Show GIRMAN ERMAN BECOMES MILITARIST W v Bios Dlos a Socialist member of r the German has Joined the ranks anks of the militarists like so many others of his party arty In Tn ma a speech at Karlsruhe Baden the other day he made public profession of ot his new political political po- po faith I I wish to admit openly ho said that I 1 belong to the tile kind of SocialIsts Social- Social bets who are Germans first of ot alln all In n the Communist manifesto you find the he the Ph phrase ase The proletarians have nothing to lose but their shackles However that Is not so Of a certainty certain certain- ty y we were formerly opposed In principle to German militarism but henceforth this attitude must be abandoned The war will make us change our sentiments on this point in n fact it has already done so It now devolves upon us to use our In influence in- in fluence In carrying out this change of policy In conformity with the best Interests of the people and in modi as much as possible the defects detects in n the militaristic system If If we give a little more thought to the problem of disarmament we will co come come e to fo the conclusion that that treaties enacted for such purpose are arc I value when there is i jo power behind to guarantee their enforcement enforcement enforce- enforce ment After the war it will not be I necessary for us to relinquish tIle the I least particle of our party principles 1 but It Is our tactics which we must I change especially in regard to the armament question Before so grave a problem as the defense of the fa fatherland Fa- Fa therland we eve must not assume the risk I of or being caught 8 so prepared ill in the future as has been the case heretofore hereto hereto- fore I I |