Meanwhile Sir Stafford Cripps seeks to allay the fears in the bosom of the bourgeoisie, which his programme for "socialism in no time" aroused 4 year ago, In the preface to a new collection of essays just published by the Socialist League he assure the professional classes that" personal Property and savings will not touched when he and his friends fain power.
However, he frankly foresees "a financial crisis directly a Socialist Government is chosen." This will be, not for any real danger, but because the wicked capitalist. will have de-Uberately created it in order to discredit Socialism.
Il is odd that 50 acute a mind does not see that in such a crisis the bour-Keoisie would be equally involved with the capitalist, furthermore that the monster capital is made up of the savings of large numbers of small] people, and that the alleged capitalist particularly bankers whom Sir Stafford Cripps most hates—is commonly the nature of a trustee for innumerable smaller folk—Sir Stafford himself included.
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