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Show EASTER FIDS WORLDWORRED Harden Says Europe Is Talking Much But Doing Little i m vxiMii i BARDE3 I Germany's Pombbssm iiiMtcini. Rpeclal able in Ttr Mamlnrd- i aumner (Copyrisrlu. ItSI, hy The Standard-Examiner) Standard-Examiner) 1 1 d. otr. viiiie 3i stales) era me ting tn coohosbIb conference ni ! . "i i He r r-s."nu-tlvcx of h-cC mi niallonaK" lmc met In R;tI.- Thej have made little progress despite a great dlsplaj of rhetoric. Co-opcr-itlon as v ocms iiiifKs-,iiie. but a -r. at International BUSS desnonstrvtlon bas been called f"i pril 20. Fant r flnds the world sadlj oal of s Biblical fran ol mind. nrni iv knHi 1-. t ,,i,-! w.11 an Ra-ter custom whereby Ger-' jinan pupils in humanist college- would1 'go singing into the woods to cut off ;willow switches with which their masters mas-ters ii'lghf chastise them Kurope s peoples tOdaV, however, 'show no desire to prepare n means for Ithelr own punishment. They do no- onfflSB -ven to having blundered but continue to place the blame upon oth-ers. oth-ers. In some parts, however. Iarg masses have separated themselves ;fiom the state. The proud Roman name of proletarian "Was given to thi 'crowds who did not serve the state i witii property but with offsprings ' P rOlSS whose leaders had thr right to chastise the more fortunate- classes of the community as the old-time m salts sa-lts rs enjoyed the right over their bad I pupils. CHASTENING s'l ROK l S Tlrts quiet week, devoted to 1 h- re-imembrance re-imembrance of Christ's passion, has, ;iirought the sound of ninny chastenlnS strokes Reiyesentatlv es of three Internationales In-ternationales met in Berlin to Judgi ithe earth's citizens. Tt was the an- jniversary of the first Internationale which emanated from the little group I of believers In the resurrection of 1 IChrist who attempted. to form u Christian community without national j boundaries which, however, on the cv of the second century proved Itself weak and Ineffectual. ln iSt4 a new -Internationale sprang ,up found by Carl Marx. it called lt-; lt-; self the first Internationale although the founders believed they were continuing con-tinuing the Gallleean spirit propagat-led propagat-led In Rome. Had not Jesus himself j called the poorest and heaviest laden :to Him and promlssd them the Mm; dom of heaven? Had he not driven the money changers from the temple; and publicly taught that it would be easier for the camel to go through I eye of the needle than for a rich 1 to enter heaven" Despite the nobli of principles. Marx's International! soon was the subject of ojuarrels on 1 of sectarian disputes. W AR SH 1 1 ERS DRI AM. Then came the organization of the second Internationale-. At first i' seemed Invincible, it caused govern ments to tremble and flourished in th face of the strongest of politics and! military opposition. Therefore ( came 1 : to be regarded by the WOrkittSmen a- 1 I pious ('hrlstiai regard the future of the world. In July. 1?14. when the ihorlr.on of Europe already was cloudy.) Ithe leaders of tin- Internationale proclaimed pro-claimed that their principles would be 'stronger than patriotism, that the working classes would not degrade themselves by fratricide. But on mobilization the veil of words was rent asunder Men rushed wildly to the colors and the party call. ,ed to give It Its full name 'The Internationale In-ternationale Revolutionary People For the Liberation of Social Democracy" j became the strongest supporters of the military bourgeois governments. Even' .orthodox Marxists like the Russian iPlechanow, the Frenchman Guesde, Ithe Relglnn Vandervelde, and the anarchist an-archist Prince Koropatkin. supported their country's cause. Those who confessed con-fessed Internationalism like Lenine.l were exiled, or like Carl Llebrecht, were imprisoned and forced to make boots 1 1 VJDERS ot IRREL. Later another Internationale was rtarted, this time In the Swiss town of ZImmerwald. A second, considered dead since the Bolshevist revolution of 1317 had forced S dictatorship on the vast empire of the former czar, was revived and a call Issued for all peoples between the White and the Yellow seas to rally to its standard. With the war over a third one. likewise like-wise supposed to be dead, was resurrected resur-rected In Vienna. Their leaders in-v. in-v. ighed against each other louder than the ancient Trojans and Greeks before be-fore a battle The third enjoyed the prestige ol being the first proletarian suite to Influence the cast Turkey. Persia. India The second, especially organised for trades unions, was expected ex-pected to ensure the money necessary for economic and social war. Consequently Conse-quently there arose a desire to co-operate. This was the reason for the Berlin gathering. It has made little progress despite a great display of rhetoric Co-operation as yet is Impossible Im-possible but an International mass demonstration has been called for April 20. The contrasting Russian viewpoint was noteworthy. At Moscow. Lenlne speaking on the Russian economic t'lnditlon. said. "We tire not going to j'-i'-iioa as rniiiiiuiii:1". nui as uusines- men, meaning to get as much as possible pos-sible for the Russian trade." At the Berlin conference Kadek, also a mi rubor ru-bor of the soviet government, thundered thun-dered against the capitalistic robber states now considering their new plundering plun-dering expedition In Genoa." N EGESS1 in IMPELS. These Mates, so kindly spoken of nre forced by necessity and business! hope to Intercourse with the Communis! Commun-is! government which is really their; worst enemy but so Important win that! trade Intercourse become that moral Indignation no longer will be possible 6h the part of their representatives now assembled at Genoa. Mr. i hilds. the American observe! , at Genoa sees signs of the highes'. i culture in the old time charming pal-1 ace whets ths soviet representatives; Luc meeting with the delegates of all' Europe. but culture already is be-! 'coming sclerotic and also Is unconsciously uncon-sciously preparing a rod for its own, (lack. I'nless Europe becomes Internationale Inter-nationale in a practical sense, abandoning aband-oning nationalism closely guarded by j militarism, there is futile hope for happiness on Easter day although the bells everywhere are ringing a Joy-J ous spring song. nn |