The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-13

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not.
Does it seem impossiblep Rememr
Der modern warfare is more savage that
past warfare There are no longer
rules regarding the methods. nor the
classes against whom war may be pro-
secuted.
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Why must our energies be devoted
$50 largely TO perfecting methods Of kill
ing people. in a world where pleasant
living is possible and to protecting our
selves against being killed.
The answer is found in the heart Of
the average man.
1t is the desire to live at the expense
|of others.
# that desire is in your heart. then
you are contributing factor, and no hor
ror youamay have Of war will counter
act it.
# you believe in profits from the lab
'or Of others, you are helping to hurry
JUS into another war.
If you are selfish, then you are will
ing to live at the expense Of others, and
you are contributing to the man-killing
efforts Of organized nations.
Search your own heart first, if you
hate war. If there resides within you
the least smudge Of selhshness, then
you are to that extent an accessory be-
fore the fact.
All war is traceabIe to selfishness.
$3.50
Why has Socialism failed to impress
the world in the past?
There are many reasons, but the
strongest one is this: We taught a re-
ligion of selfishness.
Rarely has Socialism been taught as
IA beautiful philosophy.
1t will give you more for your labor.
Those things are true but as reasons
for socialism, they have been ruinous.
Witness what happened: Our mem
bers, their minds focused on personal
benefits to themselves, have looked first
for these benefits.
During the war. Capitalism offered
higher wages, and almost universal en-
.ployment.
Benefits were offered without wait
ing for Socialism. Some Of the Social
lists prospered, and renounced the prin-
ciples.
They sold out. Such Socialists will
always sell out. They are for sale to
the highest bidder.
The fault is not with Socialism. 1t
is with US. We placed Socialism on
the market with dollar sign hung on
it, Bargain seekers were attracted. But
bargain seekers are bargain seekers
first and last. When Capitalism held
out a nearer bargain, our host Of So
cialist bargain seekers ran after it, en-
beaced it, and became enamored with
benefits, Now they scorn Socialism.
Only those of high ideals, those of
principle, RENAMED true.
Let US in the future offer Socialism,
not as merchandise to be taken by
cheap hunters after immediate savings,
but TO those who have the sterling
worth to regard it as a religion.
Then there is chance for success.
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But to bark back again to the war
for a moment.
What are you going to do to be saw
'ed2
Out here on the Pacific Coast we
will hunt and kill the Japanese, many
of whom are truck gardeners. Then.
wen pay high prices for vegetables and
go without, in most cases; because the
industrious little Japs are the gardeners
for millions Of people here.
We'll hunt down the Bolshe3iki, per-
secute their sympathizers and friends.
Anyone of Russian name or communis-
tic Ieanihgs will Be handled roughly.
Remembering our artificial hatred
for the Germans, created at great cost,
the old war stories will be warmed ov-
er. They will be CARRIED III fitting gai-
ment and sent out again. The Germans
will be charged with infidelity, with all
sorts of things any story that will in
flame us will serve.
We will be more fiercely and reIent-
lessly patriotic than ever before. Il will
extend beyond racial lines, and into re-
ligious fields.
The next war, now brewing so ener-
getically, almost ready to be served,
will be a war for race supremacy.
It will be augmented in its ferocityI
bv relioioI7s fanaficiern