The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-04
BIRTHDAY OF HE'LL!

six months from January 2Sth the
world may celebrate the birthday OF
He'll six months ago, August 2Sth,
the He'll of the Twentieth Century was
established on earth by professed fol-
lowers of Jesus of Nazareth, whom
the mankillers call the Christ, or
Messiah. For six unspeakably hor-
ribie months the leading Christian CD
nations OF Europe have been patriot
cally engaged In the thoroughly char.
acteristic game OF civilization" 49,
War! Raising He'll! christians"
raising Hell, for PROFITS!
All OF the men who are responsible
for the conditions which made this
establishment of He'll on earth newt
able are opposed to Socialism. And
why not? Socialism Is unqualifiedly
In favor OF Peace on Earth and Good
VIII Toward All Men, And Peace and
Profits cannot dwell together The
one makes the other impossible,
Tho world has had one continuous
He'll OF war or preparation for war
since the day one class began to reap
profits from the sweat of neighbours
brow. Socialism is opposed to both
War and Profits So the Christians
OF the world-or the vast majority Of
them-are opposed to Socialism. They
say It's against religion; that IT
breeds class hatred: that II will break
up the home; that It wants men to
divide up"
So men uphold capitalism. Men
vote for capitalism.
Men say they are against Socialism
because OF what they allese that So
cialism will do to them.
No one knows from experience what
Socialism will do either TO him or for
him. Socialism has never been tried
anywhere on the earth.
But capitalism has been tried. We
know from experience both what 1t
has done for us and what it 10 doing
to US.
During the past six months capital
ism has spent the unthinkable sum of
$1,000, 100000 for the purpose Of des-
troying its advocates. Another $12,-
900 900 900 loss to the world has come
from capitalism's suppression or des-
truction OF BUSINESS. the thing for
which it is supposed to exist.
Capitalism during the past six
months has broken up over three mil
lion homes! 1t has destroyed numer-
Gus churches erected to the glory OF
capitalism's religion. 1t has so fost-
cred "class hatred" that eleven Chris
tian nations are periodically engaged
in a furious, horrible attempt to
murder and destroy all that stands be-
tween them and Profits! Trade!
Markets! For the sacred rights OF
property and commerce capitalism has
killed over half a million of its advo.
lcates; MANNED, wounded, or reduced
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by disease over 2,160,0o0 of it's mis-.
guided adherents: has made countless
men not only divide up" their prop.
erty, but their very bodies-for PRO
FITS! If the present reign Of capital,
list claw and order continues" as long
as did the little misunderstanding be,
tween the good Christians north OF
Mason and Dixon's line and those
south of that historic boundary, the
entire three million patriots" now
attempting to slaughter one another
will have succeeded.
Meanwhile, uncounted millions Of
men, women and children, widows and
orphans, the civilized CD world over,
are jobless, penniless, homeless, food
less, or half-famished. cold and dis
consulate.
Such is capitalism's 1915 offering!
Is not the worst thing that has ever
been alleged against Socialism by it's
most dishonest enemies, incomparably
preferable to the best offering of CAPT
talism in 1915?