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194 the groans of the sufferer. The voice of the poor factory labourer will not even reach those ears, for it will be drowned amid the droning of the machinery of the rich capitalist, and the latter is the friend of the Government. There is a serious attempt to establish a living brotherhood of the labourers of the world, and the Indian labourers fondly look to organised labour in the United Kingdom to champion their cause. As their spokesman, on their behalf, I am putting forward this condensed statement. I appeal to those who hold the cause of Labour and Trade Unionism sacred, to stretch their hands of fellow ship to their comrades in India. Remember the Cause of Labour is one.