Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
SOCIALISM NOW A POLITICAL ISSUE

demanded that there should be no COM
plicity with the socialists. the govern
ment would not be In its present position.
There is further evidence that the cries
OF alarm have produced effect. Tho Temps
cites the case OF NJ Alexandra Varenne.
radical-socialist deputy of the department.
of Puy de Dome. who writes in the
Friend of the People. a journal published
i'm C,ermont-Ferrand.
The deputy denounced his political as
sociates who dared TO menace the coun-
try with sabotage" of the national de-
Tense. IL would be an odious crime
against the nation and against ciyiliza-
ton. which should not be permitted
He was not one or those VINO, Se-
cause of the lamentable Moroccan ad-
venture, had criticisms only for the
French government. There were ques-
tons of national honor, in which there
should be no divergence among those
who desired the maintenance OF the In
dependence and dignity OF the country.
Socialists should not fold their arms In
the presence OF a possible war. and should
not desert a national duty. Berlin should
be made TO understand that France VIII
not submit to invasion and the country
would be defended to the last man. Let
us, then, be ready to perform all or our
national duty"
former radical-socialist deputy was ex
communicated and expelled from the rad
ical-socialist party.
1t appears that the head and front of
the deputy's offending lay In the STATE
ment that IF Morocco was destined O.
be taken by any foreign power he pre-
ferred that IL would fall to France. who's
African empire would thus be enlarge
and consolidated"
German socialists are proud OF bein-
Germans. French socialists affect a.
ideal of their own. Their highest ambi-
ton is to wear a placard on which j.
az 10 Al am hn
without country, or ''Je suis un in
ternational. which has the same inane
and idiotic sgnification.
1t was such international tramps who
voted recently In their congresses that
in case of war they would not defend
liberties which they did not possess, and
they would neither gain nor lose in be-
coming German subjects They further
more adopted a resolution that they
were more than ever resolved TO resist
mobilization by general revolut' onary
srlke- Certainly no such das ardly
specimen of the socialist has been reared
In Germany. That such a type exists In
France. on the authority of NJ. Descha-
mel. Is manifestly due to the completely OF
the French government.
*
Herr Bebel. in the recent socialist con-
gress at Jena, spoke of the respective at
titudes OF the German
| Socialists and French socialists in
o.a w.. case of war. Without
OLA" WAL doubt said Bebel, "a
war would be a frightful calamity. The
French propose to reply by a general
strike. The Germans believe that il is
not a general strike which the masses
would demand but work and bread Each
| country would be left to do as il seemed
| well to it
The declaration is ambiguous, but let
| US pass in order to cite what Herr Bebel
| adds about war between Germany and
France. He said:
Germany will reflect a long time be-
fore undertaking conflict compared 10
which that of 1870 was nothing. IL would
| be a grave error to think that Germany
could do what she did in 1870. The demo
cratic socialist party would not allow it
| self to engage in such a dangerous and
| foolish policy. The congress would
adopt motion in that sense"
| Herr Bebels speech on the Moroccan
question merits brief mention:
''At the period Of the emperor's voyage
| to Tangier. a voyage which gave the
| Moroccans the impression that Germany
would take their defense against France.
! he at the same time caused the Mostem
world to bel eve that Germany had as
spmed the robe of protectress OF Islam"
1t was the signal for an outburst or
protestationS on the part of pangerman-
lists, who commenced a campaign of vio-
Panther to Agadir. There Is an act OF
force and power" they cried. never think
ing that it might result as did the dis
patch from Ems in 1870.
| On the emperor'S return from Norway
he saw the danger and provoked a radical
change in the policy. 1.-THE face OF the
pangerman,sts," said Bebel, Heightened
| twenty-five centimeters." The nationalist
press became furious and attacked the
| emperor. According to Herr Bebel il was
not NJ. Kiderlin- w echter who sent the
Panther to Agadir. but NJ. Bethmann-
| Holweg.
| NJ. Paul -Beauiieu. in rEcomists
Francois. seeks to show the responsi-
| billy for the vast labor movement in
England and It's effect upon the public.
THE public" says NJ. Leroy-Beauieu,
.In the end has to bear all the expense
! of these strikes" And the deductions OF
the learned political economist are par
| ticularly interesting at the moment when
| America. Europe and indeed the whole
| cost Of living.
NJ Leroy-Beaulieu maintains that In
these universal strikes the most inter
ested outside of the strk-
! Public'S ing laborers themselves is
| the public 1t is the pub
AAteioSI. lie which finishes by paying
in the form of increased prices OF prod
ucts OF services for the strikes. The
| employers are only Intermediates. For
some time the public has become more
| farseeing and less Indifferent; it under
stands that strikes are prejudicial to u
because of the disorders first and mex
I by tho increase in the cost or living ina
follows.
Public opinion has commenced to looE
about and consult fits proper Interests
! xlat Ia safFS.e @ff.1gs
brake against the abuses crea ted bN
strikes. and particularly those which con
Germ the strikes in the great collective
services And NJ Leroy-Beailieu eX-
presses the hope that that public opinion
will become more and more watchful and
active
The socialists are obliged at this mo-
ment to take large doses OF the medicine
rod f0r of er q nd