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ENGLISH LABOR CHIEF
FINDS U. S. CONDITIONS
SUPERIOR TO BRITISH
LONDON, Feb.. 7.—The death of
Samuel Gompers and the coincident
return home of British vistors to the
American Federation of Labor con
ventions have served to locus many
English eyes upon the living and the
working conditions and aspirations of
organized labor in the l nited States.
What most seemed to strike the
British was Mr. Gompers’ conserva
tism. his Tory-like intolerance of red
radicalism, and the stern way in
which all his life he opposed, and
with success, every effort to make o!
the American labor organizations a
unified political power in the Euro
pean manner.
Although every observer seems to
agree that the American workingman
is better off in this world’s goods
than his foreign counterparts, the la
bor situation overseas did not appear
without blemishes to A. B. Swales,
chairman of the General Council of
the Trades Union Congress, who re
cently returned from an official tour
of the United States.
“Mass production, gigantic combi
nations of employers—trusts—and the
ruthless oppression of large numbers
j of unorganized and ill-organized work
I ers are features that strike the in
i quiring trade unionist from England,’’
he wrote upon his return. “Never
theless, I did notice that the Ameri
can worker, in the main, is able to
live properly and decently on what
he receives in wages, in contrast to
the dull drudgery and semi-starvation
of most of the workers in England.
“1 asked a joiner from England who
had been in the United States for sev
eral years if lie would like to go back
| to the old country, and I received
this reply: “1 would like to go back
very much, but I could not live there
as well and as comfortably as I can
here.”
Mr. Swales cautions his countrymen
against wholesale emigration to the
land where workers' ride home to din
ner in their flivvers instead of having
to cook a midday kipper over glowing
charcoal. Increased unemployment
is on the horizon in America, he says.
“A significant factor,” according to
Mr. Swales, “is the many demands
being made by the employers for a
review of the wage agreements, and
for wage reductions in many indus
tries. It is the usual method adopt
ed, such as we have experienced in
England these past few years, of cut
ting wages to maintain dividends and
protits when a fall in trade happens.
“The American workers are prepar
ed for the attack, and these attempts
will be met with stubborn resistance.
British workers should be alert and |
watch developments in America, for!
any lowering in their standards will
without a doubt have serious effect
in this country. We must be ready
and prepared to support our fellow
workers across the Atlantic.”
To the observant eyes of Mr. Swale
the American people look happier and
more content than do the people ol
England. He found a lack of that
black tragic look of despair in their
faces, so often met with in indus
trial England.
“Still,” he continued, “this was be
cause there was a greater demand for
skilled and semi-skilled labor than the
supply,” a demand which he believes
to be on the ebb.”
SCENES OF SPLENDOR IN
“LAWFUL LARCENY” TONITE
Allan Dwan’s new Paramount pro
duct ion “Lawful Larceny” which will
be the feature at the Liberty tonight,
is filled with scenes of splendor sel
dom attempted by the average pic
ture producer. The prologue presents
Nita Naldi as Cleopatra in her court
on the Nile. The atmosphere of an
cient Egypt was brought to the Long
Island studio through the erection of
one of the largest sets ever built on
the huge stage. Nita Naldi in the
raiment of the champion charmer of
the world, reclines on the royal couch
while huge black slaves fan her and
demure handmaidens bring viands and
wine for her pleasure. While Sonia
Tomora, classic dancer, interprets
an Egyptian dance, Cleopatra spurns
lover after lover in contempt.
All this is shown preparatory to the
appearance of Miss Naldi as Vivian
Hepburn, a modern charmer. The
Egyptian motif is carried through
out the picture in Vivian’s New York
apartment, which gives vivid coloring
to many scenes in this picture. At
the same time Mr. Dwan has preserv
ed all the drama and heart interest
of the story—a swift moving tale of
the intrigues of women against men
and men against women, with the
honor and integrity of a home hang
ing in the balance.
Leon Urbach
By-play Eases Monotony
of Dull Opium Conference
GENEVA, Feb. 7.—“When East
meets East,” might be one of the sub
titles given to the second opium con-j
ference here under the auspices of
the League of Nations. Throughout
the sessions the by-play of Dr. Sze,
Chinese minister at Washington, and
Councillor Sugimura of the Japanese
embassy in Paris, has enlivened many
a dull day of deliberation.
Sze speaks perfectly colloquail “Am
erican,” being a graduate of Cornell,
and a Phi Beta Kappa man to boot.
Sugimura on the contrary, persists
in speaking a very florid and grandi
loquent kind of French, with frequent
references to the “great principles of
the Revolution.” One day the two
came to close grips on a matter of
restriction of the opium trade.
Sze blazed away in English, which
Sugimura understands perfectly, but
is hesitant about speaking. Sugimura
replied in French, which Sze under
stands very well but will not venture
to use as a medium. Things looked
dark. The official interpreter started
to translate Sugimura. Then Sze
arose:
“Mister Interpreter,” he beamed,
with that bland Chinese smile, “you
don’t need to bother about us. You
can tell to look at us that we are
Orientals, and therefore fully capable
of understanding one another—no
matter what language we may be j
speaking.”
The laughter that followed helped
to smooth over the moot point.
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WATCHMAN ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES Feb. 7.—S. O. Stone,
a private watchman, has been arrest
ed and held for questioning in con
nection with the slaying of May and
Nina Martin, aged twelve and eight
years.
DUTCHESS' LIFE SAVED BY
THICKNESS OF CORSETS
PARIS, Feb. 7.—The Dutchess Dal
bufera Neede Cambarceries was shot,
three times by Andrea Danree, a for
mer lessee of part of the estate be
longing tc the dutchess, who fired
six shots at her.
The dutchess was only slightly
wounded, the force of the bullets be
ing spent in her thick corsets.
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