[625] _Fabian Essays in Socialism_, pp. 39, 40. [626] Penny, _The Political Labour Movement_, p. 2. [627] Quelch, _Economics of Labour_, pp. 9, 10. [628] Leatham, _The Evolution of the Fourth Estate_, p. 11. [629] _Should the Working-class Support the Liberal Party?_ p. 10. [630] _Ibid._ p. 19. [631] Diack, _Socialism and Current Politics_, p. 10. [632] _Should the Working-class Support the Liberal Party?_ p. 19. [633] _Clarion_, February 16, 1906. [634] Penny, _The Political Labour Movement_, p. 2. [635] _Should the Working-class Support the Liberal Party?_ p. 13. [636] _Twentieth Century Politics_, p. 4. [637] Russell Williams, _The Difficulties of Socialism_, pp. 3, 4. [638] _Twentieth Century Politics_, p. 6. [639] Penny, _The Political Labour Movement_, p. 4. [640] _Twentieth Century Politics_, p. 2. [641] Penny, _The Political Labour Movement_, p. 3. [642] Bax, _Outlooks from the New Standpoint_, pp. 69, 70. [643] _New Age_, October 10, 1907. [644] _Daily News_, January 20, 1906. [645] _The Reformers' Year Book_, 1906, Preface p. 6. [646] _Ibid._ 1907, p. 104. [647] _Ibid._ Preface. [648] _Clarion_, November 1, 1907. [649] Leatham, _The Evolution of the Fourth Estate_, p. 14. [650] Penny, _The Political Labour Movement_, p. 13. [651] _Socialism and Labour Policy_, p. 14. [652] _New Age_, November 7, 1907. [653] _Ibid._ [654] _Clarion_, January 19, 1906. [655] Marx and Engels, _Manifesto_, p. 22. [656] _Declaration of Socialist Party of Great Britain_, see Appendix. [657] Leatham, _The Evolution of the Fourth Estate_, p. 16. [658] _Declaration of Principles of Socialist Party of Great Britain._ [659] Keir Hardie, _From Serfdom to Socialism_, p. 30. [660] Marx and Engels, _Manifesto of the Communist Party_, p. 16. [661] Blatchford, _Britain for the British_, pp. 148, 149. [662] _Social-Democratic Federation Song Book_, p. 30. [663] _Clarion Song Book_, p. 21. [664] _Socialism and Labour Policy_, p. 3. [665] _What Socialism Is_, p. 3. [666] Leakey, _Co-operators and Labour Platform_, p. 16. [667] Shaw, _The Impossibilities of Anarchism_, p. 26. CHAPTER XVII SOCIALISM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Many Socialists, especially the Fabians, hope to introduce Socialistic principles and Socialistic rule into Great Britain rather through the local than through the national authorities. They are strenuously exerting themselves to bring about that result, and so far their exertions have been by no means unsuccessful.