The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-06-14
SUCH CONSISTENCY!
They Pirate About the Brotherhood o.
Man but Follow the Lead of
German AutOcrats.
American Socialists Have No Sympa-
thy With Their French, English,
Belgian and Russian Brethren.

This internationalism that the So
cialists talk so much about is a curious
thing. Sentiments of sympathy and
good will between the workingmen of
all nations sound we'll and would seem
to constitute bond strong enough to
contribute materially to the peace of
the world.
Now, Germany is the mostsocialistic
of all countries. 1t is the source of
most of the Socialism found in this
country and elsewhere. Did Socialism,
which harps continually upon fratern-
ity among the working people Of diff
ferent nations, prevent Germany from
making war upon the workingmen OF
France? Did it not promote that at
tack by promptly lining up with the
war party in Germany and helping to
furnish the financial aid which the
government was called upon to pro-
vide at the outbreak Of the war?
And Belgium, how about the work.
ing men of that country? Did the
Socialists Of Germany do anything to
protect the workingmen Of Belgium
when the war broke. out? And how
have the Belgian workingmen Jared
since the war Began? Let their
starving families and ruined homes
and dismantled factories answer. But
louder yet comes the answer from the
prison yards of Germany where they
are forced to toll to aid their enemies,
and in still louder tones comes the
answer from the trenches where, in
peril Of their lives, they have been
compelled to construct the defenses
which will enable their captors to hold
their SCARED and wasted, but beloved
home land.
And the workingmen of Serbia
poor crushed and bleeding Serbia
has Socialistic internationalism and
brotherly love no sympathy for the
workingmen of that victim Of Socialis-
tic Germany?
The workingmen Of Poland-where
do they come in-with the country
swept as by fire and millions reduced
to starvation by Socialistic Germany?
And there is Armenia-a nation of
the humblest order-almost entirely
blotted out by Turkey, in ways that
surpass the annals Of history for
wholesale murder and outrage, for the
benefit of and with the approval OF
Socialistic Germany. Are the work
ingmen of the -eminently working
people of Armenia Of no interest tc
the Socialistic interantionalism OF
America which hates war so much that
it would do nothing to restrain the
forces that are inhicting these things
upon suffering humanity? In the
Socialistic scheme Of brotherhood, dc
no workingmen count with the Ameri
can Socialist except those who are
participants in and the abbetors of al
these horrible deeds-the Socialistie
workingmen Of Germany? For then
the sympathy Of American Socialism
goes out with such unrestricted gen
crosby that it would interpose no OBJ
stacle in it's way.
And if the Socialism Of America ha:
no protest to make against the deed:
of Socialistic Germany, in behalf o:
humanity -Socialistic humanity if yo'
please-in other nations, how does i
expect to escape the condemnation O.
all men of international sympathies
broader than those which go out onl.
to the subservient followers of tn
cruelist and most despotic power il
the world?
Socialistic Germany is running
amuck, but Socialistic America woul
raise no hand to stop it.
The mad dog Of Europe may tea
and ravage the people-the working
people of every other country in tn
world-but Socialistic America ha
no word Of protest-would make n
effort to stop the ravenous beast; NOR
than that, it would, if it could, proven
the people of the United States fro1
uOlllS ally ClllIlS w dI1CoC Vic p1OS10S
Of this pitiless monster and brin
peace and security to the world.
has said so officially in it's nation;
conferences.
Socialism in America is not intel
nationalism, it is only pro-Germanisn
It has no interest in the welfare {
the masses in other countries-in Be
GUM, Serbia or France, for instanc
or it would display some sympatE
with the effort our country is about
make to rescue them from wrongs thu
have been made to suffer by the mo
arbitrary and despotic power remai
ing among the great nations Of tt
world.
Socialism in Germany supported tt
kaiser in making war in 1914; Socis
ism in America opposes anything
restrain him in 1917. No wonder