Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-10
The Burden of miiItarism.

The Burden of Militnrism.
The German emperor sounded the Gus
tomary note of more revenue for in
creased ornaments. naval and military.
in his address at the opening of the Reich
stag. In the last five years German taxes
have been sharply increased on existing
sources of revenue. and the list OF taxable
goods materially enlarged. BY far the
greater part of the increased revenue
went into war ships and military equip
ment. Still the demand Is for more rev.
.enue. accompanied as usual with system
Of war alarms from which the moss Of
antiquity has been worn off by constant
use. Germany is not an exception. Similar
foxy war alarms work overtime In Paris
and London whenever particularly sane
statesman shows dangerous system OF
economy In budget discussions. Enormous
increases In the British budget OF the
past two years went largely into super
dreadnaughts. The pending French budget
shows an increase Of only $4,000. while
the Prussian budget calls for an increase
Of s530o0Oo0. Mr.. Loyd-George. the best
revenue getter Britain has developed. is
about convinced that the ola "orio :
squeezing the lemon OF taNauon 10 INC
limit without materially improving tne
we'll being Of the people. Speaking before
the Liberal club in London the other day
he declared the interests OF France, Ger
many, Russia and Great Britain would
be suhseryed by better uhdefsta 1uins
leading to a reduction OF armament !
believe" he said, with candor' irahkness
and holiness IL Is sttainaoie. ine Mor'u
would be rieher tor IL taxes ,n'sn' =.
dueed and the money "hioh Iou'u ~
saved that Is no" spent =" a'',ess
could De devoted 10 oeVe'op"e sHe
sources OF the country anu iihpioNine Nne
eondiuon OF the people. i"e 80 -
OF SOUND finance Is peace oii cav" "'N
good VIII Among men
Practical SOCIALISM,
Some significance attaches 10 the so-
sence Of the sociaiistic deputies from the
nal.cs when the address Of Emperor
a.. a.. ,r,,,,sa rnemhers
""a'" vas - :, ,,u
IN aoVAhee oi 'he io'n'"a op 49, -.
new heienstas. tne su sas. ..,
stances alone make .ne 'no.uea' ~" ,',,.,.
foiiucaiiy' Tue soas 80. .s',as.s...
government pona' saa.-,,c,,,rs
against tne system = ~. :, - ~ ran,. =,
as IL SOUNDS. II 10 pai' VI wv
p'aeuesl po"'i,, ,.s,n ~ sn,rs, =,
%. =. c.-nar,, IN m. FEBRUARY
Century James ID. whelply says 1t is
Intelligent socialism," and while ora
torically demanding the Impossible yieius
to expediency' He says
while listening 70 q ueos1e ~ @
Reichstag not long ago ~ oon'pany W.
one OF the younger pu. mos. lua'
members OF the sociahs. parry,
marked upon the apparent iheons's'enes
OF the socialist members IN Nouns ~ Ai'
increase IN tne army y eop 49,,
smiled ana saia' oh' ses, "o
thing In our PLATFORM pu. We 'aNe "" :.
We can get IN the way we can ~. y.
We give the kaiser nus so'o'e,s' no' V,ny
because, as every Serhah RnoNs "ns
country Is SURROUNDED py enemies any
must De wen kuarueo, ous a'so Nse
We know In return we shail SCI sss
thing else for the pener't o. .ne "o1N.ns
people. We are pracucaL iha' - tns
secret Oh all oerhsn .laaihs' 'ap, 80
as well as pohtica'' ~ p'ao''e"' any,
II may be ADDED tnoroush'
Republication In spnin.
The recent astonishing ABOUT taee Oh
King Alfonso on the question Of sus-
n..a,n. en-. aaatb nenaltv In the case Of
-, $50. ,,rns an, 10 have
oohN'''eu "'oo 'e - -.
been snrewu move VI 'ne N'"s w 49,
DANGEROUS eiseon'en' aNs a.
workmgmen' rreauent
outward sign Oh this wiuespieau u'se',..
tent, whieh y resa'ueu as "s"' -
the throne. Inc niue war ae.' .ne
iepp'an Irioes on 'ne a "a ,ha =.
pnnheAh -, 80
most OF u. ine ,,s.sa.an,s ua.az,ns
.sssye san, an, agents. speakers whisper
ers throughout all the provinces. ex-
planning to the men who work and think
what this Moroccan game means ana
the sullen unrest which Is eternai IN the
monarchy has been DETECTED into . new
channel. The cry Is; our soldiers snaii
not fight for African goid. Anu the
people are on the alert a rev weeAs
ago the king. In order 10 protect ms
historic rights in Morocco. ordered Wv
soldiers sent TO MelihA There was suen
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