Show GERMAN GERMA SOCIALISTS AND THE EUROPEAN WAR Thero There were here and elsewhere else else- elsewhere wh where re up to the tho very hour when war was declared declared- by Germany France England and Russia many Idealists I Iwho who really believed that the great Socialist So So- SoI I parties of ot Germany and France i would make a 3 general war Impossible For them the tho stupendous events of the thelast thelast last few tew days before the commencement commence commence- ment nent of hostilities provided a rude awakening Since the dava of ot 1870 It is no ex ox- to ea say eay never was there a moment when France and Germany German were less desirous of ot war than at this time In Germany at any rate It V was vas s not the Social Democrats alone who Nho opposed war every political party represented In the favored favored fa ta peace The same thing was wall true truo of ot the Socialists In Franco France At the he last moment when Germany was a seething cauldron of ot excitement and the whole nation tIon was in a terI for fer I ment meat the Socialists and every ery other political party as well indeed tho the government gov Itself were swept completely off their feet by the tho military party From the moment It became known In is Germany that Russia was mobilizing not against Hungary Austria alone but buton buton buton on the German frontier as well the thc whole control of ot German policy swept I Into military hands The Socialists like tho be other political parties and even cven the government were powerless The chancellor and the foreign offic were Impotent |