There was once a similar situation at an earlier period which was urgently in need of solution ; a solution was discovered. On retirement officials and servants, especially of the State, turned into farm labourers and artizans. They also were possessionless in the true sense. The State found a way out of that unhealthy condition of things ; it assumed responsi¬ bility for the welfare of its servant, who was unable himself to provide for his old age, and instituted the pension on retirement. Thus, a whole class left with¬ out possessions was skilfully delivered from social misery and incorporated in the body of the nation.
Of late years the State and nation has had to face the same question on a far larger scale. Fresh masses of people, amounting to millions, were constantly removing from the villages to the large towns to earn a living as factory workers in the new industries.
Thus a new class has actually come into being, to which but little attention has been paid, and a day will come when it will have to be asked whether the nation will have strength by its own efforts once more to incorporate the new class in the general community, or whether the distinction of class and class is to broaden into a rift.
While the bourgeoisie has been ignoring this most difficult question and letting things happen as they please, the Jew has been considering the boundless possibilities which present themselves as regards the future. On the one hand he is making use of his capitalistic methods for exploiting humanity to the very full, and on the other he is getting ready to sacri¬ fice his sway and very soon will come out as their leader in the fight against himself. “Against himself’5 is, of course, only a figurative expression, for the great master of lies knows very well how to emerge with apparently clean hands and burden others with the blame. Since he has the impudence to lead the masses in person, it never occurs to the latter that it is the most infamous betrayal of all time.