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A Spectral Pack of Hounds in Russia A gentleman of the name of Rappaport whom I once met in Southampton told me of an experience he had once had with a spectral pack of hounds on the slope of the Urals.
"The revolutionary Marxists," says the French Socialist, Rappaport, "test the gifts of capitalistic reform through its motives. And they discover that these motives are not crystal clear. The reformistic patchwork is meant to prop up and make firmer the rotten capitalistic building. They test capitalistic reforms, moreover, by the means which are necessary for their accomplishment.
Only in proportion as Socialists can differentiate themselves from non-Socialists in their present activities will the movement have any distinctive meaning of its own. Rappaport, "Der Kongress von Nimes," Die Neue Zeit, 1910, p. 821. Die Neue Zeit, Oct. 27, 1911. "Parlamentarismus und Demokratie," edition of 1911, p. 121. "Parlamentarismus und Demokratie," edition of 1911, pp. 132-133.
These means are either altogether lacking or insufficient, and in any case they flow in overwhelming proportion out of the pockets of the exploited classes." We need not agree with Rappaport that capitalistic reforms bring no possible benefit to labor, or that the capitalistic building is rotten and about to fall to pieces. May it not be that it is strong and getting stronger?
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