Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 8, Issue 322, 25 April 1917, Page 1

Heard and Said

" That To-day's the Day—to vote for the candidates of Labor. That ill" Kaiser's throne may rock or tlw t'ii-t of May. That a cojHcif-nco an expenjivi luxury in war time, as many an honest man is discovering in N./.. That a I'liteliiiKin was lined .i.'l'i. in <b'.fault three months' jail, in Sydney i'ur snyiuif flti." "a. man who /ml on a uniform (o lijiht for the <-;i pi t-.i I is-« w;i» a I'nol." ami tnr askin;.' "Why should wr threat the Germans a-= cucniicsr" Thai Nicholas I. '•'ordvi-eii the mii-arr.? in' (he I'oles, and (lie ruthless desi.rnetion of Roman ('.il holies and .lows, his soldiers -iiaring w'itlnr -voinen nor childivii from di c hiu.our and death." In- tortured the .Jewi-h rhildrou to convert tliciii I;. Die llniy l.'hiircli uf .'I is butcher's bill amoiinled t.> ovt r :!i;ii,Uii! soul-. Thai the practical scienceii have- been j|li.:.i- ii;.;ri;'ci:\l ill i!i:.-?i«l- -IxT-lUm' thoy were rrgardi'il l«y the rutin? iis and llnrefore ivi I'acilit:,'- u-ei; , [iri.i'ided I'-.M , their >t udy. That Mr. I. .1. Uil.y. of the Australian JYaei' Alliance, has teen Mimmoiml for at a. free nie-;in;; lit I'iir.rcy,' \"ict.iria. I That undfi- the rule of Nicholas, flic ii-..' 01 tin , Polish hin.iiuage in l'ulaml ami the teaching of Polish history was ioi-bidiii-ii: IVIi-.h books v.ere pmhiljitod; ami no Pole was nlbwed to ri-e above rank oi younkei- (.Ii ut;>;iaiii) in the army of the Tzar. That" under l.'ussian rule, when Nicholas was 011 the throne, Jews were not allowed to bathe in rivers and lakes nor were they permitted to go ta the seaside watering places, mineral wells. They had to r;\=i<!. ! in the .lewi-.li quarters 0!; the town, j ami were not allowed to go to the mowsalubrious suburbs to liVc. cvt-n if it js liegess;iry for their health. If. a; .lew wished to consult n medical prac- | til inner who lived in sniw other town! he could not do.so unl '-s he obtained permission from tne police. J That iindpi , tho old regime part of the work of the J'ussian Censor . v as: 1 ill 'I'd see that no iieus should bu j jirintod, from foreign countries c-pecj- i ally, tfi-.iHnjr with ct-rlain political j vie.is. (2) That 110 newspaper should | ' copy • from the foreign press «hy j inatfer tliafc would tend U thw # on|ighi|j J. r.ieiit oTi*<>, ;4^n,.;ftj(Thaf i should Lc oopied* from 'nnj'j ' c'.o 111 fry having a Constitutional Ciov- ] ernment or a TJepublic. (■'..'> That all : should have iirliclis and par.v-;raphs denlinj; with IJussia blocked out \ii(ii ; in';. ' I TJia l Socialism will put an end to i 110 power of the few to rob the many. • That il will dr> tlii.s by and through the collective ownership and democratic iiMuagcment of every large industry new owned and used for the purpose of making profits. That the people can have, anything : they want—even Justice, if they- try Lard enough. 1 That the trouble, so far, has been that! the people haven't wanted anything more than a chance to work long hours ?or wages hardly enough to keep them it live. j That as'the cosC of living increases the ■ valuo of human life decreases. ■ That as long as the- workers elect men not of their own class they must not expect laws to be made, enforced and in if -rpreted in the interests of. the! working class. j That it costs tho ppoplo a lot of money ; fur laws they don't want. ! That the preachers may drive the devil : out of tho country, but as long as his loyal deputies, Kent, Interest and Pro- : tit, stay on the job our land will con- , tinuo to run to Satan's entire sab's- j faotiou. ' That the rich have their troubles, j Think of tho hours of anxiety they put in Sr'-oking investments that aro b.nli profitable and safe! 1 That Labor is the only honest basis for ownership. No man has a right to privately own what others have produced. ; That a change in the economic condi--1 jt.it of a people has always bten follows! by a change in the ideals of such peope. Tim! industrial Democracy can take root and grow only in a Co-operacive Commonwealth. That Capitalism must be destroyed before Socialism can be built upon its i'iiin=. That lawyers are the only persons who can bo ignorant of tho law and still i not' bo punished. That the working class cannot cspect to ( get (the philosophy of emancipation when tlif> master (class remains in control of the sources of inform at iom That every -working man who supports a .capitalist party helps maintain the ; cros3 upon -which, capitalism, cruciiies him.