MARXIAN SOCIALISM.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 August 1924, Page 9

MARXIAN SOCIALISM.

(Hy ‘‘Givis,” in Otago Daily Times.) Mr Holland is no ignoramus. He is not in the least befogged about the nature of the “Marxian Socialism” of which he has just made bare-faced and unblusing avowal. .Marxian Socialism means tliat the sheen farmer would' lose his sheen, the dairy fanner his dairy cows, the merchant his merchandise, the shopkeeper his shopkeeping. Not only in land and houses would private ownership cease, but in mines, mills, factories. - shipping. The Otago Daily Times and the Otago \\ itness, Siamese twins, would become a pair ot Government Gazettes edited by the Soviet. M hat would happen to the churches may be inferred from what has happened where the Marxian gospel has had free course and statues of Karl Marx have been set up. Under strict censorship the Firsts Church, Knox Church, and the Cathedral would be permitted a Marxian service, preceded by (lie singing of “The Tied Flag.” For other ecclesiastical buildings a use would be found as barracks and places of detention, for of course the prisons would be full. Personally, the Marxian pirate who is to do these things may lie amiable and kindly, ‘ | the mildest mannered man

Thai ever scuttled ship or cut a throat; hut do them be will. And he will begin by confiscating property. Apparently Air Holland dislikes the term, and would avoid it. Rut confiscation by any oilier name would cut as deep.