Reading Observer 01-1917

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(Clrild!"n'.· Cobrt)

~1:'~~:!:1 ~~~:k,w1io
had been re
'VVi\5 charged with Ib;rtlbd" t ;,

h
IAt , thq }Vork,.. HaU, ....
thief ~lcer at. a. meeting
,h. Rea'!!»g Branch 01 the N&tio"r,l \Soci.~.t
waa Mr Counclltor P H:'~~;~t~~.~~. i'~
spoke on tbe B.lgl.... D
/lu,pP'''.\ulg him were!lr L E Queklh (In
Mr Ben Bwsell
Iq mfroduclng the 6pel.ker
ntented on t'he attitude ot ..
Soolaltst Party m B ea.d1ng In bO.fC()\tiing
tn&'
They h ad cho.ten to
&nbf..her meet.in o he d earher In
Qblected to the poSltion tbey
cfJtlOls1Dg what they had not
could not know anything
lIIr F H <joRLE ""d it

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ordinary thmg the.t Boo allS'lts:ter:~~~":'~~~~~,
belIeve
1n comradeship and it

have shown 80 btU. of It to

n

radea

'W1l3

the country liind Jlubh.bed
been IUgg E5~ tho.t 1. was
was ~ Government product on
for although It '1\ as pr inted by the
lllent h e keG v and wall 'Orena.red
hODour tha~ t was an flopea.l

and, It

frI ghtened a.pd thought. t h, pr068Cutruc was rlloDlng ca.rrymg on the magazme for an in,jefini~~
a.fter h m
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suffenng the 19nOlJUOY of bemg oro.na,eQ '
Albert. Sharp 29 Wekla.le-street & bl ack.oath J
slowlY d a.wned up on u.s I OUI'
striker gave oeVldenoe of .eemg. the .prOBecutl't.:r: p n
ad II
t d b t
Weldllle st-r&et 'Wl;ler~ she ~!Was hoJd lng t.he prevl~u8
g r ua y eva.pora. e
u we

by the many thmg'

UltImately . be went up Weldale ..t reet

~Intlng to a ftr. hydront

Dy'pepbCl wbo take

pe,,.,.,euti.,p

Mr GorIa t h en proceeded
1
follows -

In lbe n\m. 01 the lD',erI"" " O n~1 o<,lidarilv
workmen the wor king
by slaveJiY deportation and '~~~~:;;;:uu.';,\
enemy no\\ addreSi the r !
energetic and e fficackms ....,;'1;",,' "
cla..sses of the v.:orld We do

.,mp.thy but for deede
Our po!utlon

know attacked
d~fc[lde<!

her neutrality ber oatb
then Germa.ny has
dom She haa made
a.nned a.g.a.tnSt

pea.ce r~8tbred

"'"I saw

He venture to say It will not be J~t~:it:~f

.I,"'VP~·""!O.I, IS,SETILED-FOR M.:St:l$~;$
nr()bl,em of labour ·,slliortat!'e
III 11
• hOWlehold.
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Then about half a.

ONKEYl1ljl
RAN ]1)
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sett.ies
les~ening the wor~ ;[ by .~a,~Olt'l!ii
easier
quic~er the cleaning land
in~ of e'1lerythiong ih the Ihome that
cr~aning

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THE APPEAL

lS

ended and

a.nd h e
,. the prlSoner wh ch gave us ~be la.rge corUiden,;e
who"\ be kneR ccfJtle up I and Imatoh It from her
Then came the rude awakenmg Lo,ok"lli
band The pn6JIner ran a'f'&y and tbe pro~ut,l:X we see clearly that It was bound
ran after hllP WJtn~Ss -Ila.n;, too b"cauie b, wu l'8a.l18a.tlon the.t &0 protracted '" ar
haddba.g In t h er ba.ni3

A MENACE TO HEAiTH

the p!l.St two lears

glum In 1914 because ebe

Ll

and we
therefore
~ y:t:Br ago
hoped tHe

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HOW DRUGS DELUDE
\ DYSPEPTICS.
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for 8I!Slst&ne6 whIch h ad

JOU

t.he M tre Hot.el wbGro he I!I&W two ladles. t be
prosecutnx being ODe of them Tlie latter badt a

A r emand l for a week wa.s ordered 10 t hat
a.rrangements m ght. be qlade for 6eoolng t he prt
loner to an lndusi.rla..l eohool

hear)
To deal Cully " t.b the origin RDd iI",an;Qg
8el g18D deportat ODS It would be n,,'1"''''''Ji
to ref~r to 0. pampble t wrItten
workmen a.ppeahng to tho worK,me"

many ..

confidence

~nd betwe.n 7 P:ID
laId \h~t on Tue.day
8.nd 8 p m h, W88 comlpg ilJO~ blar street by'

thot bole t:bere

..nt or by those who ...... Pl'e,jud.i...~,
!he diftlcult t o find a finor
l ead~ of the Belgian aocllahst
pact5.st S'OOlah sts 10 tb S OQuntry
pared to sta.te the facts aa. they
tbe.r .boolutely refusod to f_

uoderstand us

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p':1I'1led t he cover off PU~ lhta ha.!d down t he hol~ reference to the numerous wax:
o.nd found a. pur$;.& which he ha.nded to the p l'\;lS(3
cut-r :I The bl:ly who 'W'll8 with 'WltnellS" tbe~ ask e", of whIch h av.e a. world WIde
pr soner where the bag lfut. and he sa. d he had Ra.tton )8 to be found m every
thrown It behmd some bOa.t<1l1 1
E
h
ld
PM..ner ~ bo pleaded 1iU1lty .aId h. hed got
mprre ow ere our 80 lera
Into toucb wltb • bad ..,t of boy. who had t.ugh! and on many of the 'hIps of
blm to .teol
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there!o", tl\at, word abo~!
D C Henc:enon sa. a tHe !rlSO~ was one of ~ the least mteNStmg pa-rt of
gang o f t hree boys who ha g ven trouble to,).he our ne" volume
police
He had ~n gu Jty of stea.hng on ?!to.
OOCUlon pre" ously
,; :
It 18 not olear who was
The "monen mother .aid h. had been a gdOd of t he .taff to make the 'UI~g"!L10~ .
bOy uJt ll a bout .three montbs o.go when be i/o' been some almless ta.lk
~~ybad oompa.ny The Iboy a la.tber WB.$ In tb~ for several weeks before

been s&ld about their leaders but
been _id either by t hose ftO

WI thstood terr pte sufiring a.nd

p~\.

a. poLkema.n wh.er~ a otber borga.Ye hervs6mo \('&roulIld U !!I every da.y to" face b ur t ask
lnfor mat on and she wen up a. passage near bY gnm d etermmatlQn to contmue to the
where they d &COvered fha: PI' , oner Tbe boy who
wae wIth h m .I!I& d to t he 'lr)£oner
Wher1 s the over that m gbt be
ba, cockle
Ilnd the ~ne r r.ephed
Do :orn
When the history of ttie

were1 &IWN S prenarod to .lud
Speaklllg 01 tb. personnel of the
movement the .spe aker aaJd some

BelgIUm-men a.nd

Rpae

1Ill,
.trOftl
!if Weldale
}J 0

Wlt.h

nodi,. wronged counvy Be10re
'Very h&p~.r country It. only
country 80 ye~ ago but lt soon
country proud of It. na.tl() nahty
e'tJlery l1a t~o n had a right
be
by It f~ justified Ito ind.• ""ndej."".
grew up In a .reaJly remarka.ble
'Nere vOlly Ilndustrlous s.nd very

In

handkercblet-

the total ..alpl
pf<ipe:rt1 ~01 · EI.i. -Cooper of 43
' ~oonillg""ri-g&r4!~p.,
w.. b....d be'~",

wltn.",

our right e.nd

"gOln,t tb. BelgIan deportatIons

comrades

:~~~~i]f~~~~r~~~;

8' ~k-

It

dr~gt1 commIt. orun,. ng'ln.~1

all

thcll' ~ealth tor drugs ~o not cure dyapeplll3 neither
they posseS! the ~Qwer to neutto.hse !\Qld m the
which 18 the underlyiilg cause of moat
01 dlg~
~ .e and ,toj"ach trouble Drug, maYI
appear to glVe reliellD lIome cases of lDdlgeshon bnd
d,.apep8ul bu that 111 beoause they nmpb the n erve
of the ItomROh
rendel! them ID8en8lble to pamJ
lj/""",,"n ..llco h chief dangor the symptoms of the
are. co tl'Cd up a nd hldden whtle t.he oa.U8 ~
tt-odble-l blilt)s the DQ1~ m tho stomtlOh l'61
m alD8 88 achv8 and "8 dn~geroua as evor and -mo.)!
lfl course bf tinle caU!e Kf!f.trJ(~ ulcera to form
I
PhY&lOlfma have demon.trn.ted over and over Agafn
tha.t th& !Itomftoh cannot r egain strength or t}ie
dlge.tlv&. organs reoover thell' power:-to fuftl:!ti6.h
normally unless ke;vt free {rofU Ittlt.ant aOJd and
~hi. can orily be aohle.ed "nth ..fet , ,rid certamly
by taking half a. teaspoonful of pure [; I",ratt!d

poJlshing.

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for Brass, Tin, Copper, Steel, IlrclQ--iclii

in short; it r,'orks IwQ'l lo,ers,

shiJne~1

"Woodwork and Painted Surfaces;
"Cbina,
Enamelware,
and
; cleans nearly
outside the house, but it

rnd

WASH

wa~r unmeala.tely, after everY,
Notlimg else can ~ Tebed upou to neutralIse
.bid IlIld prerent fe~n~tion of the tood ....
Th .. metKOd.,,'f0 T belng empl~yed by hooplt.l.
throughout the OOdDl ry :WIth marked IUcoeae and
we are Aure theTBC pIS wl11 prove vo.lu&ble to 1"Bny
of our readers No dlfHculty !lhould J>e expot1enoed
m obta.iPJ,llg the p ure IJlfI.,aled; mag
for it I'
.Iooked loc&lIy by B W. ~utl.r 19~,
Road
J Cooper 107, London Str..t, an
Whltle I
S lreet J C " &lld Co • 83 Oxford Street R.

magnema In a little
meal

tth~:el::'~~l~:~

front there are tJ
currente macbln~l'I1lna
&titutlonal Jlbert es
aafeLy to be found

..no are ruleli by .. most ••I,; tl"r:r :
limit and WJthout PIty
oom.mltted aga1D.lt person'
you thoae that have been
propefty of t he country
Germ&ny hu condemned her vict.lm

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lmmenae war levy wbich already s.mlount.ti
than .. t hOWland milhon ir ...... (40
ling), aJld wbich '" augmontblg at
million fNloDC8 a month (two milhone

WOMEN'S

Bbe

baa Carried off and transported pn £o Germ.ny by

COnfiae&tIOD reqlUlltion and io~ ... \eo
food lItulfo &nd men>handi.. co_'ng lof both
agnaaltUral &llQ , _...1 produoe to the nlue
of mbre than 5 000 mlUlon franr (!!QO milhon
pounda oterling) 4.t the same time ohe h ..... Ized
ed ..nt , .to GermanYlthe ~to. part of the '&w
p.r~ lD our facton... the mJlQhlnOl')' and &11

SHOP

THE
Nom. 3~, King. ROad G B O.bom., lllsl
Broad Street H T Holbe CbOlDl.t Wallingtord
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--4nd by moot other high.ol... obem..ta everyw h\>ro r
Touchmg on the contrlbutoro
bUlwake lure thai YOll!~t the b"u)')Ittil form 01
m.~e... for the ond .., !Ulph&~, 4nd oltrate. art The clfcle 01 our c.ntMbutors 18 wi,de~lin!~,
qUita unswtab1 ••• aleo ore the n;" """ orud. qu;o:l could we but divulge the nam..
tar.. of b..mu,b and ma!lnesla 80 often lU.t WItb
prefer to lose theU' IdentIty under
\

rea.ders would know thllot the

pil1~

.. TO BE OR ~~OT J;TG BE::. 1.l'p..inJi:·

a.ooe!BOrl65 8he hu thUI .topped dur indU6try &Dd
cauaed an \j,1m",t gen_1 and <en'orced rIt&to of
ialeueM of the working eleslt.s
(For nearly two
year. tho German, bave kept Vp th.. pllljlue pf
ldlen... up t ill ->he present day ..... Odtober 1915wqen Germany lacking labour hu dr&WD on \Bel
gtbm for the -.:orklng power of which she ha. !Uch
~ng need
ENFORCED IDLENESS CAUSED

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Yes t he Go&rmaD8 b a.V6 C&use(I the enforced
idlenesa In .Belfium Bnd b &ve m"lJl~ned It for
-tbelr 0,,0. prolit by refua nr to aUqw &gland "!,,bo
bad a.greed to- ISOnd ra.w ma.~rltLl Into the couniry
tho proper dtploma,tJO control to l't'6vent the pro-

d.ell beIng ..lzOO. b:i\ Germany by prev.ntlng by

terrible Ed et..ft-..the aeigL&n CommunaJ CoUD.Clhs the
BeJglan workmen a bsocJ.tiona &nd Belgian a.uthor
ltlea from giVIng work to the meu In n.eed of It
fram attend1ng to their 'Ot'OfesslOnal edueat on or
from emplOY-lOg them 10 works of publ ~ utlbty
In thiS " ay five h,undred thoU5an~ workmen h."6
been thrown out M work and ke~t In a ltal.!.-of
enforced. Idlenem
!
COntrary to the rumour wblch the Germa.ns
OIl'Culated abroad these out of work men and the r
famihes a.re not 1 Vlng e.t the 6ZDen se of public
~ budgets or on pubbc chan ty
'J1tey have otten
been ...d are shll aIded ID all dlgDlty and fra.tOl1uty by a private fund exch,uSl\:ely Belgian
wb lch h68 neve r eOjUplalned of lUI h ea:vy dutle, orl

of

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r ...ponSlblhty. Th. ",hds.'1tf of ..11 :Belgian

soa a.l classe3 allo\l; s of t he e:CUftence of thIS mag
rufic&nt fund wbtch 18 Without.! pre<;;ent In ,the
1li8tory of SOOt&! cl>opera.tion
Tbey say to the five hundred tijouuu.f!lDvolUJl
te.ry ldlers whom they t heQl&eIJes b a.ve foreed Int.o

tbat positIon ond kept tbere

Fftb.r Y01> must

sign a. contract for work tn Germ,ny or you will
be takcp as slavel!!
In either cMQ I t J8 <ezile de
port&t on and forced l a.bour In the enen:,.Y!l Inter-.
est a.nd ag-amst the r own country wnble pun
l61Unents----thf cntellest thet have even been )n
l Aicted to PÂ¥n1sh cr mC- Bre
out
And
...bat are t hf:96 cr me6 '>
idleoosl
"blcn the ty,ra.nt has h maelf om''1''''"1
tamed And 60S In spite of the
IIUl'e
th e Germans ca.nnot
'W'hich t beyl dare to des lgnBte U I . :'~~~::~~~bl~;-~
tbelr official C<lmuDlqu6s to neutra.~ c
seIze our workmen by force you!"
p'ura
they arrest them by tho u6~nd8 every day
rthey tell' them away from tb~Lr IWlfes a nd their
eh.ildren fOurrounded by bayonels they drag thcm
to ea.ttle trUe k6 and n tbese they Il ake the~ a.way
to the front &nd to Germany
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hberahty
new drll:n mgs
IS t eaponslble for
v~~'i4~,~;,!~pleCl'r
appeared m preVIOUS n

FORCED TO HELP THE ENEMY

, On the Weatern front they force t~em by the
piQSt bruta.l means to d g trencbes~ C01l6truct. m 11

w.r, .avi&t.lon grou'llds m&k& strategIo.l rba.ds a nd
f ortify the German hnes And whrn theIr VictImS
In .p).t.e of aU refuse \0 '9iorlcJ. ont theae defence.
.acordmg t o theIr rights la d
lh In ter
t\&honal Law they starve them t cy )11 t reat
them l tfJey ~a.t them they C&UIe ~hem to ~o ntra.ct
111,nelll8i jih&y wound the.m som~,i me8 they even
Jdll tiem In Germany they are !rkenl forCIbly to
the mme8 quarr ea a.nd I n e kilnS whatever t he r
,.;e, pro(wuon OI'l trade may be j)it ']&e.1 are.,ge
f'Orled peltmell young men or 17 'lnd, ofd men of
60 a.nd more lis not thla a.nClent ' It.very In tIl 'lb
hotToJ:~ There Jue ai(eody more , ~ ban fifty t hou
I Ea.nd 1Iiot:km~b wlfetber out of wqrk or not who
hale bMn deported as conVl,cla Of sla."'u
Every
dOT tbe, makl> & lel _ ~W ••D 01
f"flb d .. trlct
£ormida.bl~ ."eapo1jls are !Set u:t>-imeCtlDe guna.00 lJlDUO'JerabJe I1Oldl6f'& &re ca.Jled 0 t aDd all
these mihtarr, procautxlU't are takin a t.tmt t hese
poor ubarl1le(f peo~lJ who a.re lerrOr jSed though
COolCl0UB of t h eir: jVIOIU.te<l rl ght6 ~
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40wnl

a

end ng Sunda.y• l\l"anuary

admItted
l~~~!~t~~ performed

dlschuged
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