Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

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in times like this, it is when we weaker, more ifllpotcnt than bc~ ~ tate s man, p~ .hClst, umanltar·
think of men -like Franz l\Jeh- fore." To write as Mehring Ian ; foe of ~rl\.' ll ege and defender
ring', t11e great Gennan Socialist wrote, to spJ3k as he spoke in f hlu~lan ~Ights; of whose sted·
philosopher , and historian who those days was not only heroic, 109 kmd t~c:: ,~od~ ~as too few,
r~ce!lt1y celebrated his 70th but it was the act of a man whos~ and the c haractenstl~s of w hose
bir;J:h~y, that we feel pride and mind is finn and strong, whose make·tlp we shoul.d aim to emuhappiness,
that we; too, are part principles are so deeply rooted late, died jU!}Lfour.tcen years ago.
'Of the movement that cau pro- ~at 110 chaos of events, no voice
\Vhat could be more beautiful
duce men like he. In a time of a deluded people can confuse than the following sentiment ~x·
when. so , many " l ea~din.g- sp"irits..{)f ,th(,lll. _ -T"': -::: _ proised-by hi'in to the youn~
the Sociali&t International ha\'e \\' hat helped Franz }.lehring to generation:
fallen, when so many failed to hold l~) his head ~n this terrible "Let me say to the young men:
adopt their Socialist philosophy tTisis He .knew, as pe~haps no This age is weary of the polit~
to existing facts, when a great other man in the whole Socialist and weak camp followers, weary
historic moment found 50 many mo\'ement, the historical devel- of servility, weary of cringing'
unprepared, Fral1z ~ J eh r ing re· npmcllt uf the working·class. necks and knees bent to corrup-­
f!1ai~ed true 10 his ~in~iple~, a~'.d His ,ideals were firmly founded tion. This .age is calling for com.
earned out the .!Ipmt of hIS hIe upo.n ...... knowledge, u~on fact: age, calling for strong character,
\V.ork, 1 h~ne~v "!1ter,natl~"al }Y.11I use ca!ling fo~ _ f!ien of high purpose,
. Many of us have heard .of !he the spTenilal ,gIftS. fJraf-r'ranz calling~r men..:who have com'ic.
$u1.g l e Ifop,v of the publicatIOn ".\Ielfdng has, III IllS twenty·fh'e liO~S or their ot\,n and who have
"The Int~rni\tional," that was years of untirinl; work, u one of ~ the courage to act on them.
published by ~ l ehring and Rosa ' the few things that are left out Young men, rife i; befor~ you.
Lux~mbt1rg in April, 1915, as a of the wreck of the splendid Two \'oices are catling you-one
rall.YlOg ' cry to .all who ,had rc· hui~ding of our movement, upon comin from the swamps of
mamed International, wilich was wll1ch a newer and a better In~ ..... fi h g d I h
~ . . .' . SCI S ness an orce, W ose' suc·
coufi~cated by the (.enn~n mll.l - ternatlonal ~l,ay ~)e l>tult. cess means death' and the otht:r
tary powe:s and was reprln~ted 111 ~ I ay he hvc for many ye~rs to frQm the hillto s' of 'ustice and
~ern, Switzerland. Hut ~ewf work an.d. teach among us 10 the ro ress whe~e e';en failure
us know that Franz :\1e'hrll1g, In ~all1e Spirit. p g ,
the "ery first days of the \\'ar,
~rings glory: Two lig~t s are seen
called to the comrade!1i. who \\'crc FOR THE BOGIE MAN WILL III your honzon-one IS the fast·
almost all carried away in a ttl- GET YOU IF YOU DON'T fadi~g marsh light of ~er, and
mult of pat1;!otic fever, hack to WATCH OUT the oth~r the slowlY·TlslI1g sun
tHeir duty as Socialist:,. of human brotherhood. Two
]'n an ar
yt;\r. I am .; u'r"e l hat if tht: war
t"!P"'t· .. hefore that dOtl :: thl' Y. P.
S. L of this country t:(,llld find
:J way tv han' a reprt·!'ot·ntati\·e
theft'. I alll al ::>o (t,nfilit'llt that
[,ar! Lid,kl1echt will 11\: there,
I"". \\hat ki nd III a :-lIowing
\\ill \" . make when J"(·p,rt ... arc
!"l·ad· Lt'l II:. kCI'P tl.i,.. ill mind
and ~trJ. ill e\'ery ctl .... rt to make
'JIlI" _"1J..!·:l1Ii1.:Jti'JII I'Cllt·r and
plained and IIQc\C'r:-t(lud by a "Ir"n ~e r t, ) ~hj)\\, il\lr appTt'ciachild
of tweh'r'. And he con· li" n :uHI Ilnl!er-it;tnding- i the
tended that if n chilt! had '(Hlce ... ... pktHhd IIlc ....;ag-t: I,arl Lie])·
grasped thcse two g-rC'al thong-ht:, klll· ,-ht lJrflll/.!ht 1I ....
()(X), France £3,600,000. '.\",mtil'r
what it costs the devil to run hell
"The workers arc roLiled and
"tar\i·d ti' death in Pl·;t'·l- (intl'"
In \1 ;11" Illl'y ;H ~' gill'!l ;1 ' 11I1 1'k
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