The chronicle=news., 1913-06-28

lWdT SSVuo was tue test vi tnc eu
preme power of recuperatiOn which
determines a nations place In his
tory. During tho centuries Of ravag
ting. the property owners were con
stautiy compelled to seek the protec
tlon Of tho Crown. They ncvel
achieved n solidarity Of their own. Al
the English middle class achieved 1t
and they never succeeded In carrying
out = Liberal revolt against the aris
tocsrcy.
SO. to begin with. the Kaiser hai
an obedient people. In whom thu
feudal notion Of caste Is second nat
lure. A Prof. Herman I.ecvy. o
Heidelberg. has said: at Is the place
one has In society which In the be
ginning Of the ladder reaching to Of
ficlaI position.
This state Of affairs IL fcudal. me-
dtacval. II 10 At any rate opposed :,
the Idea that everybody. whatcvaI
his place In society. mny have cQua
rights as \ citizen
A former minister. whose abilit,
and broad political and economic
principles have earned him y world.
wide reputation-and led to his res.
iknstion from the Imperial Cabinet
takes u positive stand on the In
fluence Of paternalistic industriai'
ism. ! withohid his name at his re-
quest: but hero Is his opinion:
1T Is ssttink 50 that the German
workman-and nearly all othe'
Germans. for that matter-are grad
uaily losing their ersiwhiic Inde
rendrnc-. and ar. looking for n sure
thing. They want to become pen
sionerx. or government servants
anything to relieve them from III.
necessity Of constant effort an'
slertnesa. ! cannot. Of course. spca,
from an exact know ledge Of individ
uai cases. but ] speak from genera
Tendencies. II is evident that tn
psychological effect Is not good.
THE manufacturer. ~ rule
think We have son. too far. and mr.
opposed tn any further extension
The soci,iists want all they can get
tho Conservatives arc willing to rot,
for such laws ~ u palliative.
thus xrc no rad to tho extension q
paieraAiism. except the limit Of tn,
endurance Of the people TO pay 10
IT,"
The shift In the attitude Of Ia
Socialist party toward isbor laws 4
siEnisIcant. Durins Bisnaarks da.
Ithcy bitterly opposed his state insuT
ance. Today they chccrfuiiy offc
amendments TO the laws to incrcas
their scope Of power.
Intrat oa getting more tangible
cvid-acr. I Waited the office Of tn
Municipal Charities. where I ~a
shown long columns of Figures tina
indicated . heavy spd rapid Inercas
In poycrty. ! wss ID that thlS ws
due largely TO the migration oe rura
iahorrn TO the city. where they sno'
find thrmsslse~ out Of work and Il
nc-d of public aid. WAS also toll
that the city helps 'o support man!
old people who receive old age rcn
sions. the. amount ~ this pcasio'
bcinx misrrabiy small.
talked with scores os workm~r
In ali parts of tho country. A.
rnlc. they dcuy that state pascsna'
ism has had any effect on their assi
iude toward their work. toward ihci
employer. or toward the stat
Gomc. nsturaiiy. would prefer q
keep the pi''aner the, pay into tn
sick benefit fund: othcS arr look
Ing forward to the day when mors
much more. will be- paid 10 them
all unite In praisins the accident In
suranec-atl which Ia horne by IN
cmpioyer-and all are agreed 4
ridio,iiins the pitifniiy snaii sum q
old age pension. which. they ray.
scarcely enough for beer and tu
harro.