New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-22

rs interesting 70 'Na"'''' "'"' ~
already written. Much of his propa-
gsnds has been published by tho RAND
School Of Social Science, and con
siderable part of this has been barred
from the mails. Among the Nearing
pamphlets so withheld from postal 10
cilities was one called THE MENACE
OF MlLITARISM' Another Of his
pamphlets, issued by the Rand School
is THE GREAT MADNESS" In the
last named pamphlet he says, IN the
first chapter, purporting to give the
causes OF the war:
"The piutocracy welcomed the war
not because il was a war, but be-
cause it meant chance TO get
stronger grip on the United States.
The 2 per cent of the people Zone
person in each ffty) who own so
per cent of the wealth of the United
States are no different from the
other people in the country-they
are no more selfish, greedy or fero-
cious. They realize that war is
barbarous, and they would avoid it
if they possibly could. They also
believe that there are some things
worse than war-the coniscation Of
special privileges, the abolition Of
unesrned income; the overthrow of
the economic parasitlsm, the estab-
lishment of industrial democracy
The plutocrats would welcome a war
that promised salvation from any
such calamities; they also would
welcome war that promised greater
foreign markets, the destruction of
foreign competition, more security
for property rights and a longer
lease on life for plutocratic des-
potism.
"The plutocrats were for the war
from the beginning. They urged
preparedness; they demanded ma
tional defence; they cried aloud for
reprisals on Germany because the
, whole thing looked good to them
Why? Because it gave them a
chance to deliver a Knockout blow
to the American democracy"
The third chapter is on "The Pa
triots." Its last paragraph is a:
follows:
"The American plutocracy was
magnihed, deifed and consecrated
TO the task OF making the world
safe for democracy. The brigands
had turned saints and were conduct
ing campaign to raise 100000
900 for the Red Cross. A footnote
says, This campaign was directed
by II. p. DAWSON, one of the lead
ing members of the firm of ]. P.
Morgan & Cor The malefactors
of great wealth, the predatory bust
ness forces, the special privileged
few who had MIXED the American
people for generations, became the
prophets and the crusaders, the
keepers of the ark of the covenant
Of American democracy"
When he Games to 1.-THE Second OF
April" he says:
THE economic position of the
United States also was serious. Our
export trade, which had jumped
from two billions in 1913 to seven
billions in 1917, was threatened with
demolition. The large manufactur-
ing establishments, which had been
erected for the purpose of sup
plying munitions to the Allied gov
ernments, had delivered most of their
contracts and were waiting for ad-
ditional war orders. The banking
interests, led by the Morgan firm,
had backed the Allies financially.
Allied failure, therefore, meant dis
aster to American finance. For three
years The American democracy had
enjoyed the benefits of war business
without paying any Of the penalties
which war entails. These vast prof
its would cease if the submarine
blockade succeeded.
THE great neutral faced the test
OF possible commercial disaster. A
hundred millions of people in the
balance counted as nothing against
the me lace Of economic losses. The
Preside Mt, without any authority
from Congress, armed the merchant
ships and gave Bernstorf his pa
pers The business interests went
wild with JOY.
Comment is superfuous. Every
great industrial enterprise OF the
United States has secured represen-
tation on the committees of bust
ness men that have openly taken
charge of the United States.
The business interests had
played for a great stake. They had
played against the wellbeing OF the
American democracy. The prize they
sought was billion dollars a year
in profits. Wrapped in the folds
of the flag and uttering resound-
ing declarations of patriotism, on
April the business interests won
victory of terrible import to the
American democracy"
OF the Liberty Loan he says:
"Some day, when all the facts are
collected the story of the sale of the
Liberty Loan will be told, and it will