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He telegraphed asking what Unions the delegates represented, when, where

and by whom they were- elected, and who waa paying their expenses ? " Up to the present," he adds, " I have received no reply nor do I expect one, because I know, as every other inquirer knows, that. to-day there are no Trade Unionists in Russia. The delegates who have reached Chris. tiania represent not five million Trade Unionists but five million industrial conscripts."' Mr. Appleton ends his article with these words : " The man who lies to the community in the hope of securing for himself a political advantage is the social traitor, and not the man who tells the truth aa.he sees it. I am happy in the knowledge that millions of my countrymen agree with mo."