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General

BARLIER CARERS. THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] HOLLAND ACCEPTS ALLIES PROPOSALS.

THE BRITISH WORKMAN Such a wicked war was never before

DEFENDS HIS HOME.

[BY WILL CROOKS. Lam Poplar man I was born in Poplar in poverty in a little ots roomert house in 1882. As a lad I was appren ticed nearby to a cooper Nearly thirty years ago, the working men of Poplar chose me for my first public office, as member of the Board of Trustees. I live in Poplar to-day.

vaged.

A NEW HATE ESSAY. FEROCIOUS ATTACK ON PRESI-

DENT WILSON

Our homes are in danger, car wiyes and families are threatened, We under stand this The brutal murders of in- fecent folk in Belgium show us what Germany would do. It is not a question Holsten, a brother of the German Duke Erast Günther of Schleswig- are fighting for liberty and for our Empress, has written an article of a most of prosperity, of conquest, of trade. We

homes. I have said, many times that tather then give in to the barbarian who insolent and disgraceful character on Kaiser has sanctioned, I would see my butes to Nord und Sud, a periodical could do brutal murders such as the American Morality," which he contri- own family wiped out and every member of the British Empire perish,

edited by the notorious Herr Ludwig Stein. It is mainly a ferocious attack on President Wilson.

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together. Wo bave had our family quar

When we understood this, we. reis, very hot femily quarrels sometimes, but at the bottom we all had a commen hoods and the safety of our nation. I interest in the welfare of our neighbour had laughed sometimes at the Algies and Borties of Piccadilly. But when I found these Algies and Berties, possessing all news, throwing everything up to fight for that could yield ease, luxury and idle their country, and dying by the side of our lads in Poplar in the trenches, I

The Dukes canust understand why the most recent Wilson have not been still more severely útterances of President.

they have not been covered with the dis castigated in the German Press, and why credit they merit. This President dares to express his moral indignation about German conditions, and to speak monarchy exercises on other peoples. of the influence which the German

the only country where corruption is on The most superficial knowledge of Amori. can conditions tolls one that Russia is We found that we were all in a par with the corruption in Amerion

THE HAGUE, March 8th. In the Second Chamber, the Foreig Poplar is part of the great working Minister stated that Germany having dass quarter of East London, which declared that it was imposible to furnish starts at Whitechapel and stretches to Holland with 300,000 tons of grain within Canning Town, the largest solely indus two months the Government would agree trial quarter in the world. Here we to the Allies taking over Datoh shipping have no leisured class, no middle class, if Holland could rely upon getting none bit working mon and the tradesmen 100,000 tons of cercals and certain other who supply them East London is commodities from America in accordance natural reservoir for cheual and drifting London. Also, if bunker coal for the of factors to let bere added as an at-loved and respected them for it with the recent agreement drawn up in labour. In pre-war days, advertisements transport of goods to Holland is furnish traction the words, Abundant supplies ed certain Datch ships. Also, if the of casual labour to bo had." Allies guarantee that the ships shall not transport troops and war material, shall not be armed, and that the crews shall be perfectly free to attend to their naviga tion Also, if destroyed ships are re placed immediately after the war. The Government could not go further.

LATEST CABLES.

UNEQUIVOCAL ACCEPTANCE

REQUIRED

flotsam and jetsam of industry. The Before the war, our people were the docks, the factories and the workshops employed a great deal of unskilled labour. The out-of work and the half employed naturally came here to be near what work was going. The familiar local phrase expressed the condition of Lost They were in and out of work regular Our population changed every three

Today it is as truc as it was at the be ginning. This is not a Government way, the man at the village pump and in the is a people's war. We are all in it, folds, the blacksmith, the carpenter and joiner, the shipwright and the man of leisure. We are standing together be cause we are fighting for liberty and for the purity of our homes

The men are so fine. They volunteered in their thousands, long before conscrip tion was talked of. And they are taking what comes to them without a whimper only without a grumble but with a smile. They left Lome, wife and children not Dawn each of our Poplar streets we have tales to tell of Dick who earned his sergeant's stripes, left for France and up in a naval light; of Ton wounded, was killed in three weeks; of Jack, blown healed and back again,

Casun) labour means low wages, and East London is the home of poverty. We have many families living in one or two LONDON, March 19th,

rooms, few families have a whole house The Government has freshly notified the where I live, is as good a street as is to to themselves. Gough Street, Poplar, Dutch Government that the Allies will he found within a radius of a mile. Yet immediately proceed to requisition Dutch do not know a family save my own), shipping unless Holland anequivocally think I know every family in the street. I know me who were drunkards and that has a whole hour to itself and wonderful efect on people left behind

The example of these lads has had accepts the last Allied Note concerning The houses in Gough Street are not large loafers. Their dear ones have gone to the subject, to which a reply was expected two-storeyed houses rented at thirteen the var, and I have seen the men at home yesterday. So far, it has not been relings represents thirty-three per cent of come home early at nights. They sctile skillings a week. But when thirteen, shil

pull up. They have cut drinking. The ceived It is pointed out that Holland's working man's wages, he cannot afford down to their work: And when the news apparent tardy acceptance of the arrange much for

as a three orgonized donocratic comes that their lad was killed on the movement is very strong. We have, our quietly. It is as though they said, Somme, the Ancre or at Ypres, they take fierce political controversies. Our efforts must try to be worthy of my soldier to improve the conditions of the very s013. poor, to humanize the workhouse, to careS for the child and to protect the rights of labour, have often been described Our Labour League, born at the Dock Gates where we held our meetings, was one of England. the pioneers of labour representation in

ment proposed earlier and tientioned last night will no lenger meet the case, as the position is radically changed,

EARLIER CABLES. THE ALLIES AND RUSSIA'S

DEBTS

ONCE

LONDON, March 18th, In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that an informal declaration signed by the representatives & Petrograd of all the foreign Powers was forwarded to the

STRONGLY, ANTI-WAR. Commissary of Foreign Affairs stating war with Germany began We wrze so We were strongly anti-war before the that they considered the deeree regarding strongly for peace that we were willing the repudiation of the Russian State to fight any man for it. In the Boer Dbbs, the conlocation of property and War, we were outspokenly pro-Boer. At similar measure as without force and that they reserved the right of claiming high, ours was the only district where a time when national feeling ran vory damages from the Government for all the not a single anti-war meeting was broken CUTLER PALMER & COPS losses of their nationals.

So far as Mr. Balfour vas aware-no Poplar itect, we had demonstrations in up We not only held meetings in reply had been received.

Trafalgar Squaro, in the parks and in AMERICA AND THE WAR.

the streets. Three times at least during these defmonstrations the oppositions to CORRESPONDENCE WITH

me was so fierce that it seemed as though BEINSTORFE

I would be finished Some men threaten ed to drive me out of public life because of my stand for the Boers Others, like man with a club, backed up a dense crowd who faced me one afternoon after demonstration on Parliament Hill Fields, and threatened to brain me, were ready to adopt a shorter way

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NEW YORK, March 19th Two men and two women, supposed to be French have been deported. They lived in fashionable localities and were smply supplied with funds. It is alleged that they carried on a code correspon dence with Count Bernstorff. LAUNCH OF BIG CONCRETE SHIPS

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We stood for peace, for liberty and for friendship among nations. On one ccasion, on a public visit to Germany, I The Times Washington correspondent were not in any sense military. We proposed the health of the Kaiser We states:It is officially announced that

LONDON, March 18th. The Attorney-General has admitted a breach of contract by the Crown The claration to this effort. The petitioners Postmonster-General would give a de are entitled to damages on the basis of six stations.

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The American money magnate, says the Duke, is without shame Everyone Congress members in his pocket. Nothing of them has his two senators and seral is thought of this--it is so usual. Mr. Wilson knows all about it, and yet be has the face to castigate us. Evors, official in Germany," says the Duke, "is able to show the white waistcoat of a blameless life. Of course Dr. Wilson never cused German officials of corrup tion, but the Duke, implies that he did, and bis enlumny is swallowed by the masses as truth,

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brother, is a professor, and must know President Wilson, says the Empress

its Imperial suffrage is grope dezente all about Germany. He must know that than that of America, and that the Reich.

one in thousand American citizens bas House of Lords. I do not believe that stag is not hampered by a Senate or

the slightest knowledge of the German constitution. Were he not the leader of shuge a How dare the Presidont pose before Germany as a moral prescher country we might regard hiru as a politi cal nuantebank.

Latin races. Hate is foreign to our We Gorioans do not hate like tho nature. But I am sure were referen dum of the German people taken to-day as to the man whom they most detest. Woolwich were united for the war for President Wilson; not because his I was not surprised that the people of there would be a unanimous vote for Woolwich lives mainly by the manufac supply of munitions to our enemics ha ture of war material. But in Poplar has occasioned the loss of so many of was different. Here the coming of was our soldiers' lives, but because of his seemed likely to bring to our already harissism, because of his unctuous poor people nothing but greater poverty indignation which is so contrary to his

although later on there was abundant om what actually happened at the beginning peace of the world, but instead of this dearer food less employment. This i actual rets. He might have kept the

ploymeat in war work. But when things ture of the Morgan Trust. He sumbed he allowed himself to become the crea looked blackest, we took our stand. We to plutocratic influences in their most have a small peace party. Its strength frightful form." it holds its meetings at the East India may be judged from the fact that when Deck Gates, our great public forum father hurries back from work to play fifteen people. If I stand up to advocate to wash The wife tells him not to dis- its usual audience in between five and with the baby.. He does not even stop the war, several hundred people will turb it. It's mine. as well as yours, gather in a few minutes. They do not old girl, he says. He worships it. He broly to listen to Bill Crooks. They worships her. The baby sickens. They have spoken there for 30 years Bat they anguish at their hearts. It dies. Heart- have known me for many years, for hang over its cot, hour after hour, with come in greater numbers than in the old broken the man leans down, resting his days. They come because I tell them head in his hand, about the ware

I was walking down Commercial Road would bare given anything, I would have My God!? he orice. with a young fellow in khaki fresh back done anything, could my boy have lived." What have I done to deserve this? I from the front, when he saw an old chum As that father feels over his dead habe, com.up Why, Bert," he said, Not we feel over our homes and over the cau in khaki You've not joined up of liberty we are defending. Wo will

Bert replied "I ain't such give anything, do anything to save it. And he went on to argue against

Now fool. the war.

THE WOMEN MANAGED HIM.

"But, say some folk, you are giving up liberty, You are Prussianizing your selves. You are adopting all kinds of The soldier had to go. I remained and cannot do that. You must stay at work, regulations in England. The people

a soldier if you are

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the first big concrete chip of 5,000 tohshaghed at the Algies and Berties of Pio was launched on the Pacific Com com could any men who sought to promote turned to the young fellow. I purposely you must go as

cadilly We opposed in every way wo pletely and successfully six weeks after the concrete was first poured into the war or to do anything likely to provoke pitched my voice loud to attract the at-called; you can no longer do as you like

Arrangements are being made to

tention of passers-by to build

To-day Poplar, for many years the noticed, said, 1, that before you Yes, bus why? We have temporarily 54 Ch

mor concrete vessels. A contre of anti war propaganda is Answered your friend, you took a made a sacrifice of our individual freedom The advantages claimed for such ships artively supporting the Government in cigarette out of your mouth. Do you in order to secure it permanently Wo are that their construction doce, not in its conduct of the war against Germany doing what is doing that enables the likes it of our own free will. You cannot get terfere with the building of steel vessels. The men who stood by we in the peace of you, to be where you are in safety anything except at a price. You cannot understand that it is the likes of him are paying a price, but we are paying. Concrete ships can be launched within 10 demonstrations in Hyde Park and You are not willing to do your bit to have any spiritual gain without material days after the work starts, and the cost Trafalgar Square in the days of the Boer stop the Kaiser from murdering women sacrifice. When a big bit of work has to of the plant is only one twentieth of the War have sent their sons to fight for and children. By this time a number be done, you call in the expert and place cost of a steel shipyard of qual capa

England. The younger men among then of women, probably about fifty, were yourself under his direction. We are are in khaki themselves. Our lads bays standing around listening. Let me tell engaged on the biggest task any nation THE IMPERIAL WIRELESS

volunteered by the thousand, and many of them have died in the trenches. Our Fou about soene at a Belgian railway over undertook. We have called in tao CHAIN,

women cheer the lads as they leave, and loaded up with 800 young women, marri We are letting them tell us what to do station a little time aga. A train was experts, the best experts we can find. welcome them as they return.

ed and single. They had been dragged and how to go to work me OUR IN IN THE TRENCH. from their homes by the German soldiers. But if anyone supposes that the British I myself the man of peses, have under ears were on their faces and their lands people, who for hundreds of years here viited, lived among and encouraged the For God's sake, tell us where we are cally deprived of freedom because of this, taken big recruiting compaigns, I have were outstretched as they oried, beeching teen pioneers in the fight for liberty, Are a neutral friend Where are so going going to allow themselves to be perman- man in the trenches. I have taken the going They were being dragged from he is wrong Our people have shown in message from the men in the trenches to their homes to Germany And you, my the past that they know how to safe- OUTsion I held 36 big recruiting meetings, help to save your woman and children ingly sacrificing much of the old freedom. those in the workshops. On one ocalad, ie not such a fool, you say, Be to guard their rights. Today they are will- on the Tyne, the Tees and the Clyde in from a Late like this 28 days. I have done everything that I There was no need for me to say any temporary conditions will conse could to help the nation in the war more. I heard the women calling. The great thing that concerns us now But when the needs of the war go by, the When war was first threatened against Leave bin to us, Mr. Crooks, leave him. is the war. This is a fight to the finish, u I visited Woolwich, which I pre to us! I left. That is how our women and the Kurser has got to be finished Bent in Parliament. I said then: My feel about it. They encourage their sous This war is everybody's business, work The Durham miners voted in favour of am with the Government. I cannot help wicked and dreadful war to erase, but must help, and every class is helping position is that in the hour of danger and losbands to go. They want this man and aristocrat alike. Everybody the comb out by 3,678 votes to 27,178. myself. We have fought for peace until they do not want it to cease until the We are going to me this thing through.

The Lancashire and Cheshire miners you and I have got to shoulder our has been broken.

the last moment, but, if var has to come power of the Kaiser to repeat such evil And we are willing to sacrifice everymen Toted 14,840 for and 30,359 agsmet the burden. We have got to see the old This is what has moved our people, comb-out,

country through, to stand shoulder to the dangar to the home and family visiting the front. I have seen men

We remember our brave lads When.. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL.

shoulder and present a united, front to have asked gatherings of men ting siter wounded. I have asked myself what are time what they would do if they came we that we should be worthy of the sacri Why did we working men of East back from work in the evening and fire these men are making. They are The Press Burea states that meetings London the men who fought for peace found no home. If they found a mass giving their lives for us!

in 1900 act and speak in this way in of ruins over his dead bodies of their giring their allies They are 1914 The reason is simple In the wives and children. I bave asked them days of the Boer War we vere pro-Boer if they would sooner fight among such because we thought that the liberty of scenes, shooting and dodging round the the Boer was in danger. To-day we street corners or do their fighting now stand by our country because we know And the appeal has never failed that the liberty of our people is threaten ed. Our family is in trouble Que Bilver is quoted 4318,- per ounce There in the name of God, is going to say that family is standing together. And who, are small supplies, China is buying in wo are not a family and fighting the little some, the wife, the child The America

LONDON, March 18th The previous figures in the South Wales unners ballot were incomplete. The final result is:-1,258 for and 80,870 against

LONDON, Marth 18th

of the Supreme War Council and import ant political conferences at Downing Street wore held from Thursday to Saturday last. The Premiers -France and Italy attended

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LONDON March 10th

the enemy.

family This war was forced on is,

QUE HOME FLEST

of You know the familiar scent, It is our home that stands Art with

(Continsed at foos of nee: Calamin)

I recall the words of the King when, as Prince of Wales, he attended a great gathering at the Guildhall after his journey round the Dominions. Where- ever we went the peoples hearts swelled with pride at their co-grtnership in this

men heritage of freedom And it is that Erat Empire. We baya no lace, no possessions, and yet we all share its cour common heritage which is at etake Liberty or Kaiserism I am for liberty t