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' ' •The principle I s ta te aini

mean to s tand upon i s :—tha t

t he entire ownership of Ireland;

moral and material, up to the

sun and down-.to the, font re is

v.es'tcd of r ight in the people

of I r e l and . " •

—•Ja'lheS Fin tan Lalor.

8P*" ^"wMM&ovUc''

Vol. 2. No. 15.

E d i t e d b y J i m L a r k l n

Who is- i; -peaks- tn A. i. : • I tell you a cause ! i o u r - - :

Is lij.'e.a':U" than . defeat *t-an J>|IOW—

It I s the- po\ve> -As shrcly as. tin- <art i roils

•rotiifd. As surely as the glorious, sun

Itiings the giVut worlil nioon Wave. •

. ,M list our t 'ause i>" \\ mj :

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925. =fe=

PRICE ONE PENNY'

Historic Strikes. -1 GRPAT] FIGHTS OF THE WORKING

CLASS DOWN THE AGES.

, B.C. 2170 (about).- Fifty thousand labourers employed on' the building -of the -Groat Pyramid (commonly called. Cheops) complained of the food furnished ihein, and refused to work. _Tlu-y were cut to pieces by the' troops,- several

' thousands being killed. The remainder went- back to work.

•B.C.^601.—Over 30,000 labourers em-ployed bv the Chinese Emperor on the embankment of the Hwang-ho Kiver,, demanded higher wages-and ceased-wor k. Seventeen hundred were beheaded and the rest resumed work.

B.C. 29.—Workmen employed by King Herod to rebuild the temple and palace at Jerusalem struck on account of! poor food and insufficient pay. Herod onlci'ed out his Parthian Cavalry, wliicft s'ur-jounded and slaughtered all the'strikers. Herod was nothing if no t thorough !

<TIK' masons employed by .ero to rebuild) Rome,-after the destruc-

t i o n of that ci tr by fire, struck for higher /wages. The>\ were surrounded in the

/ s t ree ts by Praetorian Guards, several hundreds being killed. The rest surren-dered. Seventeen were crucified and the remainder returned to work.

A.D. 72.—Many hundreds of jews who refused to work at building the triumphal arch of Tit*-* were, slaughtered* by the city garrison of Rome.

A.I). 324.—In Constantinople masons employed by contractors. to build a ciiiifCh Struck- for increased wages.- The contractors appealed to Constantine, who ordered several of the strike leaders to 1H- hanged before the church. The rest went back to-work.

A.I). 804.--A strike of workmen em-ployed by Charlemange on a palace at Aix-la-Chappelle was settled in the same way. The men demanded higher wages. Twenty were hatlged, and <so wore sent to the" galleys in Spain.

A.D. lnii't.- William the Conqueror had trouble with workmen employe,! i<-build Hastings Castle. Several were' beheaded "; the .rest werc>v)u to !• ranee ;is slaves.

1215. -Magna Cltarta recognised certain' rights of labourers and mechanics. Farm labourers were not to be deprived of their furniture, nor their tool* seized for debt.

1271. -SerioUs riots caused by striking farm lalxmrors at Norwich, Fngland. Many houses were burned, including the line cathedral. Many of the rioters were publicly hanged,, their execution, being witnessed by the king.

I Ml.—An insurrection of farm laboufb^s and mechanics, led by Wat Tyler, whs suppressed with great cruelty and wholesale slaughter.

1495.—Great strike in Constantinople. Twenty-six stxikers were hanged .and the remainder drafted into the army.

1539.—Insufficient pay catised a strike of workmen employed in pulling down a suppressed- monastery. Settlement— hanging and imprisonment.

1563.—At the Palace of the Journal , Spain, masons struck, for higher wages.

* Sewn were sent to the galleys, the remainder exiled to America.

1025.—Central Chinese strike of tea-pickers.' Seventy-odd were first tortured, then beheaded.

1604.—Labourers at the canal of I-anguedoc struck for better pay. Dozens were hanged by order of the nobleman who overseered the job.

1705.—Peter the Great's, shipbuilders and sailmakers struck for shorter hours. Some were hanged, more than 100 sent to Siberia, 950 drafted into the army. . 1775-1800.—During the last 25 . years of the 18th century .many trade union's were formed in England, France a,nd Germany.

. 1799.—Laws were passed in England prohibiting trade unions.

1809.—The Friendly Society of Iron-founders of .Fngland, Wales, and Ireland were organised.

1812.—Nottingham (Fngland) great strike and riots. Many mills burned by strikers.

1824.—Tin; laws prohibiting trade and labour unions repealed.

1831.—Many strikes and great rioting among Welsh ironworkers." Iroops fired on the strikers,~ killing many.

MAY DAY, 1925. /

Comvadgs, what of the morn—the new May umiu^ Why stand ye despntrim* and despised > Even though yon have been misled and betrayed by. self-seeking; strophanti/' placc-h\inters, masêi-ading- as Labour Leaders, is it loo late to seek Ilea ft or (Jraee; reform your ranks; seek inspiration for. the future from +lie, sacrifices and Service of tin- men •" like you men " who have passed from our .ranks having given all that men can give to.the I'ause

-of Labotir^ Men likeJknie, Nolan, Alallin, O T a r roll,^Ri ley, Partridge, and the teaeher and exemplar—•Connolly,'and many fillers too numerous to "name whose memories abi<fc--wii 1 Us Jn all our work and'harassment .of body and miitd. V-

If the Irish working elass had known that the work and sacrifice of CVouolly, M.a|liu, ()'CarrolI, and Partridge in 1916 had been repudiated, is ii conceivable they would have lei careerists nmsqueiadc under the ghostly mantle of Connolly, from 191/i down through the " years to. the .fatal year of 1922, and since? .Irish Labour haslw-en disgraced, its traditions broken, its principles outraged by these careerists, who, now in 1925)sr)utvc been .forced to admit that they did not approve .of Connolly's action in 1916. But they were all too willing to traverse the country, using Connolly's message, Connolly's work, tire.sacrifice of Connolly and his comrades in 1916, to gain control of the Union and Labour movement for .their own ulterior purposes. Connolly and his comrades were wrong in 1916. Connolly and his com-rades are silent in death. Careerists} fhasq tie lading as Labour Lexers, live on; they continually mouth phrases from Connolly's vork, claiming their' political connection with Connolly is unbroken. Yet Connolly died for principles .and a purjjose that these careerists

'} "repudiate;' -V • *

Let us-gef back to May Day, 1925, to the principles of Connolly.and his dead comrades. Let us take up the task left unfinished by Connolly. Let us take courage bOJiy/sacijficcs of our comrades, silent in death,-yet eloquent, in spirit. Let us refresh outlives in that spirit. Let us determine that the principles of Coiytolly and his comrades of 1916 are tin-principles worth living for; that their purpose and objective are ours. Let us .re-organise our forces, dress our ranks. A united front of Irish Labour against the embattled front of the Capitalist classîu Ireland. Let its. relegate these hypocrites, these careerists, thai masquerade, uiklcr the banner o>f Irish. Lai> ; ••. u> t hi? obscurity from which they Should never have'been allowed to emerge.

Irish Labour stands at the parting of t! e ^ a y s on this May Day, 192"). Which path' shall we tread—-the path Connolly t-rod, or the bog of despondency, despair and disunity, mapped out by self-styled Labour loaders. It may be a hard, bitter road thatConnolly/-marked out for Us to tread, but it is a safe, road; the only road men dare travel, and i t , will eventually bring us to the Land of'Heart 's Desii*—a free land—a land, wfieioiji 1W hypocrite, the Juc[as, and the careerist shall have no place. The. road of political chicanery, of dissimulation, of hypocrisy, of Kmpireism. mapped out by these same a leaders'." leads to tin* shambles of civil and foreign war; leads to conscription; leads to eternal wage-slavery;, leads to class collaboration; leads to continuous industrial and economic strife, woijjd without, end, amen; leads to place and poxyer for the compromising politician; leads to £400 a year and-allowances for eloquent Dempseys of the alleged^!,al)our Party. For you and yours of the' rank and file—wage-slavery, industrial strife, bad housing, adulterated food, low wages, long hours, early death. I t means the perpetuation .of capitalism, world without end. If you want freedom, you must be worthy of freedom. You must prepare-yourselves for freedom bv stu<Jy, bv service, by sacrifice if needs be. Comrades, if you are true to your class, willing to serve them and suffer with them, no capitalists will vindicate you. No capitalist papers will give space to an approval of your saiie leadership. No,, comrades; yotlrs will be. the hard bitter road. You will be condemned ^jy capitalists and the capitalist Press,; but deep . satisfaction will be yours, and the days will bring victory to your class and the cause will be triumphant. Let us unite this May Day .md march breast forward to the dawn. We have a World to gain. ' \jf

IS32.—-The Steel Yard Society formed. 1833.--Frkndly Society of Operative.

Stonemasons formed in England. 1831.—Unsuccessful sirik- of calico

printers in Glasgow for better pay. 1831.- -GreiK London tailor-, strike..

Also a failure. ' - * .' ' 1831— Boilermakers -ami lion Slnp-

- builders' -Union.-of Great liriiaiu formal. 1835.—Potters struck-. in North of

England.. They got an increase in wages after a long struggle. -

1830.—London w.avrrs strike against Irish workmen. Terrible riots ; many lives lost.. -

1812.- Manv strjk.rs in- Manchester. 1812. Kngfish legislation for the registra-

' tion of labour unions, 1.841. -First - luiglish ('o-operative

. SocietV form!;d. - » r To "this list should be added,.following I a ve'.'V considerable number of strikes

during the nineteenth century, ihe Loudon dock labourer's slrik.- of 188V.I. I'Jiis, which proved successful-, furnished; one. of the best rvideitces of working-class solidaritv tlv/u known, and Taid the, foundation of the New • Unionism, with wider organisation and polificaf action as its methods.

| j>u{ was mean enough to t.t-y and evade. I the repayment., and it was only wheit j the SecrMarv of the (Ins Workers ' I notitiod Mr. (.!rev of the 'ahsolufe dis-

honesty of this-elerk and one-or "two others, that they made any at tempt fo pay ; .and 1 believe they have now paid in fhirr "H - 'To sum yp. It "things were to be done

over again, I". for oW—and I know others—would think twice bef(u;e es-J rang ing myself, from my feHow-"%vorkers. Sincerely yours, N '

" I N S P E C T O R , "

Even the Boss Despises the Scabs.

1 To the Editor , "»Irish W o r k e r . "

i Dear Sir, I will be obliged for a spaee in yotu* '

p-ipcr in.older, t h a t it> i-i-r^ti is n-.iy I c iiiad<. aware of what I de--iu tin ;i.i>e

. nmi'atittide of one of niy ' r>-!low-workers iu the (.las ( 'ompany.

Sonje lime aô. "ihe fa ther of a junior elerlc ln;i'e died. I r a u n ^ six or seven" voting children and' widow mourn his loss, andfy-iinii ' .sv A .•ertaiu man in the'i-mplo^M.'iit and aiiai lod % to the clerieal staff, hearing of the dir-r distress of this I'anujy,_ oryaui-*d a " d raw i ' for the deceased's kit o f " tools the had beeir-H. earpenter;.* This main " frii-nd-in-iieed " f o r k e d mi^-i' ;.-.itd main-, to make the proj- i i ' .-illeei-ss. Jilld' thill lie Slieeeede-J . -evidenced by the -J'aet* of his.J)«4ivj ah 'e 10 liand a s'rii o f , f i f t y odd i v " •- • the widow ami orphans. La-t v.. the i nan .who had done all this •

.his own tro'idile by the death of i brother to whom he was deeply at-tached, and. his fellow-workers iu th • e,lerieiil*depairthient (amongst- whom 1.* • is deeply rispccted) sent a, wreath .-*> a 'mark of- their sympathy, add the clerk who', undertook ' to collect t,he price, had . of course, no.diflicuhy as jsji were only, loo willing to. be tissweiaie.l with it, except ihe -!erk w i i o ^ i ' a m ! y lie had so li.-n. (itted aild/wllTise i i :

^; ind helpless cluldren ne had don- >o. nntSTiTor. This—T don ' t know ivhether to call him man. boy. or c - - r — absolutely refused, and tried ty i.Ial '• a jeer of the collector.

Well, to a certain extent. . I am .•!.»: , . favourably planed to erfticisi :h i , . ..young siibh. as .1 aim mote or lev-. ,

; a fellow delinquent in his reei-ut pns t ; ; hilt I certainly could not siamdi i'er i such ingrat i tude. " • . V i I'his young .prig k an -Iri.Mi speakei-, j wears the Faine, and is, 1 understand. 1 Secretary of some unit of the O'aeli.

League at tached to St. <'oliuucifle's liranch. itlatekhall I'iaee. 1 i.av always supported the .League and ad-mired its excellent work," and I sincerely hope that t l ik . -iype o : person is an exception in its ranks, f o r 11 the contrary wais the case I would say " Avaunt, the Gaelic Leagu . "

'Jp to the strike of the ' ias 'workci-s ta^; May. every em"plqy:ee. from the labourer to . the liiglnst-]>iii(l . •• jvas - belonging to the Uiuon, wi: it a. eoupli - of exceptions: iind- ' lo < rn-i credit, it must be saiil. « verv walked out at tlje call.- except i an: ' almost fishametl to state) the par t in ; : i r . section to-which ,I helofjg. l*Jvi«?-y*-tfTte of us, Inspectoi-s' and Chief Inspei-tor-. , remained i n : one o n l y w a s manly enough to go w t h his it^low-workers. "Wr^remaiiicd loyal 1o the Company for mundane reasons; but it has been clearly demonstrated, from ex-pressions of our chief'official to repre-spiitatives of the <!as W o r k / r s ' l»i-aiie:i as well as many other ^ct ions of his.

. tha t ho does not appreciate our dis-loyalty to our comrades. As an instance: At thcj i ier i ted increases las! I)i'i;eirtber'. the. inspe"ct«.Hs-. wliy -wen: •tut on s'riRe got 2i" tinu-s^he increase of any that remained in. jind some ;go:. no increase at h l l \ I .mus t admit that this was ;i take-down to all of us; but in what way do the remainder, of our fellows l'egaj'd us* I (at all events > fun not utuTer any delusion <iv«Jr, th

-maitter. lor 1 know we are treated with disdain. The men are takinu orders from n* as they -«!i<l before tê ,strike-simply because they belun'e they are .Hot in a positioii t o .hit .back. lint as soon as their 1'nion i» tinaiieially strong chough to .supjjtiP them, we Iuspecforsjuiay, as well pro* pare ourselves for the order to toe tin-line o"r get cjjit. ' •

"This clei'k.1 to whom 1 referred 'n fhe fii-st part of iiiy- let teh \yent oij* ' . on strike and was glad to accept a loan of £ t . given t o all the striker*.

(Continued on previous column).

THE IRISH WORKER Saturday, May 2, 192.')

AMUSEMENTS

GRAND CENTRAL CINEMA.

" T H E MOON OF ISRAEL.

. Sir Rider Haggard ' s Novel.

Showing at .2, 4.15, 6.30 and 8".4'5 p.m.

Coining: 1 • H O T WATER." '

HAROLD LLOYD'S Greatest urid Best

MARY ST. PICTURE HOUSE

Tlmrs.. Fri. and Sat.":—

EDM CXI) LOWK in

" T H E BRASS BOWL.1

An Exciting .Mystery Drama.

F i r s t Time to Dublin.

Monday Next— -

LEO MA LONE V in

" KING S CREEK LAW. '

Ilis First Bin Western Picture. •

First Time to Dublin.

" Iron Man " Serial, Etc.

GRAND CONCERT — AND

DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT

1 In the QUEEN'S THEATRE, SUNDAY NIGHT, 3rd MAY, 1925

At 8 o'clock.

The Republican Players will present-:— '• The Young Man From Rathmines."

All the well-known leading Artisttes! Com-; and enjoy a good evening's entertainment.

'Dancing. Singing.and plenty :: of laughter ::

Doors opm at 7.30 p.m. Popular Prices

WORKERS' UNION OF IRELAND'

NOTICE TO BRANCH SECRETARIES.

The levy of One Penny per week for the " Irish Worker " must be enforced on and after this date.

All money realised by this levy must be entered separately on the Weekly Cash Return, and re-mitted in full to Head Office each week without fail.

Branch Secretaries are re-quested to notify Head Office of the number of copies of the " Irish Worker " required each week for distribution to the members' of the Branch. This notification must be given not later than Tuesday of each week.

WORKERS' UNION OF IRELAND NO. 1 BRANCH.

BUILDING WORKERS' SECTION

A General. Meeting of all members of. the above Section will be "held in Unity Hall, Marlboro' Street , , on Thursday, -May 7th, 1925, at 8 p.m.

Jim Larldn will address the meeting. By Oiyler.

NO. 1 BRANCH COMMITTEE.

WORKERS' UNION OF IRELAND

DUBLIN NO. 1 BRANCH.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

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'PHONE NO.—DUBLIN 2C8(i.

Communists and Ireland.' TJic Dublin daily press, with an

equanimity that ' indicates they .have received instmctions from the masters are on the. track of the bold bad men. It would appear, according to the Renter, Agency, which, as everyone knows, cannot tell a lie, that Europe is threatened with Communism and, that being so, tin- time has arrived for ""Civilization, Christianity and Small Nationalities " to soun>l the tocsin of alarm and rally their ' forces.

It need scarcely be said that the Irish brand "of capitalism is identical with that in every odicr land, tjiat it arises from the sameAans-s—selfishness and greed—and produces, everywhere, the same results. It is a cardinal "principle with governments in all countries to maintain the supremacy of the ix>.ss.ssing class, ami. the history of,peoples shows a continuous Struggle on the part of the ruling classes to keep the mass.s of humanity in subjection. Go back as far as We choose,. We find the saints principle' underlying the policy of governments -Egypt, Rome, Orecce in the old days; Spain, Holland, France, England, Italy and the German States later ; " and, in our time, these same rations and others— many of them developed inter Empire-, maintaining the continuity of the.age-long tradition.

Until the last W<»\v shall have b.en struck by humanity in the fight to achieve'freedom, until the last (cttcV shall have been broken, the forces of greed will operate in defence of their, selfish interests. To think otherwise is to close the door to reason. I11 the war 011 the masses no 'weapon is too frightful - if it achieves its purpose, and in dealing with ordinary humanity the most potent in preparing it for acceptance of the holocaust that invariably follows }lie ultimate clash of national capitalist interests, is that of lying propaganda.

It has been said that every tyranny! contains within itself the seed of its own destruction, and how true that i* the Great War, cojiceived in Imp-rial arro-

•gance, proves. Out of the welter of that terrible time arose* a nation, sick" to death •of the g n a t horror, yet jfispired with a determination to end "once , and for "all the possibility of a recurrence, and though harried almost to destruction by the, combined forces of the world, it brftke •their effective resistance and laid the sure foundation of the world that is to be-— Russia. .

Y-1, the fight is not finished—-"it has hardly begun. Outside the Union of Soviet Republics the struggle of the masses against their rulers goes on with varying

-degrees of success. But the result is certain. '-As the struggle proceeds it .will

•-increase in bitterness. Here," in.Ireland. We are seeing the beginnings .of die offensive, and in tlu- two priiuJp.il

j Imperiii) organs—the " Irish Tijiies "/a I the

a'ttaek(r..vea£ itself. - I t is amusing to see tli.\pap< r.> that called, out for, the Irfooii A ih. • nuiuof Hi .seeking to be accepted a - 1 lie defenders of the nation's liberiie .. li i> tragic that there should be :i sT'Clion of the people lid astray, but that .will right itsilf. In the'history of tbe—Independent . ;t>( of the late 'C.Ffeeman's Journal," sttl'sirvienc- to British Imperialist: interests has always lx,. n a s'ecivi guiding principle.. Hie " Irish Tir.ie> ". being th.- 'organ- of Asceiidanryism, has no past of which Ascrndancyisiii U-ing Ascendancyism has any reason to blush. Always it has lieeji ail ojn n ehemv. tliSHigh i» the role of " Kindly Irish of'the Irisji, ' it is not a , -clack. .

In Creating of the sutitude of the Irish press towafcls the workers, it is well, so as to have the riglt perspective, tif'tonsider its past activities. In recent yeais the '.' Irish IndejH-nuciu has I Ken associated witlj wholesale condemnation of the 1 It I <• Insurrection , arid its later developments. Not that tlfe " Ind-.pen-den't " is avyfse to the idea of war, for did it not, during the great massacre, publish daily.' with unctuoHs mouthing, lists of the" " heroes who have fought and bled for us." and were not its columns, during that time, direct incitement to organise*}, murder in the shape of.ap|X-aIs to Irishmen to enlist in the British Army ? No! ^the " Irish Independent " is not concerned with the sanctity of human life, but it is its settled |K>licy that if Irishmen are to die on the field of battle, it will be for some otjier cjiuse than the freedom of their country.

ll is not a fiu- step from demanding of" the 'British. Government the murder of James Connolly and Sean MacDermott to demanding ot life Free State the murder of the rank and tile of the working class. 'Hie " Irish l imes," as well as the " Independent," are concerned for the future of Irish capitalism and in ordcii to make a casv for any new devclopiriciITs of polity that may be .thought advisable, are working up propaganda, a la Renter, to justify action. " But in all the tirades against the only existent Workers' -Republic, to give the C.S.S.K. the title, by which' its scope is more jx>pularly-undeisto.Kl, 110 mention -is madi^'of tuu . campaign of blood iinanced by the Jjinjiiivs of. fc'unJbc, Asia ami America, to crush the porkers of Russia in tile dust,*' nor of, the international conspiraty" to prevent the victorious emergence of-the proletariat of the world in their struggle. .Blood and jAurdvi* are all right and strictly in accordance with moral princi-ples, when the aggressors are the spokes-men of " Christianity, Civilization and Small Nationalities," but when the down-trodden mass of the people raise their hands against the massacre of tlu-ir fellowi, it is; according to the prcsis in Ireland and . elsewhere, the ^ u t y of the governments (Tf the world to pre]>are for action.

" Prohibition " in the Dublin Workhouse

PITIABLE PLIGHT OF INMATES.

' Iiish Independent "—the mode.

Hit hello it has always been the cus-tom to allow some people who have small shops in .the vicinity 01 tjic

^Dublin Workhpuse ' to .come in daily to that instilutifli and sell their wares to poor old and infirm inmates who might have some little pocket money-Io spend. Those,- <k-aicrs (all most hard-working, respectable people were most attentive to th'e needs ol' tin-inmates and supplied tobacco, snuff, ' matches, tea and sugar, etc., at the lowest possible . prices to suit the purses of tlfu poor people; 111.fact an old woman or man: could gel a piueli of snuii or a pipe of-tobacco for a couple of pennies, as the case might lie. The newspapers were tflso brought in

• regularly, so that 'the unfortunate prisoners ot poverty wen- at least partially kept in touch .with the outer world. It was ,ji regular boon to those poor inmates—those.inmates who can neither "work nor wan t , " and who are utterly helpless as fa r as vindi-cating their cause-or defending them-selves are concrned. " #Ycl they are " bone of our- bone a n d flesh of our llesh the failures and '* flotsam and j f tsam "-of our social system, and many, of them have not - a stain 011

- their characters except ~ mist'orturte. which has left them in the. poorhousc, forsaken. isolated . and alone. The Board of Guardians, and later, the. Commissioners always allowed the" privilege nhove-mentioiied, but nu.(\', by a stroke of the pen. tl\irCoiniiii.ssionei"s hay. disallowed the privilege, and rigidly .debarred all newsvcmloi-s ^ 1 dwilci-s fro'tii'entering the precincts of

j the poorhousc*with tin- rennlt'that t h e I pool, aged' and infirm inmates are ! compicte'y isolated from the outer

'world " Jil;e lep'crs in a d e m " in such ' manii'-r as.'wofild disgrace the rule

(if the Sul I an- of Turkey in-ifs \yoi-st dayv It is a disgrace to civilisation

' ' .-'V •' . :

and a blot 011 Christianity in this sup-posed humanitarian age. It is bad enough to have those pour helpless people behind barbed wire entangle-

' 'incuts as tin- citizens can see4v_but,'to. deprive them of a newspaper or a pinch of- sntlir or a smoke of tobacco is sjoing beyond civilisation- altgether., it lid I am sun- the Vv.orkihg class ol Dnbliii or the'eit izens in general will not have if oner thvy proj>BlJy com-, preheiid'the facts, which anybodycan do by eiicpiiriug for themselves on the sp>»t: and* it would help mat I ers.great ly if the iu'depeudciit. justiee-lovillg iiews,-papers of l imi t Britain and Ireland would eopv . this letter from tW '• Irish Worker" I wonder how would XIr. • •Commiss ioner" Lysaghl like io do without his smoke of tobacco and his morning newspaper. ' ; and In- is living out of the rates (only-much better, of course!) the same as the poorest inmate is. But the synch-light of public opinion will "be brought t«r bear on petty cowardly tyrants 110 matter where they may crawl. ,nti'l public opinion cannot be ignored as those " Coiihnissioners " of the poor-house shall shortly see. .

AXON. 6 —

Support the Workers' International Relief. HASTEN^-TO THE AID OF THE

STARVING ^PEASANTS . t

OF IRELAND.

The Peasant International to the Peasants of the whole Wor ld!

Last year 's harvest In Ireland was almost completely destroyed by a natural catastrophe.. Our brothers, the

-CIrish peasants, have reaped front the fields which they have tilled with the sweat of their brow, only bitter misery. Pover ty ' and .privation have - visited them in . their 'wretched cabins. In the Northern districts of Ireland there has been reigning for many months a cruel

..and. merciless "foe—Hunger. Without distinction. Death is snatching away the old and the young, tile big and the little.

And " good old England " of his Majesty the King and the •' nolilc " lordly bourgeois Kilgland of the refined stock-exchange speculators is eelcbra-t i n g ^ joyous funeral feast over the gravW oMhe Irish peasants.

Plmjoeratic England—l fie England o f ' t h e Itaukei-s, the Ehglaird-oi' the business people, who " niiiit "'-gold out of the blyody sweat o f i j m slaves in , their subjected colonies: this England, of course, does not move a linger in order to alleviate tlic suilcriiig Irish peasants and , their children who are perishing from starvation.

The terrible starvation of t.hc thou-sands of Irish peasants is only a welcome ally fol- the English slock-ex-changc sharks; for th'e i>v».>eriles. tor the preachers- of " ('hrisii.ui,hrolhei-hood." for t h e " enlightened "'civilised-

I t ' -has always bi'ef^t'.TrNJiiuii'-st '• statesmanship " aii*ins still the policy of their Great\T;|-itaiii. to'sptea.-l

-slavery everywhere with fin- an I , sword, and based upon- this 'uNbe the

mistress over lands and seas. In spite o f this t!i- iron- heel • of

English capital has not succeeded iij suppressing the national revolutionary movement of the Irish• peasants and \vorkePs. Ciidcr .110 circumstances must it lie permittid that this revolutionary, spirit be crushed by the pitilgss a)ly of the ruling classes—Hunger.

The corrupt press of the Eng.i.Oj bankers- is-endeavouring 1o mai"wiu silciie«Y regarding t h e horrors < 'he. famine whilst thousands of oni- u r

bvot hers .arc perishing. But i:. ;i,. -1 Will not .succeed. We will not • , silent ; we cannot keep silent!

Peasants and agricultural workers o»' the world!

The Peasant International1, wlti unites many millions of peasants world, and which, hand in hand vn. „ the working class, is fighting for the emancipation of the peasants from .the century-old yoke of suppression a . / ! exploitation by the international".hour geoisic and • landowners—the Inftr--national Peasant Council calls upon the peasants of all countries to cojUc with all their forces to the aid of the peasants and workers- of Irehpid'wito are engaged in a death-struggle with starvation. This help will be-the best

<§jtpport to them in their heroic struggle for the emancipation of Ireland, -fm-the common cause of the worked and-peasants. .

desperate ery lor help of yo\n- suffering brothers, the Irish peasants. • Workers ' Internat ional Relief (W.I.£ \ —this thoroughly 'proletarian * powerful workers 'organisa t ion has a | .

"ready epnicMo the aid o f . the starving rural population of Ireland and is.or. ganising 'hrough its committees 1T1 all

• countries of the world a wide-spread campaign lor t he collection of money, • food. .ete". The lirst kitchen aild rc'w|! iirg centres the \ \ .I.R. arc -already at work in In d i s t r i c t s • ill Ireland a fleeted by the famine.

•But the need is still great . The relief action of tbe W.I .R.-on fcehaif of the Irish peasants and land workers must be supported by all peasants, as yfrell as by all workers 6f t h i world.

Do not allow hundreds of thousands of your brothers, tried fightvrs for the vause of the emancipation , of ill peasants and workers, to perish. May evcVy peasant. - every land worker hasten to contribute his share, be it ever so .little. -Many poor can-feed a s tarving man. May trie peasantry of all countries support and f u r t h e r ex-tend the relief action ini t iated by the W.I.R. »"

The workers have a l ready hastened 'to render help. Therefore, come also to the aid of your s ta rv ing Irish brothers.

Support by your contributions, the relief action which is being carried on by the ty'.I.R. ' Denounce ..the shameful poljcy of the

English landowners and financiers! Long live the brotherly solidarity of

the peasants and workers of the whole world!

Long live the victory of th? caust of the workers and peasants through-out the whole world I

Long live the Workers ' International Relief!

Long live the Peasant Internat ional! Peasants and workers of all countries unite I On behalf of .lljc Presidium of the

International Peasant Council:— Dombal (Poland), Renaud Jean, Marius Vazeilles (France), Otto Rydlo (Czechoslovakia), Qorov. (Bulgaria), Richard Biirgi ((Germany), Orlov (Soviet Union), G£ro (Scandinavia^ Alonso (Spain),* Odinez (Ukraine), Chudaiktilov (Usbekistan, Centhil Asia), Ng-uyen-Ai-Quac (Indo-Chiaa), ' Ursulio Galvan (Mexico), Green J (America), K m Chaijaschi (Japaii), ' Teng (Esthonia), Ruggero 'Rossi (I taly) .

I 15 0 ' 0 17 i> "j (- t I

0 1!»- c» tl IS 0

Peasants countries!

and workers of all

The whole of the \vorking class of the world bps already responded to the

WORKERS CONTINUE SUPPORT OF FITZPATRICK'Si MEN.

'Hie -iriki cintinucs v>\ the canyuJV firm ol l-'itzpatrick. Hanover St., again-; the employment of non-union labour. The men arc carrying on ,111 fire spiriss and th' y are receiving good financial sup|HSr,_ from th. ir f. liow-workcrs in other finn>. T h e iisi of collection* f< i" ia.'-! week is published below."".

r s. dr— Grocers'Porters, per Mai- -' D Id <> Merchant Driver.-, ..... " " " Coast Lin.-Leasks Farrel! ' Slu-riduns and J><iwniv

Neville's ... " Thompson-.... Grain S'tcanic'r.ColIfJCti'on ' Nicholl's Carters . . 1 0 '' Gray's ^ .. . I . DtibliuvGeiierai Stcainshtp lOv ( I T " , Anglo VJeX -H.-.U". Cull- n Allen's1 : . . . .. -ii \i ^ Bristol Steamer; p.-r C. Dcrfns : !l 11

Gillens • .... , ... ,• , Co-tow .Collect ion . .... 0 ' <-> W. \ \ . Kennedy's ... .... 0 11 .0 V'^rdics ... .... 1 G 0 '•lower & McDbnjdd .... 1 . 2 7 J . j . Carroll ,-5 .... 0 lfi G w iveclle s :... .... 1) 1 ! f) McCarthy's (Banksm n; . .... 0 (> 0 Giobe'i-xpress .... .... 0 0 ' NicHoll's Banksmen .... •> 13 6 North City Millim- Co.. (> 7 0

; - v., ' - .-7s"T77 WORKERS' UN'ON OF IRELAND

EXECUTIVE' COMMITTEE. T^o ! ol moeling .0? the electeu

i i x t l i v e w.iii be h .Id in Unity Hall, on Sunday. J rd May, a t 4 o'clock.

NOTICE. REDUCTION I N ' PRICE.

On and a f te r 2nd May, Ihe piice of the " I r i s h W o r k e r " will .be One Penny per copy.

On and a f te r the above date all members of the Workers'. Union will receive a free copy of . the " Irish Worker ," either f rom the Branch Office or f rom the Shop Steward, when paying thnir contributions.

Saturday, May 2, 1925. THE IRISH WORKER

JOHNSON versus LARKIN.—Full Report of the Case B. p l f

as siiopiio! l>y

AlUr: '.V-..V."KV rotjili 'tl >»!»»!} ill. jnad- l>\ J-.liii-.cii' n i : "< f-M > v'h- - 'action

.mpose

M-1:-:

a vri!»:»i I'II report, court >• nographcr, • inn iji iolmsou by

No , •iiiliiiu iv iaHming admissions V,ar,liny Iii- opinion

following-: n kvillr St.,

Aiarv S'...

William I k >\i. ,, i (I. i»Ko\van," . Hpwtli' Ro.'u, 4.

Joseph Arigho.'ti > i' . \ \ (niie, Miiijkstown, Mi-re I u .

K hi r: Heade. 32 Ajian ?uay, (lent. Thos. ,|. Loughliti, lit. i' r-liniiicnt'

St'., Gent. Michael Fleming, ,"){•*Thomas Street,

Draper. l 'atk. Vaughan, 165 0' ("apel Si.,

Vintner. Johif Kearney, " Grqvcfield- Villa,''

Cmmlin, Gtfit. Walter Scott. '2 I.r. Sackville St.,

Tailor. ' Thos. O'Grady, 21 Cork St., Vintner. Daniel Canny, 128 Capel S t ree t :

Grocer.

The Plaintiff was cross-examined as follows by Mr. Wood, K.C.

Mr. W.~ Of course if you did say what " is in the " Independent " would you have

said io shoot down the workers ? Mr. J.— No.

Ai-. \\.- Anrk_you brought s.rri,r;il applications in Court in to i t?

M i . X- -Yes. *• -And 1 ihiiik 1 am" right in : •aving that you failed in some of these

and tha1 %the expenses were paid by. 'the

fiaboti: I*art\' cinque? ,y Mr. I." No. Mr. W. What? isn't that so?

Mr. J . -One cheque was naif 1. j Air. W. Drawn on tfu I'.lth August,

l.'2L on "\hr National Land Bank, Ltd., ior, £.'SO 12s.. «kl. an.' signed Thomas Johnson and Thomas Fan en of'tin- Irish-

| Lalx.nr Part^'afid Trades Union Congress ? j Mr. J . Acs, oiie cheque was paid. I .Mr. \V. ; In pilttitis it 1., yo i i /y i r ! ! draii'ii'iiT,

Johnson, that this action is an action, I |„. lvvj not In- you for your character, but by '' the Labour Party as against • Larkin'?

I Mr. J.— The.Labour Party'knew nothing alwnit it tuitil .1 had taken the-acrion.

! Mr. \ \ . -And tin a' tin y paid- the heques.-1 Air. |. They paid • that

cheque. - Alt. \\ - And the occiisi n ol this arose in,May. 1!»21? Air. J . -1"»21

Mr. W.—And tin.- Ls Ap.il, 11125 ? "Air. J . - Yes, and the reason is that you haver obstructed the passing on of the case.

Air. W.r—You obstructed the pass ing of the case—we could 'obstruct it, of course. Air. J,—You did.

Air. W V o u issued your Writ on 13th May ami you didn't bring o j your Statement of Claim until November ? Air. J.— V\e didn't serve' the Writ for a long time because Larkin was awav. out of the country

. . . . , x . . . . . \ M r . W.—On the JOilr May you issued Mr. W — \ o u say No? Air. J.—No. y i u r W r i t . i put it to you now that the Mr. W — Of course you say that the wbrds which were, reported in the

of my statement. Mr." W . -

this phrase mew that >v

column.t in tin- Dail upon- reports which ap|»ear, d in tile newspaj>ers 'n'nd' speeches-made in the Dail'.

,AIr. W. --AUspeeches ninrnTiii tin- Dai' :' Afr. J - Ye.-. ' - C

, Air. W. And did you ask the.'.' Ind. pendent ." to publish-.a ioply which you had addressed to thi\; Chairman of the

. Press Gallery ? .Mr. J . I think I did. Air. \\ . • And- did -Vou complain that

. your reports were hacked -the re|>orts of your speeches were hacked Air. |. I have iiot'a copy of the material I sent, but I wrou to that effect - that inforina tion I received from Reporters when 4 had

attention to th-.- diserepamy the. s|»eeehes jind-wthe report-,

the reporters had tojcl me that it was not what they sent in, but what was dime in.-the. office iii the cutting down .>f tin reports.

Air. W. And what 1 want to' 'say-ffo you is this—vOu then did complain to the " .Independent " specifically of thi-article ? Air. f.—1 did.

Air. \V. C)n the 21st May ? Mr . J —

Air. W. - And was the reply of the defendant to this effect-—" We Ie3ve the s|)ecific i oh wl;i h Air. Johnson relvs

'in his let tc the ju sjment of'ordinarijy intelligeiii M»., n " Air. J.—The reply of Lh- Di.' udaut ?

Mr. I <k»n't • phra:

it <L<.c-n t thinks n I; d-.-sy'

. a Capitalist syst. • hiiik it iised llio

' Air. \\ . Sup|M a fair ami accural.- VoiidciV

No, I don't think so: the .vord " overthrow " think in "the- terms at all terins >»f |)/)litieal movem. 'i speak 'ijf overthnm'ini; ; it i II«. tliat kind-of word. v

All . W. - P. ireful p. r.-uasion Mr. j Kairtsay MacDonald was Chairman i>f it

Air. \V«MMI I- veil the. best forsake rlie faith, von kiioW, Air. J«imson. ^'ou will agree that it is a Social^t or«ani/.atioii and ha- for its ouject the establishment of a ^'" lafsi ('oinniiMiwealth ? Air. J . Ye- : 1 thiirfc that is the present plnasi I an.i not sure. •

Mr. W. And a Socialist Coinnipii-Wealili i.+that state of S-» ii-ty in A I 'cli the lap I and capital are euiiirtiiinal'v i. -j.-« 1 ?• Mr. J. I don't .think that i l!.. . . i- •. The (Mjiijt of nrv (It ie-.r i- •!..,( m the Constitution W a s tliftereiit the Con-stitution t)f tn-day. I am not saying that it- is more . xtrenie -or les: that.it was dilfJrent an 1 I of the present Constitutio

Mr. \V, Then may I take ij, Mr. Johnson,, mat you were a Socialist in 1S95 and yp» are not a Socialist in 11(25 ? Air. JT^Yott needn't take that at all.

hssi-iiting

ami the War did' t bc-jou' niltil Augtlst. I In n. are no-'public iicoi'Js of^v.hat ':ap|>cii.:(t at I". 'utiVe of the Congress a ' • ' i liner whethei: there was'

r j serlat that ' t ime or not , ' Inn I Im^- n • i!o. t ' thai •'her. »vas a K« solution^H^v ed.

M r W UVIV pan-y ? Air.- J No-

Air. W ,! Di.r you' n. ' tUil , v i, the WaV liroke out. did yon take - line ot Imperialism; ( . - " ^ n ialisn: ::•< Alili-tarisni against th whrkcis .- Air. J-.-*-No.

All. V. Dida i you snoimrt tin War? -Mr. .). No, not .in ,tl»^-• .is.- 'o.wnich V(»u are refer r i^ .

Air. \ \ . l>ni >- i Ix-lieW: thai. the cause of (Kinocracy ,--uiu'the. advance of such lilxriy :i~, uie..co'nnii.»n people <»f the \ \ r - t . HI Natioi s had won*was>l:otuid up with tin- sue-ess i f h'raiice and Dritaiu ? Air. J.— Yes.

Air. .—And haviiij, tha* eonvietion did you support them ! Mr. J . What do you,mean bj* support ?

A!.-. W.—1'y action or-word? Mc! public action and sup-xtreme. but i .J - - l ' f oo l ;

aware t j , o l l

"V1; ^ :~'îcl you support them by action or word oj- thought? Air. J .—I hoped that the German- Imperialist forces would no i win.

• " ilily intelligent men— • you ? Air.

Air. - That ' w a s in invitation to you iliai if tli • w.us anything unfair

" Independent " is not a fair and accurate Independent " and published later 'bv ! «iv i ' h C , ' f ' t t ^ >j", ' I T ' ^x>Tt o f >'oul" report T Mr. J . - I t to not . fair T r M r . i V * yot. S n p S - R S ! ^ b ' f " , ' , ' 1 " ' > > ' • " • y o u sl">1,1<1

words as causing you damage as used by Air. Larkjn—Isn't that so .- Air. J.— The words ' that Mr. 'Larkin used—the article in 'the paper—the comments and

, . the quotation from the " Independent," year.- ago! "—That was '.the Republican | taken together undoubtedly caused me problem/? Air. J.—The problem of damage. disruption "in the. country. I Air. W.—Isn't your action hcu part

•" And would haw to be dealt ' of your action here—.based on the accurate words which, wer ' '

oK'* Air.

with the same, manner "—wasn't the >j*Ci>l>kni of disruption dealt with in the sanu manner of shooting down ? *!Wr. J.— It was dealt with in the organization of an Army. i

Ab, W. -What for? Air. J .—Io maintain order.

AI(/\ W. -To jîoot. ' I put it to you, 'Air. Johnson ? Air. J . —All armies of a military kind usually do.

Mr. W.—The Fr.-e State Army was au exception ? Mr. J .—ft did shoot.

Mr. W.--And wasn't, it organised to shoot ? and shoot to, the utterritost ? Air. i Presumabiv it Was organized th shoot.* " •

All . W And ili-l it.shOot to tile utter-m . . M r . J . It shot

.M . S rjeant Hanna objected to thi., line i cross-examination on, the ground jhat ;i did not .irise out of any is,-ue t>f the case and was not to the credit of the

.Cr.- vamination ivsis.t.'d. Mr. \V. " The problem that v»n iron te<

the »,-ov. rnmeiu two y . prol'leii.tj.of disruption in the -count:y- -

tlrat is - All . Ji)hnsf»n ? Mr. J.- V'\s'. Mi. .V.'i And it would hn\'-- to «.ealt

with in '.h<' same manner, tiiat is. to l>. shot down. Isn't that so* Air. I. It.eveiiiuau'd that way.

Mr. W . Tli • NIIIU- jieiul.nt," published on the 2 M AlajvSî:!!, tin- siaivm.'iry of v'mir. spi ciie- made in the Dan i ! which you hayv a..lmitlcd to me that it coniafned two ; lira ciie, that the phsb* m tha; c-ini'-.-ni' ! tii.- G. v •ramc-nt two y --r-

Kep.iblicaii problem, and would dealt with in the same niamier—

ni shooting. I put it to you, thai that .meant to anyone

Irish Independe!it " that ... v.i'-.-oretation of your sjicech

ita* you were railing upoii ' •.M..:-iit to. shoot ' d o w n t h e

: Mr. .[.- Well, I wouldn't I wouldn't imagine it. Vnd 1 iiierefore put it to yoHt

ii— I will {eave it to the jmy-— put it to yon,

have: that .

. Air. i

th-

rept/rted in the " Inde|>endent " Air. J . - It is based n|kin Comments. The comments wort-based U|X)n the iy|H»rt.

Air. "W.—Doesn't your real complaint 'arise out of what \\ui-. actually in tie

IndejMmdent " ? Air. J.—No. Air. W.—Wasn't -the same re|M»rt in

every newspaper in Dublin ? Air. J.- -,\'o. Air. W. - Y o u saw what was in. say,

the Preemait^- Journal," I suppose. Air. J . No, I think I didn't. I saw what was in the " Irish "littles."

Air. W. What .' Air. J . - I saw what was in the " Iri h 1'ini.'.v'

Air. \\ \;.'in ; aw. \yhat was in the Irish Tuiu.- .' " Air. J . -Yes.

"Air. \ \ . And in the " Irish Time.- it w as re)v.)n- d a ' Rising Tide " ? Mr. J . -V.-s,

Air. V\", "An t it is-said that Mr.' Jolinson sakl- tlie. Government Was bound to take notice of -the representations made regarding Pensions-"

Air. Wood objected to the " Irish Times " report being used on th. ground that same was not proved by the person who wrote i>. . i l k " Irish "l imes " r.-|>ort was ruled

out by the Co'urt. ' •Cross-examjnation resumed bv Air. .

Wiood: ' . Air. W.—1 am right "iiv ibis. I thinks'

that not oilly did von not take any action-' b:u you di 1

the accuracy lned in ti."'

No, I did:i't.-sottie kind of

? Air. j. -

go befor. a Jury I Voir may sug- >

Air. W. I in • • Yes.

Air. W - -Jim you, of course, didn't take advantage of that invitation ? Air. J . - I didn't imagine thai it was* their

• intention. Mr. W letter

even to Air.. Larkin- hC suggest that th. rejiort. in the " Ind. |iendf nt "

Jury will under- j w l ' i i : c V o r - J n i a y done privately stand. Mr. J.—The Counsel asks whether !— ' -Mr. W.—In so f a r as you were eou-I still believe m the. doctrines of the. ! cern«'d. as a Leader of" public opinion Independent ..Labour Party. I think " ' " " " ' ' in a general way I do.

Air. W.—In a general you - do, but not in a particwar way ? M.. J . \ o u would hav<; to quote ti»e particular,

and then I will answer it.

Air. J . - 1 don't know -And you never wrote ; allegations weje made

>^(>t l i o '

Mr.

thinl: Air.

Mr. j o h v

.did ;not imaghi. Vou

Ind. is action In-cai

It was of my

M>I;

dicln'c i.mi, u . . I that of ill-will rrelv :.T» tmlarr •

it Incaiis .'ainsi i!;

was a n y van's- me," idensadon

W . -li is not fair- .uui it is not accurate. Isn't that so? Mr. J.— Ii is not a fair or accurate, condensation.

Air. W.—Therefore you have a cause of action against the " Independen t "? Mr'- J.—I. don't think so. .

Mr. W.—Were you advised that yon . had no cause of action ? Mr. J.—I did not raise the question at all.

Mr. W.—You never raised the question ? Mp- J.—No.

Mr; W.—Not until Mr- Larkin's paper came out on the 24th May ? Mr. J.—Yes.

Air. W.—And on the 30th May you Served Mr. Larkin and his paper wifli a Writ? Mr. J.-—Yes.

giUilst J lie " ludej not make any ybjectii of .»in; report as ' .

Independent Air. \\.- -lJui t

'election g. >ing oil Yes.

Air. W. And you luid started your actiiyi : Air. J.—In -May, yes.

Mr. \\.—And then I put it to you that on July 25th, PJ2I, you made an

j attack in the,Dail upon the accuracy I of t he journalism of the " Indeix-ndent " i and the Dublin Press ? Air. J.—I don't I remember- the date. I made some coin-[ mchts in the Dail. I Ai_r. \V.—Didn't you make a charge to ; the effect that t l i? Reporters rej)orted you j accurately, but thtrt the .Prcssmeti,. the

Editors and Sub-editors, had condensed you unfairly? Air. J.---I don't remember

[ the eXU<> terms of what I said, but if i you will--refer'"-me to the reports of the.

debates I will say whether that is exactly wliat I.said. I doiv't think it is quite wlial 1 said.

Alr..W—Didn't you a'crtd a.resolution to the Pressmen ? Mr. J.-^-No.

Air. W.—Mr. Johnson, did you "see the " Independent "!of July 26th ? Air. J.— 1 see if every day, so I presume I saw it on that" day. "' %

Mr. W—;And I put it to you that you. had made a charge that the Pr. was contemptuous and. careless "of -the work-of tlie Dail and thai ii incorrectly reported work done there ? Air. J.—1 cannot remember the exact words, of my statement-' ' . .

Mr. W.—But did you make a charge to .tliat effect ? Mr. j.—1'made a general

•accurate i - Mr.' W. ! Ulltil tllesi- uui'Kauima \ve»e maue ;LS IO ; ! the inaccuracy even of the ,v Indep-ndeiit" 1 * ' i t s e l f A i r . j.- I was not fhinkir'.' of rffTjM I allegations., when. I made that s,v- cli. • -Mr. W. Now,in respect to this year-old | complaint. 1 put it to you. Air. Johnson.

that voir con-identhr rejiort of tin- ' Irish Inde|x ndent " when it appeared on the

^2lst Alav'as fair and accurate ? Air. J.— I didn't considersit at all because I tookf .to notic- ,»f it uutiM saw ip.'in t h e " Irish Worker."

Air. W. Put would yin'i .agree, in this—-that if it did fairly and accurately.report

ou that it was an iuv&ation the iovernmetlt'to shoo- ilown the wie ker- '•

Mr. J.^-No. ' Air. W. -You "don't ? Air. T- N", Air. W.—Standing aa.n.- by i.- Ii. iii

si^-i ch iu tli - " IndejH-ndehu" - r. ^ i u . i by t h e " Indejx-ndeiit " cotild ii vou any harm ? Mr. J . -1 don't think tliat it could do me vt>ry stH-cial harm lx ' iise 1 don't think tin workers took par tic uSar notice of that if- it was kept.separately. It i- only when it was* brought into collision with other acts that tli* harm arises. . • v ..

.Air. W. —I .think*I-ain. right in saying that "you told my friend that." the only ein aiaujii ot this wretched " Irish Worker"-". is among.-t Air. Larkin's own followers? -Mr. J . I didn't*say any-thing .of the kind.

Air. W.—Has it a large circulation ?_ AIf„ J.—I don't know what the circulation is.

Air. W.—But no decent'person would buy t l ie-"Irish Worker"? Air. J . - -I only know it is sold and it is chietly e; the streets with newsboys,-and it is also. sent to Branches of Trade Unions in the country. - . .

Air. W.—And I think that 1 am right in paying that the matters of which you complained are that Air. Larkin meant and was undepitood to' me<yi that, the Piaintilf advised the , Government and stated in Dail Kircann that workers who were thrown out of-work must lx- shot down t-veii tas I regulars wen—that is the. first cbmplaint you have.? Air. J.—\jt;s.

Air. W,—I will deaf with tliat afterwards.. The second, is that {lie Plaintiff was a traitor and was going over to capitalism; and that his services <is, Laboty' leader were for sale in tin- market and that the Plaintiff had thereby betrayed his followers and supporters ?•" Mr.. J . I complained of that. )

Air. W.—Tell nie. Air. Johnson, when did you first join the Labour Alovement..' Alrl J.—I think in 1895.

Air.. W.— Did y o n t h e n * jinn the Independent Labour Party ? ' Alr.'J. Yes.' ' ' -

Air. W.—.And am 1 right in saying that the Independent Labour Party is a Socialist Party? / A i r . J'.—It is.

Mr. W.—And that it is" iii favour of the overthrow of Gowtnnlents- base^ on

Air. \ \ .—Do you believe in the estab-lishment of a Socialist Commonwealth ? Air. J.—I believe HI a Commonwealth of which the workers of all kinds are thV dominant interest.

Air. \ \ . —Vou take exception to. the j word ' Socialist " ? Air. J. I .don't, -i f - '. .ople understjndMt -there, are so many different tleiinilions.

.Mr. W. -I drn|- 'the word Socialist-Must the. .Commonwealth' which you *mp)>ort l>e .ultimately International?-

•Air. J . It may be ifie asjiiration towards J::t< rnational. , '•

Air. \ \ . And do" you look, that wav to a transition froiii i'aj>it;iWîi t/> Socialism ? Mr. J . I do.' .v—^

Air, W—The founding of.JijCoip'uion-. Wealth*? Air. J . The founding of a ! Comnionwcalth in Ireland.

Air. W.—-Arid \"Ou are still a Socialist ? Air. J . In iiiy own delinition.

Air. W. -But not. in the del'iniiion of Kainsay AlacDonald ? Air.. J.—I would ask his deliniuon to be put before me t

| lirst. ' Air. W. -Il I ^>i\e it to you wijuldyou

, accept i t ? Air. J.— I will listen to it and answer it.

Air. W.—Now, Aft-. Johnson, let "me ome to another mattir. In addition,

you were a Socialist you say. and as a Socialist and a member of the Independent Labour Party, a in I right in saying that one «.f rlie things you favoured.was the prevention Of war, the abolition of description anil militarism in -all fjirnis and the liliejatiou of subject iHooles? Mr. J.—Yes.,

Ale. W.—You remember the old phrase ?.-Air. J.- I don't reittenibw the old phrase. 1" don't think it was-an old phrase.' .1 think it is a new phrase. * " fc

Mr. W.—But, anyway, what'you w«je out for was, that you were living to prevent war and to abolish conscription and militarism ? -Mr. -Yes.

Air. -W.—And having been devoted and .dedicated to peac-, did voa in 1H14

.support* recruiting ? • Mr. j.--NV». .1 Air. W.— -Weren't y i. an actiye advo- !

'•aie of recruiting ? Air. J.—No. 5 Mr. W. -You were then "a-m.i mbt.' of ; tlu .Executive of the Tr«.d.> l'ri»>n ;

' ("ongress and Labour Par ty ? Air. J.— I 1 think 1 was.

Air. W.—Do you remember a Hesolution I being' passed' denouncing war and wviv ; you and Mr. Hill the two persons who j objeCtecf tt> the Resolution ? Air. J.— j No, I won't accept it in that form.

Air. W—But you didn't approve of. | the' Kesolution ?• Air. J.—May 1 -read j the Kesoltttion ?

- Air. W.—I am content—if you would i -just answer the ij ustion lirst. Air. ; Johnson.- Air. J.—I want to know what ypti are referring tb ; \j)eriiaps you will tell me what yol^âre referring o>.

Alr.-\\..—Was-there a resolution passed by the lixecujive of the Irish Lal>our Party and the Trades Union Congress against the war? —All. 1.—I do not remember. I - eX|)ect t heoK^vas, but .1

' cannot reihe'tnber. Db you mean tlie Executive of the Trades Union Congress.?

• •" Air. W.- -Yc.- : th.- lCxecmive of the Irish-" Layout-Party and ' Trades- Union (Congress ? Air. J.— I cannot -remember. Let me explain*. -./The,Congress of-that year, IU l i, \iould meet in. Whitsuntide

did you at' all support . Great Britain a.id France in the War? Mr. «L—It depends, upon what is meant by sup-port. I was a,citizen living in Belfast, a member ot'.the.Dublin Trades Council and 'in any question that arose for decision as to whether 1 favoured the Allies or the Germans Tsupported the Allies, but 'I took.i io active par t . I made no public proclamation of any kind one way. or the other. , Mr. W.—And you threw the whole . eight of your opinion such as it was.

on ijie side * of Britain and France? Air. .L-r-Thi-ew in the whole weight.

Air. W.—Any weight? Air. J.—1-Lv~^ cept by thinking and pr ivate conver-sation.

Air. W.—And by your decisions? Alr.-.L—1 don't understand that.

Air. W.—The jury might. Now, Mr. Johnson, in 191G when you were the President of the Irish Trades Union ' ("ongress imd Labour Par ty did you again j-e-st ate your faith and did you say that in commoii*with the mass of your count ryjhcn you believed at^ter the outbreak of the war that flic-cause of-democracy-and "lhe advance (/I' SHCII liberty as the eomniou peoples of. tin-Western Nations had won. was bound tip with - the success- o f - F r a n c e and Britain, and did you say you.held the same opinion still / Air. .J.—I did, and 1 went -on to say " 1 held to t ha t , opinion with some enthusiasm and de-. spite the efforts of our Government to p ( iW-Umt the governing methods' of a t r riflinjK classes arc jnUcli alike. I ./f>ld t lie vV'.lie opinion still, for Fi-bi'.'... is' stiii a UcpuhJic. more firmiy estahlishj-d. but inie's cnthusiifsm be-.-comes dulled whcn.oiie see.s that those very liberties that we prided ourselves were.worth' the sacrifice of life to di.'-I'cnd, libcptres only, won by our fathers from the hands of their aristocratic, feudal "and capitalist rulers .-after the sternest .struggles, have been steadily stripped from the. people by .their pre-sent rulers trkuuwf without a ppotest.

Air. W.—While you were pled gin;: yourself on the side <ii <iieat. Britain and France in that 'spee-i . weren't-you u s?i at thai iiuie.—hadi/t. .May. 19B!. jnst "passed Air.'.J.—.Yes.

Air. W.— And hadn' t lames f'onnolly. Kichard O't 'arroll aijtl -Peter Alack en been s h ; T t A i r . J.—Y-1...

Air, . Justice '0'Shattghrrcssy—You must epnline. this 'ease* r.-asonable liibit-; if ,vc are. to po into the past ' history ot Ireland- • j \.

Air. W.—Air. Johnson is part the past history, and he says he hasn ' t cjianiicd. and 1 want to shbw he-has. In the-siime^speech in w!.ieli you 'were declaring. ymtr. alLfrinnee Great . Uritain • .id Franec.vou were iann :itiu« .he deatlj of Connolly,. i.arKin- -1 ...epn Connolly. O'CanwIl. and Alaekent Air; J .—I was not declaring my allegi-ance-to Gi-eat Britain and. France.; I certainly lameh'.cd the leath Ji- Gon-noily. OT'arcoH and Alaeken. '

Air. W.—Arid you (were laying wreaths noon t 'icir trraves, to use an* expression of your own? Mr. J.'—I will accept that.' :

ft-;. W.~ A ill. -of course, you were e.ariritf: " We mast-all lo'olc at life1

in .a l l . its asptrefs- fro«h". the point of

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IN THE U.S.A. From. Our Correspondent.

. New York."April J-vti.

Sentenced To 46 Years For Being Class-conscious.

Tli'' wnik lias been prolific "in events going' m pfove tlia't this' great" Five Kepublic is rup, not by and for tin* people. but M* and for the masters.

Two soldiers have been sentenced -one to Hi, the other, to 2(5 years confine-ment in . a iftilitary prison-—for % the terrible crime .of " class-conscionsness."

U happened in the Haiwaian Islands where American missionaries are spreading

. the Christian rejigion. where American -Capitalists are " developing.the resources,"

and where the American Army- is . the supreme law of the land, or, to use a SaorstatHui—'• the will of the |*-<>ply."

. Union organisers followed the capitalists anjl the natives who cut the sugar cane and cultivated die pine-apples demanded enough wages' to provide them with two meals, of rice each day. - They were flogged for their impertinence and gpt back at the bosses by shooting orknifing a • couple of the native overseers who wielded the "ca t o' nine tajls." Then the army yf Christian crusading America was ordered out to shoot clown the strikers. The market price of sugar was high and it was essential that the crop be harvested, even at the expense of a hundred or thirty strikers shot down in cold blood. What were they, anyhow, but half blacks and heathens, who spurned the teaching of the Nazarene beacuse they claimed it went.with machine guns, flogging, exploitation and compulsory salutes of the American flag ?

Among the soldiers of the U.i-CTorces oung men, whose souls

uerciless exploitation of /lie natives by tjle Sugar Trust. They

protest against the murders to I press afcd .signed it in full,

•y also tried to start ,a branch of the fooimunist {.'arty, and by a collection

'm the barracks favoured the sending of a couple of young native labour leaders to Moscow, Where they could be trained and schooled in the In-st ways of com-bating tile greed of Amefiifan capitalists.

The Governor-General and the head of the I)ail and Seanad bestowed on the •" educated " section of the natives by an American edition of Lloyd George, was Major-General Woods. His son, also a private in the occupying forces, has since been requested to resign from the service. Xo, not as a Bolshevist, but because lie made three millions- in three months by gambling in sugar stocks on Wall Street by the aid of the Government cable and cable employees

Tills bright boy's father was horrified— at the-Bolshevism among his troops and ordered, a courtniartial of the two ring-leaders. Result, 16 years' ix'nal servitude, without the option, and 26 years for the second defendant.

The Court record and digest of evidence-1iavc many item;; of interest for class-conscious readers.

The military intelligence officer inter-cepted a letter, from the prisoners to the Third Internationale at floscow asking affiliation of the " H.Awaian Communist League." This same witness for the prosecution placed in evidence - the following remarks made by the leading malefactor after tin; massacre of strikers by the military:—

"4^n sick and disgusted with the • wholcNhunn country, everything and

everybody in it. i wish I could get where I would never hear-the name of the United States again. Flag and country are a disgrace to humanity."-A more serious offence was committed

against Section III. of the 02nd Article of War. The section reads :—

" Any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful words .against the President, Vice President, the Congress

m of the United States, tile Secretary of War, or the Governor or Legislature of any State Territory or other posses-sion of tlie United States in which lie is quartered shall be dismissed from

. the scrvice or suffer such other punish-ment as a courtmartial may direct.

, Any other person subject to military law who so.offends shall be punished as. a ^courtmartial may direct," The prosecution quoted the prisoner-

as stating:— ' "(The President may be all right

as. an individual, but as an institution •dominated by Wall Street he is a disgrace to the whole God cfaYnned country." This common soldier's sympathy with

the native strikers*viithlessly shot down, so that the millionaires of the Sugar Trust would not suffer any undue loss of profits on a rising market, and his attempt to lead them to deliverance by linking them up with Moscow, plus his disrespectful remarks about the .flag and the President, has drawn a sentence of 46years at hard labour. To add farce to the tragedy the four t also ordered " that he be first stripped of the uniform of the Army of this glorious Republic and that he be drummed out."

And yet we have many in Ireland whose-idea of freedom is to fight and die

The Rectory. fllencoluineilli.-." •

Co. OtmegAn - '25.

Robert Stewart. W.I.R.

Dear Sir.; , I have -been a iked by your

representative who has charge of this locality to say a word about the condition of the people of this pldee.

They are very poorly off., . an^J.li tliink. some in want. Their first requirement, now is' seed for their potato crop. Some have the ground turned up. hut no seed to put in. The season is runuinir out" now. and if relief in that1 way is to In- given it s h o u l d - b e l l o w a t '

Yours faithfully. T. H. MEARA.

(Rector). .

THE IRISH WORKER

BRANDED.

Saturday,'May 2. 15)25.

Johnson v. Larkin Uv Ht ' / . l l < IvSlMMX.

[Continued-1 col. .->. page :i).

• of the bottom dog Mr.

and vote and pray for a " Republic " of the capitalist model. I-et us.^lljjecp the Gaelic model ih view, tlie nearest approach to which is the U.S.S.K. (Russia).

tf. S. S. R. Recognition. All evening papers to-night carry cables

from, the Washington correspondents stating that the U.S. diplomats are much annoyed because of the Russo-Japanese arrangement which virtually. closes the " o|>en door" arrangement with Japan and China. They state Russia means to close'the-door, and tfiey think the only Way to again open -tile door is for the U.S.A. to formally recognise the Unit.-d Socialist Sdviet Republics .(Russia). Sinclair, after hi* acquittal, jounieyed to Washington, saw the President and Secretary of State and protested to them against the decision of the Moscow Workers' Court cancelling his grant of oil land in Saghalicn. The Jap» have since signed up for the same oil fields and lie states that Japan and Britain will now control the world's oil output. He favours recognition immediately and the President is thinking it over.

Free Speech. In Patterson, X.J., the silk workers

recently went on strike "because their wages were reduced, hours k-ngthened and the. number of looms they had to handle were increased. Tlie silk manu-facturers prefer foreign non-Hnglish-speaking immigrants as workers. They are usually hungry, glad of any job and anxious for work. After a few months the.y Team to think•--they" then strike for more money.

During the recent strike the head of •the police, at the request of tlui^silk -manufacturers, issued an ord^r forbidoin'g a strike meeting in the union hall of the silk workers. They insisted on their right to meet in their own union hall, with the result that the police were turned loose like- Cossacks to break the strikers' heads.

There is an organisation called the Civil "Liberties' Bureau in this fit}' whose work is .to safeguard tlie right of free speech and assembly guaranteed in the Bill of'Righfs, which the earliest revolu-tionists'drew up and embodied Ju the constitution wlu>n they cut loose from George III. of pious and immortal jncmory.

The Civil Liberties' Bureau announced-that the police acted unlawfully and pro-ceeded'; to organise a protest meeting of strikers outside the City Hall. The police chief also proclaimed this meeting and broke it up, arrestiug one of the strikers as he read the "Bill of Rights." The Judge, who owns a few silk mills himself; sentenced the organiser of the meeting to six months under a law enacted in 1708, which forbids an unlawful, assemblage.

Incidents like this are rapidly causing many thousands of U.S. workers to become class-CQnscious. As the new government of the master class in Ireland is enacting legislation to curb .and curtail the liberties hitherto "enjoyed, "by the working-class it will be the duty of Irish workers tq defend their, rights even if, it means jail. One consolation is that we get three meals a day regularly in jail, and thousafids of Irish workers would consequently be better-off inside than out. It would also increase' the cost of native government.' It may yet be necessary for 5,000 Dublin workers to decide on being.arresied on the same day. It would be a new kind of strike that our .masters would not relish.

A CORRECTION.

In our issue for March 28th, in the course of an article on the disbarment,of Elmer

-Smith, the I.W.W. lawyer, [\ wasstate'd that the Qntralia riot took place in 1918. This was an error. The- riot took place in 19*10 and the trial was hot held until the spring of 1920. We have been asked to insert this' correction' by the " Industrial Worker.". I

',' Vhe eNpcritn e of iLil-ns.-s and nation*. I bt.iieve, dcnnHistratt*. that the work

•done' by slaves, though It appears to cost onlv their liiaintciianq-, K in-"the end. the dearest of anv." Ad.un Smith :

•' " T h e W e a l t h of N a t i o n s .

One day recently. I "was muring on the p.issage* of "time iiiul reflecting on the ihaiigrs recorded bv written history. In particular 1 wa? tiiinkiiig of tlie days, of Chattel Slavi iv when the slave had an iroiv collar fasteii-d round his neck and tlie. name of hjs master clearly

' ciigmved ujion ii. The < were galling and oppressive days, and in our school books we were tutored in the pathetic 'mi>e(-v. of " Umie Twin-'s < abin, "• and piouslv taught t h a t " B-r-r-r-r-Uonsjuver, never," iievi-r sliall.be sjav.s."

It is trite that slavery wii*. officially abolished in Britain by Act of Parliament about the year 1*26! but if wy are no longer chattel slaves, we arc. wry much t wage slaves, and tied very definitely to a class even .if we are flee to"move from

'one individual employer to another. Nor yirc we free from tile galling and insolent-branding of our ni.istcrs, ix-cause only yesterday I .met a handsome voting member of the working-class garbed in an attractive blue uniform, aiid oirrliis collar.^branded in plain letters, so that all who run may ivaik was the name of his owner—' Tliov < ;«>k and Soils!"

Like a far-flung Ilium- of Hashing lire the searing, thought of the slave's ir.»n collar swept through..my mind : the.ages were spanned in "an ins; ah r and I ri-alised t hat society still'rested on a:i unfree class, fettered to tlie pnKluctive machhieiy of modem times and bi arieg I lie brand of the owner. 11 was a dreadful discovery and I inmirdiatcly looked around ftie to discover ail} flesh evidence of our slave condition. I went into Lipton's, and there behind ilie counter were a dozen, slaves, all branded on their collars with the name of their exploiter,

From one plaô -*•» another 1 \\^nt, seeking for freedom and individualism,

' a n d everywhere' I went I encountered hordes and droves and crowds of slaves, many of them in the uniform of thoy^ lord and master and most of thepr with the infamous b?clge of their seivtlo state.

hi th- ,siiip\4ird and factories I foiufd a deadly uniforniily, but no. uniform, unless the dopgaree be considered a uniform. On inquiry as to why they had no uniform supplied to them I was sarcastically informed that the work was so dirty and severe «>il the clothing that the employer considered the expense of upkeep too great, and therefore imposed the burden on the wage-slave.. " But," sai(P my informant, " we are branded all right," and producing a brass check •from his i>ockei he showed inc. his number and told me that that was*the brand of his master and that lie gave it to a time-keeper to hold for him whileê produced wealth for his employer, and mat if lu-tried to escape work without taking his badge of servitude with him, lie would not receive any money and, therefore,' no food,'Clothing or shelter.

Later, as 1 w£id«l my wav aniong the crowds in the .streets, I encountct'efi nnmeroHs men in a blue uniform, and on their collars a ktrer and a string of numbers. These men were tall and strong-looking, - walking about leisurely

"and casting eagle glands at the people . around. These, I was told. Were, favourite slaves and were given sjwcial conditions and privileges to remain loyal to tlifc employing cl;;ss whenever "they were threatened with danger by' a revolt of the hordes of less favoured slaves! Others, too, I encountered, dressed in uncouth. garments of a dingy colour, and these were men of swift movement, alert, virile and purposeful. They were called soldiefs and were gathered together ifi a barracks and drilled and disciplined into. an effective fighting machine, and armed with lethal weapons on which they affixed a long, sharp blade, of steel called a bayonet, which coiild - disembowel men. These soldiers, I was informed, were the

• real bodyguard of the Lords of Wealth' Production, and often used ^ their murderous weapons to sljoot and maim the workers' when they, revolted against their servile fState and attempted to gai.i some measure of 'freedQin. TMs -'was known as a strike and the worker* had preserved a long'list of "butcheries, from Peterloo to Belfast, when the employers had used their soldier slaves to shoot down their productive slaves.

These were terrible discoveries-'to make in the year of Christ, 1925; It seems that ' we have no real freedom at all .to-day, despite the .platitudes and'assurances o f -the hireling hacks of King- Capital. \ et;. freedom caytiot be J a r distant, and once free, the wpeking slaves of to-day cannot enslaye another class, because there' is no social/stratum^ l>-neath them, and when-Deniocracy reaches o u t - t o grasp the prize of liberty, which îll the ages have strivr i for jn vain, tl^cir act of

V.S " M r.. W:—And tha t - J ames Connolly

saw everything fioui that standpoint 1

;ind his life -was one. long sttstaine«P etT'/ilMo vo'n-e aspirations and stimulate amiiitiofis in' the poor a n d the dis-inhci-itcd: to break down the forces <% i-apiiaiisiii and all these social, political and economic "tyrannies which are but

: th' expression of capitalistic powers i ' Mr." J.—Yes.

\lv. W.—And you were at one with I Connolly when lu' was fighting Bri-

tjuii; Mr. J.—I was not at one with Connolly when-he was fighting Bi'itain.

v\i|.. W-.—Oh. I see; you were not? .Mr. J.—No.

Mr. W.—Were you at one with Britain fighting Connolly? Mr. •!.— That was the point" of divergence which I at" that time took from him whtti I had been—if a may say so listening to his speeches aiid veading his writings and hearing hiln in pri-vate conversation oil matters of social and economic change; I supportcd him to the full, Imt 1. didn' t at that time follow him iii respect to his att i tude towards the War. .Mr . XV.—Then. Mr. Johnson—I-put

it to you—were you in the alternative •attitude—at one with Great, Britain in lighting ("onnolly.' Mr. J .—^yj ihange took place between 1914 and 13IK and Bi'itain didn't fight Connolly until

.191(5. • Mr. W.—Were, you a supporter oT

the Russian Revolulionf Mr. J . - A support cr.'

Mr. W.—Yes Mr-. ,1 . -1 was glad to see the Russian Revolution—yes.

Mr. W.—Were you in favour of it ? Mr. .1.—I \rax3gla4 to see it. -

Mr. W.—rAiv you now a supporter ;t let us see where your opinions ar>-and whe ther you have moved)—are you now a supporter of tlje .Dictator-ship of tJic Proletariat or Pari lam ciliary

•democracy? Mr. J.—I am not a sup-porter of the^.dictatorship of flu* Proletariat. • ' "" -

Mr. W.—Hut you are a supporter of Parliamentary democracy? Mr. J.—I believed in Parliamentary democracy.

Mr. W.—Wfre you ever a supporter of the nietatpi-shy) of tbe^l'roletariat*? Mr. J — I had no objection to the at-tempt to.prove that the workers should become the ruling forces/M^may Iwive used the phri I am liot sure

WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL RELIEF.

From our Conimitfees. regular re-ports are now coining in. In every ease the need i« still great and growing. Ail extract from a' letter from.Cairow-keale. Lahardanc, States:—" Enclosed you will find receipts for seed potatoes, and I thank the. W.I.1J. Committee oil behalf of those who received tile seed potatoes, and. clothes. No words mine rail express To you liouifnueh ap-. prceiated your kindness was with t h e ' poor, semi-starving peasants." I had to ttirp cores away withoiit anything for them. Their sad. sorrowful tale of ppverty is heart-rending. Poor souls! they try to conceal their extreme state of misery to the last, t hsvc visited little thatched cottages ( . i ) ^ w h e r e , families to the number of ten and twelve huddled together in a place un-fit for human beings."

Another letter from Malliiia:—" As to the general situation, it is very little if at afl ihiprovcd'/roni that >>£ tow months ago. The position here 'is" just the same as you found in Enhis, Carratigue, and .round tluit way. There are many families that have not had the material for one good meal in their homes for the past two months."

At .the meeting of the Executive Com-mittee on Fr iday last. Mrs. Despard and Jim Larkin^reported on the Con-gress -Uf the British Section of thp W.I.R.. which they attended in Batter-sea Town Hall. The W.I.R. got a mignifiecnt reception from the 'Labour movement; Brass bands accompanied the workers and their children who marched as an escort to the W.I.R.. and out of compliment to Georgt Lansbury, Chairman,of the British Section. This

•week's contribution list does not in-clude J Sritish list as the increased cir; culation of the " Irish Wo'rkcr " com-'

r ji&uct iil dbr«ft>c Uu in of their uniform -I slavi v aiul strike the. hated collar ->f servitude; lrosn their necks. V >

As- Robert Bums said " Thy solemn League and Covenant, •

Whiles' brings a sigh and whiles a tear But Sacred Freedom, too, was there; If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy syeer."

pels pre^s this

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Dublin Operative. IWiy-hcr*' Benefit^Mjtion .V.

Workington Branch I.L.P. ... Collected by Miss C'asserly.

Ileiiiy Street l.ineoln Branch Workers '

Ual«4|i ... -:-Mr. T. "IVO'.Meara. ,1'cter-

mari tz lnuX South Africa Mrs. Walslu Dorset Street ... A F r i end DoJ-set Street

•Mr. Mastei-son. Doi-sel Street Mr. Ki'llelicr. Don-set Street Mr. Dwyer. DorsW-Street ... Miss Wlielan. Doi-set Street Anialganiat ed Engineering ! Union,, 1 Bridg'eton . Bch.).


N Cf. 1 BRANCH.

BAKERY SECTION

A*General Meeting of all ineiiibet,s> of the above Section will t»e held in Urtity Ilall. Marlboro ' Street, on Sunday. Mav '3 rd . • 1925. at 12.30- p.m.

Business of the utmost importance-to all members will be discussed.

Absent, members will be .fined..

By Order, N O . ' l BRANCH COMMITTEE.


NO. 1 . BRANCH" . ^ '

CHEMICAL SECTION.

' A General Meeting of all members of -the above Section will be held in Unity -Ilall, Marlboro ' s t r ee t , on Sunday." May 3rd. 1925. at 1 p.m.

Business of .-in important na ture will be transacted.

Admission by 1925 card.".

By Order. NO. I BRANCH COMMITTKB.


DUBLIN NO. 1 BRANCH.

A .Special Meeting of all shop Stewards will-beheld in-Unity Hull on Wednesday, fillip May. commencing at 8 'p .m. .

Jim Lirkin will a t tend.

My Order, Executive Committee.

J I M LARKIN.


COUNTY COMMITTEE. '

The Jtyuthly Meeting will be heltl in Unity Hall. 'on Sunday; 3r«'Linsf. at 3 p.m. .

v By Ordef . H. MeCARTHV. Sec.

WORKERS' UNION OF IRELAND.

BOOT BRANCH. The Committee of the above Blanch

has pasaed-'a vote of sympathy with John Fitzsimons.on.the death of his Wife:

" THE WORKERS W E E K L Y . "

Every Thursday. Price One 'Fenny. The paper With t l ieJargest weekly net sale in the British working class move-ment, (]espite the .newsagent 's boycott. The paper for the active worker . The paper with the courqg<\of i ts 'convic-tions. " A moat t ra i torous publica-t ion"—vide " W e s t e r n Morning News." Agents wanted in Ireland. Wri te for terms, to Business Manager, 16 King Street, : London,- W.G. 2.

ADOPTION OF HOSPITAL LEVY.

. Members of the Dublin City and Dublin County Branches are notified that the Hospital Levy of 6d. per quar ter ( the fu l l ' amount, tha t - i s , 2/-» being payable Within the first six months) will come into operation oo-and f rom 1st May, 1925.

Published by tha Proprietors and Printed I by The Gaelic Press, 21 Upper Liffey Street; 1 Dublin. J

£,v\

E d i t e d b y J i m J U a r k l n ,

SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925.

.. ——

THE FAITH OF .A FELON. Connolly Commemoration Meeting. Evesy Man ,and Woman, Boy

and Girl, Members of the Workers' Union Must Attend

QUOTATIONS FROM CONNOLLY We have no National Government: ,

we a re ru led by Englishmen mid the servants of Englishmen, whose object is the interest of another country; whose ins t rument . i s corrupt ion: who-je strength is the weakness of I reland; and these men have the w h o l e ; i h f c power and pa t ronage of the "country as means to seduce »ml subdue the

-honesty- and the spir i t oil-her repre-sentatives in thv legislature.

• • * That the Conquest of Ireland had

meant the social and political servi-tude of t h e I r i sh masses, and therefore

the-Re-Conquest of Ireland must mean .tlie social as well as "the political in-dependence f rom servitude oi every man, woman and child in Ireland. In other words. the common ownership of all Ireland -by a H | h c Irish.

• . • ' • Tlie worker is the giavc t»f .cppitalis;

society-; tlie l'eilialo"worker is the slave of that slave. In In land that fema c worker has hitherto exhibited in her martyrdom an almost- damnable, patience. ^ ^ #

. Those who pra te glibly about the

" sacrcdncss of the home " a nit 'flie j '• sanctity Of 4h<fi'ainily««irclc " would ; do well * to consider .what home in j Ireland to-day is sacred from, tfie • influence of the greedy mercenary 1

'.spirit born of ' t l ie system of capitalist ; p roper ty : what 'family circle is iin-

- broken by the emigration /if its most ...gentle and.loving: ones.

Stocking the products of the agrieul-t uraI co apenitive societies in t i m e of industrial pjjtce, the workers would enjoy their-credit in l ime of war t then the trades union in time.of peace could

invest its funds, in the cooperat ive societies ; in.time of lock-outs or*strikes it" would light with food guaranteed to its members by such societies which, lor the foi/d required would In? able to pledge thei r credit* to the organ isid co-operative fa rming community.

Trade union l uiiHs yisteiwl of being. dep<is i tedTnbanks~10 he let' out by those institutions to capitalist ex-ploiters, cotfld be-.-placed to the credit of seulully conducted co-operative enterprises.

j ThyTei'orc p«Tliticrtl power must." i W * 1 tin- working -classes, come • straight .

nn' ..f the" iudustrial battlefield as '.he * ( xj>i-e.Nsi(trr of t h e orgatHse-'Veeimoiulo

J lul-i'e of Eil!>l>uv; else i t ' ca 11 HOt I'DIltft. | af.sill." With Labour pvqpci'ly organ- (

j isi'd tipo'u the Industrial , and -political i field, each extension o f ' the princip' '1 "f •pTV, public "ownership brings, us 'nem i" I to the rc-eonq)jest o f - I r e l and by iis^

people; it. nieaus the gradual rt-sump-. i f ym-of the common ownership 01 all | lreland-by all tlie Ir ish—the realisation ^ | 01 T*reedo.m. -, : - "

CONNOLLY—THE MAN. We are told that Connolly first saw the

light in a labourer's cottage outside the town of Clohes, County Monaghan, June ")th, 1870. The first ten yeajs ofTiis life (the. formative period) wire spent in his father's shieling. The family, by force of econoiiifc laws, was. compelled ~ to emigrate. They chose lo go east instead of west. At ten years of age Jim was listening to the new gospel of "discontent expounded. on the streets and squares of the Athens of the North, Edinburgh. Quick t o . appreciate the logic of the situation tiiat this new economic gosptl applied itself primarily to the dispossesscdY the lad Connolly, who was then already bound; to the wheel of industrial' . s jawrj / working from dawn to dark, reacting frfim. the denial of physical and mental liberty, v applied hmbuUôjstudy and in the 'fervour of yoUlflTul eiuhuStrtsjii went out into the higln/tys and byeways to give to others

measure of strvice, an aposdeship whicfi ended wit b ins'final act of sacrifice

.lass on May 12th,. 191 tf. 'ro'm the daCs of his boyhood he never

•aried in iiis task, never lacked enthusiasm, never once looked1 back.-Though •his* days were darkened by denials of opportunity, b » * h e .poverty and privation, bv hatred and abuse

• urirticasurt d in volume and from all sections of society, and applied in -all ujfaccs in which bis restless heart and

^vorld-weaQ- feet* had travelled. This can 'be said of liim witlk eyiry trutli—-whether lie stood with one or with a thousand, he ,stood undismayed. _ -He was proof in hints-.If.of the triumph of mind- over matter. He .symbolised in his life-struggle the age-long struggle of bis_ class. Sometimes woundctl by. the arrows of misfortune, deserted bv false friends, misunderstood .apd ulisiipporti d b v . comrades, he Was ne\"er. disheartened or defeated. ... ... ,. • . y

Even in death his ' i r ad rnv r s i ca se j i o t their attacks. '. The. base betrayers of their class,, tlie so-called Labour Leaders who mouth lip-service to his memory while, at the sain? time and the shame of it within the measure of ground that holds his uncoipp'era'ble,heart, they dare to • misinterpret his message and •decry his sacrifice ; flu.il then another -group, who, wit b. ihe courage of coyotes, in tack in death with bitter worth the man they dared not face in, life.

This is not the time to write of._all-this man Connelly gave in service to

IN iVjEfVIQRlAM

• CO NKGiliLY. DEAD YET SPEAKE TH.

, - ( '(unhides! For why a m i whir. rc Voit waiting? \ lnnv who failed.y» c in life, jiovv exploit my wm-k and memory in doa'tli.. .Surely you Will n o t . IOI-.-'K. nie or fail to <;ar ry on the tusk?

tliy's •bj-ative,

lueitiy; rfity .iiise,-ii< <1 to educate '

and

his cl:i.. , h u t - u is i l l " 1 iin. - ;.. ;- iiect - uii the p.!-!. to study tlu- prnbl- in that *e.)iifion;>#u.s and t«» plan -for the I mure

T<» ih<se ot yon"who primipk-s, his pYfrfM. i ]>rej)ai(- for the task ,• .

*( niulatc. CoitnqJIj- sj ,, hhuv-lf that lie," liijgiii eilucate .-tlirrs,

. lb -idwiys ad\ocateil .orga;iisatk>;i, for yh<- km.w tiiat orgaiibaiioii "-nieatk power,

lie sacrilic.'d; liiuiselt -in vinulating the <i!v iou> De*d uiio h.î gmie before him.

. ' onm.il>-'-.' Wav. iV (Is o»iv.• w.tv.

.1898—192.5. This is .•Mm' < (1111' writing in

l.s.'iS. Mow app'ropria'.i-' sonic ni' .ilj, . ' .'iiiat l Vs cMi'i a ju'i-d. thei-(' in a re v. hen ".ipplied,- "to-, the present position, u u r i-ejuicis. will lake pai-ticulnr no:i.>,- >\ the last .pHia-.-raph *

<>m' of the '!)S Executive b; repot r - l •to I.,- an iidvaficed Nationalist. If :

'was present':>f the banquet, why in- ii-i". protest. ' -It'he was-not present , .why did he ji'ot " repudia te the action W tb'ose uhn -used his name ii'i 'that connection .' Was it because he drd n iik<. to ,-expase • t h e l i l y d i v r e d hypoiH-itos . u in i ca l l - , themselves nationalist . i o u r u a l i s t s O r is •he hbn-seif as •_i;eat *... hypocr i te - j i s This gentleman is an olVicia: ii«*. • Irish Ins t i tu te of'.lon»*ryTHsts v<Te>;yav-.* 'ibis- dinner— Treasu iu r^ i i v f ac ' i 'and,''

' —, l'Rsnonsibl-' f o r - t h i s , loyal toast. Let him answer, but let him anil all others take noti;-'•' jl.i:>tv

-.there is I'H>W" . entered,-' i-nto -. Hi>» jouciialistic world I re 'aud 'i"arec in tile shape' in'' a .'newspap.-r;

principles ih- ' l i'ii!"l I ; • n .ii• aecordauee. ' with tie-(VouotMic.'lI and po!i]i<*al 'lev ol\th'e times. In ae^rtrdsiil'ce pledire". which w- now. nia i: read' rs. thcr1? desceiids " u

' shoulders tin- dn tv• wlii'-h v • With pl.eilslll-e ill' IvieptleSNl.V

to the pirhlje ua/.e l'!n!* !'aio-i;

/^y-jiiaseiiiiite'l • ami wraUeiied our >îi>7Tu>w! fiVith. Let those " hirelings

f S of EngWnd in the green livery o? our • . . countrv ' ' t ake notice.

•' The principle I state, and

mean to s tand upon is:—that

the entire owfiVrtHup of Ireland,

moral and material , up to the

.sun^nnd down t o ' t h e ceptre is"

vested of rigjit in the people4

of I r e l a n d . "

. . --James: F'irrtan Lalor.

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DUBLIN DOES IT.

The Minister f o r ' " Jus t ice is. pleased TO announce tha t the estimate fo r . thc maintenance of the Civic Guard is £1,463,97(».

l ie is providing for 850 stat ions out-side the Metropoli tan area, and 20 detect ive stations. The detective force , wears plain clothes and carries guns, 1} . consists • of :{ Superintendents! (> Inspectors. -2!) Sergeaots. and 192 Uuards. in addition-to. 100 specially-selected (iiuirds and a b o u t ' 50 Ex-National Armjr Officers. The characters of these men had been careful ly scrutinised* Jnit the repor t does not mention bv whom. With that force we should be well looked af te r , but

Wha t about this :— " Of. the 1,697 deaths til' pcf-sons

belon'ging- to the Dubliii Registra-. t ioi j area duiriig the, quar te r ended'

-December/l ist . 478-were 'under five years of nft'V including .%"> infants • under one• year of a g e ; the* latter ' representing a rate of i:}"» per

. thousand.^ " T u r n out the G u a r d , " buf.wiDtheir"

Green and Tans oi; Black. ailtl iHups find ;i .remedy for this , wholesale Child Murder, 'ihc normal product 01' capitalist ownership of the land, the factories, t he houses. ;\nd .consequently the lives of the Irish workers?.

A million and .1 hjrlf for Civic (Juards to* protect the blackguards who profit by conditions which- eondejiin these ' . l i t t le children to death and their parents to stai-yatioiv"

A Trial Order Solicited. $LL WORK EXECUTED BY

TRADE UNION. LABOUR

" AN I N J U R Y -TO ONE IS TI,IE CONCERN- OF A L L . "

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A Review. PAST AND PRESENT, -

. History "hit's"' a knack of re.peat-iijg. ijs. if. ami / looking bjiek" b v y tviai hi(fory mid .reviewing tltfhg* iR ihr'y" appear lo-day,- v.c. fijul.tiu eh:.v ex (iiiiiiJ'.JioM jhafc t he .workers *j,re be-,set to-d^y as / they , Were . ' P./, early stages of ticide unioni.«' otiiy }>y t in-" • 'Hployfiiji and cap; falls. :je

•CIMV'SL itiitliv>• ih>"mmiiioq worker, lint u.'s>t by . men of t'icir' own.jchrss: cif iOun s who, by subtle .im.. ' • •!;' Mu! hoiieY-d wi^<l i." .-i e p t ' illt,» t. industr ial organisations ami then usv.l their power. '!• -still* tin- • WorJvftr for the liient. Mere in • Irc'nud "m-.r-- tin anv.whi L/ iu the'civilixed world we find

tw. it. th.i-pa:.!-.'—sn-iii I [ i p M.llt

liir- I'nrlh I'J e'xpl«>i'5 nil ' Own a-X-ramlis-

up it Jh . ; and the iSS—tllj' W(

yrann.icnl c •eh-iraitois kcl-s—who ;

Fi tzpatr ick s Collection.

Glpbe Express Sheridan tiros. Nichols' !>anksmeii E. 0 ' I .riens CuHen Aliens Gallaghjjis O'Keeffe . . .

. Coast f i n e Carters ... Leasks Thompsons W. W. Kennedy ... Warhafns , .1.

. Nicfiolks' Drivers Grays Flower and McDonald 0 . & R. Fry Kennedys, Boyne St. Wordies l ynches McCarthy's Banksmen Gillens ..;

£ s. d: . (1 7 . 0 4 (r . (I 14 (i - 0 'Hi (» . / i 10 n . -<) 11 0 . * 0 "8 fi •. 1 In 0 . tf 17 0 . : u 14. (1 ..--0 11 0 : o 12 (> . i 1(1 .0, '• i. 4 0 r' 12 «

o 14 0 " 7 0 r, II

1 3 I) 7~T 2 - f t"

0 (5 0 o 10 0

£15 7 tr

Workers Paid One'Penny per Hour by Belfast Company.

. /Pht-<w> v o r y c h a r i t a b l e . have made tlreir.*app'carance-iii Ifclfa'st.* imbued with a spirit of love and brotherly feeling fo r their ~ fellow-ereaturcs.

Messrs. Douglas and Green, linen mcrehahts, Belfast, are two- of. the. tr inity, the thi rd being one. John Moore, a grocer, of f .al lyward. The firm of Jinen merchants pleaded that the competition .from German^ and J a p a n was the causcôf their undcr-

: -pay ing the i r -outworkers , when sitm- , moned before the local court. Th ' r "P

- workei-s were paid Id . and 1 |d . an hour for finishing pillowcases, whereas the Trade Hoard ra te was ."lid. On the piece-work r a t e / t h e y were paid 2s. per half dozen pillowcases, .and out of-that 2s. they were forced to pay, 4d.

. for thread. ' When "this .firm of swi-atei-s found

they. were eojiiered"th.-y attempted to cxnis.e.themselves on the plea that theV knew nothing abnuti tlic rati-s paid, anil that t hey only gave out the work on the solieifafion 1.1' their ay<;nt. .lohn -Moorn.

The lattej- gentleman f\vns also fiu'ed-f o r . paying . the workers ' part ly i,, » uroeeiics. which wen- specially priced lor. these workers- for Wiuiiii Mr. Moore had so niu'eh brotherly love*

Except J o r the part • played' by Jlr . Moore, the case "is somewhat siinilar; from the point of view, -of- sweated e o n d i t i y u ^ t , , that which caits.-d s t i i l ^ i n a shirt .factory in Parliament Street , Dttltlin. s/mu- few- months past. .Whether it is a F r e e State or a Northern OovcTmpent. ' the. workcru a l y a y s get the hy>h. and (lie abolition of partit ion will not stop this robbery ot the workers: The only th ing tha t wil l-stop it is tjie \riping out-of th:»*

parfit ion which divides • worker" from worker, slave f rom slave, ai.i? wlriob for^ centuries' has he*.n tlie-roof âuse of j .he; inisen- . starvation and mental, physical--and mora! dearailafioj, f rom-which the working class" liaie-sulTered—are still su/i'erini.'.

plityjitg (• their ow.n as scabs;

This state hf all'airs would seem al (ii-st glance almost a 'hopeless position front a .worker's viewpoint, were it not

.for . the fact " tha t there is still a vanguard t rue to the principles which have always animated the fighting-forces of our class. .

Profiting by experience- of past methods, used.in and out of the indus-trial field to keep theAnirkc'rs in sul>-jection. we arise ynceji iore to face the piohleni'of workers, organisation.

- WTith " this object, the- " W o r k e r s ' U n i o n s t a n d s ' head, and - shou lde r s over any organisation in Ireland, deter-mined .at all cojits to .carry to frui t ion the basic principle that " An in jury to

, oiie is the concern of a l l . " And -to achieve this, each 'class-conscious man —the man \Vho believes he has rights and " jilare jna in ta in tl^pm "—must do his part.

We"need-not bother at t he moment about ' those of our class Who have proven themselves spineless crcatijres and brainless leeches. " »

<>ttr hope in the futiu-e lies"hound Up with' fhos}'. who* ha\ '4 been -through " l lell , ' : and stillest and b.v tlieir owq class. . These ' 111 en stand .by Jim Connolly, renieftibcring his ideals, pnd his great sacrifice for~t.hts%cau.se of the worker—a ea\isc.yThet noblest and u > . t l n ^ i i l i ' - w o r t h liuhtinjr f°r—•''-Tiiliorty ' in its mroadest sense. This cause is the t rue meaning of the cqifiing into being of the Workei-s,' Union of Ireland "—a Union that •means 110 betrayal of the - worker. The. Union that, sinye its inception a few majitlis ago, has had to fight the combined at tacks of the. Employers ' Federation .111 massed formation," the Press, the middle-elass, the aristocracy, the seal) agents ' provocateurs-; and in spite of all .their a t tacks the Worker*'

nion not only 'survive*, but is spreading throughout the whofc ..1' I reland. ' •

Men» from ri>! ^cquntics in Ireland are awakening to , their responsibilities and enrolling as members, and latest information from our .Organisers' Re-ports prove that Lcix .and .OtVaiy. MeiiilK 'l .onth. Caijlow. Kilkenny. Kerry. Kildare. even have s'.-itfc out the s ; o . s . and wish.'-.; to be or-ganised in the Union th;n ^ . n - i s f.. progress; tile Union .that " Tears 'no ioc "" : I he' ( "nion with elass <-on.- cions '(•a.deiN—destruetive to th.- i . ihvs' llivh lew, but iii ' the last analysis, e.'.nslrue-live.ioc the niiuiy who porducc ali; bit! do not Ijeuetit by-their.pr<nlucti(>n. -

ORGANlSKR O'lIARTK.

To the Unconquerable Irish Working Cl ss.

IN Tilt U.S.A.

Senator JimViiy lucran.

1 (h.. I>iil>iii>"working;

k. April. 17;

hbtekkecp'cn : •SOfne' stNl JO. the l u x r

kihgnuiJuN

* «nU frvm' t he i r . (•iK'eriuueiit. -will .undoubtedly :|,t.

apologies from" t|!(. "tiaijy

inilli Schwab..' iicquitte* .fit'igc. is i.iejely -one o f ' .the

Ijenefit.and iin-r htxury. mlilfrtns of- workers .Mere serf lint by Cabinets nnd 'f-re.d<leiits

.Kings, .to.' f.i'i each o'theu so that democracy " and " const it utioii;'!"

•n nt ! .light flourish, t ime as every

tit discitvv

Until srfclf t ime as every .xvoykin» -011 an is "in a union liiui federated

. unions in ail lands are linke<; up ,1 ;h,-. > iifiu- .tf*ds «»•• • . . unions'* the . wotHd over, ' there wi'i

'»• ; I ,'>I.VV. 111 v;r f t ill I, ... • ;iHd /Freemasons sending niiliit,iLS-us ( t t ^ t o war to murde r oiir'Viwr,

•rkers and' nrotliei

r jca i is t

ail got. soiiiethn'nr week, with additions

his wile," and for each

rtunaie ..... ,j. -TJicr" was inaug-u-.

. . . ci-iih I.,.ou'< «»f (iovcriuiiciit-' /inn's lie- if." fiployed and huii^rj' . in unci like 4 di V» iliAt s ehil.l: • .

' r rItTreF Thrr S'ysl eni was put . into "operation it was diincult to get men io go to work. . .They won id - say. natuiallv. when offered a - j o b at low wagi-s : *' Why. 1 'get that htuch' fo r doing nothing. . I 'd bv foolish lo work for i t . ' • •

'• The ' dole r was niiid'e use oY. up tit the hilt, by str iking workmen, too. T iny would live-011 Government-furids during their lock-out, and a f t e r a taste of public, support, it Avas very difficult to get them to work at a l l . " -

According to this, i f 'the dying Transport ,won'(jMij» stVikc or " lock-out " pay. .Minister Etejiiie Blythe iflrnie

r to the Senator, did

- THE TULi.AMORE VICTORY.

. Tli . J011 i.,,-]:. : 1 - - : 1 -11, . . . . s i e n i i , . . an-ngreenrent m a-publicho,ts,* in con-nection wlUt the TnUAmore Qmnfv dispute- was not fin cry FUnifi n'v might have bcoti understood from 1 article. ? - - , ' " ^ O N N O C

«;,» : "?" i ?£?®V® a l l i nS the forma-11011.of a \\ orkers . Party of Irebuid aml_ a proposed const it-fit ion "as will fis a Mitgi'sted pVoyrainniw tit i>--mwliate de"n[jui<ts, \yilf lle issueU to-dav Ulllortunately. our spaeer i* t ^ , |'„!h'-"'•eiijn.ed to.],rodih e < i par t of mu contents. ,W.-i-iin A ' 1. K" fin- our

a i n r ' t o ela'Ns.eOnsciotLs Irish . o rders 'as n .mVyiis of unit ing aiul i i -iiivig„|iatii!g the wI>*!<;, working-el;.,-; 1110,rMieiit in Ireland. .Tile mhiiifesto is cndoi-se.l-hy the Kxecutive i.f fhe irisli \ \ oxker League a n d - b v actin-woi-Ke, s. t hloiighont the coi 111 t'rv - '

t Vjjnes- -if mnnifestb andcm^ ' i tu t ion-

the ('" '•i!" <l>" . ( ""lercitce An-angeoHlits ('otM-mitte,-. viz:-— ..." . •

» ' • I?"l' i 'i<: M. l-tite- 'ihthhrfSif. - j;'

Dutjlin. âklandi SK-IVM; W R5nat '»WM?

Alt ili. ' l i i;j in-;iI M..r. te hc:i.r i,,-* ,i„.

/ b . u s e on Sunday, -May. 24th. in- tf ,- : afternoon i*;d evening.

>' ' '. - X ' . •'.. ;

accordinj giye it to you. - . ' .

Asked liy- the reporter, in Napper Tandy ' s words, " How is poor old Ireland, and 'how docs sllc s t and . " the Talbot Street Senator replied:—

Tlicy ate beginning to stop" the talking and fighting among themselves ami -<re get t ing-down t o ' w o r k . , " There is unrest and discontent,

certainly, in the same degree that M Exists, all overt the -world. The post-war microbe bjt people in Ireland, too. Among those who have not, there is a feeling of resentment against those why. ha te , and- in some' cases the.

."haVe-nots ' at tempt to take by. force-.what they want. IJut 1 believe things 'are settl ing down a bit.

" I have great hopes fo r Ireland. It*will be a great country in i ts own. r ight , imd i \Mts own (ioveriiilient.. in the end . ' '

J immy forgot ty> tell tlu- papeis that when IreJiimNuis i ts mvn Ooventmeiit all ablc-bou^d males will have to pro-duce a card stamped l'»y a workers*' delegate s tat ing they liave done so many hours ~ work, be fo re / , even " S e n a t o r s " get a ticket entitling them to a meal and a-bed at fhe i-.x-' pense of the State.

The millions -of hav.-in.ts " will* one.day.decide to make the few dozen who " have-if-all " go to work". Speed tl(at day along, brother. Join tl„.. W.orkM-s' Par ty . *

The Business Element. Tl,ie fa fee of the trial of ;lh.e" million-

aire oil ian'd robbers Was hi^QfcrHj^r lyfore ' the Government c o i i i u ^ e e d / K . sue the P.ethleluiii Steel ^^finpany f.*i> fifteen million dollars' talu-Ii from' the Government during the. w.-u-huiidin-period.-

.Uu'ti-mjliiiHtaire ,Charles head-of litis eompany. was ot-" patriots, '-'^wiio voiuhteercd vi.-.v's to the • H(v. rjtmi-nt for " one dollar per year " dur ing t he war. This patriotic type. , led t h e hunts for d raf t dOtlgerjy and demand.-.! th, jailing and shooting of al! "•"Reds*4-bcciilise 1 !'ev were, in - the p a y ' of Kaiser Dill.

'This par t icofar " patr-ioj " u-;is m a , | „ Hn- fe.!'-! st.ii.y Fir., ! 1

atioii as lie owned several sliip-li'iiildiii.. yards. He.-sivl tehed-several miilioh dollars w„,-il, - 0 r work r„ -his own yards, lylneh lie then turiieil -i„ t ] l c r"s l liliis sysleur. In other words lie found the -„„d mnterial i,,,:! ,l„, .overi.ineiit paid lb,- w»ie „ „ J

hills ea.:h week with' the " pi , , . " wl,teh me;,nt the protits m.d we/ir and tear ol his niaehinciy added.

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successfully operate ships, where" 'private shipowners a re .de termined to control sea-bornp t rade is f u r t h e r illus-t ra ted by the decision of the"Shipping Board to .s'cll five Government steainers

.plying ibetween 'Frisco and the Orient. There are ' three ' l i i ies in operat ion and the (Joverninent. lijie is the only one making a. profit. Las t . week it was

. rapor ted this paying line had been sold to", the Dollar Line whose bid Avas only five niilliims. two. millions less than the offer of t h e compet ing J me. The public and newspapers- ace taking side,s as between, these .two companies* ignoring the \ (undanienta l as to why ' a paying line owned,by- the people has been cast into the maws- of hungrj -

capitalists. • The Shipping 4»oard is.-run fo r .the

Government . bv " p a t r i o t " ship-ownei-s. Tliev h a r e sol t t or ordered to be burnt, fleets of nVOdern • ships tha t , would have made t h e ' U.S. the lending .mercantile power. .The sfrips were sold fo r a song, to ô tnpajues by these same " patriots. .", who ordered the sale. •

The .deciding vote at t h e Shippin; i foa rd ' .mee t ing ordering this ,rOcent sate was cast by one. T . y . O'Connor.

Years ago, Ter ry O 'Connor worked on the quays here." a fit*- acted ns delegates v When i.tii^-tTar cauitv Terrv took (!ompci*'s or.,lei's that the ships must sail, union badge Or uo badge. .

Like .soine Dublin, labour'. ' leaders whose, nrfmcs need not be JilentioiietL Terry knew whidi side the bread was buttered on. and went liver to the ship-, ownei-s, Ih catised-flie arrest Of Torift^r comrades dur ing tin- war because thejj, were , reds or'_a liens., or spies or pro-ti'Orinans. (y- d ra f t evader^. ' .

Uefore the war- f in ished he had a eoiiple of* house*:' a n d niotor ««nrs, and the shipowners found hisn good jobs, Or i;ather '• posi t ions ." as the rcsju-i'-table Irish ivill it . until , they finally .had him si t t ing with them 011 fhe Lnit'-d Stiftes " Shipping IJoard.. sabotaging the- el torts ?'of the more, honest American legislators Jo creati-a national, merchant '.marine, and so crush the . monopoly of. American passenger and _e»vrgo • t r ade ;!>y the. iiritish sliipowuers. And his' vote turned the i r latest Trick. "Dollar , a ^ 'multi-millionaire- ' w!i">.-

lower-btfLgot the'Ships. p r f T ^ e j i i o r e despicable type oi capitalist . Tii'c l-a !• e.ilette ami tin- Junes law Benefitt.«l 'A'«" ricau sai lors; guaranteed them- a lix.-,l bill of fare. iiucn,-'"'Athl' pay in foreign poi ts . , ry live, days 1? also ordained that the-ercxv niust s^nlv ui i ' sa i i ie language as the ofTicei-s. and

-.fixed a niiniiiniMi w ; - e . f o l i a r int-mcdiateiy eaucelled thb l-.S. registry of his dozens' bl ships and cntervd them nn.ler the Uritish flag because he Was determined to car ry his crews.of coolies, wiiosc only 1-pqviirenicnfs were, a pot -of.-rice and : f % , . k ^ o sleep on, . • wl i is the type of skunk" that the renegade. Irish dock-worker, '-at thi; Lidding oPhis-lifts-tMN. has helped.

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