1 temstiona; ! -m / val.es
I
We are told that the iron who
guide the destipjcst f»f the' nations
wpr are not yet re^'Jy to quit.
(- This is not at all surprising.
The men'whoa-uicfe the desti
nies of;the nations at war are
runnftig\£ew risks, and are reap.
ing huge profits ,as a result of
'■ ihe saturnalia of slaughter un
leashed on the European conti.
;;nent. v «
:. The men who guide the desti
nies of the nations at war—the
r filers and great financial and in
dustrinl giants are net found in
the trenches, 'there is little
chance of their well-groomed ho
dies toeing- torn by shot and
shrapnel. There is littlS chance
of th ir families being turned
starving out of house’and home.
Vfe read how in bleeding Aus
tria huge frauds have been dis
covered in the furnishing of way
supplies. The patriotic Austrian
capitalists have been selling shoes
with paper soles to the govern
Anent for the use of the soldiers
at the fron...
We read how the Hapsburg dy
nasty lias provided against tmer
gpncies by buying $17,000,000
worth of American real estate
and securities. Nr wolf is going
to howl at the iTapsburg door ev -
en if flings go against them.
We'vead l.o a in England army
contractors are piling up millions
while refusing any increase in
wages to the workingmen, in
spite of the increased pace of
'\VOr!w'?.nd the inci'eased price of
food which has cut down the pm1
•chasing power of wages to a con
site; able extent.
» We read how the Krupp fac
tories are working night and day
‘'time turning out shot and shell
and cannon. The Krupp people
•worked hard to create the war,
•even-going to the extent of brib
ing french ne.vspapers to keep
the French people stirred up
against Germany. Victory or
defeat, it all means monev for
Krupp. If the Russians take
German cannon, Krupp gets an
- other order.
* The American capitalists aiso
are hot yet ready for peace, The
Dupont I’owder Company, The
United States Steel Corporation,
and the Standard Oil Trust are
doing very well, thank you They
do r.ot object to a national pray
j cr day for peace, such as \v. iv.u!
recently by order, of President
.Wilson, but this is only because
! they aye quit?} ready to take, their
■chance,1) on the efficacy qf prayer.
They are "not, however, willing:
: to take tfieir chances on the pro
j posel of th - Socialists to stop exs
i porting ammunition and food tc
i Europe.
j Prayer does not,hurt dividends
j but to ‘ 'Starve the War and feed
I America” would mean a big loss
in profi s.
The Socialists of the na
tions at war, howe.ev, - re beco
* ming- more and more determined
that they are not going to wait
until the masters are r ady to
I quit—they are going do make
them quit. Louder,, and louder
are becoming the murmerings or
discontent.
The Independent Labor i’arly
of > Great Britain has ’Openly
thrpwn down the gtuntlet to the
government and is,calling..-upon
the working men to.refUseto.cn
list, '*
In Russia five Socialist mem
bers of the Duma have been sent
to Siberia. These Russian mem
bers of the Dim a heroically re
fused to griant any war credits to
the Russian gove: nmerit. They
refused to a-jeept-the responsibi-l
‘.itylfor lhe.slaughter of Russia’s
workers. ?. < ]
And now in iron-ruled Germa -
ny where we have been told the
Socialists enthusiastically sup
ported the government, a ring
ing manifesto has been issued
calling upon the workers of
France and England to help put
an end to the war. Fart of the
The Soldier Of Peace
By Howard Singleton Taylor.
V/o have laureled the heroes whoso glory
Was won where the battle waves rolled;
Wo h-ivo chiseled and chanted their story
For mankind to hear and behold
To hear and behold and to wonder,
While cannon and trumpet and drum
Sends militant mes age of thunder
To waken the ages to eoine'
Ah! the ages t > e me -will they tie tsar.?
As we do, our tr iphiet and t *u»!»s '
Will they lev i ail lifu L. the measure
Or the s'.vuui: the torch that emum
V‘.[] they still ;; their liahU with the reaanid
And seed them with ballet and blade,
And reap under war’s blue iy peinuti,
J h : harvest u'i death they have made?
We have come through deep to.halation:
W e are heavy with grief and regf*'..;
And we .‘Jag lor the dear cousin nation
When men shall forgive and forget!
Whoa neighbor A.oil striae lap d? with neighbor.
And v.'rauianj contention shad cease , ,
Ail i t.u world bird rile tier.) at labor -
The good, gallant Soldier of eace.
A soldier!-- on whose stainless glory
Mo turbulent passions encroach;
A Bayard with no blazoned story,
Yet still amove fear or reproach;
No red handed wan'aic he wages,
jiut tee iieroes or Ko.ne and oi Ci.eeee
Grow dwarfed in tne noon-of the ages
Below the good Soldier of peace!
He has conquered the hostile high mountains,
He has mastered tlye obdu.ate flood,.
He has dappled the desert with fountains
And opened the jungle wild wood,
’Til nature subdued by his spirit,
Doth bounty on bounty increase,
And they who that bounty inherit.
All bless the brave Soldier of Peace!
Oh stainless Knight-errant of Labor
Our eyes have been holdenl—but now
We know that for musket and sabre.
Thy arm; were the axe and the plow;
Y/e wjil cross them in heraldic fashion
A blazonry no er to cease.
Ar.d wrap in our'heart's fondest passici
Che good, yallan’t f-cWier of Peace! -
inajuf&4&' Yea<Is :• >!1 o v
ThoNiimbcr of men v/ .>*v.
peri heel through fch'e^cionsi
w^r i’n the eastern,and western
fronts surpasses a million. The
number of wounded, is thrice
higher. , „
"irhose who are responsible
knew that the material damage
caused by an invasion can only
be repaired with difficulty, The
/' the iiwwfor.
•iia was estimated
over $100,000,100. |
amoufttto billions ir
Belgium-. The European war e«
penditure already exceeds sixteen
billion dollars, live bill increases
daily and, the working classes
will have to pay for %
“Besides exhausting us the
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