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6. They spread the absurd theory that world peace can besafeguarded and equality <strong>of</strong> nati<strong>on</strong>s achieved through disarmament.Bernstein said:Peace <strong>on</strong> earth and good will <strong>to</strong> all men! We should notpause or rest and must attend <strong>to</strong> the unhindered advance<strong>of</strong> society <strong>to</strong>wards prosperity in the interests <strong>of</strong> all, <strong>to</strong>wardsequality <strong>of</strong> rights am<strong>on</strong>g nati<strong>on</strong>s through internati<strong>on</strong>alagreement and disarmament. 17. They spread the fallacy that the m<strong>on</strong>ey saved fromdisarmament can be used <strong>to</strong> assist backward countries.Kautsky said:. . . the lighter the burden <strong>of</strong> military expenditures inWestern Europe, the greater the means available for buildingrailways in China, Persia, Turkey, South America, etc.,and these public works are a far more effective means <strong>of</strong>promoting industrial development than the building <strong>of</strong>dreadnoughts. 28. They submitted schemes for the “peace strategy” <strong>of</strong>the imperialists. Kautsky said:The nati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> civilised Europe (and likewise the Americans)can maintain peace in the Near and Far East moreeffectively through their ec<strong>on</strong>omic and intellectual resourcesthan through ir<strong>on</strong>clads and planes. 39. They ex<strong>to</strong>lled the League <strong>of</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>s which was c<strong>on</strong>trolledby the imperialists. Kautsky said:The mere existence <strong>of</strong> the League <strong>of</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>s is itselfalready a great achievement for the cause <strong>of</strong> peace. It rep-1Eduard Bernstein, Speech <strong>on</strong> the Questi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Disarmament at theC<strong>on</strong>gress <strong>of</strong> the German Social-Democratic Party in Chemnitz, 1912,published in the Handbook <strong>of</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>gress <strong>of</strong> the Social-DemocraticParty in 1910-1913, Ger. ed., Munich, Vol. II, p. 9.2Karl Kautsky, “Once More <strong>on</strong> Disarmament”, Die Neue Zeit, September6, 1912.3Karl Kautsky, The Questi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Defence and Social-Democracy,Ger. ed., Berlin, 1928, p. 32.228

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