Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-20
.LEN|NE, PRETENDER
AND PROF|TEER
His Government Bears No Rcla-
ton to Freedom, Equality
and Fraternity.

The most remorseess capitalist has
always come out of the ranks of labor.
Several years ago an amusing instance
of this occurred in Germany. A member
of certain socialistic group became
bv inheritance the owner of a small
patrimonv. The socialistc group In
question naturally held meeting to
decide what they would do with their
legacy. But Mt this meeting they made
the discovery that the comrade to whom
the legacy by law had come, was already
an cx-comrade In other words the new
capitalist had rapidly severed his CON
nection with the socIalistlc group, and
determined that he had right TO spend
his own money. in his own way. The
instance is typical of that class of social
ism, by no means n negligible quantity,
which is based, not upon the love of
humanity, which would demand equality
for all, but on the Jealousy of humanity,
which demands everything for itself.
It l., indeed. only necessary To read
the uttcrances of mon. such rs those
who compose the Russian Soviets, IN
order To discover that what IS proposed
bv class war ls not an equal distribution
of wealth amongst all classes. but the
conservation OF a new particular class,
of the wealth of the country The social
revolution aimed at Ivy tho government
of lcninc and Irutzkv that is tn sav,
Is not in the least founded on the legend
of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity,
II Is. indeed, an absolute Reputation
nf these II is based on the formation
of a governing body, as absolutely mr.
bItrary IN ITS power as that Of the Fzar-
dom. but formed not out Of the educated
arIstoCratic class. but out OF the city
prolctariat As ono of the few men
who really understand tho Russan
situation. has recently put It. 10 the
polshcvik democracy. liberalism, rad,-
calsm, or prugrcssivlsru. are all alike
empty phrases invented hv the bour-
gc0lslc whcrewith 60 save its face. The
lntclliqcntsla. the small proprietor pea
santry, tho small business man, are
logically just as non-prolctarlan as yolr
tr,,stnagnatcs, as vour prohtcere
What this all means Il the transfernce
of power from ono top dog to another
top dog And transfer IN which irinClple
IS as completely ignored rs Il ever was
hN the Black Hundred itself The
Friend Of Man. il has been very brilliant
N said rs seldom the friend of men
Rohcspicrrc and Danton showed their
love of mankind IN tho September maSsa-
crcs. and AZ the little window, IN the
Place dc la Revolution This ,s what
Canning Was Elrdlng ~ IN his Needy
knifc-Grudcr. and Il IS what tho
rcformcr generally has to learn unless
his revolution i going to consist Of
= circus revolution attained hy painting
one horse. another color Now all this
IS. ~ course, - bundle of trIlsms, and
a bundle ~ trusms which have hoon
stated scores of times Tho academic
''lrlcnd of humanity hns quite com
monty hccn the fv upon the wheel
Thc real friend VI humanity, rs a matter
Of fact has commonly found his alvary
and found II hcc;,use he persisted IN
pointing out that tho great aim of human
change was commonly the ambition
of the under dog to Obtain sufficient
az the loavrs and fishes Of the upper
dog. N order that he might consume
Il on his own lusts
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