Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-21
The Human Jungle

will, embarass the actions of tie. dele.
gates, especially if radical steps are
to be formulated. Also, the delega tes
will face the danger of the Internal on
al policemen.
I'VE do not know what will be The
outcome of the war, but we on this
side OF the ocean must be in a ppsi-
ton to advance the cause at the first
opportunity, and we must let it be
known, should a revolution break out
In Germany, that there is going to be
no repetition Of the Paris Commune.
| AS the future is obscure, so far az
the socialist movement is concern u,
and there are possibilities of korklng
class uprisings in Europe, it is highly
important than on International Con-
vention take action. Should revolu-
ton break out there will be $heavy
finances required, and we in tnis coun-
Try want to be prepared to give our
moral and material support, including
the creation of healthy public senti-
ment, that in case the working class
succeed in establishing a government
in Europe, we would be in a position
to influence the American government
to give it early recognition. We
should be prepared for emergencies.
This war. has shown that We are not
much better than savages. The cause
of war is just the old cause in a new
form. Savages would infringe on an
other trib's hunting grounds, and war
would ensue. This time it was Ger
man capitalists arriving late on the
scene and infringing on the British
and French capitalists exploiting ter
ritor.,
The British working class move
ment, which was showing sucn nj. =
and clear-cut action, has been halted.
The German movement has DeWlI4o !. -
us. Perhaps we overestimated the
German socialist movement; perhaps
it largely reflected the personality of
Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel,
and they being dead, the movement
lost its vigor At any rate the Ger
man socialist movement showed yell
low streak; it showed that it lacked
the spirit Of international solidarity.
The spirit of militarism was inoculated
into it. The psychology of the fife and
drum has proven more powerful than
the socialist philosophy.
There is no use in the German So
cialists saying that they were tricked
into the war. Had they stood firm
and started a revolution or general
strike, the workers of Britain and
France would have forced their gov
ernments to halt Russia from invading
Germany. 1t was not against Russia
that the socialists in the German army
marched, but Belgium, the country
where the workers were the farthest
advanced on the road to socialism,
where the international headquarters
were located; ana against i ls.uue, ude
most democratic country in continent
al Europe.
There is no denying the fact that
the German socialists gave their aid
TO mllltarlSm. the n4asln1lcenL Stdnu
that Liebnecht, Rosa Luxemburg,
Franz Mehring, Clara Zetkin, kantsky
and Ledebour are taking against the
war, shows that reaction has already
set in. Germany wanted the Belgian
mines and the Belgian seaboard. I'll
was necessary for her expansion or
commercial development. But it looks
as though she had over-reached her
self.
Monarchy is now stronger in Bel
GUM than before the war. This talk
Of the twilight of the kings Is far.
fetched, for the present at least
A revolution is liable to take place In
but if It does it will
be more o ia social affair than an
economic or democratic one. It Is
doubtful if a revolution will take place |
in Germany. That depends on the de
velopments in thessnext.@ few months
Russia is the onezplace where we may
expect immediate results. In all pro-
liability Russia will become constitu-,
tional monarchy. Russia made g big |
advance after the Crimean4 war when
the Gear voluntarily abolished serf |
dom; and it quite reasonable to ex-
pect that the influence of British and |
French capitalists will operate for re
forms in Russia in order to still fur
Their secure and enhance the mortgage
they hold on the Russian government,
by hatening economic development.
American socialists are deluding |
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