GERMAN LABOUR WISHES TO DISCUSS PEACE.
GOiYiPERS REFUSES. THEY MUST FIRST SMASH DEMOCRACY. Ain in Service. Received Feb. 2<i, u a.in. Now York, Feb. 2d. Mr Samuel Gompers, received messages from the head of the German Trade Unions, inviting American Labour to discuss peace. Gompers replied : “Wo can’t talk now. Either you smash your autocracy or wo will smash it’ for you. ’ ’
AMERICAN-LABOUR SUPPORTS GOiPERS IN REFUSAL TG HOB NOB WITH GERMANS. WILL JOIN IN CONGRESS. TO SPEED UP WAR. Received Feb. 3(5, 0 a. in. Washington, Feb. 35. American workers unanimously approve of Gompers’ refusal to discuss peace with German workers. The invitation was received through a Dutch Labour leader who reported that similar invitations had been sent to British and French Labour leaders. Gompers points out that the Germans would not allow a delegate to leave Germany unless ho was the tool of the autocracy. America would gladly attend an Allied Labour Conference tor the purpose of speeding up the war.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11472, 26 February 1918, Page 5
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163GERMAN LABOUR WISHES TO DISCUSS PEACE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11472, 26 February 1918, Page 5
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