ia the
President called our Legations home and dismissed the foreign
Ambassadors and Ministers and notified every Government that we had
dealings with that in the future the Government of Eurasia would
communicate with them by mail and telegraph and would publish in the
National Gazette of Eurasia all correspondence that passed between
them, so that the people of both countries should know the character of
the men to whom they had entrusted the management of foreign affairs.
We do not interfere in the affairs of other countries, but try to
promote peace and good will among all nations. We have enforced a law
that met with bitter opposition in England and the United States of
America and brought us to the verge of war, but the common sense of the
working men and women in both countries forced their Government to
yield and it has proved a blessing to the sailors. The law commands
that if a sailor on any vessel that comes into Eurasian ports, no
matter what flag she flies, makes a complaint of ill-usage, the party
complained against shall be arrested and tried and if found guilty sent
to prison for the term of years corresponding to the offense."

CHAPTER XVI.

UNITED WORKERS OF EURASIA.

I was introduced to the President of the United Workers of Eurasia and
he told me that all the working men and women were united in one great
union and that the present Minister of Labor was a lady who for years
had championed the cause of Labor and that she was unceasing in her
efforts to better their condition now that she was at the head of the
Department of Labor. The wages of all Government employees were fixed
by law and could not be raised or lowered except by a two-thirds vote
of the people, and only one bill from each department could be
submitted by the Parliament to the people to vote on at each election,
so that graft and corrupt practices could gain no footing by appealing
to selfish interests.

The law provided a liability fund for sickness, injuries and death
among working men and women; one-half of the fund payable by the
working men and women and the other half by the employers. The money
for the fund had to be paid monthly. Every working man and woman had to
pay out of his or her wages a fixed sum for which the employer was held
responsible and every employer had to pay an equal sum for every person
in his employ. This law applied equally to every person in Eurasia, the
employer as well as the employed. There wa