Show II L WHY ALL THIS TROUBLE 1 I II I BY DY MAX NORDAU l' The politics economical organization organisation alIon a- a tion lIon of or society must como to a new and just arrangement because reason and the tho Ideas of ot mankind demand It One single fundamental principle must govern society and this principle must i be either elthor individualism that is c egotism vt- vt J ism hun or tho the solidarity tho the cohesive fellowship tel fel j of or mankind that is altruism At Atthe the present plesent day neither fellowship fellowship fellow fellow- ship nor c egotism are ruling alono alone but buta a combination of or both which Is as unreasonable un un- reasonable as it Il is inconsistent Possession Possession Possession Pos Pos- session Is Js on a personal basis basis ba ba- ba- ba sis and egotism reaches In the tho laws o inheritance and utmost limits lint lim its to which It can attain by not only seizing by stealth and violence everything everything every cry thing it can la lay hands on but by clinging to tho the plunder forever and antI excluding the rest of or mankind from ever evor sharing in its benefits The Tho man of at property will wm not allow the man without property to call can that principle to his aid to which the former folmer owes his wealth Fortunes aro are accumulated accumulated accumulated in tho name of ot individualism but they are aro defended In Jn the name of or human solidarity The rich man enJoys enjoys en- en Joys jors his disproportIonate share sharo of or lifes life's of ot which he lie has made mado himself himself him him- self master by unblushing egotism but whon the tile poor man helps himself to them with some somo of ot the rich mans man's egotism egotism egotism ego ego- and selfishness ho he is Js arrested In tho the form torm of oC usury and speculation tho the unscrupulous furtherance of ot self self- Interest is permissible but It Jt Is strictly to forbidden when hen It takes the form orm of ot robbery and theft The rile same principle applied In tho the Corm former r caso cam is a merit in tho the other a crime H Human man reason revolts at such ideas If It egotism Is Js to be preached let Jet It beI be bo I consistent and assert It Its Ila right In all cases casas If It it Is right for Coa tho ho rich man to luxuriate in Ill u lL Ufo lifo of ot leisure beca because because be be- ca cause se lie he has lias been able to get gel possession posses mon sion of landed estates or to take lake advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of the tho labor of ot others then It must also be conceded to be bo right for Cor tho the poor man to strike him dead and tal take o possession of at his property as the spoils of or victory It If ho lio has hus the tho co courage courage cour cour- r- r age and strength to can carry cari through such an undertaking This is logical Jos It Is true truo that ts such euch ch logic w soon soon bring society to arid o our r civilization to the dogs doSs and men become like bea beasts t of oC prey wandering I alone through the land Jand anti and tearing each other to pieces But anyone auyon who I II I Is not pleased with this abstract aim I of or our social development hns j I no other alternative before him b but t to accept the other sole eole principle principle- I fellowship hIP rh The motto mollo will no longer bo be o Everyone Every y one for Cor himself but One for tor all nil and antI andall ull all for tor each ach Society will then a as- as lImo KUmo lh thu responsibility of or I and educating the youth of ot the time coun COUII- tr 11 try until they can call C earn CaTH their own live live- l of ot those thio too old find and j feeble to support themselves of or comIn corning com corn In ing to tho the aid of ot Infirmity without al allowing al- al lowing hunger and dIstress to exist ex except ex- ex as tho the punishment of ot voluntary idleness S Great catastrophes are arc looming up ur on tho field of oC political economy and it will swill not miot bo be possible to ignore them much longer Jons-cr s A-s Jon long as the tho masses s were religious they could be con con- condoled for tor their wretchedness on earth by promises of ot unlimited bliss 8 in the next J world word b hut but t today they aro are becoming more moru enlightened The rho poor count their numbers and amId S those of ot the rich and realize that the they are constantly growing more mOle numerous and stronger than th tho latter Thc They ex lX amino amine tho the sources of wealth and find that speculating plundering ard and luther luther- have havo no more moro rational A tion llon ion than robbery and theft and yet et th the latter aro prosecuted by the law laws Tho The increasing disinheritance of at tho the masses by their deprivation of or land and b by the tho Increasing acc accumulation of or property into the hands of or a a. few tew will wiil mako the ti-ic economic wrongs moro noro and more more- intolerable The The- moment that tho the millions ac acquIre acquire ac- ac quire in addition to their hunger a a. knowledge of or tho tle remote causes to which it Is due uc they thoy will remove remo and amI overthrow all ull obstacles which st stand had nd between them and tho the right of or satisfy Ing their appetite Hunger Is la ono of tho the few elementary forces that neither threats nor persuasion can permanently permanently perma perma- control |