The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-19
EXPLOITATION CAUSED THE
WAR

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EXPLOITATION CAUSED THE
WAR
Have you read Harpera Weekly
for September 5th. the Worlds wcrk
War Manual. the Weekly People, the
New York Call or the National So
cisiist for September 18th. published
by the National Socialist Party7
Well II you have not you would ,
hardly know what caused the war.
Austria had declared war on
Seryia on July 2sth. and Russia an
nouuced that IL could not allow Aus
tria 20 invade Serylan territory. and
Germany declared that Austria and
ServiA must not be interfered with.
General European mobilization be-
gan TO take place. England and
France made every honorable effort
Go prevent . general European war.
Servia had practically yielded TO the
dema nds of Austria. and Russia pre-
tended 10 show disposition TO bring
herself under restraint in compliance
with the efforts of France and Eng
land. and on July 30th offered TO
stop all military preparations II Aus
tria. recognizing that her conflict
with SsrNia had assumed an inter-
ne ;ionnl character. would declare
herself ready 20 eliminate from her
ultimRtum points which violated the
principle OF the sovereignty of Ser
via KuEktas consent. however. APP
pears to have been made to England,
but was denied 20 Austria and Ger
many.
ON July sath sir Edward Grey. for
England. urged on Germany that
Germany. Italy. France and England
work together at ST petersburg and
Vienna IN favor of mediation. Aus
tris appeared ready to indorse this
four power plan and Russia cx-
~ q ny
Ing. but ignored Austria and Ger
many. and continued to mobilize
on July 30th the German govern
ment notified Austria that 20 re-
fuse TO exchange views with Russia
would be a great mistake. and Aus
trta cndeRNored TO communicate
with Russia. hut was ignored. and
Germany's peace proposal accom- 4
plished nothing.
on August LIST Mr.. Grey informed
Germany as follows. The Russian
government has communicated to me
the readiness OF Austria to discuss
with Russia and the readiness OF
Austria TO accept a basis OF media
ton which Is not open TO the OBJ
jections raised In regard to the for-
mula which Russia originally sug-
gested Things ought not 10 be
hopeless aS long as Austria and Rus
sia are ready TO converse. and hope
the German government may be able
to make use Of the Russian COM
mpnication referred TO above In or
der 10 avoid tension"
y appears that Austria wanted 20
treat with Russia for peace. as did
Germany. but Russia wanted war.
but was DESTROYS OF placing the re-
sponsihility for IL on Austria and
Germany.
All have said deals with incidents
and actors In this monstrous trage-
dy and crime against civilization. but
has very little to do with the cause
for the war.
THE REAL CAUSE.
All are agreed that markets are
what the warning nations want. The
war party OF Germany represents
the krupp Gun Works and other
large expioiters. as do the war how'll
ers and advocates In every other ma
ton.
Germany has the most perfect In
dustrial organization in the world,
under and with it's advanced maShin-
cry OF wealth production one Ger
man produces as much wealth In n
day as six Russians, as three French
men or two Englishmen, and as the
cost of living determines wages We
see that the German worker gets
less OF what he creates than any
other European worker. Therefore
the German capitalist gets more sur
European capitalist and the ~
cipal part OF what he exploits ~
labor must find a market outside
Germany.
The governments OF Europe. iikS
the government OF the United Statef.-
are representative necessarily or
the commercially capitalist or ex-
plotting class Germany has been
forging into the markets with what
she has taken from labor and crown-
ing the other nations into the back
ground
In other words, the governments
Of this world govern In the interest
OF exploitation, and capitalism OF
Europe has gotten hydrophobia
among themselves the surplus
wealth stolen from labor. Again !
say II no one was exploited there
could be no war. and exploitation
is the cause.
Workers Of the world. unite and
stop the exploiters from making you
murder your own class So that they
may perpetuate your iegradatien
and their degeneracy by exploiting
from YOU the product OF your toll
DO YOU not see three Cnusins-one
Car. one Kaiser and one KING
sending on the field of battle the
work ting class TO murder each other
DO you not see that a worker VINO
Is compelled 20 sell his labor power
for wages in order to live has no
country and no flag but that OF So
cialism2 | do.
Next week | shall tell about the
Socialist In the war.
The Wise House Hunter
hunts her house at home. she