Iditarod pioneer., 1917-08-11
SOCIALISTS AND THE WAR

The attitude of certain element of the Socialist party toward the war and the position of the United States in the situations out of which our participation in the conflict grew have been puzzlmg m the ex- treme to tfe majority of Americans. lhere have not been lacking ntimato that leading Socialists have been influenced by their fealty to foreign govern ments, and there have been open charges ot treason against some of the leaders of the party. more favorable impression has been made upon the pub lie mind hv the repudiaton of the antl-war propa- eanda by referendum of the party, and to an out slider it looks as though the Socialists dividing into two hostile camps, one composed ot Amerlcans who believe in uphoding the government, the other composed of aliens whose regard for the United States government would seem to be secondary to their pacllst convictions, or, as some intimate, to their loyalty to foreign governments. he Nome Industrial Worker. consistent exponent ot Socla- ism, gives clarifying view of the position ot that party, and incidentally makes novel suggestion as to the cause of the dssension. It says:
 That socialist party would split at least among its leaders this question might have been foeeen The of this country has long left the political par and become part of the economic organizations And Is the labor that representative of he working classes o day, the Socialist party.
 party has been quite powerful body and quite
 respect abe organization It has ocered itself with from the labor movement and identified more with small business professions the like than with the working classes It nominated banker of its presidential posslbl ties in 1916
 It has been as well quite sectaran oganz aon with cl Milwaukee which from time time settled what was and what was orthodox. It expelled the radicals like Haywood just the church communicated its heec and you had to subscribe the doctrines out and most certainly accept them get in.
 The real live working questions the questions of soda y the o industrial control and the like the party never had anything do with.
 Morris lqut had the nerve to intimate to the St. Lotus con- venon that the sole hope the workers in this crisis the Socialist party when matter ot tact not lqu any of them could show good why the workers could pin their faith all Socialist party other politics Working class hope and salvation depends it always has themselves and themselves alone and the degree of working class solidarity that they achieve
 All of Socialist leaders in the Socialist of America cannot alter the accomplished fac cannot change iota of the intention press this conclusion and the utermost of event the citizens The workers placing their faith in the Socialist Eary their of protection during these times will be utterly helpless The workers who place their confidence during in their labor organizations will not be helpless,
 The Socialist party its convention opposing the could get away from the question why how it could be stopped stayed And those leaders of themselves that some went to the other extreme declared that necessary!
 good deal of the opposition in the Socialist party ranks due any working class principle issue all It and is due the fact that the Milwaukee politicians in print and by speech have been frankly proGerman the fatherand just those who upheld the frankly broadly any of York papers which alleged have long ago been subsidized for that purpose Hquit Berger and the just strongly Germanst in their Russe and Spargo British their views and that of them any strictly American their than they proleta1ian.
 This is a condition of things, a theory much condition of things other part of the industrial system itself. Under it for time all live To the necessities of life which solve the and troublesome questions that will have be met the workers may we'll make their mind that they going be aided by theoret propaganda against war but by looking their the through labor organization