Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-05-18

duce. Consequently there is a large
surplus product in the possession OF
the employing class. which cannot find
market somewhere. So they look
for foreign markets. This explains the
conflict OF nations. They are all striv-
ing TO sell their surplus products in
other lands, and they finally resort to
the shameful game Of murderous and
destructive war. Ii the working people
received their fun value of their pro-
ducts. they could buy back their equiv
lent and thus equalize supply and de-
mand. We would need no foreign mar
kets, except for exchange OF COM
modities.
We must. therefore, in the name Of
the God OF Justice. brand capitalism
as false religion; as the systematic
worship Of Mammon; and as more hor-
rible than all the idols against which
we Christians preach. And such idol
airy leads TO infamous wiekeduess and
.atrocious cruelty. This Christian M
ton is permitting. in the interest OF
Mammon. the shipment of munitions of
war to belligerent nations. American
war material is said to be the most
effective in destroying human life.
Moreover. since the sinking OF the
Lusitania. the spirit Of revenge has
Joined the mercenary spirit in produc-
ing instruments Of destruction.
What answer can this nation return
to an offended Cod? international law
viii never be accepted by the Divine
Judge, as an excuse for Americans 70
send Instruments Of torture and death
to Europe But il any one stin sup
poses that the sale OF munitions of
war is justiaable we would call his at
tention TO the fiendish spirit which
actuates this trade in murder. Here
is a quotation from the American
Machinist, Of May 6. II is the adver-
tisement of the Cleyelnd Automatic
Machine Company. Describing the eli
cheney Of its 1S-pound and 1S-pound
high explosive shells, which are now
being used so extensively in the war to
replace common shrapnel It says:
The material is high in tensile
strength and very special and has
tendency TO fracture into small pieces
upon the explosion OF the shell. The
timing Of the fuse for this shell Is sim
liar to the shrapnel shell, but it diff
fers in that two explosive acids are
used TO explode the shell in the large
cavity. The combination Of these two
acids causes terrific explosion, having
more power than anything OF it's kind
yet used. Fragments become coated
with these acids in exploding and
wounds caused by them means death
in terrible agony within four hours if
not attended to Immediately.
From what we are able to learn
Of conditions in the trenches, it is not
possible to get medical assistance to
anyone in time to prevent fatal results.
1t is necessary to Immediately cauter-
lie the wound il in the body or head.
or to amputate il in thelimbs. as there
seems to be no antidote that will coun
teract the poison
Gould Satan dictate a more fendish
advertisement? Yet this is what
America Is conniving at. We feel per-
fectly justified in believing that capt.
talism is sounding its own death knell;
that the end Of the age is impending,
and that humanity will soon arise in
its might and, by the help OF God, in
angurate the Cooperative Common
wealth all over the earth. Then only
can We have Gods viii done on earth
as It is in Heaven"
Max Figman in a splendid feature
Colonial, Wednesday. adv.2t.mI8