There are many prophets in these days of trouble and turmoil. Not long ago prominent men in church and state in Europe confessed that the prospect was dark, and they knew not what lay before. The latest prominent predictor of the future is Count Witte, ex-premier of Russia. In a recent interview reported in the Examiner of October 28, by Count R. V. Stackelberg, of St. Petersburg, Mr. Witte said:
"The financial condition is attracting not only my attention, but that of the politicians and financial specialists of the whole world. It is only the beginning of a new period in social life, and I feel safe to predict that it is the signal for a revolution of labor against capital.
"The financial crisis of America, either present or coming, will stir up the large mass of the middle and working classes, who are going to suffer more than any others, and violent conflicts between the capitalists and people of America will be inevitable.
"As soon as that happens in America, similar crises will sweep Europe, and in Europe the struggle will be between the people and bureaucracy, instead of between labor and capital. In America the struggle will mean victory for the people and government ownership of railroads, banks, and other institutions. In Europe this struggle will sweep the way for democratic republics."
These are not the utterances of an ordinary man. Neither are they matters of imagination or fancy, but they are conclusions from premises of living fact. Struggle, conflict, and revolution lie before the world. So also says the Bible.
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