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HOESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919.
STRAITS WAR LOAN.
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WILL IT TURN BOLSHEVIK?
A CONVERSION SCHEME,
COFFINS IN A FISH CART, Camille Huysmans writes as
The burial scandal in South The Singapore Free Press is followsy reply is "No authorised by the Hon. the Co London was mentioned at the on one condition: that the Entente lonial Treasurer, Straits Settlementing of the Southwark Chiard- countries do not make matters ments, to state that a scheme is ians recently, when Mr. E Haines stated that there were The Ver-in contemplation for the conver sailles Conference was agreed assion of the ais par cent. War to the policy of providing for Loan, which matores on the German needs, and the military 15th November, 1919. elements showed themselves not the least moderate. This ruay make for the best, and as no re- turn to power of the old forces of reaction is possible in Germany the military safeguards imposed by the Allies may be suffered now without danger to public order.
was
stated by the Acting Treasurer in the Legislative Council, at the meeting held on 27th May, 1918, that the termas that would be offered would not be less favourable than those offered by the 5% Loan which is to be closed on the 18th Jan- uary. Holders of bonds in the There are other reasons for the Straits Settlements 6% Loan are probability of order being main- not therefore affected by the clos lained. First,industrial Germanyind of the 5% Loan. is not agricultural Russia, and, secondly, the German Labour class know the difference between German liberty and licence. Socialism is not led by former exiles or political refugees; the men who are in power have the sense of responsibility. The Gor- ma Socialists are
permeated with Marxism in the real sense of the word. They believe in de mocracy. I do not expect they will imitate the Bolsheviks, who spoke as Socialists and scted as
Anarchists.
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Ebert and Haase speak togeth er, in fact, for 99 out of 100 of the German Labour movement. Franz Mehring, the old literary negative critic of all possible systeras, may hope to speak and Write in the name of one man in a hundred, but he is not sure that even the one man will follow him.; It is not easy to transplant the dern country. The tyranny of Leaia is possible in a part of Russia, because Nicholas II. ruled in the same manner before him, The one repeats the other, with the difference that the Emperor
One of the Majority said to me persecated Labour while the So at Stockholm: The difference viet dictator
oppresses other between Hasse and me is that I classes, including all those who remain in touch with power and
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attached to five locomotives, which put on full steam, and after a tremendous struggle the vessel was slowly dragged into a FA. TACK & CO., right position. She is now in the do not believe in bìm..
he thinks it is better to oppose of the fire is still undise vered. Thames for repairs. The origin Here is 8 point which
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succeed and he will nol You will see." This conversation explains the whole policy of the Majority Socialists.
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the spirit animating the Bol-reaction, and, as I shall be nearer has led to the belief that thermal sheviks of Central Russia and the at the proper moment, I shall bombs had been thrown into the Socialists of Central Eampe. One
fore part of the ship, and foul of the first utterances of the new
play is suspected German Government was an appeal for the continuation of work on the land and in factories.
An impression of his wife's (Capital Paid up..$1,250,000.) The real community of ideas writing on a blotting pad arrang- Here is another point. The between these men appears more ing to meet someone at Horn- German Socialists put an clearly if you consider their church led to Corporal Ninian) end to the quarrel between opinions on Bolshevism. The Horton, of the R.E., obtaining a Majority and Minority. This Majority has always repudiated divorce recently. Mrs. Morton was due to the influence of the Lenin, and the Haase group has was said to be now living at a rank and file. And this intervent recently published in Vienna sfat in Brighton with Dr. Ernest ion was not for the first time. A pamphlet by Karl Kantsky Erarys Isaac. Neither appeared, few months ago in Berlin the declaring that Bolshevism de- and the jury awarded £1,000, working class organised a political generated into banditiam. Lenin damages against Dr. Isaac. Marri- strike and summoned both has replied to this feaflet in his ed in 1909, petitioner lived an un- factions to control" the move accustomed violent manner. ment, and Scheidemann and acctises Kautsky
He clouded married life until 1915, having said Sir Ellis Hume Williams, Hanse were obliged to meet and
betrayed the fundamental K.C. At that time Dr. Isase to act together.
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Marx. He was attached to Colney Hatch hica & mere valgar Asylum, and he formed a close in Germany were carried on almost servant of middle-class reaction, They promised not to see each contemptible friendship with Mrs. Morton. entirely by the leaders (and Ger- EL
a sophist," deceiver,' many is not the only country" renegade," and the president of discovered the impression of his other again, but then the husband where that statement would the Bolshevik Soviets had the wife's writing on blotting paper, apply. La reality the opposition hardihood to declare that his and she admitted that they had not sc much between Bolshevik State has as an aim to not kept the promise. Next Majority and Minority as between oppress the middle class, and morning Mrs. Morton left home, the right wing of the Majority that a condition of liberty for and Mr. Morton had not seen her and the left wing of the Minority labour is the occupation of the since. There was a centre composed of palaces of the rich and the the bulk of both Majority and confiscation of all property Minority. The strong lines of
I always had the impression that the bitter party controversies opportunist,
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