Evening journal., 1918-03-15

The Stockholm conference was German
made from every possible point Of view;
the majority of its Organizers were CT
man or pro-German the overwhelming
majority Of the delegates invited were
German or pro-German, and finally ;he
various programs issued were pro-Ger-
man to the last degrec-giving 90 Ger.
A.any ucsrly everything If not every
thing she had Hoped to attain by war
To the humble discinles Of German
Socialism in Russia ihCsc programs q d
not seem in any way Germanic in so
far as they were direct agah-t the
Entenlc. aud compr1m,scs were 10 Do
prnNi0td fOr on the l,pssian frol. "
then the program did not satisfy the
German government at every point it
was at every point anti-British, anti
French and anti-ltallan-thus lining
up Russia squarely against her allies.
Finally kerensky vas forced &c re-
nounce the Stockholm cOnferercs--but
this was the lost ~ kcrensky. In the
meanwhile the '5t.1r n govern. .nrrt had
ricndi I'd its secuni fian for using the
Russian Socialists against Russia and
TIE other democratic powers ai.isl will
her. The Bolsheviki are the disciples
OF the radical wing Of the German So
cialists. It is their humble faith In
their German Socialit leader that led
/ them 10 the belief that the German So
clalists would forthwith join an all
] European revolutionary movement. In
other words, Bolshevism is German
made; it waS not made by the Kaiser
after the war, but it was made hy
/ German Socialists before The war An,
/ the result 10 world democracy Is th'
/ same. Revolutionism in Germany bcin-
/ largely verbal did the German govern
ment little harm. reyolutionism amon.
/ Germany's democratic enemys had az
opportunity TO put its doctrines int,
effect. Therefore the very same prin
cipldes which did not harm inside o
Germany were immensely helpful e
her in her foreign relations This is
doubtless the reason why an import
ant swiss emissary was allowed hy tn
German government to visit Liebknech
In prison last spring. This Is undoubt
edly why Germany sent Lenine 10 Rus
sia and paid out enormous subsidie
b the Bol heviki movement on th
sole consideration ,hat the none,
should be used 20 dissolve The Russial
mics.
Kaiser Socialism and Company.
Il is German Socialism then that ha
turned over Russia TO Germany just a
10 is German Socialism which is chietl
! responsible for the popularity or VI
'@ffv ~ the pacinsi movement in Eng
land. Fran,e and America.
.l IS not so much the kaiser's arnie
that ore conouering 'he world for Ger
many as it Is German Socialism.
Are we 10 suppose the German GOV
eminent does not fully realize this fac
and is not prepared TO use the Social
ists even more in the future than IN tn
: past?
And yet we have the inter-allied Sc
cIalist conference proposing that Oh
, war shall be settled by en- lntHn'
, tional congress at which the Gsrma
= Socialists end their satellites would 81
, rOlutely dominate. The fact that u
.nter-allied Socialists would even pr
rose such a solution Of the war sho :
that they theyselvss are cOmplctHl
/, fascinated by the German Socialist Sc
pent. Indeed It will be found upon u
slightest examination. that nearly ever
!, one Of the ideas of the worlds ic3d.n
Socialist PARTIES ha~ come from tie
r,any aai that they were under 80
; mon influence right up TO the beg nnf
= Of the wac. Nor has ,hiS muurl'