Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-14
National Reluctance.

them with the natural reluctance
which any man feels 10 leave his
country In the lurch even when he be-
l!eEes ner to be in the wrong; in the
second place, Ne may suppose that
reluctance 10 have been enhanced by
the expectation that Germany would
win a quick and easy victory over
and above these considerations there
are three pertinent facts. In every
German or AZ all events in every
PrussiAn breast there is always a
lurking fear and dislike Of Russia.
Tho chancellor showed documents, or
Induced certain Social Democrats TO
say that he had shown them docu-
mcnts. purportng to prove the exist
cnce of an International conspiracy to
attack Germany The Social Demo-
IN committee, in which fourteen
members Of tho party. including Her
ren Liebnecht. Haase and Ledebour.
opposed the policy which the party
as a whole adopted. The war party
only gained the support Of the Social
Democrats by false pretenses; some Of
the Social Democrats were never
fooled by these false pretenses. and
the unanimity Of which so much has
been made never really existed
The dissident majority did not
their party rules bound them 20 bow
10 the decision Of the majority. Mar
ual law and the censorship prevented
them from raising their voices In the
country, and as Germany appeared TO
Dc winning. their cue was clearly TO
wait and see From the first, how
ever. they constituted potential
opposition. and those who have fol-
lowed the course Of events have seen
the potential opposition gradually be-
coming actual II began to become
actual toward The end Of Sctober.
1914, when, being unable to print
what they liked in their own press.
the dissentients inspired a review OF
the situation in the Swedish Social
Demokraten
brief extract from this will show
the lines on which they were de-
vclopinG In the official German
exposition the complete picture Of
the immediate causes of the war IL In
Zee MY incomplete and 1t Is appar-
entity question for Germany Of "a
war OF conquest, a capitalistic war OF
annexation. II is superfluous to de-
velop here the view that any annex.
alton wharoever would be n danger
for peace in the future and no, IA
OF peace
Vote Changed.
after this" Mr.. Grihble continued.
"a minority. and n continually in |
cre3sing minority, always voted |
against the war credits The largest |
hostile vote. counting absentionists as
hostile. numbered ~, and the number |
OF electors represented by the ~ Is
|. l.3S0,s70 About twenty OF the ~ |
have Joined the new labor party led |
by Herren Hasse and Ledebour; the |
others may be classct as Independent |
supporters Of that new party They |
differ from II not on any point OF
principle. but solely in their eluctance |
10 scrap their old associations and |
urn the reichstag into a beer garden.
Vorwaerts has sided with Herr Hasse's |
party. and Norwaerts has a circula-
ion Of two hundred thousand copies |
a day. Their thesis covers many /
points of which the most essential
are these:
THE chancellor las lied as to the
,auscs of the war. IL was deliberate
" planned as war of aggrandize-
nent in the interests Of the junkers
md the capitalists. who are coming
money out of contracts for war ma
erial and the increased prices Of the
,ecessaries of life.
The allies have fought cleanly.
md Germany has not fought
The invasion Of Belgium and
Luxembourg was an outrage on civili-
;atlon; so are the bombing OF open