South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 149, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 29 May 1919 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

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LABOR OPPOSES TERMS OF PACT

Parties in Most Countries Do Not Approve of Peace Treaty, Says Editor.

i;V WILLIAM ALLIEN WlIITi:. IWlikS. May 2i (liy Cable to New York Tho peace trfaty will be opjm -v1 Ijuropcan labor whether in- treaty in s-inc-d or rejected. A r.ftint; of the International, which nvct.s annually in Ilornr, h . 3 leen (al!(J iji imm:U1 .Ms.-ion to consid'T the trv ity. The cull was lesueJ by th- j-icrttary of tho International at l;r'j.-cls at the htifrt&tion of (It :rnan Tli' fa t, however, that I!riti.-ri labor has otfirUlly i.--j"l a inariie.t'". jL-iin-t the treaty an-1 tin. the J "re rich and IVl'ian pre s and labor leaders 1 noun e the t'-rms of the treaty indicates plainly what the International will do when, it ' onidei.V th'r treaty. I'lan;- are .iiovinir in Kurland. Fiance. Hel'iu'ii and Ituly to lako the treaty into p-iiMcM and to overthrow tho rxhtiiiK rjvtrnni'nts in an appeal to the people. Ilnlil Meetings on Treaty. Thrre is small hope for this in Iini,'l;:nJ. but labor bv-tns hopeful. In i;nland the eampaiKn is well under headway. l-'our hundred strike tneetin's are held every week by the labor people whose speakers are coalied and drilled in points a trains the treaty, und this week a meeting of 1 0,0 f people in Albert hall, presided over by a lord and .addressed by a bishop and other members of the nobility, indicates that in Kurland the movement against the treaty is stirring in other than labor circles. A seetion of the liberal party and the pacifist l.raneh of the tories are Joining in demanding the repeal of tbe treaty. Their reasons for opI osin the treaty are the annexations of the Saar valley, the Tyrol. Shantung and the neighborhood of Lanliz and also the lonj-C period of asfalaire required of Germany during which Germany will be held in practical industrial slavery. f)p Yaala:;c. The liberals and labur oppose the annexations as ;i violation of the armistice, and oppose the vassalage of Germany for an indefinite period because it is liable to create a military power to enforce the vassalage. l!ut all the IJritish speakers, whether coached by labor or speaking from the liberal middle class platforms, declare the league of nations is the one hope in sight. If the treaty is not signed its opponents will raise a storm in the pending crisis', demanding a modified treaty. If the treaty is signed under protest, its opponents then expert to inject the treaty into politics, demanding that the league of nations modify the treaty, as they may under the powers granted to the league. Join I'nrevs in I'niurr. in l-'rance the socialists hae about one-third of the vote and only 1 y;i combination an they hope to gain power, but curiously, the royalists, bankers and u It ra -conservatives are argry because the treaty i.-, too mild in the matter of immediate rash reparation, and are joining forces against the treaty with any group capable of oerturning the government, but with small hope of success. :l Helarium the socialists hae a working majority much of the time, and if the pope objects seriously to the tratv the clericals might help t,et it aside. In Italy, while the socialists are c!.mioring against the treat? and certain imperial ist s like the l'rem h cora vrvati es are ol jecting. pwMie opinion is unorganized ami there is r.o langer fiom Italy. ljig;li!i Movement Strom:. Hut the Unglish inoment is

id.;

determined. The treaty

Is admirably suited to use bv the Mpnnents of the L?ritih government who comport. Iii--!'. th- I'abian so;t!ist--; second, the ri-:u r.i t i-- pacifists, who are strong in leadership: third, the anti-otnv riptmn liberals, v ho or'p"se the large army nce-sary to coerc' Germany tor a long period of j ears, and fourth, the radical, di-r-Tt-acti'Oi labor leaders at the evtl ?n.o left who tjctt;b- Tiie antit aty agitation as a ;oi:ice of discontent. Strange as it may seem, nie htars men declare that I-loyd i oi o him-f-. !f m:iy take the b-aders'oip of this :-.ic ip. It is becoming more evident daily that the coalition, with the Tories i weakening arwl the trend of European events H all strongly io-.r-ls socialism. Lloyd George, who .s neer bng out o? power, may d- , to bad the new group now forming. The o.nly sure thing that the tii.itv. Mi its long period of annual reparation while Germany is in ondage. w ill he the vital i.-suc in L'uropeati politics until it is f.nally uttletl. which explains why British American opinion in Paris reg.trds th? treaty as binding upon Germany only in the Pickwickian r-er-se. It is. inconceivable that a

which becomes a running sore

should long le seriously

jgarded. U is certain to l-c modi:.ed or abandoned. Copyright. 11U?

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Gaze upon this picture of tho fierce fighting" days gone by between the north and south, now united as one, and you will cease to wonder why the Hun took it on the run when the United States entered the fray. The picture Is taken from Leslie's Weekly during the Civil war period.

Labor Program of the World League A lms at "Dividends in Life

International Commission, Created Under Constitution Adopted in Paris, Designed to Raise Labor to High IZstate and Fair Proportion of Life's Gocd Things.

By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

PARTS. May 7 (Cy Cable to New York). The league of nations at heart will consist of a series of Internationa Soviets. The soviet principle in government as distinguished from the democratic principle is this-: Democracy gives on citizen one vote; the soviet gives one job one

vote. And in the league of nations a numner of councils, conferences and committees arc organised not to represent states, not even to represent people; they are frankly organized upon the soviet prinople, to represent jobs. The bankers liavo their soviet in the reparations committee with its tremendous power. The philanthropists have their soviet in the Red Cross. The farmers have their soviet in the bureau of

'z members, 12 representing the governments, and six each the workingnien's unions and the employers associations. This governing body will be charged with looking after" the administration of the international labor legislation passed under the direction of the conferences. This labor kgislation will be secured by initiating a -proposed labor law in .he annual conference, passing it by a two-tnirds ote, when it must be submitted to the law- making authority in each state in the leagu?

I of nations. It cannot be pigeon

holed by the slate department. 15u' after it is submitted to the law making authority of the state, that state is of course free to do as it pleases. Hut the publicity gained, the rres-

agriculture organized under thejtige secured and the imeptus gained! league of nations, w hich deals ex-j by having a labor law recommended

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oy a national iaour congress in w hich both employers and w oi knien are represented will mean much to a. pro p o s e d law. WILL Sl.i: THAT LAIIOK LAW S AHH C'AKKIIII) OUT. Now the governing body .which has charge of the internation.il administration of labor laws passed

i through the t ecommendation of tho

labor conference will deote itself chiefly to seeing that such laws arc not made dead litters. A complaint by one government against another may be referred by the governing body to a. commission of enquiry nominated by the secretary general of the league. If the commission fails to bring satisfactory action the matter may be taken to a permanent court of international justice. This procedure is to prevent a reactionary country from passing a law and refusing to enforce it. Tile whole object of the labor commission H not to provide immediate radical labor legislation, but to secure an even advance all ovei the civilized world for all labor le'islition. so that employers in nations which treat their workm n decently may not have to compete m the interpational market with employers who use exploited labor. The things advocated by the commission are only mildly radical; for instance, at tho October conference in Washington the matters under dbcus.-ion v. ill be the eight-hour day or the 4hour wnk; the prevention of un-

of uso

elusive ly with farmers' international

interests. The merchants have their soviet in the economic council which is made up of business men, and its work is to consider primarily the buying and selling. So the commissions on international labor legislation is really an ideal soviet a an orkingmen's and bosses' soviet. It

will function as a legislature to con- j

Mu"r special legislation for the workman antt his employer. In a democracy one great committee or legislature would consider all these things, and consider each in its relation to the common good. Hul the soviet principle provides for class legislation for class ends bankers, merchants farmers and laborers on tho theory that the good of all classes is the goel of the whole Mhkh all these classes form. It is a re.v idea, and being well expressed in the organisation of the commission en international abor legislation it is well worth while to look at that eommission ; moment. i:i:( 0(iM iio op LAHOR DIUNS Two things are established "Mth the league of nations under the commission on international labor legislation. Pirt. an annual labor confcrence the hrst session of which will nie t in Washington in October; and -econd, an international labor butaau. There the legislative and administrative government aie established. Tile conference or legislative branch of tlie government i-

iompo.-ed of four members fror.i j t mpioyment ; the prohibition taih state in the league of nations night work for women and the

two from the government and on j of white phosphorus in the manu-

were interested in elividends on capital only, as those dividends brought alto dividends in life for labor. That primarily is the ohje-ct of the international commission on labor legislation. It has laid down certain broad, but only temporary principles as the axiomatic lights of labor. These principles are, first, labor shall njt be conshiered is merchandise or an article of commerce. That was Samuel Gompers chief contention. Second, employes and employers have a right to organize for all lawful purposes the recognition of the union. Third, 14 ears as the minimum age limit lor a child in industry, while young persons that is, between 14 and IS. must be employed only during such hours as they are r.ot in school. Fourth, the principle of the minimum wago for all workers a wage upon whicn any worker may maintain a family in decency and self respect. Fifth, equal pay for equal work, as between men and women. tiixth, a weekly rest day for all workers. Seventh, an eight-hour day. Kighth, foreign workers in a country should be ghen the same treatment in regard to working conditions and even social insurance that the nationals of the country enjoy. Ninth, women inspectors of factory conditions and the enforcement of labor laws. TAMi: COMPAHi:i WITH HQLHIHVIST PUOGHAM. That program surely is tame compared with the program of the bolshevists, or even of the advance! revolutionary socialists, or even the emglish labor leaders who have secured a six-hour day, the national

control of mines and transportation

and who are to have at the end of! this summer a regular labor difector on all boards employing j workmen, who may look at the ! books and vote in the management j of the business. Yet this labor pro-' gram of the league of nations: was j largely the result of Iiritish inspiraton. British labor leaders saw the j tremendous advantagtslabor would !

have if the argument could be removed that rational labor progress was impossible because of international labo- competition. It was the British group that sjw the wisdom of making not a radical declaration of principles, but rather of making an international labor commission which should bring the labor of the world up to a common average curve of progress rather than to have a jagged, serated line indicat

ing progress in one country and j retrogration in another and an average in a third country. It may be j l

ot interest to Americans to know that the Seamen's Rights bill which LaFollette put through congress i. protected in the league of nations" labor commission by this clause.: "In no case shall any of the high contracting jvarties be asked or required to diminish the protection afforded by existing legislation to tho v. orker? concerned."

t h.inj,N of labor leaders vto beiievt

i in the necessity of the perpetuation

cf the present system of production and distribution, if r.ot in the present svstem of rewards, wages and profits as between labor and capital just for that reason docs radical

ai-vi in i,uioj'c ituu tti.ivoui i'ua j

w ith scorn upon the v 'hole matter. I The bo!hevi-ts and the revolution- j ary socialists woald vasi'.y rathe i have the conditions which prevail now continue, than to improve tin- 3 der the plan of the labor commission ZZ of the leag'ie of nations. For the' 3 improvement cuts under the torn- I-

munist program. And the whok middle class Idbor movei u nt as exemplified by the commission of the league of nations, which, by taking chargge of commerce during the long period of reconstruction in Furope, has virtually pledged european civilization to th present capitalistic organization of society. Your advanced socialist, to be entirep candid, has as little use for laboi commissions bolstering up the present system of production and distribution to perpetuate it. or for rep

arations co-nmission that try to stabilize commerce in order to protect commerce from demolition through its injustices, as these same socialists have for the boundaries commissions of the league of nations which would try to w 01 k out some semblance of justice in boundaries' through the league of nations in oreler to foster nationalism. The ad

vocates of the doctrine of interna

tionalism, communism and tbe ever- i lasting denial of human differences, by a. leveling dow n process, loathe j the league of nations and all itsi works. j

srorrais cii.n;l; iiii;ih tum:. During the last few w cfcs of the conference of peace these elements in various governments all over the world particularly in the Slaviccountries were laughing at the statemen at the peace conference. The statesmen did not seem to b. getting anywhere with their discussion over leundarics and re pa rations and the status of labor. Put latterly the thing called t rderly civilization stems to "00 growing in favor. Yet it is tied up to the league of nations. Around this l?asue are united all the forces of evolutionary progress along lines in which the race has been moving forward for I'.OOO years. Against it are the new forces of revolution. The league

stands for a better order gi owing out of the old order abolution root and branch. Yet the revolutionary forces have developed one idea which those who aie tr ing to retain the old. and kt the old grow.

seem to have taken. That idea i.-jE;

the soviet idea the ldoa that a

man's influence depends upon what he does not what he is; one job one vote, rather than one citizen one vote. The whole league of nations is a vast international group of Soviets workers interested in their peculiar jobs trying to improve tht world by improving their own shop

conditions, whether the shop be

bank, or a store, or a farm, a

shop or an office. Jerusalem wa kept clear by tach man sweepin- j 5E his oAn door yard. The new world 1

will be improved by each society keeping its own concern going but going honestly.

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fiom the employers and one from the emploed. As the 1 il nd.i men 1. 1 priiuiple of the cumnib?ion i- rec-i'-iTiition of the unions, it nu be a--suir.-d t h it only union labor u- its' frit nds willbe accredited t repres ntation in the' conference, anl Miail irlx only accredited repi c tentative.-; f emploer uniems or a eciat:onill he admitted. It is the oiet principle of one job on-.- ote whether the ;ob be in the front of-

taeture of matches; the employment of women and children in unhealthy work and the prohibition of mpioymeit of women f'r a month before and after childbirth, ir.cludinp r i. iti rnity bnefit; ai.d finally the deu.-Mon ef the minimum a-e t t Mabliih in eomdd rirv; the prohibition cf all child labor. That is not socialistic. It k not re olutior.ary. H is the ort cf a pi m. ram which medical societies and eol!e-'e econo-

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