The Detroit times., 1917-12-14

4H0NWr EHHNNAA WIZ
London Herald, sometime mem
ber Of parliament an arraisn-
ment Of the present social con
dlsions IN which business, the
church, and capitalism are as
sailed.
Mr. Lansbury raises no striden'
voice. indulges IN no violent inFec.
lives against the ruling classes. Tie
is calm. philosophical. reasonable
ard states Facts as hr finds them,
suggesting Fundamental changes
which would relieve the poor OK
their unjust poverty and The r'eh
OF their unjust wealth lie is iol
Grant and kindly thlgout the BOOK
and realizes hat much 1i ihe h-
equality existing is INC firect re-
suit OF seldshness and aFarice. i3e
has this 10 say There is 90 sous
in business today it is jrst one
wretched struggle for pel- and
place. and the workin sass are
pawns in the game also. f r-en
are employed FOR wages and n-.
not get employment or earn ihe.f
bread otherwise. they are living in
Euhiection 20 other people. He de-
clsres that he main trouble WHn
as Ia that we wish 70 abolish the
evil effects Jf industrial life with
out abolishinE the causes which
produce strife and want and oiite
ness Like an students 0r socsi
conditions Mr iausbury has h.tie
use for philanthropy believing that
n Is merely a salve which never
reac<~~ the root q The trouble
The hearllessness OF good men
and women, who live IN luxury oa
the work and poverty ot their un-
fortunate tenants or workmen a
portrayed quite yiyidly By the au.
thor The churches who preach oi
Goods poo" and fail 20 bring ABOUT
n union uETv-E7-T - ----1rs
liClon come in for their share of
blame The chapters en- Norkmen
and women anG children, give pie
ture of conditions IN Enciand. anc
sspecially London. p picture made
much grayer by the ayarce dis.
PLAYED by patriots" in me present
war. He would subatltuti co-opera
tlon for competition and make oi
avery man a brothers keeper This
tA -aeFa4-sefeBtihc plea for Cbrls-
tisnity: an application az The rldi-
ments OK the Golden Rule, an en5it
10 make a mans business con
science square with his best self.
which he now keeps Tor hls home
and family, and above all, 10 give
the land back 10 the people t0
whom IL rightfuliy belongs. When
men IN Mr. Lansbury's position give
thought and time 20 a book OF This
sort, there is hope for tho future
The bishop OF Winchester has writ
ten the preface
Is. W. Hue6sch. publisher. New
York; ST.
MlLITARIsM, by Or. Karl Lieb-
kneeht. the book which was de-
stroyed as soon as printed by the
German government one copy
only having been preserved.
The indomitable Karl Liebknecht.
The one Socialist who stood by his
principles and voted against 49,
war budget in the reichstag; the
man who has been working % make
the world safe for democracy thru.
out his entire life. is now serving
a four-year term in prison making
shoes for Prisslan soldiers. This
book was written before the war
and there Is every evidence that
the writer realized that Europe was
headed for destruction thru IT'S i'm
peTialisiic policies and its rapidly
increasing arnaments That a com.
mercial war for the control OF the
msrkets OF the world was Inevitable
between England and Germany Dr.
Liebknecht foresaw The aim OF
nly life" he said, "is the overthrow
OF monarchy, as we'll as the eman-
cllation OF tho exploited working
class from political and economic
bondage" FOR this utterance be
was imprisoned for one year. For
his speech In the reichstag he was
tried behind closed doors and sen.
fenced 10 four years. That he was
not shot as traitor IL probably
due 10 the size. II not power Of the
Socialist party The book is a
scholarly exposition OF mllitarism.
It's roots, IT'S history, It's significance,
its connection with capitalism and
its results II Is written in an alb
solutely impersonal way as a Ger