Evening journal., 1918-03-15

CEASED ev,n for a single day. l rsf,r
now not To the notorious alien Social
lists Of America but 10 the pure-biond-
ID English and French.
Every day since the beginning Of the
war emiss9ries have come TO Encland
and France from Scandinavia. Holland
and Switzerland 10 propagate the Ger
mon idea Of Socialism and the Ter
manic Interpretation Of the present war
aud lie Dermanlc !Cc1l OF the peace mat
is, to follow. Has there been any in
lux Of purely British or French So
cialists ideas in the opposite direction? d?
There has not been even trace Of any
thinc Of the kind. Here Is the test
German Socialism is still flushed with
ts own victories as much as the Kaiser
l.. flushed with his. German Socialism
still feels that its power extends not
only over the conquered countries but
TO every corner OF the earth where So
cialist parties are found for It to domi-
nate.
German Socialism Is a perfect partner
Of German militarism. Here is how
The partnership works. In the early
st1Pcs OF the war there were certain
Socialist factions In nearly every coun-
try that turned against Germanism In
all its forms Were It not for the vic
tories Of German militarism these fac
tions would now be dominant The suc-
cess Of the kaisei s armies, aided by the
Socialists and other German propagand-
lists, has brought about a war weati-
ness in all countries, especially am1nl
the masses The factions which werC
hold TX out fo- a non-Germsl So,'isi.
igu and for .nternation1 m and dem.
Ip.rsc> have been overwhelmed Nitn.T
The past few months by a revival OF
C .manism In its pseudo Socialist dis
guise
--h'e ~o'.i,-al tales tho form OF a new
demand for an international Socialist
.4.ronce 10 bring an carly settlement
Of the war. It is an uitimatum ISSUED
hl the German Socialists Of all coun
iries Ia world democracy.
The Autocratic Ultimatum.
Here De- the uliimatum. Only the So
.i~it-fz represent the people. the gov
ernments Of the democratic countries
rep esent the people any NOR
than do the governments OF other coun
tries. Tho people must end the wa
and only an international Socialist con
fa~'-". car h~ing about this result
This line OF reasoning brings MS 10 M
sew % at or the influence of Gerinal
, - aalism and the damage It has don
go 81 p PROMISES d 30. Indouhtci ir
% NJ International conference Of the So
Z cialists Of autocratic countries wOul
be the only democratic solution Of tn
RI war-for these countries. The situa
b ton in the democratic countries Il pre-
clsely the reverse. There the govern
e rr nfs-and only the governments-rcp
resent the people. Any Socialist dele
D gat'0n could represent only a ver'
mall minority, and would misrepresen
the people. In fact nothing could b
$ more purely autocratic than for sn,al
: group Of Socialists TO claim to repre-
sent a great democratic nation.
r. Thus a process OF reasoning whic
r Is perfectly sound for Germany an
democratic for Germany becomes utter
S ly Illogical and autocratic for oihe
countries.
For the democratic nations to perm
r an international congress falsely CLAIM
I ing TO represent the people woul
l. amount 10 an abdication Or the pal
e OF these governments Of their peace an
war making functions. The only col
> ference which would be permissible
Ie desirable would be one at which Z
T. Teutonic delegates were composed