AN AMUSING FORECAST.

Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 8

AN AMUSING FORECAST.

Amongst the articles written in the first number of 'The Anti Socialist,' in a lighter vein, is an amusing satire on 'TheSocialist flection: xJow Victory Came in 1911, and What Happened.' The writer tells how under a Ministry in which .Mr Keir Hardie wjj; Prime Minister and Mr Gravson Chancellor of the Exchequer, the mob demanded the equal division of the national wealth. The Ministerialists explained that they had promised an " equitable" division—a subtle distinction which the mob refused to appreciate. So, under the direction of Mr Blatchford, the national wealth was divided into 45,000,000 shares. The results were scarcely satisfactory' Here are some of them :—" V Lot A.—A valuable Etruscan vase. This was awarded to a disgusted blacksmith as his whole share of the national wealth. He-took it home and used it in place of a ninepenny water jug. Jt leaked, and the children broke it. Lot 8.—25,000 cubic yards of railway embankment. Awarded to a .stationer. Lot C Two-fifths of one of the marble shafts in Westminster Cathedral. Allotted to a widow with four children. D.—Twenty dozen pairs of corduroy trousers. Awarded to a cook. Lot E.-*-2£ tons of back numbers of. 'Justice.' Awarded to Lady Warwick. Lot F.—170 moulded coping-stones from the House of Lords. Awarded to a fireman, with instructions to take them home. Lot G.—Fifteen acres of moorland in the Highlands. Awarded to a linotype operator. Lots H, I, J.—A fine first-folio Shakespeare. Awarded to thre-3 bricklayers. Lots K, L, M, X.— A second-hand railway engine. Awarded to four domestic servants. Lots oto T.—A factory chimney. Awarded to six pupil teachers.