`d he ri ll and

By ROBERT Bi-lrcufonbi EIllt0l` Of tilt! "c|ill'l0ll." were drown into this war because we -causes of the warner tto rlgaligze the

~ ~ _ were bound to help France. with or gravity or the -situation; and they

"_" ”"_ _""` \I~;_ltlio\lt_I_s_ii osreementln _ills a matter have talked a great deal of pretentious

HE encouraging assurance of \v_ilI _of liel_liol-racy :ind tl_ie fl'€__9 _B15 so lllglb Fggicvgég 13"; Endniul:-r(:lllr;)l? giglhlgicgyzlgdgblétzrgglghsage sflixxlf

si daily 00IIt0IIIlI0I'oI'y ihhl eseéell _"1 °i‘"“°’; "gf ‘e't';_°"’ta'ly»l nhlacy been an always open book the crats and capitalists. But we must "all classes are united" in 'se_f;e‘ °" avg: Ca; H25 onge 'gnezll cts would remain the same. remember in their favor that they

__r__sh me __0_______ __ 0ry____o__ce the To allow Germany to _conquer have only proclaimed and stuck to the

bv llle speeches of llle Tllllle lllllvll __ d __ __ - y tn, H _ t_France or to annex Belgllim or Hoi- imbecile theories which were tacitly Qbllgl-ess on comblllsol-y Serv-l¢e_ 1 3" 3_0 __ ie 3°‘_'0_i;ill"le“__ -_ “B "sv land would be to imperil the existence supported beforeltlle war by Liberal think we should deuelve ourselves lb? loeulni: ist a ills ftllh Pale M1990 _-_ of our Empire. This war was caused politicians and 'the Liberal Press.. My we belleved that all Classes are unlled l _ts l l_1o a m_em e_r o o emocracy- by the determination of Germany to point is that class iealousies and class

Oliriialsi OI H IIGWBIIIIIIGI Di'0' dominate Europe. Our statesmen antagonisma are injurious and foolish

llllerellt and class lloslllllv ble ,alll D MOI' bdiiei/68 iiliil 00ilBCi'iDti0il is and diplomatists are not to blame forl in times of peace and dangerous in

lmnb ilecessilfy he has il Perfect "Em any secret agreements or alliances. times ot' war.

ignorance or misunderstanding. and they can never be removed until we

ly and withoutclass or personal bias. Speaking as a1i'oId anti interested ob- server I _should say that the differ- ences between,tlle Peer and the me- chanic are very much more superficial than the peer supposes. Speakingas a social “nehtral"` can honetly say that I admire the British _ workman and the British gentleman equally; thilt I respect and appreciate theoifl- eers as well as the men.

When I was in Paris last summer an

English officer. one of a group in an hotel smoking room came across and spoke to me. He asked if I were I and I said I was. He then said, “Perhaps you think I am intruding hui. I wanted to ask you to spool: about the rich German spies l'.i Eng- land. I know you don’t like my class. Inl all oiilcer. l’ni laying myself or-en to a big snub; but I wallted to tizll you about those aliens iii high places." , After this curious intro- duction the officer told me what he |.l~<'.ught about the highly placeli spies in England. and ilien as he went away he said, “I know you don't like odi- cers; but we are, not all blackguards.”

learn to discuss vital questions frank-

gallant de_ad.~ _But l__ea_nnpt hope to express_m_y_ idea in prose as 'it has l_l_ellll Iexnrss_s_ed by my gifted friend

e yons averse; and I therefore , _ . quote bel., the llllbl_vel.bé of the l.e_ Twelve oclock Mass in the CIIUFC

~ P 8 Those ,tbl-lllg mllldll of Moby l_l,wll_ that at once attracts and inspires.

their parted lips are grey,

Thompson, who has just returned deeply i“le"°5ted"th° Popes action

these words: “I went through some ence “"2 femme “nd war' denver us’ French hospitals. Oh, Lord! how I 0 L°"e~ -

wish I had not gone; if I live a million _-

years I shall not forget it." My ONLY IMPARTIAL JUDGE

friends, is this a time 'to quarrel among ourselves? I also went “These words," he said. "are quite

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saw some heroes oi' Mons and of the the Litany of the Saints. A Lltany,

But there are misunderstandings greatest, adding untold miseries of its

own race. It has been part of the famine. _ policy of tile despicable Germans to "Amid all thc horrors of this present sow discord in every nation against war where do the nations turn for ad- whom they plotted, and it is part of vlco and consolation? Benedict XV., their policy now to foster mistrust Vicar of Jesus Christ, sits oil the among the Allies. This dastardly throne of the Pontiffs. He is the policy has to be met and defeated; 254th in that long line of Pontiffs of and I want our readers to give it their the world. His is the only voice most serious attention. The matter which the nations will listen io. Him appears to be ur ent The Czar has they are willing to regard as all im-

armles, and the Grand Duke Nicholas Many men arc asking: \Vlly docs

Caucasus. I do not know what that

uiarkable poem printed last' week in °f St' Charles’ Ogle street-not om:

._ h l , kin and mar

'rhswoshiy pospotoh.__ liyllfiilfsll §l‘_i"€_lS___r‘l‘_§__°°l__l0rr_llf:n_;eg____

` . ~ - ' musical comm ss oner 0 ' »

A* M And all they see is' limpilfg men and 01 me Wester" Church' dm lin:-size

llllllllows cl.” lll slow is an old man, big frame , W

Thi the nov. iviiolniol Gavin. of the

For plbbbpalb tbl, lllblllg mllll_ lllllll Society oi’ Jesus, a natural orator, a

blbed tbl, blood llwllv_ stirring preacher. He is preaching 011

a subject in which not only every R0-.

Abolllel- "lend bf mlllm A_ M_ man Catholic but every Christian is

from Paris, ends his letter to me in in me “"‘“'- His text is “From Desm-

through one -hospital in France. I familiar to us. Tlioy are taken froni_.

Marne. I can see them now, and as a rule, is a penitcnlial form of shall always see them. Whose sons prayer. Here the church asks to be . or husbands were they? They were‘ delivered froui thrco curses, and of men-the best that Britain ever bred.` the three war is ilicomparably the

other than those between -men of our own to the curses of pestilencc and_ of

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taken over command of the Russian 'partial judge." I

has been appointed Commander in the not the Pope sanction or condemli tho!

"sy Llmallollia ailcll. 1 ;`

~ li ons of = the belilerents stir

acti Gly he knows which is right and which is wrong! Why does he keep silence while the world is writhing in thi. gigantic struggle! Let _us _ilrst con. older who the Pope il; secondly, what he has said.;_.l1lId.-lilirliiy. what he has done in this tremendous con. ilict. - -

"Who is Pope Benedict XVI. Vicar

of J esus Christ? He is the spiritual

head of 250 millions of Catholics. Hg

is t e supreme judge in ecclesiastical matters and disputes. He is the su- preme teacher of faith and morals to the world. He is infallible when, and only when, .in his official position as the teacher of all nations. he defines a doctrine of faith and morals to be held by the universal church. The

l justice or injustice oi' the present war does not come within the reach or

scope of ‘his infalliblllty.

ALL ARE me cl-ll|.unEN

"How can the Pope today give his

verdict? Both sides are still iight- ing. Tho evidence for and against many of the charges meet with denial

and 'cross denial. Wlhocan say what

is truth? 'ln the circumstances' the

Pope has preserved a dignified neu-

trality. He is not Italian, or French, or English or Irish. _ All are his chil- dren. At the present moment under the two Kaisers there are 60 millions

of Catholics; in France and Italy there

are seventy-two millions of Catholics and their representatives in the res- pective armies .are now engaged on

(Continued on page eleven.)

means. I do not understand why the '*ff-r-----A----A-f---' '-ff-'-----'-‘=-'~= -A-‘-'--r-A--= Griind Duke has relinquished the com- , mam] of'll»le llussllm bl-mlell ln llll-, letter sent me hy n Ifrcnclinlail from {l@l(l_ 1 shall “bl presume lo at. Amicus. It is in ailswnr to my com- lempl the solulloll of the l-llllllllllll ments lipoll tho _roportcd l~‘relit-li jeal- mysteryl lm; l shall quote a few llllbs oiisios and suspicions of Britain. I from certaln (lally papers llllll leave think the letter calls for our iliost our readers to blllllllale the gmvltv of careful and serious attention: tho vollori hints which they convoy. Your arm'-Ie of_S¢-nt<~_lnhol- s rio- 'plle flrlmes says; serves some collsll|el'atioii. First

lf the Emperor Nlvllblas lllllell llle there is something ullriolihiodly to be

field in person it is to overcome at e°"_e "H “"0" “S "W" i’°s““ble 0|-we llll, foes of lllmllla at llllme and against the (lornlun inspirations, not the embattled l-bell who are klllllllv only among “the mall lil the street, ing at the lmlbr gales; lt ls lo flee blit eveil .among the fully educated llls people from the lllllldlollll Gen class that we nanic “bourgeois” , in man thraldom that has long fotterod France- ‘me 1 ‘lare S"-V that I md their energies, and to assure them persenauy Very "ne" to e"`“gg|° lhell. vlglllflll place ln a Europe against. those ridiculous "axioms" which the victorious arms of Russia filet yo" have Very likely heard of' and her Allies will have saved for ‘~ "'-' "hai the EiigiiBil ilre fighting ever' from the menace of German but for themselves, that they are ly,-bnllv_ very "exlgeant.” and that at 5 p. lil. The Fl-ellcll _lblmllll des Deballl tlic_v stop any fighting for paying at-

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tioii's will. lt might be argued that i`=I"i iilfli lhfi COW’-I'Ilili<‘II' HIC FOSDOII- incapable of managing their business train from Klng’s Crawley. I thinklsays; ~ l0liii0Il I0 iiIl‘-il” IISUHI limi i0 Shy the burden of conipulsory service Sii>if‘~ S0 they WPI" III iilf‘- IlIiiUili` to the public advantage, and that of thcln as I1 CiaSS'0i’ men Oi’ most hd-| And so the Emperor marches to "otmmz “f "mt G“""‘“" ""`""i"“I “S` does not fall upon lllc wo,-klsl-5 lllollm of the supply of shells, in the matter there will be no permanent peace in lnirable quality, oi’ gallant and virile.tho battlefields at the head oi' ills Semin" ‘hat E"g]"'"l Wm "ever my" hut upon inn onine ,,,n;0n_ of lilo linoial-olioll of Londrin. in tho those -il-alles until ,the shipplng and nnluro,-of much simple charm. l “Holy Russia." This disposes of up the I"reiu:Il territories actually

No reliable evidence has been pro- InIIitPI‘ Of I'-Oilliilhililfi Oi' C0ti0Il- the mines are owned and managed by Y -SIIDDOSG it \\'l1S because I ani a

-y Seculidly, there is illc matter of thc llle Slam Socialist that the officer I met _In

system of enliglmf-nl ls ,ml mlb. Government lead. The Government Paris so misjudged me. But the quam to moot, nl] lllo lljmbirtrs l-C. do lint. load. ’l‘llc Government have |:00|_|5H ALWAVS, DANGEROUS essential fact is that he did misjudge qulremenlg had to be roused by "the sinister and N0w_ ire. It was an instance of the caste No need go wvll at that (gauge, diabolical" journalists who, in spite of . or class prejudice of which I liave`

though when the |-ggglulllm gnyl; that the censorship, managed to inform l have vvrllten a ood deal about been writing

no “reliable evidence” has been pm. public opinion upon certain points. class dlssellsllm alldgshall most llke_ Here is another small personal anec-

v ll dote. I was in the luncheon room

NOT YET ANSWERED. . ilillvzagllflllylgifelri l?a0Bbgllil`va§,’; bgegtong of a. country hotel. just before the war

oi' mv convictions that it is the dutv b"g“"~ The Tery member f°" me die-

also true that no official evirlenre was Finally. there are two assumptions Ol- ll 'lmlrnallst lo lvll lllc lrlllll and trict arrived ill his motor car. The* produor-.ll ns ro inn nllorrnlgr- or shells. which I wish I roulfl admit-one is uv ,lm lo lllmlse ,my ,,l,,,,,, 0, lllllll, l l iiroilrietor coins and asked me If I the alien onomir-ll nlnrlrllo, or llln full. tho assumption that the Government ,lm _._l man of lhe people allll mv gym minded meeting the Tory member or ure of tho hnif hoortou notion block- lure united on the subject of voluntary pallllml ale strongly will, the workers, if l Woilifi Prefer to retire to s private ade. _ scrvicf-., the other is that it the Gov- and most lllvollglv vvllll the Doom, room. I said I should be delighted Tile iiiial clause is merely it profos-‘ eriimeilt have an opinion it is certain workers and especflallv the womelv l to meet the entire House of Peors.

“io” of funn* ii to be right' S“i’i‘°5e 'he G0"""“men'- know mere about the people than the

We believe flint all thu mon non. are unable to ilgroc: suppose tha'l vvl.lll,l.ll of tho high brovved papers THE BRITISH GENTLEMAN.

essary can and will be obtain:-d When they <10 8gI‘€€. if ih0y 9V0I` ii0. lmllw and more lllall any arlstom-alll;

thi'0“gii li V0iliiliiil`.\' 3“l.WltPIIi IIFOD- Ui”-V iieifide ""‘ViS"|y! H ie “H y"f"y statesman or Cabinet Minister or so nw T°ry member came i" and

erly orgailizcil and wo heartily sup- well to say that Lord Kitcliener has gmlll capfaln of lndllsllv klmvvll'_ was iiitroduced. did not catch my port and will give ovvry uid io tho not askcri for coinpulsory service. Ver- Wllell I speak on Bllbleclll vvlllllll name, and got to work on his lunch. Government ill their prcselit, efforts to ililil-‘I hc ‘|008 ilvt ihillk he Giigilt t0 this lu,-Dvlm-9 l speak wllll collflllence Arie’ ilimlii iii* Diii|Bii UP his Chilli". secure the mon necessary to prose. ask. Leaviiig the Ilarmsworth Press fm. l know what l alll Slleaklllg abolllf Dl‘0i'i\iC0i| his <¢il,'H»I‘9f-to C856. 8-ntl Hi-

cute the war to a successful issue. and the sinister politician out of our All the labor ll-ollblell lllllce the wlll. illfit*-Ii I0 the Weather. He was quite =_ _

This rather mine null vnry wg;-dy ininds.tIi1\. question we wont. answer- _ l . _ __ _ _ _ l il .V0\iil£Z iilii-ill iii-ii. WSU gi`00iIl9d» ` _ `

began (oiild have been settled quickly _

resolution was slipportod by some do- "ii IS IIIISI “is 1‘0iIIDiliS0i`y fi0i'Vi"° it' ibn employers had been als honor- h“"d“°m°' a member °f a very dis'

cidediy wihl siwecllcs. I have heard iivv'c.s.na|'y7" _ able and as patriotic as thc mon. or "mg“i5h°‘l family' I thought him " i

duced to show that thc voliilltal

duced it has in view, perhaps, that no official evidence has been produc- ed. And tllat is quite truc. It is

the last German hope of seeing nat- °°"'“i’ied by her "ewe- lbllal lllsslellslolls germlnatlng be_ Secondly, it is certainly and most

claims the incontestablo fact* that .""““l i"`°i’aga’"i“ he "mee as We"

en out every German from their midst °"°' » Enghmd ‘md F"“"°e have

the third and fourth generalion.

A FRENCHMAN'S VIEW.

‘I

iliit'ei'enee of character. The actual sojourn in France of a few million I-Englishmen will greatly obviate this and much will have to bo done in the future. But I may say, from daily observation in this town, that perhaps the English are not taking a great deal of trouble for getting acquainted with the French people. You can see them, oihceru _and privates, walking through the streets “cold and stiff" and this. only appearance, rofrains the most friendly disposed French passer-by to try and enter into conversation. Very often English anll~Fi'encli> otll- ccrs are crossing each other without exchanging any salute. I have said that I regard the letter

from which I have quoted as import- ant. Our readers will notice the French gentloman's emphatic tone: "It is certainly and most pressingly required," he says "that the lies cir- culated in France by the unscrupulous Hung should bc contradicted and dis-

proved." _

lllml lllell. elllllern fl.0llt_ lt pm, prcssiligly required that all oduca~| "THIS WORK WANTS DOING." 1

Malnsl them they have but one Rus_ lu Frallce as in England for explain-I lily friend A. M. Thompson, who ll slb_ as_ on me olllel. lllmd_ they llavn ing to each other what lsfxactly _ often in 'l~`l'alice, more than eonilrlnl but one Fl.llllCl,_ ll ls ll mdlcal the very part of each power in the ac- what my Amicus correspondent says bllecll ll, tllell. agents and lllell. tual war.Realiy England and France and suggests. Willie he was last in El,lel_l_ and fbreshadows the check lo are complctingeach othcr, and it is Franco, the French Government lent llle llllllloeuvrbll of lll-ell. glmel.ll_lB_l only hy adoptloil ot’ this principle 'him a motor car so that he might get S0, once again, we see the illllly that any moral friction may be about and seo for himself. He said

lllmll ol- ll", Hllll_ Every mlllllry ln avoided. . . As told you abovo,iin his lust letter to me: "I wish the the world lllls bell" llllllled bv llle pm_ the most important question is to I~`i‘onch government would appoint me sence of tllell. lla” and their splcs_ start all educational propaganda ex- interpreter of the two peoples. TM and the wolldel. ls that the Brltlllll and plainlng in France the English point work wants doing." And I thlnlf lbell- Allles have not long slnce dl.lv_ of view slid in England the French the idea is a good one.

It seems strange to any Briton that

noturoilzolror unnalul-allZed_ back lv' been Rntslzonists in the past but educated Frenchman shouldllsten for

they must go hand in hand in the o. moment to the foolish lies spread fliilliu- thy German agents. Were such star* _ /l_l:l'czil I_l__I_iliiralice_to tho coinmiiii- ies circulated here about the French ca on o cas s tie difference of they would he laughted at. But W0

And ilow I am going to quote from a language; more, perhaps, than tho have to recognize facts. ‘ _

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t00 illilily Wiiii Silt’-Gi'iil‘S UI WIIHLG time il "~ i"H"iiiififL ‘U FUPIY ‘hai UW if the Govciiiineni had understood and wry vomply i’|°“““t 'md graceful in criticism upon them. They url- like ii'IVI‘IIIIIIf‘Iii iId\i‘ iif‘Vl‘i` iiiI‘lW€i`*“i 'hi' uyniputhizcd with the workors The mm' And wha" We had talked “hem the Slllilkv fi.`0In Pl I/Oiifly Of blank car- ‘li‘"‘iii0il il iii |f‘iiiiiiiiii~U‘ i0 |"fW“ leader wiiters und letter wrlllora of me weather fur e time s°me°“e came

tridgc they melt uivay and produce tht' prolllolli to the Governnieiii.; lilit. me lllgll hmwnfl press have littered it in and “Deke t0.m9 by ilil-iil0- Ai

lillposo illo Govcrilnlcnt do not know? time tile T0i`.V iil0IIlhBl‘ Billd £0 ine. "l

no permanent. oifcct upon anybody. S

_ Iamontable amount of nonsense, and

But in so far as the speakers allowed Wlloil this war began did the Govern- vcry llc,-llllllollll llollllllnllm about the 7108 your pardon, APB y0\l_MI‘. Blat- _ _ _ class or personal bias it. is well worth incilt lbrsce its development? l)id all-lllllll bnll the wb,-lllllg mell_ Blll L'hf0l'ii U10 WI‘itcI‘?"'nrld when I coil- ` / while to weigh their words, the Frcllcll or the Russian Goven- f9BB€d ho Said. "Then W6 are in the

iilciit full y realize what was in front -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_g.___-_._-_-_-_-,__._._.___._.,___.____._._._._.__;_ Di`8B8iiC€ 0f8 Very distinguished man."

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OUR ONE IDEA 0

thomv suppose our guys,-"mem _ Taking into consideration the facts

' want more men than they think they many men In Franco, there are sonTe that We _;V0_I;€ Of diffegéig Class and f I

The qiicstion of compulsory sol-vine will want. What is to happen thou? who ought to come home, and it seems Ei" Y- all f Hi W8_ P,i'0 Il y iid Very I f t R E f '

was not usefully discussed, because-, Wh cannot make armies in a. fcw also that voluntary service is a bur- 'ew iii'-IRB in common, I think that n e n S ' latent class bins and fierce hostility to <l:IyS- IIGII Dil BOYIIH Of lil€ WOI“k0i'B. With I1 Simple “et of Ceuftely 5P0ke V0iUii`i93

’ hronlor ldllsrl, uno with hor husband. for the nsturui refinement sud naive ‘ 5 E F P E I

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the Ilarmsworth Press quite bcfogged

the issue. Thor. is lo ho rlonlorofi, WOULD Ti-lls MOTHER AGREE? throo brothers onli three sons right- kindness 01' that British ssntlsmsn. I _ I o 0,

lllg_ lblll woman of me democracy do not doubt that this gentleman held . _

because the sins of certain newspap~

ers or of certain newspaper proprlet- Sonic of thc delegates at Bristol ob- might not agree with a good deal that many ef the Ili'e.il|di095_ fef his Cilsil- 'Il 0 . o ' ors ~havo got nothing to do with the jot-lcd flint compiilnory service would was said at the Trade Iinion Congress. Very iiiieiy |10 W01iid b9 BB`iiililiBl 10 . I case. The llnrnisworth nallers ndvo- take mon wllo are needed for making ‘i the Welsh miners 0i` the railway “Wi” - . I ` `

cate compulsory service. Very wcll; munitions. A very queer argument. FRANKNES8 DISPELS MIBTRUST ke" ee "ily iliiih |Ji`0WBi`i |0359? Wi`il0i‘ - ~ A ‘ R r i so do many other Dallcrs which do not Worn 'compulsory service adopted no ' "I Lnimeii- But he WBl`t°° Feed iliiii . ‘ o ` ' ° . ° .° ,_ 'f . i 'belong to I-iarmsworths. men would be taken from’ munition Ido _not want to quarrel with the t0" kiildiy “iid i0U"Cl9B_il` #Dil ~iI1I't¢0 . 'Y But what wc, whose one Irion in lo work. First of all the single mon trade unionists about compulsory ser- heal*-efi`i0 |10 iilfiiiilly 0il!i»iil5i9» °i`_ £9 ‘ ' . l _ ` , save the Empire and defeat the Gor- not so employed would be called out. vice. I think com ulsor service is be kii0Wiiit!iy un uni. ~

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mans, ore asking is not the neoplew-1 Mr Tillctl who has been to tho front necessary I think so; but I do not l

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opinion of any newspaper but tho poo- said he saw plenty of mon there, but ask anything so foolish as that com- THE POINT T0 REMEMFER- n ' . A p|e'o_0p|nlon» upon tho noon fm- mm. not nearly enough shells. Here is a,pulsory service shall be forced upon _ ' ~ _v

pulsory service. is compulsory nor- postcard, ref-.eivcrl by mc this morning, the nation by a few Cabinet Ministers. _i 'mi Cfliiyiili"-Gil

vice necessary? is it jinxtifiablo? ls from a mail ill tho trenches No (iovornmeiit can compel the liat.ion ill” Cifiliil 8'-li fill the

I am mio of the London Terrlior- t: fight ii’ the nation refuses. 'I‘hor»;e lil!-I C19-HS <‘0IIid be

writers in the ' "Reactionary Press" meny, if °"|" they

who' want tho Government to impose Bi-iiiid Uiiiih conunriptloli upon ihe country are as Fiili B illiltl unreasonable as the wildest delegates IOVG 'Jiiili-loo at Bristol. ’ that I invi-

go compel ll", out to the Tory ei

[bg gm. Grill Pl. I’ Bm]

an-I thc Walsh

tue

'Vf;l`y and I

the nation willing to adopt it? Those

are the questions we have to answer. ials who ill the spring and summer wlhot have the "sinister" poiltloo or of this year held rm ouihore. waiting The Daily Mall to do with those quea-~ for tho new armies. Six months of be- tionsl’ Why- mix up our opinion of ` ing shelled, and our artillery seemed newspaper proprietors with it great impotent. Six rireury months, with national problem. which wo have got only Fostubert relieving tho monot- to solve for ourselves? There la. oily. But now there is sweeter nothing in` the British Constitution] music. Shortage of high explosives? to prevent a free Briton from chanting Oh. no, not now; blit shells to spare. "Gott.strafe_ The Daily Mail" as loud- Shells to silence the sniping mach- ly ali: aafrequontiy as he ploqsel. but inn gun and the deadly mine throw- it il oi useful to import such a chant ing howltzcr. We are far more

into I conference on compulsory ser- confident now. _ `,li‘i|;l.\t.» The vice; ' j~ And by the same post. came a letter I'-lslilssl they

il.

[Ill OPIICH FOR OTHERS.

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from an anxious mother, asking me to tell her how to get leave, if only

_’ . for three days, for her youngest boy,

who has been ln France' since the gone .- Kill-cl ousbrooa of _wllr and roughtvat mins: fi olihth svry m°l'i'idy 'biz ‘ "lo" ' ‘vote 1 in - ave ree | c _ . ii. 1 time brothmmi ubsniiig .lm myself. ti vmrmurxmeum "1“ .wgwsr

one brother iioatllu wal, all in 0 service

'action on January 16. lilll ills le room :hoo that it there are thltthe

The Government

Welsh miners to ployers' terms. failed. It is 20451000 miners to work. It is 2 000.000 men to

mistrust. The lllbd the masse tha the days ol

would volle lor

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