Politics and the Land 



tion to anti-Socialism as a platform is that 

 Socialism means so many different things. 



" I will wait before I denounce Socialism till 

 I see what form it takes. Socialism is not 

 necessarily synonymous with robbery. Cor- 

 rectly, the word only signifies a particular view 

 of the proper relation of the State to its citizens, 

 a tendency to substitute public for private 

 ownership or to restrict the freedom of indi- 

 vidual enterprise in the interests of the public. 

 But there are some forms of property which 

 we all admit should be public and not private, 

 and freedom of individual enterprise is already 

 limited by a hundred laws. Socialism and Indi- 

 vidualism — I am not fond of these terms. 

 These are opposing principles which enter in 

 various proportions into the constitution of every 

 civilised society. It is merely a question of 

 degree. One community is more socialistic 

 than another. The same community is more 

 socialistic at one time than at another. This 

 country is more socialistic than it was 50 years 

 ago and for most of the changes in that direction 

 the Unionist or Tory party is responsible." 



It is to be hoped that all who read this 

 will give heed to Lord Milner's advice on the 

 subject. 



We have had recently an exhibition of social- 

 istic principles as applied to finance, of which 

 Lord Milner, in common with all moderate men, 



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