The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-02
THE ETHICS OF WAR.


 Marina was an armed boat, carry ing a six inch gun aft. The boat itself was a transport, used to carry horses. and these in turn were used to prosecute the war. It was to the interest of Germany to destroy that shin and to destroy it with the least possible chance of the Marina mak- ing use of it's after gun.
 Surely that much seems clear. Surely it is quite evident that to sustain an imaginary right Of an, American to aid and abet the ene- mics of Germany, is against all reason and common sense from German point of view.
 In any event Germany did what IS done all over the world. The suoma- rine sank the ship first because the U boat had the power and secondly because it was to its interest to do so
 To call that sinking atrocious is absurd unless we recognize every thing in this war as atrocious. And that may be would be right. But when people consider these ques- tions they usually only see such side as supports the;r real or inagin- ary interest.
 Take another case. British business firm imported many shaw ing brushes. These were to be used for the soldiers at the front in France. All the brushes were dis covered under test to have within them anthrax bacillus and were about as deadly things as could be used.
 A terrible outcry went up from the British over this latest atrocfty. But there never was word of crl- ticism concerning the British inn porters who in the way of trade aid- ed and abetted the importation Of these articles from an emmy country so that they could make money on the contract.
 The money making scheme ap- pears to be regarded as legitimate, although this trading unquestion- ably enables the war to continue, since the capitalists on both sides are making profits.
 inc thn the sins of the friends at home seem to be not worth considering, be they ever so dark.
 It is quite a commentary upon the war that there are more millionalres in Great Britain, Germany. France and Russia today than there ever were before. Several British, Ger man and French firms are making more money than ever before, by the war The prodigality of some of the war contractors was made the special subject of denuncia" tion by high German officials and the antics of the newly rich in Great Britain have become the objectives of pointed satire.
 But these people are the power within that era of mother earth now comprising the war zone. The fabu- lous dividends which are being paid in Great Britain by insurance coal mining, shipping, transportation. war contracting, intuition and other companies have never been equalled in the worlds history. A quite similar condition exists on the con tinent of Europe and this accounts for the demand for a prosecution of the war. The denunciation and ac- acusations which go up from time to time about the atrocities by one side or another, are merely the cawing Of the carrion over the profit offal of the war. The money makers are still gorging themselves with the unusual loot that war crazy world has cast before them. With hooked beak and raking talon they tear the plunder to pieces and raucously cry out at one another in their unclean frenzy for the best of the carrion.
 In the meantime in the trenches, obedient, duty-struck, docile, and tanned, the multitude hack and slay and slaughter to provide still more reason for the riches that are being so savagely squandered.
 Rebel at the Stuttgart Conference opposing the resolution for a gen. eral strike in case of war, declared