In the spring of 1907 the leading German Socialist paper wrote in a weighty article on the Peace Conference at The Hague: "The conception that war is only a product of human unreason is on the same level as the idea that revolutions are only mental aberrations of the masses. War is rooted in the opposing interests of the nations, as are revolutions in the opposing interests of the classes."[560]
A comparison of German Socialism with English Socialism shows that English Socialism is more violent and far less patriotic than German Socialism. German Socialists love their country. Most British Socialists apparently love only themselves.
FOOTNOTES:
[529] See p. 107.
[530] H.W. Lee in the Social-Democrat, June 1, 1907.
[531] Thomas Kennedy in Forward of May 25, 1907, reprinted in the Social-Democrat, June 1907.
[532] Quelch in the Social-Democrat for October 1907.
[533] Kautsky, Social Revolution, p. 4.
[534] Report on Fabian Policy and Resolutions, p. 11.