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IX THE UKRAINE
While attention is directed by many
American captalist organs to the “an
archical conditions in Russia,” it is
remarkable that there is an ominous
•silence concerning the Ukraine.
The Ukraine is a Germanized Rus
sian state. It represents to a great
er extent than most people here re
alize, the forces that are fighting the
Soviets within Russia.
The cabinet of the Hetman is propped
«p by German support and support
from every reactionary group, essen
fally monarchists.
Germany solicitude for the right
of freedom and self determination for
Jhe Ukraine is exemlified in a strik
ing degree in its recognition of that
republic. It was recognized because
those whole souled individuals which
constitute the German ruling class
had recognized the fact that the
"Ukraine was a separate nationality
and hence entitled to the right of
self determination. The way Ger
many permitted that self determina
otin was to admit its realization thru
• he activities of the monarchists, the
reactionists and of course the finan
cial and industrial magnates as well
as the landlords. The peasants, the
•workers and the soldiers, except such
as were under the dominating in
fluence of monarchist generals were
not invited or allowed to share that
d termination which was enforced
with the righteous efficiency of Ger
man blood and iron.
And just as soon as it felt safely in
he saddle the work of the reactionary
rada which achieved these separatist
designs against the integrity of Rus
sia. with the help of Germany pro
ceeded at once to rule Ukraine with
an iron rod. Papers by the score j
> - re forbidden unless they conformed
tbsolutely to the interests which con-*
trolled the government. And this
year all activities of the people have
"bet n suppressed. The Peasants Con
gress was prohibited; ihe Pan-Uk
calnian Labor Con - - forbid
den; while martial law vd dared
and still exists at Poltava, Kharkov
and Kiev.
.lust at the present time rhaos su
pervenes—chaos that is absolute in
spite of German monetary and indus
trial support and the leaders of the
government stand committed, not to
the maintenance of a republic but to
the establishment of a monarchy; a
policy has the significant support of
practically every German Influence,
■nf practically every capitalist and
landlord in the state.
'The landlords and the capitalists
Tt.we set up a dictatorship; and they
''■rcvu by and with the aid of German
n&yonets substituted an autocracy of
■propertied interests reduces the au
tocracy of the Tzar to the most mod
erate terms in comparison.
Yet you never hear a word about
this in the capitalist organs which
have found difficulty after swallow
ing half a dozen vocaubularies of
vituperative language in discovering
a single word that is vile enough to
’deposit upon the doings of the Soviets
in Great Russia.
STAIN AND REACTION
The reports coming out of Spain
wtay indicate that that power is to fall
Coul of Germany. It is highly ini
p>Tobable. For the very simple reason
that the government desires no such
firing. Although the Madrid newspa
spsr El Sol has shown that the Ger
anun ambassador thru three long
■years carried the propaganda thru
the most devious means, availing
himself of the voluntary but highly
paid intermediary of one Miguel Pas
cal, an anarchist, and who gave the
whole thing away, with documents
proving the facts up to the hilt, the
JUovernment made no move about it at
all, even when the German Ambass
ador admitted the soft impeachment
of Miguel and El Sol.
Instead Senor Dato introduced the
espionage bill which muzzles effec
tively any such papers of El Sol and
makes it a felony “to publish, trans
mit or circulate views or opinions
which may be considered contrary to
the respect due the neutrality of
Spain, and to speak or write to the
prejudice of any foreign state, official,
army, government, people or diplo
matic representative.”
And Senor Dato justifies this by
the remark that belligerents pass
similar laws to carry on war more
effectively and Spain can do no less
to preserve peace which is above all
things to be desired. Food for thot
in that argument revealing Dato as
no foolish person.
WORTH WHILE
It would be an elegant thing if
some person who is not responsible j
for his time under the work or fight |
regulation, would gather a collection!
these days of the sapient things that j
people say concerning what will hap
pen after the war.
And first on the roster of fool i
things the college professors and self
styled scientists would not lag far be
hind. These men are filling more
pages than the poor newspaper men
whose duty it appears to be to fill
column's with half baked ideas or
strings of sentences which have no
ideas at all.
It is certainly delightful to read!
these learned discussions of the
priesthood of science who lay down 1
rules and regulations according to i
their own scientific dogma as to how
! and why mankind should walk in that
j particular way. it pleases them to de
, sign.
It is a blessing, in the end, that
these men. modern alchemists search
ing for the solution of the mysterious
as vainly as the alchemists who sought
for the elixir of life or the philoso
pher's stone, know so little about
human life and the things that sway
man’s mind, guide his steps and
stirs his emotions to the point of
action, while they never experience
the urge that moves the masses to
demand of even the Caesar bread!
and circuses.
LABOR TODAV
Tlxe motto of the American Fed- ]
eration of Labor is the prideful one ,
“Labor Conquers All Things." It is
preserved in its original Latin, which j
is just as well. It is only partly |
true and by the same token, there j j
are many things and persons conquer C
labor.
The idea at the back of the epigram
is sound. Nothing can be accomplish- !
ed without labor. Nothing can be
done today whether in the acquir
ment of knowledge or the accom
plishment of material designs without j
toil, earnest and diligent. As the
Greek told his illustrious pupil there
is no royal road to it.
It really required this war to im- j
press upon the minds of those who -
have such a thing as a mentality -
capable of receiving an impression, 3
that today as yesterday, the world
rests upon the power and the product
of labor. It is above all things es
sential too that Labor should itself
acquire a firm understanding that
this is so. Understanding that is so it
will realize that i^ which has been the
last in the scheme of things (except
about election time when the politi
cians cheerfully and with most insin
cere enthusiasm frankly insist that
they should be first) should be the
last no longer. The old Hebrew pro
phet struck the keynote of dependency
when he declared that “my people
have been led captive because they ■
had not knowledge,” and labor has
subordinated itself to other groups
in the scheme of things, because it
never ha3 been conscious of iis own
relative importance and never has
devised a means whereby they could
be delivered from this class subordi
nation.
The war shows Labor its standing.
Whether in the trenches or the work
shops it is upon labor that the nation
absolutely depends for its safety for
its success for its existence. And
knowing this Labor may well lay
claim to the highest place and the
reward to which it is entitled. If not
why not?
MISS RANKIN'
The bravest representative of them
all in Congress, the most earnest and
the most fearless, the most sincere
and the most determined, has been
Miss Jeanette Rankin. She has been
a splendid realization of the worth of
woman suffrage, and brilliantly
enough she has held her own for the
right as she saw it always in the
House.
Her effort to secure election to the
United States Senate has apparently
at this writing not been successful,
but at that her opponent has defeated
her by a narrow margin indeed.
Great influences have been at work
to remove Miss Rankin from political
life. The interests that have thriven
upon the corrupt and the crooked dis
cover no use at all for this splendid
and fearless champion of true democ
racy.
Miss Rankin is a republican. But
at that she has time and again upheld
the principles of real Americanism
in a manner that must have made
many men inside and outside of con
gress realize that she was a truer ex
ponent of those principles than they,
committed to an older school of po
litical thot and method could hope to
be.
Those who claim the right of suf
frage for women may rightly enough
rest upon that one supreme argument
against which no answer may prevail:
Jeanette Rankin.
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ELIMINATED
Assistant District Attorney Cunhh,
impressing the nfeed of doing as
Fickert desired upon a none too will
ing witness, cheerfully foretold that
if they put thru this prosecution and
conviction of Mooney et al., Fickert
would be governor and his followers
would be in easy street.
But the best laid schemes of rats
often go astray, and in this instance
particularly the results have been dis
astrous. Despite the efforts of the
“Lawnorder” gang to place him there,
so far the gubernatorial chair has
not been made that will seat Fickert.
If he is to get his deserts it is to be
hoped there are some vacant cells
'available where he will find his
measure much more suitably.
PAID ADVERTISEMENTS i
WASHINGTON STATE
FEDERATION 0E<; LABOR
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
EVERETTE, WASH. Sept, 9th, 1916.
To Trade Unionists of Alaska,
Greeting.
Ordinarily we would not think of making any sugges
tions to you concerning political candidacies in your Territory
but in the present situation we feel justified in doing so. The
interests of labor in the entire northwestern group of states
and particularly Washington, is closely allied with the interest
of labor in Alaska. We have watched with growing concern
the efforts of large corporate aggregations to tighten their
hold upon the wealth of your country and have watched the
splendid fight waged in Congress by your Delegate Mr Wick
ersham.
It is because we believe Mr Wickersham is fighting in
Congress against the exploitation of labor and. the great nat
ural wealth of Alaska by powerful private interests, that we
are taking the liebrty of urging our fellow unionists in Alaska
to rally to his support in his campaign for re-election.
Knowing that you will accept this communication in the
spirit in which it is written and. assuring you the continued co
operation and good will of your fellow trade unionists, we beg
leave to remain,
«'• , ' Fraternally Yours,
* ’ E. P. MARSH
President Washington State Federation of Labor.
, .. ... „ .. .. CHAS, R. CASE
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Chairman Legislative Committee, Seattle Central Labor Council.
z* r -as,- - -surir. ' • j. g brown
President International Shingle Weavers’ Union of America.
WILLIAM SHORT
See.-Treas. Dist. No. 10, United Mine Workers of America.
JOHN A. WILSON
For Road Commissioner
Election, November 5, 1918
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