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these allied forces has simply resulted in the most pheno- 

 menal commercial, industrial, and agricultural prosperity 

 that has been witnessed in Europe in modern times. 



These, then, are the forces that have arrayed them- 

 selves against Socialism in Germany with such crushing 

 effect. Peacefully, silenth^ unconsciously, have these 

 potent influences been at work and lo! Socialism has 

 been shaken to its foundations. 



Now this means nothing more or less than that 

 this Socialistic Anarchism, which paid agitators would 

 teach, is bom of the poverty and misery of a people; 

 that it breeds and flourishes on their weakness and degra- 

 dation, and waxes bold and defiant in their despair. 



This unhealthy Socialism would pull down law and 

 order, kill capitalists as ruthless, bloodthirsty monsters; 

 uproot social conditions and give the country nothing in 

 return but civil war and — chaos. 



Socialism of this type can only be likened unto a 

 poisonous growth that feeds on the foul miasma arising 

 from the seething mass of a people in the throes of a 

 deadly struggle; but our better feeling and good com- 

 mon sense revolt against a state of affairs which means 

 economic and financial ruin to us — the people — indivi- 

 dually and collectively, and we will not have that. 



No! No! Germany has chosen the better part in making Object 

 use of her capitalists in helping the people along the path Aimed at 

 to general prosperity. That is what we want — general 



PROSPERITY. 



A country that has in one of its sections alone, 

 £477,606,350 or as another statistician states £41 5,000,000 



