LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.]
SOLDIERS ON LABOUR UNREST.
ITo THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIN,—A5 a recently demobilized soldier, may I say a few words on the relations between Labour and ex-soldiers Many of the Labour leaders today, in their claims for increased wages and shorter hours, Le., are pleading that they are doing it for those of us who hare been in the Army, to justify their demands. This plea is an utterly false one, and should be refuted at every opportunity by returned and returning soldiers, both officers and men. Whatever Labour may think, the experience we had on active service with many of the pro-war employers, Moth as officers and in the ranks, has shown us that it is pos- sible to work together, by each recognizing their duty to the other, and we have faith that this recognition will continue on our return, in the case of the majority of employers and ex- soldiers. Might I suggest that employers should make a point of seeing each ex-soldier employee as he returns, and.express the wish that these relations may be maintained? I have been an artisan for the last fifteen years, and believe in Trade Unions as they were originally intended to be, but they have become, a large majority of us feel, Unions of discord and small sectional interests. As such, we do not want anything to do with them. We also do not forget the treachery and stabbing in the back that certain sections of Labour gave us when we were fighting for our very lives.—I am, Sir, Le., Ex.-STAFF SCOT. R.B.
(One of Kitchener's Fiat).
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