The Wahpeton times., 1917-12-06

amental principle Of renunciation Of
annexations and Of oil sorts of op.
presslons. It stiles through the main
tenance-ln itself illegal-of martial
law Censorship, etc.) public knowl-
edge of embarrassing facts and social
lsttc criticism of its procedure. The
German government thereby discloses
Its system of specious legality and
sham nationality as system of act.
ual force, of genuine hostility to the
people, and Of guilty conscience as re-
CARDS the masses.
1.-THE cry Of down with the govern
ment' brands this entire policy of the
government as fatal to the masses.
"This indicates further that strug-
gle of the most strenuous character.
class struggle against the government,
is the duty of every champion of the
welfare of the proletariat.
Not In Interest Of Masses.
"The present war is not war for
the protection of national integrity,
not for the freeing of oppressed peo-
pie, not for the welfare of the masses.
ut signifies from the standpoint Of
the proletariat the most extreme con-
centration and extension of political
oppression, of economic exploitation,
of militaristic slaughtering of the
working classes, body and soul, for
the advantage Of capitalism and of
despotism.
ITO all this the working classes of
all countries can give only one an
swer-intensified struggle. Interna-
tional class struggle against the cap
italistic regime and the ruling classes
OF all countries for the abolition of
every species of oppression and ex-
ploitation. for the termination of war
through the institution of peace con-
sistent with the spirit of socialism. In
this class struggle. the socialist. who
knows no country but the internation-
al, must come to the defense of every
thing which as a socialist he is bound
to defend.
'The cry down with war signifies
that I must stand opposed to the pres
ent war, condemning and hating it on
principle, in its historical character,
in its general social causes and spe-
cific origin, in the method of its con-
duct and in the purposes for which
it is waged. That cry signifies that
1t is a duty incumbent upon every
defender of proletarian interests to
participate In international class strug-
gle for the ending of the war.
"As socialist, am fundamentally
opposed not only to this present war.
but also to the existing military sys-
TEN, and have to the utmost of my
ability continually urged on the fight
against militarism as an especially
portentous undertaking, matter of
life and death for the working classes.
(See my paper: :Militarism and Anti
militarism, 1907 international confer.
ence Mt Stuttgart, 1907. and Copenha.
gen, 191O). The present war is sum-
mons to maintain the struggle against
militarism with redoubled energy.
Socialism Not Hurt.
"Since 1889 the LIST Of May has been
consecrated to manifestation and
propaganda of the great fundamental
principles Of socialism, against all ex.
ploitation, oppression and violence.
consecrated to propaganda for the es-
sential solidarity of workers in all
lands-a solidarity which the war has
not impaired but strengthened
against fratric.i;,l conflict. for peace
and against war.
"1he declaration ard propaganda of
these principles is Il sacred duty I'M
posed upon all enthusiastically SO
during the war.
"'lhe policy advocated by me is set
forth in the pronouncement of the in
ternational socialist congress held in
Stuttgart (1907). which bound social
lists OF every country-since they have
not prevented the war-to work with
all their energies toward its speedy