The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-29
WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SfYINC
Two Assertions verlfled

AS a constant reader of the Express,
which is eminently fair at all times to
all political parties, the writer believes
that the following manifestos OF the
Socialist parties in the various coun-
tries at war in Europe will be Of par
ticular interest to Express readers.
They show that the Socialists have
held their heads in the vortex Of bru-
tai passion that has engulfed Europe
and that they have not for NOM Mt
been deceived BY the transparent and
contemplate hypocrisy Of the ruling
class.
The European Socialists have, In
common with their brethren in the
United States and all over the world,
been constantly derided, Knocked and
ridiculed as crack-brained enthusiasts
and irresponsible agitators. whose
principles. II applied to practical gov
ernment. would wipe out civilization
and result in blackness Of darkness
'and chaos OF confusion.
II international Socialism, when it
gains the ascendancy in Europe, Gas it
viii as surely as the sparks fly up
wards. is ever guilty of such mon
strous crime against civilization as
is the insane conflict which is soaking
the soil with the blood OF the working
class, then the enemies of Socialism
viii be justified in the claim that its
adherents have all along been the vic
TINS of a disordered mental vision and
| a universal hallucination
Butw isdom is Justified of her chill
dren. Socialist predictions are being
verified every day and it makes even
the wrath OF its enemies to praise it.
Just two cases in point
Socialists have always maintained
that the old axiom Peace is best
maintained by being prepared for
war" embodied a doctrine of the devil
and was as false as hell They have
always maintained that such peace
was only a suppressed war and that
preparation for war inevitably led to
Boy Scout movement was first insti-
tuted Socialists claimed that it was
conceived in the spirit of militarism
and would be used as an instrument to
keep the working class in subjugation.
And the proof has been duly forthconl-
ing. The Boy Scouts in all the coun-
tries involved have been requisitioned
In the work OF destruction and IN
France they have been placed undee
the direct orders OF the minister of
war.
All modern wars have been capital
list wars, that is, wars between differ
ent groups OF capitalists The pres
ent war came like bolt of lightning
from clear sky but few facts are
clear in regard to it. One is that in
ternational Socialism, true to its mis-
Sion, has uelu us ueiu anu TeuOuHcct
it. 1t insists that, if war is hell those
who want war should go to hell
am no prophet or son OF a prophet,
but here Is another Socialist predic-
tion and mark it we'll: We will never
have universal peace until capitalism
is dethroned and the working class be-
comes the ruling class in an indus
trial democracy, the cooperative com
monwealth
Capitalism, and not Socialism, is inn
practical and chaotic. In the present
anarchy in Europe, we only wit
ness another breakdown of worn-out
system. The truth is that Socialism
offers the only practical solution Of
the complex problems that confront
present day civilization and it is for
that very reason that the most
thoughtful and far sighted men in all
civilized countries are enlisting in con
stantly increasing numbers under its
banners. "A Chickasha Socialist.