The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-26

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vicious system which has enguned
ttnem in fratricldal carnage: We
| faith In the worldwide class strug-
lgle.d international Socialism and IN
1.-The brotherhood Of man.
/ I invite your attention to the full
, .ext Of the preamble to our anti-waI
manifesto and especially to ouE
;peace program which follows:
/ Anttwar Manifesto and peace pro-
gram OF the Socialist party OF Amer
| The supreem crisis in human histoy
: is upon u.s.
/. European civilization is engulfed. The
worlds peace is shattered The fu-
! ture OF the human race is imperiled-
The immediate causes OF the war
are obvious. Previous wars and fhe
terms of settlement which created
lasting hatreds and bred thoughts OF
revenge; imperialism and commercial
rivalries; the Triple Alliance and the
Triple Entente dividing all Europe IN
to two hostile camps; secret intrigue
of diplomats and lack of democracy
/, vast systems of military and naval
equipment; fear and suspicion bred
and spread by a vicious lingo press
in all nations; powerful armament IN
Iterests that reap rich harvests out OF
havoc and death;-an these have
played their sinister part. But back
OF all these factors lie the deeper
and more fundamental causes, causes
rooted in the very system OF capitalist
production.
Every capitalist nation on earth ex-
plots its people. The wages received
by the workers are insufficient to en-
able them TO purchase all they need
for the proper sustenance of their
lives. A surplus of commodities ac-
cumulates. The capitalists cannot
consume II all 1t must be exported
to foreign countries.
In every capitalist nation 1t be-
comes increasingly difficult for the
capitalists to re-inrest their accun1u-
lated profits to advantage In their own
country. with thier people destitute
and their resources fully developed
and exploited. The capitalists are con-
stant1y forced TO look for new and
foreign fields Of investment.
In many countries Of Europe, lin
tied territortally and dense1y popu-
lated. the supply Of natural resources
volume Of Industrial requirements.
The capitalists must look for new
sources OF raw materials and supplies
to less developed foreign countries.
Hence arise the commercial strug-
giles between the nations. the rivalries
for the acquisition Of foreign colon
les, the efforts to defend and extend
the oversee POSSESSIONS the policies
OF Imperialism, the conflicts for COM
mercil supremacy, ever growing more
intense and fierce as the nations ex-
pand and the worlds field of conquest
narrows. Hence arise the policies of
and monstrous. Hence arise the
strategy, the inerigues Of secret di-
Eplomacy-tiH all >rhe world is involved
in deadly struggle for the capture
and control of the world market
Thus capitalism. ineyita bly, leading
to commercial rivalry and imperialism
and funcrionins through the modern
state with its vast armaments. secret
dip1omacies and undemocratic govern
ments. logically leads to war.
Reacdonary ruling classes some
times also deliberately plunge coun-
tries into war for the purpose of
crushing progressive movements by
creating false patriotic excitement
and thus s:detrackng the real class
issues Every war, furthermore, is
used by the capitalists in order to de-
stroy the organized forces OF the labor
movement
For more than half a century the
Socialist movement has warned the
world of this impending tragedy. With
every power at their command the
Socialists Of all nations have worked
to prevent it. But the warning has
gone unheeded and the Socialist prop
uganda against imperialism, milttar-
ism and war has been ignored by the
ruling powers and the majority Of the
people Of all the nations.
Today our prediction has been only
too swiftly and too uagtcaIly full
filled. War. with all its horrors is
upon US.
And il has come as the logical and
inevitable outcome Of the forces of
the capitalist system. It has come in
spite OF the warnings and protests of
the socialist and labor movements and
indeed in spite of the personal desires
of many Of the capitalists themselves
The capitalist system IS modern
Fraukenstein which is destroying its
own creators
II this unspeakable tragedy shall
serve to demonstrate to the world. and
particularly to the workers of all ma
tons. the real and fundamental causes
Of war, 50 that by removing these
causes man henceforth may live at