Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-30
fl Standing Army a
Socialist Breeder.

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INTO an army 10 waste NdiudDle years
Oh their llVes against thelr VIII.
therefore, we oeHeYe that 4 standing
army, SO lar as TINS country IS con-
cerned, Is mercy an interesting
dream.
A TACT not generally known CON
corning the great european armies
is this. The gentlemen VINO demand
and organize these armies thlnk that
in the soldiers they have a great po-
lice body, which Will perpetuate their
system OF mlsgovernment ana Keep
wrongs AS a matter OF tact take
the vast army of the German empire
as an instance. 1t Is machine Tor
the cultivation OF socialism ana re-
bellion and Tor the overthrow OF I'M
perialism in the end.
From every little German hamlet
every year the peasant boy IS drag
ged to the army, When captured he
is willing, harmless, mild young man.
with never an idea OF socialism or re-
form. He Is locked up IN barracks,
treated brutaily,worked half to death,
sworn at, cuifed, buifeted, often kick
ed, made to suffer humiliation and dis
grace. He Is forced to despise the
sight of the uniform that covers him
and to hate the uniforms OF the ON
GERS who bully him. This boy, alter
his day of hard knocks and painful
drilling goes to spend MS few pien-
nigs Tor a glass OF peer An ola so
cialist OF the army Is on hand TO help
drink the beer and to ask the boy how
he likes Kicks from ms betters.
a few talks with the ola socialist d
few hundred cuttings klckings ana
cursings and the peasant with ms
wide open mouth ana innocent oiue
eyes, is transformed into a thinking
dissatisfied CITIZEN lhls new peasant
sees no particular reason why ne
should be beaten and pulled Tor the
glory OF mentally ana phYslcaily
deformed, valn-glorlous Emperor. AT
the end OF his hVe years he goes
back to his village with stralShter
back and broader shoulders lie ar
rives in his village with none OF the
difference fer the various authorities
that used to MI with awe his enid
ish breast lie goes PACK 10 spread
ideas OF revolt
NO wonder that so many OF the Ger
man officers III the conhdehceol thef
/ drinking casinos HNnreSS tear lest