The Mighty Atom.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 31, 6 October 1911, Page 8

The Mighty Atom.

Cabled that J. Ramsay MacDonakl has resigned the secretaryship of the British Parliamentary Labor Party.

One of the letters in this number should, not bo passed by, being as it is—and like so many Aye get—the views of an.old soldier Avhose credentials cannot bo questioned, and Avhose service is imperishably enshrined in military records. "Sam" Jones has done service, and at great risk. In one engagement most of his regiment Avas annihilated, but few of them coming through the ordeal. "Sam" Jones aftenvards became a AA r orking-class thinker and doer, and for eight years Avas a councillor in the important local-governing body of Reading (Eng.), and also a member of the Trades and Labor Council. Then he came to N.Z.—practically boycotted because of his working-class labors. His letter gives some splendid reasons against "defence." * » » At His Majesty's Theatre (Well.) the portrait of Tom Mann (shownamong the currencies) Avas loudly cheered, but at Brooklyn the same portrait Avas hissed. Evidently the workers of Brooklyn do not go to Brooklyn's picture .shows. * # # Dr. Frank Soukop, a prominent Bohemian Socialist leader, and one of the most zealous and capable representatives of labor in the last Austrian Parliament, will arrive in New York this month. Dr. Soukup is contemplating giving a series of lectures on his journey through America among the Bohemian people, and according to advance reports, his programme is pretty A\ 7 ell filled. * * * The Russian Socialist, E. Levit, died recently at Heidelberg. He had for many years taken an active part in the reA-olutionary movement, first as a Social Revolutionary and then as a Social Democrat. He Avas one of the "Avriters for the "Neuo Zeit" and "Vorwaerts" on Oriental questions, of Avhich he had an intimate knoAvledge. ■X * * All persons conversant with special historic facts not generally known, aro urged to- write a synopsis of such facts, noting place for research, to Josef us Cliant Lipes, 880 Bedford avenue,' Brooklyn. N.Y. Lipes is uoav AA'riting a history of the United States from an industrial and economic standpoint, and desires any information Avhich will help him in bettering his Avork. * * * Mr. R. S. Guthrie, of South Australia, Avell known in Federal politics, who has been seriously ill for some time, is recovering. He Avill return to Australia by the steamer Orvieto. it * - * J. Mahlon Barnes, for many years National Secretary U.S. Socialist Party, is .reported to have been removed from office because of moral and financial failings. « * » Jack London, the noted Socialist author, spoke to a croAvd which packed the Medford (Oregon) theatre to the doors. Speaking of the "time Avhen he became a Socialist, London said:— "It seemed then that all a man needed. Avas to talk Socialism and amy reasoning man would accept it. 1 becasne a convert simply because of the rational logic of the thing. I Avas emotionally converted. I soon decided that there could be no compromise between Socialism and capitalism. It wasn't an academic argument; it Avas a fight. Any man of manhood and self-respect had either to be in tho fight or out of it. The straddling position on the fence Avas not tenable. It AA r as our business not to get on the fence, but pull others off." Loudon's visit to Medford was the biggest advertisement Socialism ever received in those parts. He made a decided hit, almost the entire audience crowding around him to grasp his hand.

C. W. Green, Avhose striking article appears on another page, is a Avriter Avho Avill be heard of in due time. He \A r .ields a vigorous and scholarly pen, and ■ though University-trained, has been in the economic deeps owing to his independence, aud is therefore doubly strong for proletarian Avork. He lias Avritten freely for the Socialist papers of Australia, and sonic of his cleverest polemics have been eulogis-tica-lly reprinted in the States. At present he is one of the effective, oilicient and courageous Socialist group of Broken Hill.

Mr Thomas Mva, Edison, the famous inventor, sailed for Europe on August 2 for the first holiday ho has ever taken in life. He assured several pressmen that he Avas perfectly Avell, and that he Avas only taking a holiday because of Mrs. Edison's insistence. Personally, he said that he pected to have two weeks' work, for holidays to him could only be regarded as Avorry. It Avould bo a hcav experience, ho said, although he expected to find it very boring. Discussing his work, Mr. Edison declared that he had at last perfected an invention for the presentation' of talking moving pictures. ,i was, of course, a combination of gramophone and bioscope, but this invention AA r as by no means cumbersome, and iv,-- simplicity itself. Ho declined to givo any more details, and in conclusion assured the interviewers, wh ) Kske-1 whether he did not find his work trying at his age, that ho had never been so »wll in his life, and saAv no reason Avhy he should not live to 15).