(Continned from Hi a*. page.)
r .it nations to -...cet in that way
h it.impossible for the Socialist
. eproscntatives to meet? A meet
ing Oi the International Socialist
Bureau is declared to be impossi
ble It is said the German gov
ernment' wcu^d imp>.ison and pei
haps shoot, any 'delegate wh<
dared to attend on'behalf of the
Social Deme1’^itW’11 Party. V «•
believe £h‘5s 'is, ’an exagersteo
view to tale* of 'the' situation,
but if there is a danger- that tin
delegates not be able to rf
turn to ill bin respective eour
tries, it would be better Tpr tin
Bureau to remain in permanent,
session ■'"-no neutral country
V j end of the war th;
i,nat it should not meet at all.
That, we appreciate, wouh
make a big demand on the ex
ilsd delegat ‘ !"it if ever an oc
casion justifies ..nprececcntcc
action^ surely that occasion is at
jiresent.
It ie* said that the royal fami
lies of t’r e wfv ing nations art
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matins; the sar x 13 the commoi
s o
people and soldiers. 1 his reminds
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U3 of the old limerick:
‘‘There wa3 a young' lady named
14 . oii»i «i v »•
Maude,
Who was ouspccted, o.f being a
“»»>) )rti
iraud.
She never was able
e r t .* ■ b‘e
To eat at the table.
til t *1
But in the pantry—
G^diawd”
i
The legitimate d?j.ec$ of gov- j
err, mentis to do for a community
of people whatever tl?ey need to ;
havfe done, but cannot do at all f
or cannot so ^yell do, for them-'
selves,, in their separate and in-'
dividual capadtidS. ^ti §11 that'
the people cap individually dp^asj
well for themselves, government!
opght r,ct to interfere.
■ v-.r. i t. . , I
Mstinlie! from 2nd page,)
(I..vdv\.d can b*, made to re»
c’fcbis fellow man*a life and
utrtb. why not the various «a
• i ns/You say because trade ne
ossitatos expansion of maiktl
in order that’more profit may
be made. Correct; but that d.oes
not mean that we members of
lie International Socialist move
tuent should make this figlft of
;he capitalistclass of'the vari
us countries engaged ’in this
war, or any Qthpr wa,r f°r ^lat
matter, 0«r fight, To the contra
ry; when' the capitalist class
pile* up evidence on top of evi
donee of its own liicompetenco
■md viri&usness as" it dooi in
’this war, then wo Socialists
j hould refuse to he coaxed "or
jeoerced into any defenctf’df &uch
,w’ t'lesde murder. The faii'';h
of our comrades in Europe t >
ake the right step at the right
j„ime to prevent themselves from
loeing accessories and apologists
jjf this crowning outrage on hi:
(inanity, proves to us American
;Socialists lhat if we d^nf want
ito find ourselves in like cir'cum
itauees, we must cease to] run
the ern.nds or the capital^
class, that is, quit wasting pur
qme on reforms and seriousl
apply ourselves to real reyolu
tionary work. Failure to do so
will stolid for future generations
as a monument to our huh. of
moral courage, a tiling lhat iJ
NOTICE
We have had several cQm'; n
ions lately from ; ergons liv
ig at a dVtanoe from any bouia
ist iocs!, seeking information a
» « .11 '.l
•iO how they could become a mem
■ ' *'Voi..f S' it wr.
berof the party, All such Bhtiuld
communicate with the Territorial
r ■< . m u ■ ■
lecretary, M, L. Gerth, Cu«h
, . ' er n* ‘i
man Street an4 V.alde? Trail and
•• <t'. ,VU * .'aV 1 r«l! HYlO
become a tv. vm^fr a: l^ge.
.v
essential ta the eucfffcsy iur' ftny
great revolution, I fair'tint our
cQit\rad©3 api;o.s9 the soa, will
when this war is over, realise
their'mistakes andvwithv bowed
headj, remember those lines of
the old.Persian Poet, Omar;—
“The moving finger writer and
having writ moves on, nor all
your piety aud wit shall lure jt
back, to cancel half a line, nor
ell'your tears wash out a word
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of it.” •
Out of the turmoil, strife and
'■ ^ -,i ’
partial demoralisation of the Ih
ternatitmal Socialist party stand
a few heroic figures, so great
and steadfast iu their inflexible
devotion to the priucipJ?E oftfie
International MSociv *hi»>ve
nrent-that if their live*' "Ht
spared, We' inay expect <o see
i he in an standard bearers in th ;
rurgmg and reorganisation o:
the various Socialist bodies.
Preeminent among them stair!
Lpibkneclitand Keir Hardy. I
say this even at the risk of be
ing palled a hero worshiper.
History ..]Wts itself, it is
said, and that is true, within a
certain limit* Hjstory is full of
such uieiki who have been ahead
of tbeir times, in earlier age
because of limited intercouro
between nations, t^eir influence
was on)y local or national, today
thanks to modern communica
tions suqh men become interna
tional figure®, ]Lar8 Waslenvih,
Qleary ‘
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