Show CONTRAST II HOWEVER HOWEVER- gre great t the weaknesses weakness s of democracy racy may seem i ill iii a time of crisis it is hard to escape the thc impression that th the bloody troubles of Europe today arise in large part because of the Ule denial of democracy Austria is simply the mos most recent example For the underlying cause of such disorders is the fact that ordinary democratic processes have been suspended Hacked Racked and torn toni by cross of passion resen ment and despair despair despair de de- de- de that have been in the making ever since the w war warthe r the central European peoples have no nowa noway noway wa way of expressing themselves but with bullets instead of ballots Germany furnished another object lesson lessona a few weeks ago Men ren could not argue their cause they could not propagandize by means of newspapers pers pel'S and magazines the they could coul not look forward forward for for- ward to a chance to 10 vote The machine gun and the revolver be became ame their only recourse and so 80 inevitably the government go had lad to use the same implements in replying repaying to them Instead Instead In In- stead of a political campaign with speeches pamphlets advertisements and so on there must be a putsch with bombs gunfire assassinations assassinations as as- and all the rest There is no other outlet for discontent Democracy has laS laS' its weaknesses great and glaring some of them for which we often pay paya a heavy price But it does docs provide a safety valve for public discontent It 11 docs does makeS make it possible for people to get rid of a government n. n party or a policy which they do not like in peaceful l and orderly way war nr It It lets Jets every cery man manhave manhave have his say about the state of affairs about him it mak makes s the tile appeal to force u unnecessary n We Ye need to k keep cp thise constantly in mind There are people i in iti h s conn country try who profess an admira admiration ion for dictatorship whether dictatorship whether proletarian proletarian proletarian pro pro- fascist or whatnot whatnot whatnot-on on the ground that democracy is inefficient and unwieldy y |