Education. Militarism. England $1.00 $4.25 France 1.00 4.80 Germany 1.00 2.57 Austria 1.00 4.50 United States 1.00 1.25 Denmark 1.00 3.66 Greece 1.00 5.00 Sweden 1.00 2.25 Italy 1.00 9.00 Belgium 1.00 2.00 Switzerland 1.00 .54 Russia 1.00 12.00 An American educator has written thus of the civilized savagery to be seen in these worse than wasted treasures of the people:[58] “The national debts of Europe represent a series of colossal crimes against the people. They were incurred in the prosecution of unnecessary wars, and for the support of unnecessary standing armies. With relation to these debts the people are divided into _two_ classes—one class _owns_ them and the other _pays the interest_ on them. This relation comprehends the future generations in perpetuity. Every child born in Europe inherits either an estate in these debts or an obligation to pay interest upon them. Thus the _fruits of a great crime have been transmitted into a vested right in one class of people, or a vested wrong in another class_. “If the European standing armies and navies had not been raised and kept up, and if the revenue devoted to their support had been expended for schools, there would not now be an uneducated person in Europe. If these standing armies and navies were now disbanded, and the revenue at present expended for their support diverted to the support of schools, and so applied for half a century, there would not be, at the end of that period, an illiterate person in Europe.” The following paragraph by Helmuth v. Gerlach is worthy of the workingman’s special consideration:[59] “Of all the German political parties one, viz., the Social Democratic [the Socialist] Party, has always been a consistent opponent of militarism. It looks upon militarism as the strongest support of the capitalistic régime, and therefore attacks it theoretically and actually with equal vigor. Its watchword is: ‘No men and no money.’”[60] But everywhere these senseless burdens grow more vast. The end is not yet. The insanity of vanity and greed increases alarmingly—everywhere; but worst of all, the people are unwarned by the all-powerful capitalist press. Fortunately there are exceptions; for example, the New York _World_. Boldly and powerfully the _World_ has recently warned the people. On July 20, 1908, the _World_ said editorially: