LABOR IN AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1921, Page 5

LABOR IN AMERICA.

IRISH QUESTION DISCUSSED. POST-WAR PROBLEMS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 16, 8 p.m. New York, June 5. The convention of the American Federation of Labor at Denver discussed the Irish question. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., a delegate from British unions, stated the British Labor movement always favored Irish freedom, but did not want an iijdependent nation. They found difficulty in solving the Irish question, but he wished the convention luck if it could solve it three thousand miles away. The condition o-f Ireland was deplorable, religious differences being largely responsible for this. Dealing with questions arising out of the war, Mr. Thomas declared he believed the war had been won, but he was very apprehensive if we had won the peace. Much of the artificial prosperity was due to mistakes of the Governments confusing paper money with wealth. We had been living in a fool’s paradise, and the workers of the world were suffering the inevitable price of living a riotous life for six years. Disarmament was the only panacea for the world’s ills.—Reuter Service.