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S P IN O Z A . P H IL O S O P H E R
■ran, a m iner, cam e into pow er, but ' days like these it is n ecessary th a t i U ntil such a ssu ra n c e s a re won the for decision, they m ay select such pansion of m a rk e ts can and does have
ON F R E E D O M OF SP E E C H proved a failure.
T he next L a b o rI free speech should he w ar's first j task of liberal tho u g h t in th is nation person as they d esire to present but one end—war.
"Rut le t it lie g ran te d th a t free- lea d e r was C raw ford V aughan. W hen • casu alty . W ar, th ey say, is in it j is unfinished. Once th a t ta s k is ac th e ir case to the a rb itra to r.
Viewing th is from a n o th e r angle,
I doni m ay be c ru sh ed , and m en m ay he tot med his m inistry lie m ade his i sell a denial of tolerance. It is in 1 com plished we m ay p ress on to vie-
S ev en th — All men now on strik e th e c a p italist c la ss w ant business,
It c e rta in fed eral officials in Sc j be so hound down th at th ey do not
who re p o rt for duty w ithin five days j and m ore business. They m ust have
b ro th e r atto rn ey -g en eral, his brother- the n a tu re of w ar to dem and of those tory, a nation united bv our com a fte r th e a ccep tan ce of th is a rra n g e th is if th e ir e sta b lish m e n ts a re to
a ttle succeed in th e ir rep o rted at- d a re to u tte r
a w hisper, save at [ in law (C larence Goode) m in iste r of who w age it a sacrifice not only of m on love for lib erty .— (By E ugene m ent shall be re-em ployed 'w ith o u t keep ru n n in g and m ake profit. But
tin n lst th e official
'r n ■ ** ' ' **
of th e ir ru le rs; n e v - , ag ric u ltu re , and him self p rem ier, I pro p erty , and even life itself, but Schoen.)
l d iscrim in atio n as soon as places can m ore business, and still m ore busi
i'n in m h io lin irm u
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T ’ '
* ''‘s nev er can be c a rrie d to tre a s u re r and m in iste r of education also of those rig h ts of free th in k in g
, be found for them .exeept those who ! ness. cannot be had w ithout b rea k
since th e beginning of the strike^ ing into the o th e r fellow ’s territo ry .
. ..
’. . ° m 1 e m ai s on tin pitch ot m aking them th in k a c - ! H is la s t act as prem ier was to ap- and free expression th at we have T V T n p firil
fn i-
t n 6 h av e been guilty of u tte ra n c e s dis-, G overnm ents, influenced by th e sys
th e ground th a t it is fo m enting anti-» <ording to a u th o rity , so th a t the nec- point s is te r D orothy as a ju stice of been tau g h t to believe w ere inalien- '
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V ■«».
i loyal to th e U nited S tates, o r who , tem of g e ttin g business, readllv fall
d raft se n tim e n t in th is co u n try , th e • sat > < onsequences would be th a t i peace!
W ith v e te ra n s like V erran, able am ong citizens of a dem ocracy. I
C / O p p e i * J M i n e i ’S
: a re m em bers of any organization th at in line in th e race to see which can
new deriv ativ e “cam o u flag e” m ay m en would daily be th in k in g one ‘ M eG illivray, W allis. Blundll, Jack- ; “ F ight th e devil w ith fire,” win th e I
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: refu ses to recognize the obligation of ' get th e biggest sw ords, th e longest
m odify the w ord dem ocracy in th e th in g and saying a n o th e r, to th e eor- son. Styles and P onder, who had been w ar and then look to th e rig h ts of RIGHT TO STR IK E SU SPEN D ED , c o n tra cts, and the fact of such dis- guns, the deadliest gas bomb, th e
T he p resid e n t's com m ission declar- ' loyal u tte ra n c e s or m em bership shall : biggest dreadnought and th e inight-
A m erican sen se of term inology.
ru ption of good lalth , th a t m ain sta y in th e m ovem ent for m any years, he m an. Am ong th o se who ju stify the
Though we h av e rea d th e F e d e ra ot g o v ernm ent, and to th e fo sterin g d eserted Labor for love of H ughes, m eans by th e end are, stran g ely ing th e s trik e off a t Globe, A rizona, he determ in ed by the a rb itra to r here- ' eist arm y.
and form u latin g ru les for a d ju stin g ' in provided for. In re-em ploying
F or over h a lf a ce n tu ry the elected
tionist for th e p a st th re e y e a rs, we ot
hatefu l
ila tte rv
and
perfidy, W hen M essrs. Hill. B u tterfield . Gunn enough, the very m en who control th e differen ces betw een
em ployers w orkm en p referen ce shall be given re p re se n ta tio n of th e w o rk ers' poli
a re >et to find th e firs t h in t in it w hence sp rin g s tra ta g e m s , and th e resigned to c o n te s t th e federal elec-
th e destin ies of th e bulk of our and em ployes d u ring th e w ar s ta te s : , to m arrie d m en and those w ith de- tical m ovem ent of the w orld has
“T he co u n try m u st have th e maxi- ! p en d en ts over single m en w ithout de- stood alone against th e insane m ili
to fo ster anti-g o v ern m en t as well as co rru p tio n of ev ery good a rt.
tious for L abor, and Mr. Coombe > press. As a consequence, th e ir doc- m um u n in te rru p te d ou tp u t of copper pen d en ts w h erev er possible. T he nla- ta ry program of E urope. T h eir cries
an ti-d ra ft se n tim e n t h ere.
| «It i9 fa r from
to
im- died, th e L ib erals c ap tu red th ese trin e s have becom e orthodox through front th is d istric t d u rin g th e period rin g of strik in g w orkm en rep o rtin g fell upon deaf ears. T he rio t m ust
It has done n o th in g
m ore th a n 1 pose u n ifo rm ity of speech, for, th e
of th e w ar.
No grievance on th e ' for duty shall be
handled as a d is run its course. T he w orking class
vacancies. V aughan w as th en oust- circulation,
c ritic ise th e re a c tio n a ry
forces th a t , m ore ru le rs s triv e to c u rta il free- ed w ithout m ercy by P eake, B utler,
part of th e m en, w h e th e r well-found- • tric t problem , and a d is tric t employ-
fought ju n k erism and P ru ssian ism
ill the o th e r cam p a re
th o se who ! ed or im aginary, m u st he
allow ed to m ent com m ittee
com nosed of one long before som e loud-voiced, self-
airn at profitin g at th e
exp en se of doni of speech, th e m ore o b stin a te ly Bice, and th e o th e rs who h a te the
freedom o f ; re su lt in stoppage of production, re p re se n ta tiv e of
th e s trik e rs re styled p a trio ts left th e ir cradles. We
tho e sacrificin g theii \er> li\e s on a re they re s is te d : not, indeed, by th e j w o rk ers, although both had coalesced ¡stu
j b b o rn ly m ain tain th at
thought, speech and press is essen- P ra ctica b le m ach in ery m ust be de- p o rtin g for duty a t the Old Dom inion. ; have fought it not only in one coun
the E uropean battlefield s.
, av aricio u s, th e fla tte re rs and o th e r j to fight L abor at th e n atio n al elee- I . ,
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vised for th e a d ju stm e n t of griev- th e In sp iratio n , th e M iami, and the try, but in every country.
in e y condem n a an(.Pa w h eth er real or im aginary, to In te rn atio n a l S m elter, and a re p re -j
t h e exclusion ot the F e d e ra tlo n ist num bskulls, who th in k suprem e sal- tions! T he only friend V aughan a p - ! ini a all tim es.
Now the S ocialists propose to end
se n ta tiv e of the m anagem ent a t each all w ars. W hat is our plan of b a ttle ?
upon th e ground m entioned would bo vation co n sists in filling th e ir stom - p e a rs to have is Sir L angdon Bomyt d ra ft of unw illing thought, holding prevent in te rru p tio n of production.
th a t to leran ce alone can unite th e !
"W ith full confidence th a t m en of of th e se places shall be c re a te d to It is no secret. It is know n to our
w orse th an hlunderous, for. as it a c h s and g loating over tho m oney thou—and he is w elcom e to him !
sp iritu al forces of the nation
For i
‘ !«'»sses a re w illing to m ake th e a ssist in c a rry in g th is purpose into a n ta g o n ists
W e propose to abolish
says itself:
, bags, but by those whom good edit- -
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sacrifice, th e P re sid e n t's effect. If any m an rep o rtin g for duty
w ar by restro y in g its cau se; nam ely,
W re c k e d by the Leaders
“No g re a te r b lunder could be com- j cation, sound m o rality and v irtu e '
I osi t v . su istati ia ion
ie> tu rn to M ediation C om m ission, in the nam e at the place w here he form erly w ork by ending com m ercial riv alry am ong
m itted than th a t of blindly and stu h a v e ren d e re d m ore free. Men. a ; I Now in W e ste rn A u stra lia th e La-1 th e m ost glorious pages in th e his- j of th e P re sid e n t of th e U nited S ta te s ed is u n ab le to secu re em ploym ent nations by beheading capitalism . O ur
pidly closing the m ails to any publi
bor p arty had ren d ered good service, ; torv of th e sp irit of m an.
I and by virtue of the a u th o rity vested »here sim ila r to th a t w hich he per plan calls for fu rn ish in g a m ark et at
cation th a t by any s tre tc h of in ia g i-! g e n erally co n stitu te d , a re m ost prone but it lias been w recked through th e
T h eir w itnesses a re sum m oned not in if
hinK <iirects th at th e ex istin g form ed prior to th e strik e, it shall hom e, instead of m ark e ts abroad, for
nation voiced th e ideas, th e aspira- j to resen t th e b ran d in g as crim inal
strik e he called off and th e follow- be th e duty of th e em ploym ent com th e products yon produce W hile we
of lea d e r
Scaddan. alone from the ran k s of those whom ing plan for th e a d ju stm e n t of th e , m itte e to secu re a place for him
tions. th e political and econom ic of opinions w hich they believe to be m achinations
g ran t th a t c ertain goods will alw ays
»bought, th e h o je s and aim s of any tru e , and th e proscription as wicked W hen he w as in pow er, Scaddan of- , a h atin g world called “fre e th in k e rs.” p rese n t difficulty and fu tu re griev- ' at som e of th e o th e r o p erations in be exchanged for th e ir equivalents
portion of hum an society. Dull-wit
fered to leave his own e le c to ra te
alone from th e dying V oltaire, an ces as th ey a rise be p u t into im- | th e d istric t, and no w orkm an from am ong nations, is it not good A m eri
in sp ires them w ith
ted. indeed, is he who f a n c ie s ' th a t of th a t w hich
o u tsid e of th e d istric t shall he em- can doctrine th a t to A m ericans be
and
fight
a
renegade
foe.
W
alk
er—
exclaim
ing, "T he am bition of doni- m ediate o p e ra tio n :
by such p e tty and even v u lg ar m eans th e ir piety tow ard God and m an.
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r o i i .
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tnn<»-iTi<r Mvor tho min.t ia
th , I " F ir s t—Each com pany will recog- ployed a t a n y of th e op eratio n s nn- long the w ealth they produce? Shall
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' nize a w orkm en's com m ittee repre- til all of th e m en in the Globe-M iami we alw ays boast of our increasing
any u nw orthy cause can be killed. ■ “ Such being th e co n stitu tio n
of who is one of Scaddan s pals today
o r a n y good cause sa feg u ard ed . T he ‘ hum an n a tu re , we see th e law s di —and he lost.
Jo h n L utey won Scad- ■ s tro n g e st p assio n s,’ o r from the d e - ! sent ing th e em ployes, said com m it- d istric t qualified an d w illing to do exports of food, shoes and clothes to
stupid ‘thou sh a lt n o t’ of bigots and
d a n 's se at, and then resigned in fa- spised Spinoza or H um e, “the bold
tee to be selected from and by m en | th e class of w ork ren u ired have se- foreign lands, w hen they a re so bad
opinions a ffe c t the
vulgar sfoolpieeons of ru ffia n ism and re c te d ag a in st
d
iscoverer
of
popular
e
rro
r”_not
a c tu a lly in th e em ploy of th e com- cured em ploym ent. W hen th e strik- i ly needed at hom e? If th e w orkers
r a th e r than
the vor of Scaddan. Once in pow er again,
ty ra n n y , have availed n o th in g a g ain st g enerous m inded
panv.
T his com m ittee shall con- jn r w orkm en rep o rtin g for duty have receive th e full value of th e ir toi!
th e cau se of tru th and p ro g re ss, a l wicked, and ad ap ted less for coercing Scaddan w ent th e pace and the Lib- alone from C harles Blount defying sist of four m en re p re se n tin g th e dif- ' all been placed, the com m ittee shall
they can purchase back th e effects of
though th ev have m ark ed th e p a th crim in als th an for irrita tin g th e up e a rls, u n d e r F ran k W ilson, soon his king, or M atthew T indall or fere n t d e p a rtm e n ts in th e sam e m an-j thereu p o n dissolve.
th e ir labor. Then th e stru g g le for
way of th e race w ith blood and.
had him before the people, w ith dis- Hobbes or C ondorcet or our own n e r as the ex istin g w orkm en’s com- 1 E ig h th —T he w orkm en’s com m ittee foreign m ark e ts will cease, th e cause
rig
h
t;
so
th
a
t
they
cannot
he
m
ain
te a rs .”
a stro u s re su lts.
He and
W ilson, Thom as Paine— not alone from the ntittee. E lection shall be by s e c re t m ay m ake such in v estig atio n s of tbc of m ilitarism will vanish, and w ar
T he F e d e ra tio n ist c a n ’t be accused tained w ithout g re a t peril to th e
ballot and th e voting places shall he
w ith the re st, fonglit L abor a t the ran k s of th ese stu rd y fig h ters 'o r located on n e u tra l ground w here all hospital d e p a rtm e n t on beh alf of the will end. Then, and not u n til then,
em ployes as it m ay from tim e to
of anti-A llied p ro p ag an d a even, and s ta te .”
federal elections, and th en B ruce Le- freedom a re th e testim o n ies of th e em ployes shall have th e opportunity tim e deem n e cessary , and m ake such can it tru ly he said th at A m erica is
not for a sm all clique of c a p italists,
th ere fo re th e a tte m p t a t its exclu
They come also in of voting. The m ethod of conducting recom m endations to the tru s te e s rel- ; hut th a t A m erica is for A m ericans.
frov defeated W ilson for th e pre- p ast array ed .
sion is an a tte m p t a t th e m ost sacred
H O W LA B O R P O L IT IC S N O T m iership. Scaddan was chosen in the h e a rte n in g profusion from those to th is election shall be as a m ajo rity of a tiv e to im provem ents as it m ay fin 1 ! If th is w a r shall cease, w hat of »he
rig h t of a citizen, th a t of c ritic isin g
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! th e w orkm en shall a g re e upon and it
fu tu re of th e hum an fam ily? W ill
R E V O L U T IO N A R Y W IL L
m in istry , and. when he w ent before whom all civilization acknow ledges , s b a „ bp hpl(, un(Jpr , hp (Hrprtion of d e sira b le .
"N in th —It is understood th a t this the change from th e political to the
th e a c ts of th e g o verning a u th o ritie s, :
L E A D T O R U IN .
th e people, lie w as vanquished by its g ratitu d e.
th e a rb itra to r h e re in a fte r provided m achinery will ta k e th e place of in d u stria l king sm ash autocracy and
no m a tte r ho>- friendly th e criticism
M ilton, th u n d erin g a g ain st th e sup- i for, who shall se le c t in sp e c to rs of strik e s or lo ckouts d u ring th e p e r in su re dem ocracy?
bis
old
pal
Lutey,
who
rem
a
in
s
loyal
Decidedly not!
m ay be done.(»r how serio u sly th e a u
pression of a free press in the noble election, one union ami one non-un iod of th e w ar. and no o th e r m ethod ! Is this to he th e la st w ar? W ll’ »lie
to
the
principles
of
L
abor.
Phil
Col
th o rities m ay be in e rro r.
H e re 's i A H IS T O R Y TO BE P R O F IT A B L Y
ion m an. from am ong th e em ployes.
lie r is now lea d e r of Labor in the. passages of his “A reopagitica” ; John In the ev en t of any d ispute concern- fo r reg u latin g rela tio n s betw een em- ! abdication of th e kaiser, th e cru ^ b ’ng
R E A D BY U N O N IS T S
nlovers and em ployes shall be su b
w hat it has to sa y a b o u t th e p rese n t
w est.
( alvin lash in g out from exile a t th e ¡n£r fj1P re tu rn s th e a rb itra to r shall stitu te d except by m utual agree- of P russian m ilitarism , th e e sta b lish
EVERYW HERE
w ar:
m ent of in te rn a tio n a l courts, end
In T asm an ia L abor w as led bv u su rp atio n of a u th o rity ; the flam es have th e a u th o rity to decide the m ent."
w a r? A bsolutely not. L et no one
*'Th ere is a w a r on th a t m u st in
John E arle, and w as in pow er, but of th e F rench revolution leaping »»mo.. T he first election of work
be fooled by so idle a dream . J st
the in te re st of p ro g re ss he fought to i
m en ’s ’ com m ittees under th is ar-
as M arx and E ngels foretold w’th
(By
H
arold
A.
P
rid
e
r)
w hen E arle renegaded, the L iberals again in S helley's im m ortal “ Prom e-
a finish, a victo rio u s finish, for th a t i
10.000.000
P
O
U
N
D
S
OF
SU
G
AR
ran g em en t shall be held on th e last
accu racy th e p resen t w ar lias the
side re n re se n te d by th e e n te n te al- i T he follow ing a rtic le by H arold A. u n d er W. H. Lee, S ir Neil Lewis and th e u s ” ; L ocke's courageous defense S atu rd ay of D ecem ber, and the term
S T O R E D FOR S P E C U L A T IO N
labor m ovem ent pointed out w»t»> un
I es It is a w a r fo r dem ocracy only ! Prick r will help to c le a r up th e fog S ir John D avies cam e in to pow er, of to le ran c e ; B urns a t his “glorious of office of the com m itteem en elect-
errin g logic th a t th is is th e beginu»’g
T
he
new
spaper
re
p
o
rte
rs
will
be
in the se n se th a t w ith a com plete
all hopes h e re for fe a st" of lib e rty —these a re but a ed at th at tim e will be from J p n iitry
of
m any w ars which will end v»’h
•’c rf i» for th e C en tral Pow ers of th a t p rev ails w ith reg a rd to tlie L abor lias lost
branded
as
pro
G
erm
ans
by
the
1. 1918. to Ju n e 30, 1918. T h e re a fte r
Mr. m any y ears to
come. S tro n g m en few of the m en th a t have guided the
the extinction of the hum an fam ily,
E e-one th e re will be sw ept from the A u stralian labor m ovem ent.
th e election shall be held oil the plutes.
T hey nosed around down unless th e system which breeds w ar
board a m ess of m edieval ru b b ish P rid e r know s th e
A ustralian move- lik e W oods a n il
Ben W atk in s have upw ard course of our hard-w on mod- last S atu rd ay of Ju n e of each year
in B altim ore, Mil., ami found ten is en tirely erad icated . I believe th a t
th a t m u st he gotten rid of before tho m e n t from A to
Z.
T he a rtic le been defeated, and th e leader, Mr. ern liberalism .
and the term of office shall be from
million
pounds of su g a r hid aw ay, j th is will be done. I have faith f ’at
p ath w ay of th e rac e is m ade cle a r
' Lyons, has a sm all but m ilitan t force
T h eir high and p ro te sta n t spirit is Ju ly 1 to Ju n e 30. P erm an en t v acan
fo r the forw ard m arch of dem ocracy, j follow?
M eanw hile the people w ere paying the producers of w ealth, who ; ' ne
cies
in
th
e
com
m
ittee
shall
be
filled
Since W illiam M orris H ughes, the behind him. E arle had th e chance to A m erica’s proudest heritage. Come
D em ocracy is yet to com e. T he b ru
hv election w ithin seven days a fte r 24 cen ts a pound for th at a rtic le of have the in te rest, vitality and c ••»< r-
m lnation to put an end to c a p ita ” >
ta lity of rem a in in g feudal au to cracy m odern tory. as W inston C hurch m ake good for L abor, but he m ade overseas, it an im ated the lead ers of they a re know n to exist.
food. T hese sam e re p o rte rs h in t th a t opnression and wage slavery, will
rn d »he equally deadly hypocrl y of ill calls th e prim e m in iste r of a m ess of things. In V ictoria w e A m erican idealism . Tt w as Jeffer-
Second—T he w orkm en's com m ittee
the sam e th in g will be exposed in triu m p h an tly m arch along th e “ 'i d
w orld-cursing cap italism a re going
A ustralia, re tu rn e d from London, we havc onlv had Mr. E lm slie in pow er ’ on who said. “W h erev er th e re is a shall have no ju risd ictio n over indi
dow n to g e th e r in a deadly em b race
m any o th e r cities if the sp ecu lato rs o f hum an p ro g ress which will f ” nd
and th a t was only for 14 days, free press the governm ent can not vidual grievances until the w orkm an
society upon the principles of In ■ ■ n
from w hich n e ith e r will be able to have had turm oil enough, and to once
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Las done all in his pow er to b rin g do not loosen up and open th e doors ;
liberty and th e rig h ts of m an th e.
At the p rese n t m om ent in L ast week, Elm slie, as Labor leader, long be u n ju st” ; Lowell, who freely a b c „ ( an a d ju stm e n t of the sam e
rise.
And th e s ta r of dem ocracy spare.
of th e ir sealed w arehouses.
cooperative com m onw ealth.
—a dem ocracy o t L abor, an in d u s th e a re n a of natio n al politics th e re moved a no-confidence m o t i o n criticised th e conduct oi our gov- with his forem an.
tria l dem ocracy, is even now risin g
T
h
ird
—W
hen
an
Individual
g
riev
is peace, and we w elcom e it. but against S ir Alex Peacock. It w as e m in e n t at w ar; Lincoln, who w rote
F IC K E R T TO BE R E C A L L E D
in th e e a st above th e a sh es of th e ir
S E E IN G D E M O C R A C Y FROM
th e re h as been m ore th an o rd in ary defeated. Bow ser, the lead er of th e ! “L et th e people know’ the tru th and ance is brought to the a tte n tio n of
ru in .”
A fter w eeks of blocking proceed- i
th e w orkm en’s com m ittee, it shall
R EAR E N D OF A P U L L M A N
If th e above q u o tatio n s a re con a c tiv ity in s ta te politics. Mr. H ughes E conom ists, then moved a sim ilar the people a re sa fe ” ; O liver W endell first endeavor to brin g about an ad- , ings in th e co u rts by F ick ert th e re-
sidered su fficie n tly “ tre a c h e ro u s ” to and th e o th e r ren eg ad es w ere c ast m otion, and w ith th e exception of Holm es, who declared "T he tru th is ju strae n t betw een the w orkm an
and ; paB
1bat gPntiem an is now allow ed
i t was 9 o'clock and we w ere ap
head of th e d e p a rtm e n t in which
ren d e r th e publication u nm ailable, aside by th e w orkers, th e Labor Plough. H ogan, Solly, T unnecliffe, not invalid, and you need not mind
to proceed by tlie suprem e court,
proaching B utte. Mont., and had in st
ta ilin g in th a t it raav tak e
th e following ta k e n from one of the p a rty w as in pow er in T asm ania, i and C otter, all the L aborites voted how roughly you handle lie r” ; Wen- ,’,e
,
,
,
, „
, -
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.
th e grievance un with the next ofti- ft is a disgrace th at the people have seen its in d u strial s is te r city, Ana
W estern
ultra-reactio n ary sh e e ts of A m erican Q ueensland.
A u stralia, ! ag a in st it—and saved P eacock from dell P hillips, who exclaim ed, "If cia! in au th o rity , and in like man- to w aste fifty thousand dollars on conda. in th e distance.
W h at can we expect from th ere is a n y th in g th a t cannot stand n er to o th er su p erio r officers until such an official.
new spaperdom , is c e rta in ly such, for South A u stralia, and New South defeat!
B u tte w as all lit with th e glare
of electric lig h ts; with a c le a r sky,
1 discussion let it c ra c k ” ; W oodrow an a d ju stm e n t is reached or th e m at-
it Is c riticisin g th e postal a u th o ritie s W ales. T h e conscription conspiracy I th ese!
w ith a full tnoon ju st back of her,
Q ueensland still sta n d s for th e La- W ilson, who said, “T he onlv thing *
’ as
b ro u g h t to the a tte n tio n
cam e. and. w ith th e exception of Mr.
very severely.
T H E CA U SE O F W A R
...
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,
"
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o f th e general m anager.
No m an
she lies th e re quiet and sober, silhu-
U nder th e caption “C urb th e A uto Ryan, p rem ier of Q ueensland, all th e ; bor m ovem ent. Mr. Ryan, th e La-
a ev er set a n \ m an free, th e only | Rjia ij bp discharged o r d iscrim inated
etted ag ain st the sky
By M A Y O R D A N IE L W . H O A N
in his work because he does
c ra t,” th e M orning A sto rian in one le a d e rs of th e L abor p a rty tossed j bor prem ier, is w ithout doubt the thing th a t ever se t any nation free, : against
B utte is built a t th e foot of the
of M ilwaukee.
hill. T he most precious hill In the
aside th e ir principles and crossed g re a te st s ta te sm a n in A ustralia. He is the tru th .”
or does not belong to a union. Dis-i
of its re c e n t issu es w rite s:
Before we can abolish w ar we m u s t ; world. B utte, the g rea t copper city;
th a t is blood nbe(lience of tlip estab lish ed rules of
“T hird A ssista n t P o s tm a s te r G en over to th o se who had fought th e is an irreconcilable anti-conscription- i H ere then, is a cause
learn how to e rad icate its causes. In-1 th e g re a t tow n; th e g rea t union cen
v
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v
i
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.
.
.
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th
e
com
panv
or
of
o
rd
ers
for
the
eral D ockery h a s s ta rte d so m eth in g L ab o r p a rty in the past. T oday Mr. ist. and. though a law yer, he is prob- of our Saxon, p ro te sta n t. A m erican ca rrv in g ‘ont of snch n ile s shall bp asm uch as an effect cannot be re m - 1
te r —B utte with its g lare of lig h t—
new in A m erican legal procedure. He R van sta n d s w h ere he h a s alw ays ably one of the b est advocates th e blood.
N ever has its ju stice been cau se for d isc h a rg e or suspension. In edied w ithout strik in g at its cause, so! its dirtv s tre e ts :
its sulphurous
cited th e New Y ork Call to show
, L
,
A lthough altered by circum stance, n o r cloud- i case of a grievance a risin g out of w ar cannot be abolished w ith o u t! flam es: its ru stlin g c a rd ; its vulgar
cause w hy it should not he denied stoo'l w ith th e w orkers. T he o h ers Labor p a rty ev er bad.
te a rin g out its roots.
W hat, then. !
th e privilege of second class m ail. . have been tossed aside.
It is a K idston ra tte d on Labor in th a t s ta te ed bv events. It is n e ith e r a b o v e : sucb suspension o r d isc h a rg e, th e is th e root or cause of m odern w ar? > rich ; its hovels and filth and its vigi
and m ade way for th e D enham and j nor below the b attle. It is of the :
prX It is som etim es called expansion. ; lantes.
and refused to inform th e Call w h a t lesson to th e renegades.
O ver o u r heads a re th e orifices
offense it had com m itted or w as al-
“ Birds of a F e a th e r”
Sir IvolnM’t Dliilp cliQUG, Dulioi Has battle. It calls acro ss tlie a^ es to sentntion of tlie grievance
to tHri “ Expansion is a term applied to a ! which lead into th e bow els of the
le re d to h av e co m m itted. T he Call
.
.
com nanv to the Question of
the fact pla.. or policv of a ruling class to j hill th ro u g h which men go to bring
was req u ired to p re s e n t its case at
I" New South W ales. Mr. V . A. m ade g re a t strid e s under Dave Bow- every liberal in Am erica.
extend i«s svstem of exploitation over forth th e precious m etal and som e
D espite th e blood and te a rs of the
aueb alleged disobedience -s-n‘
W ashington a t a c e rta in hour of a H olm an, who had succeeded Mr. J. i m an. and la te r, Ryan. It would be
foreign land. T his is to be effected j tim e to die not for th e use of man.
well
to
point
out
th
a
t
th
e
following
heroes
of
v
esterd
av
,
it
m
ust
be
de-
a
”
1to
8UC^
disobedience
of
rules
or
c e rtain dav— 250 m iles from its place t g. McGowan as Labor leader, w as
. ’
. v . v
'
o rd ers and m th e ev en t of a disa- by force of a rm s; e ’th e r i»i ovpm w -| hut for th e C larks. R ockefellers.
of pu b licatio n —and
w as
inform ed prpm ipr. H e advocated conscription, arc th e leaders of th e I^ahor party fended a^ain today*. If ev er th e re , prppm pnt th e ouestion as to the fa^t »ng th e d ista n t people, or in seizing C uegenheim s. H einzes. Law sons, th at
th a t nt th a t tim e It would he pr^-
. . .
, ,
n in A u stra lia ;
| was a tim e for lovers of lib e rty to of such alleged disobedience, shall be th e ir lands. Now. th is p’an of ‘e x -' thev m av buv se a ts in congress, or
Rented, w ith th e ch a rg e ag a in st it. an<^ joined
orces wi
for consideration n an sicn ' as a cause of w ar m e a n s : endow Sunday schools and colleges
C om m onw ealth—F ran k G w ynne Tu- close ran k s ag a in st th e a tta c k s of t,1P 8° lp Question
"
H o w m any of us would rem ain out W ade, th e C onservative, who had a
n o thing to the stu d en t unless the and build palaces on Fifth avenue or
by
»lie
a
rb
itra
to
r.
of »ail if our en em ies could hail us fPW y ears previously leg-ironed th e d or: deputy. S en ato r A lbert Gard- sp iritu al and tem poral au to c rac ie s,!
F o u rth —G rievances of a general various forces leading to it a re fully i expose th em selv es in th e popular
into c o u rt and re o u ire us to prove I nob,e Pp(pr Bowi inR d u ring th e New- Iner.
th a t tim e has come.
( c h a ra c te r taken up by th e work- analyzed. This, in brief, is how they j m agazines.
B utte also has a strike,
our innocence of ch a rg e s th e n a tu re
. .
T ,T
New
South
W
ales—John
S
torey;
T
he
p
re
se
n
t
city
election
in
New
m en’s com m ittee shall first he pre- w o rk ;
of w hich we could n o t know u n t i l / a s t l e s trik e .
Men like S r J. H.
2ft.000 M etal Mine W orkers refusing
F irst, th e wagp e a rn e rs receive in to work under in to lerab le conditions.
York p rese n ts fundam entally th is aented to th e official of th e com pany
we an n eared in c o u rt?
: C a rru th e rs. Sir ( h a rle s M ackellar, deputy. S te w a rt R obertson.
having ju risd ictio n of th e sam e, and "•ages but a p a rt of fraction of w hat C onditions th a t left 230 of them
V
ictoria—Geo.
A.
E
lm
slie;
d
e
p
u
ty
,’
problem
.
H
ylan
can
su
rely
by
no
"If C ongress does Its duty, th e re S ir Sam uel M cCaughey, and o th er
if an a d ju stm e n t is not reached, m av i thev produce Second, w ith th e p a rt i entom bed in a b urning m ine, helpless
will be an o v e rh a u lin g of p ro ced u re . c onserVa tiv e s w elcom ed him , and, in J W . Billson.
stre tc h of the im agination, m easure >
p arried to the next su p erio r offi- | or fra c tio n co received thev cannot | and unhplped.
in »he P ostoffice D ep artm en t. T he ,
th gj A„ an T ay,0 and
South A u stralia— A. A. K irk p atrick . up to th e ta sk th a t confronts an en- i cer and in like m an n er on through n n -ch ase back al, th a t thev produce ! Yes, th e most precious hHl on
v ery ex iste n ce of a n e w sp a p e r de-
lightened official, and n e ith e r can
th e general m anager, unless an ' Third, th is leaves a surplus of goods e a rth , thev call it. and it is th at in
W estern A u stra lia —Phil Collier.
pends on its rig h t to th e second-class the Labor ren e g a d e o! o th e r days,
’n th e cao ftalisfs’ hands which nv’st term s of hum an lives.
chell
has
declared
him-
ROnnTr rP'?che<1
Q ueensland—T. J. R yan; deputy, B ennett
privilege.
A buse of th a t privilege Mr. Geo. S. Beeby. th e sto rm y pet-
F ifth —If th e w orkm en s com m ittee be sold in foreign lands. F o u rth the
It m fgkt indeed be term ed an a l
self in full accord w ith w hat th e j and tbp m anagem ent a re unable to efforts of th e c a p italists to sell th ese
sho’ tM he n t w d v nunished. E n tire rpJ ^ jr H olm an faced th e electo rs E. G. Theodore.
ta r on which th e sacrifice is hum an
denial of th e privilege m av he a as n a tio n a lists!
T asm an ia—J. A. L yons; deputy. J. national a d m in istra tio n is doing and | m utually a d ju st the d ifference in dis- su rp lu s good« in foreign lands re s u ’ts life.
And he won. The
n roner p u n ish m en t in som e in sta n c es
,
T ___, .
m ust be reg ard ed , th erefo re, as its m ite, thev m av subm it th e sam e to in com m ercial riv alry betw een p a
hue too se v e-e in o th e rs
Bv the L abor party , u n d e r Mr. John S tory, J A. B elton.— (H arold A. P rid er.)
T he m ines have been wet and full
I
spokesm
an, as the cham pion of th a t *n a rb itra to r w hose decision shall be rions. Fifth, a s th e m eans of pro of fum es and gas, and m en could
-♦—
♦4
m ere stro k e of a non. th e d e p a rtm e n t how ever, scored a decided victory
. . ,
,
,,
.............. final and binding unon both parties.
duction becom e m nrp efficient o" onlv live a few y ears th a t w orked in
can d e stro y a b usiness w hich a m an fo r re p re se n ta tiv e s of the L abor
, w ith erin g w ave of reaction which, if p-here shall also he tw o a lte rn a te a r sc ie n tif’c th e am ount of goods in the them , so thev quietly stopped work.
S U P P R E S S IO N .
h a s ta ’-’en a lif e tim e to build un.
Black.
unhindered, will com pel our nation b itra to rs. who shall a c t w henever
-n-
hands in creases T his ouiek- 2ft oni) of them w ithout organization,
W o n red ic X
t th a t t th e A m erican pen ; m ovem ent d efeated M
„ essrs.
from
anv
cause
th
e
a
rb
itra
to
r
is
un-
At
a
tim
e
of
p
ressin
g
need
for
to
do
over
again
th
e
w
ork,
of
a
cen-
ens
th
e
e ffo ris of each nation to w ithout agitatio n , w ithout a n y th in g
Meag-
i
nle will not stan d for »he bestow al G riffiths, V. adell, McGowan,
of n r v such pow er as th a t unon anv h er (w ho w as sp e a k e r of th e legis- j unity th is nation is divided. Step tury. H illquit is the only can d id ate
unon i s ^ o s e n h ’ S ^ M v e is la n d outdo its riv als in th e connuering o f 1 but one hig em otional m ass-im pulse
th e m ark e ts of the world.
T his
lativ e assem bly and lord m ayor of , hv ste p w ith physical org an izatio n for your su ffrag e who has th e vision tho a lte rn a te s a re Hvwel Davies and struggle of th e n atio n s to conque- to stand to g eth e r and dem and, ra ih e r
th an to beg or. any way, to refu se
by ju rv Is one of th e fu n d am en tal S ydney), and o th ers, who w ere La- j for w ar goes a m ental and sp iritu a l to in te rp re t th e m eaning of our prog- Judge Gporge W. M usser. W hen any
p rin cip les of our g u a ra n te e of life, bor renegades. Once in power. Mr. disorganization th a t th re a te n s t h e ! re s s and th e will to fo ste r and a d - ' vacancy occurs in these nositions the ♦he w orld’s m arke»« is ever becom w hat was offered to them .
ing m ore tense. To gain a DO’nt of
On th e hill a re big. pow erful
lib e rty and th e p u rsu it of happiness.
Bamre ®hall be filled by the S ecretary vantage, everv device conceivable in I search lights, d a rtin g herp and th ere,
L et th e w rong doer be ad eq u ately H olm an was packed off to London indispensable so lid arity of our citi- ’ vance it. You owe it to th e Idealism l i of
Labor, w ith th e annroval of the
nunlshed. b u t give him a fa ir tria l on a m ysterious v isit, and th e L ib zenship.
th a t you have ever stood for to sup- Council of N ational Defense. In all th e hum an m ind is practiced by t h e ' niercin e the d a rk n e ss w ith th e ir b a r
c a p italists.
W e find some selling! baric glare, a ctin g as a sort of w arn
firs t.”
It is im possible for those who h av e . port and help ele c t him .
cases of individual grievances the th e ir goods c h eap er in foreign coun ing sentinel o r r a th e r vigilant for th e
eral leader. Mr. F u ller, is now pre-
The cases being similar in eharac-
a t h e a rt th e rig h teo u sn ess of Anier-1 T h ere is still o p p o rtunity to clear a rb itra to r shall re n d e r a decision trie s than thev do at hom e; others, protection of sacred p ro p erty th a t
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,
...
te r. th
e only
d . iffe
re n _ c e „ j is , in th e fact i m ier of New South W ales,
ica’s m ission and its u ltim a te sue- aw av th e suspicions th a t a re dividing w ithin five daxs a fte r th e c3-se is th rough th e ch an n els of secret diplo m ight he atta ck e d by s trik e rs or th e ir
R etu rn to Its V o m it
, ,,
. . . . .
.
,
.
,
subm itted to him . and in all griev- m acy. c h e atin g th e ir riv a ls; w hile we
th a t in one in sta n c e th e pap er in
South A ustralia h a s gone to Liber- cess to reg ard th e p rese n t situ a tio n and w eakening us. T his nation can ancps of a ePnPrai c h a ra c te r th e a r now find som e of the co u n tries of sym pathizers.
question is a labor p ap er, and in the
And so But»« je sober and silpnt
alism once m ore.
T h e la te Tom w ith equanim ity.
T he sources of never be united by suppression. Mod- b itra to r shall ren d e r a decision w ith E urope planning to ioin into lcag rea
and anxious and om inous.
o th e r a c a p ita list paper, and upon
P rice w as th e firs t L abor p rem ier inform ation still open tell o f country- e rn psychologists tell us th a t n a tu ra l in 30 davs a fte r the case is subm it- to seize and keep th e m ark e ts of the
I asked a breakm an who w as on
th o se p rem ises sh all th e actio n of of t i n t sta te . As a laborer, he as- wide prosecutions and suppressions, d esires, if suppressed, will sooner or tO(l ,
..
.
world.
the re a r of th e tra in with his red and
! S ixth—W hen any d isp u te affectin g
th e federal officials be in te rp re te d
T he logical resu lts of th is riv a lr" w hite la n te rn s if he could point out
sisted in th e erection of th e parlia- of w holesale a rre s ts and co u n tless la te r tu rn and rend th e ir suppress- a union m an is su bm itted to th e arbi-
is and m u st bo a course of arm ed j an v places of In te rest
be it w bat it m ay.
Dull, indeed, is th e ors. B ridled speech leads s tra ig h t tra to r for decision
, m en tarv edifice. At th a t tim e two in d ic tm e n ts.
th e union to p rep ared n ess, so th at the ' nations
-4’
“ T hat hill over th e re w ith th e
which th a t m an belongs m ay. w ith m ay be ready a t anv m om ent eltl e - search light is th e richest hill in th e
im
agination
th
a
t c an n o t g rasp how to unbridled action.
T he stro n g e st fact in favor of th e of his g re a te st su p p o rte rs w ere A. H.
L et us ra th e r dem and and secure the approval of its in te rn atio n a l offi- »o sm ash a com m ercial rival or to w orld." he said “They dig out m ore
w o rk ers H th a t thev a re Indispensa Peake and A. A. K irkpatrick. W hen m uch m ore is being done unknow n to
t , , .
, .
x
cers, select one of its m em bers to conouer a h e lp le ss people. G leanrio conper th e re th an in all th e o th e r
ble. T he w e a k e st link in th e chain Mr. P rice passed away Mr. P eak e th e general public.
a ssu ran ce, hacked by deeds, th at th e nrPsenf the case to th e a b ritra to r
arm ies and huge navies in the h a n d ’
of th e p rese n t sy stem
is J th a t u th .. e i w ent over to th e C onservatives u n d e r
Tw o cam ps a re form ing. In th e citizens of a dem ocracy m ay still W hen any d isp u te affectin g non union of governm ents who a re engaged in m ines in th e U nited S ta te s : hut just
,
useless,
and
what
s
»
now th e m ines a re all shut down,
c a p ita lists a re
Sir Richard Butler, and John Ver- one are those who maintain that in , struggle for its safety as freemen, j men is presented to the arbitrator a jjfe aud death struggle for the ex every one of them , and the sm elters.
more they know