The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915. DEBASED GERMANY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 19, 21 September 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915. DEBASED GERMANY.

Internal pressure and the growing need to keep down the great wave ol Socialism amongst the industrial classes id Gennady is-thought by some writers to liej one; solution*' of Germany’s madness in plunging the world into war. 1 Tljis view is-taken by, . a writer iii thfe_ pomimercial Record, .who reminds us 1 that large measures and great tevents [ often spring from Insignificant 'ami unwarranted causes. Socialism in Germany had steadily gained ground for many years prior to -tflie outbreak of war, wide scope being afforded such propaganda under the lavish expenditure for both military | and naval purposes. War, according to the Teutonic disciples of the army, was.calculated to prove the best crusade against the alarming increase of Socialist ideas. Signs are to-day not wanting that the policy exercised with a view to shackling freedom of thought may yet produce quite an opposite effect. An atmosphere such as now

enshrouds Germany. is precisely tin atmosphere in which Socialistic ideal and conspiracies are most calculated tr flourish, Enthusiasts are always to bt found to whom expression of some kind is an imperative necessity. Given the smallest opportunity, they muse till the lire kindles, and according tr surrounding circumstances, if they cannot speak by word of mouth, they are all the more likely to make a n uoisc with their hands. Arguing on these lines it is contended that all the intrigue of the Kaiser and his military caste has accomplished so far has been to obscure for the time being the dividing line between Socialists and

11011-Socialists. There have been a jrootl many opinions put out from time to time by Teutonic political philosophers which' have a certain point in common with Socialism, that they con-| template with, to say the least, no displeasure very considerable changes in the existing order of things. It has been said of 'Germany that if.there were a true religion in the nation

there would lie less Socialism. The task of checking the growth of this spirit amongst the people, unfortunately left in the hands of arrogant militarists, resulted in the wilful bringing about of the most unjustified war of robbery, piracy, and brutal inhumanity the world has ever seen.

simply for territorial aggrandisement and monetary gain. The Record concludes that German leaders apparently never entertained the hope of uniting contradictory advantages, never enter-, tained the desire to combine the cheap delights of a nation without ambition with the pride of a nation that became arrogant after developments of 1871. lint so long as the tax of personal service has to be paid by the working classes in Germany, dissatisfaction i the natural sequel and the flourishing of Socialism in her midst. It seems that former wars have not been devastating enough to satisfy the barbarous leaders of this debased land, debased in the full sense of the word through being in possession of a de-' based Government.