CONTINENTAL SOCIALISTS.
Exchanges to hand indicate that Socialist support at the commencement of the war was not so hearty as at one time appeared. It is stated that the German Social Democrats were in the dark as to the proposed violation of Belgian neutrality, when they made their declaration on the situation. In Holland sympathy for Germany has been completely swept away by the violation of Belgian neutrality. German leaders are now working to stop the jingoism which is evident in the working class organisations. One writer claims that the Socialists could not have stopped the war even if they had voted against the war credits, and the most they can do now is to work for a better understanding between the various peoples when the war shall cease. In Austria leading Socialists have supported the war, even to extremes.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 40, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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140CONTINENTAL SOCIALISTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 40, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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