SCOTCH MINERS' VIEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 1 September 1915, Page 2

SCOTCH MINERS' VIEWS.

A coal miner, who has in ih e Spates about-six years, writing to his sister in New Zealand, reflects present war. Writing from Illinois, he says: '"Well, the European war is not finished yet, nor will it finish t'cC a year or two, in my opinion. When everybody is talking about who is going to be whipped, I have alwajys said, t'he one that is going to bj. whipped is the working class. They will come crippled up with exposure in the open, or by standing in water to the knees in the. trenches —if they are lucky enough! to come home with theil: limbs and life. I wish the war would end, and that would save so many, 1 many poeple. When the war is over I hope the people of the nations at war refuse to pay the war debt, and that will stop all future wars. I believe there will be conscription in Britain befojre the war is ended—it is a pity. Also, th e workers are all striking for higher wages, as the living is rising higher than the wages. There are. lots of people in the other countries who think U.S.A. will enter this war, but don't you beieve it —this country will never make aggressive warfare; the people will not allow it. I see by the Australian elections that the working people ha.ve got hold cf the reins of government. Now that will be a good plac-> t~> work and live in. Plow are conditions in New Zealand. The conditions of the States are rotten, except in those trades where the workers ar e T.-0.11 orgaised. The golden rule hi-e is, "Do ct r aere.'before they do you."