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 hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly"; and again, "Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State." But the Manifesto goes, on to say:—

This attitude Marx preserved in essentials throughout his life. Accordingly it is not to be wondered at that his followers, so far as regards their immediate aims, have in the main become out-and-out State Socialists. On the other hand, the Syndicalists, who accept from Marx the doctrine of the class war, which they regard as what is really vital in his teaching, reject the State with abhorrence and wish to abolish it wholly, in which respect they are at one with the Anarchists. The Guild Socialists, though some persons in this country regard them as extremists, really represent the English love of compromise. The Syndicalist