Other men would certainly have used political power to suppress Sociulism but Bismarck did not do this. He considered that the German people were highly intel-Jegent and that the labour organiza. tio was very strong, and a use of political power to oppress them would be in vain, At that time Bismarck advocated a centralized government with the sole power of deciding matters. How did this government treat the Socialist Party? The Socialists advocated the bringing about of an economic revolution "in order to. reform society. Bismarck, knowing that he could not hook them in by political power, exercised a national a defence against the socialistic principles of those who followed Marx. For instance, railways are a very important means of communication; a basic industry of the nation. If there ix no such industry, other kinds of business cannot develop. In China before the TientsinsPukow Railway was made, Chibli, Shantung, and territory north of the Yangtze wax very poor, but after the railway was built,' the places all along the Vine became wealthy. te: We are surprised ton hent thine 'Tt mast have' been mouthing short of foreign economic aggression.
Before the Peking-Hankow line was made, the provinces of Chihli, Honan, and Hupeh were very barren, but afterwards, because of the advantages of transport, the istrict along the line has become When Bismarck was in power, most of the railways of England and france were in private hands, because basic industries were car-fon by the wealthy and thus all the industries of the -country were exploited by the rich. The great evil in society was the inequality between the poor and the rich. Bismarck, not willing to allow such an evil in Germany, cams national socialism, and natio all the railways in the countr; nationalizing all the basic dustries, With regard to workers, he fixed their we hours, their retiring allowances and their insurance.
These things were all advocated by the Socialist Party. But Bismarck's outlook was a wide one, and having accomplished this by the use of national power, he caused the nation to manage the railways, banks, and important industries, so that benefits accrued to the workers, and he made them all satisfied 'Formerly, hundreds of thousands.of Germans' each year had gone to other countries to seck work, but after jarck's economic policy was, established, not only were there no emigrants, but many foreigners came to Germany to work. This Socialistic method of Bismarck's w: preventive measure and not destructive one, and in its use un-Obtrisively settled all questions of dispute amongst the people. When the people had no grievances naturally there was no revolution in society. This is the great work of Bismarck in. his opposition of democratic power.
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