New-York tribune., 1870-10-01

workngmens party and advocate OF the Internatioha
movement In Germany. The schwoitzerians are In the
habit OF cudgeng their opponents in the worhngmehs
assembages and Bismarcks police protect them In so
doing Thus 1t that there two international organ
zations In Germany, spurious one in Government pay
and n genuine one, headed by Liebknecht, Bebel ana
Others but the latter has of late almost all the
opposition.
IN FRANCE.
In France Louis Bonaparte, who from the beginning
OF his demOralzing rule set himself up protector OF
the working classes against the borgeoise promised
In 1862 Immediately after the International Congress In
Basel to tolerate the International organization, pro-
vided they would acknowledge him their leader This
being refused he still promised liberation, IL they would
publicly acknowledge what good he had done to the
working people. They Stunned all communion with
him. and from that time his persecution OF the lnterna
tonals unreenting He killed of every one OF their
presses established; he put every spokesman
OF theirs into prison. Of them three OF four times
he Dissolved their organizations and forbade their meet
ings few days before the plebiscitum he imprisoned
every prominent International he day his hands on
and a few days before the declaration of against
Prussia he had them all doomed to long period or I'M
prisonment Nevertheless, the organization protested
against the war; and sent document signed by all the
societies of France, TO the German Internatonals in
which they promised that the war, kndled by despots
for the purpose of destroying the International brothery
sentiment should not alter their devotion TO the common
party and interest
When the Emperor left for the field, his government
ceived instructions not to arm the workingmen,
especially Of the International party in any event
Pakao and after him Trochu and Favre, have thus far
carried out these instructions; and while thieves and
criminals of all kinds have been embodied In the ranks
only those workiDmen receive arms who profess to be
for the continuation OF the at whatever cost Now
the only men in France beside the of science and
art who desire in their nneunost heart peace at almost
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cities They hate conquest balance of power" and the
rest the Bonapartis ideas. They would left to them
selves try naugurate OF peace and internal de-
vsopment by spreading an excellent system OF general
popular instruction. by decentralization, and giving back
to every community an individual seU-gOrerhmeH by
abolishing the standing army and navy and founding
banks Of credit for cooperative worngmens assoeia-
tons and the like But such is the aspect Of affairs in
France that they present afford to speak out
No party Is possible whose programme begins win q
national humiliation Besides ithey have arms, no
press no representatives with the present government Of
defense and must tempOrize. They would fain resign
lust now all political action but, unfortunately they
know that the war aimed against their organza
ton than against France; that there is plan agreed on
between Bismarck and Bonaparte 10 Kin OF drre out
10000 Of the most intelligent and energetic Eenehmen-
Just IN December. 1s9at least they firmly believe In
the existence such pan and they try 10 prevent its
consummation. This will snce 10 explain what other
wise would he entirely mintelligble, why the Reds
have usurped the power in Lyons and why they hold
nightly meetings in all the precincts Of Paris and all the
large cities; why of them oudest in proclaim
ing war TO the knife against the Prssians and why
they are caumniated In all the press bent punder
and noblaw.
Meanwhile IL they only can hold sufficiently long,
all International party OF Europe are preparing as
for them In England meetings have been held,
expressing strong republican sentiments demanding ac-
knowedgnent and assistance for the French Republic,
and universal suffrage and representation OF the work
ingnen in Parliament. All this may seem TO De very
harmless pastime hut It may ont te he the contrary
There SOC Gee members of the International party in
England.
IN BELGIrN.
IT, Bel GUM the "model monarchy" OF the Continent
matters stil more porteDous. There is complete
disntegraon OF parties going on just now The Lib
era" party for almost years in scarcely interrupted
possession of power ousted at the last election, in
early Of 1870 by the Clerical party, which
had promised TO the people, in the Of success,
unigersal suffrage there only 100000 eectors)
But Immediately upon the heels Of this success, the
Clerical party underwent crushing moral defeat, In the
sudden collapse of the great banking and other concerns
of Count Lanrand speculative adyenturer, knighted
by the Pope. and identified with the Clerical
faction. His investments proved total loss,
and many thousands Of well-to-do families were
utterly ruined. The international party, which
nowhere better organized and ocered than in Bel
GUM proted greatly by tnis disaster, and besides they
had been ingenously prosecuted that the sypates
people leaned 10 their side In Ververs the police
had, June, made most unjustifable attack upon
procession Of vOrkDgmeD. and wounded great many
harmless spectators, women and children included. On
this occasion a soldier named Waekmans shot working
dead, without any proyocation, ana the King
thereupon Bnighted him but his comrades stunned
communion with him, calling him ChevaieI Troppmann,
% that he attempted suicide A few days later when
faH he
customary review of the citizen soldery of Brussels aud
all his sautes were answered 10y sgnifcan silence OF the
troops The army OF Belgium, 5000 strong just now
watching the French frontier for the prevention OF
breaches neutrality That army is TO such an extent
bued with sentiments OF the International party
and the general dissatisfaction with the old parties and
the Government strong that Republican deohsra
tione and cries of sympathy with France Of almost
daily occurrence both in the camp and in the Cities II
would not by any means be strange II Belgium Should
declare the Republic and make armed diversion in
favor Of annexation 10 France.
IN OTHER PARIS OF EUROPE.
How high the sympathetic feeling for Republican
France rins n Spain and Italy is better known 10 your
readers The International party there is comparatively
Young and little organized but the instinct Of the pOpu
lar masses running in their direction, and ii IL entirely
question Of time and opportunity when popular out
break shall shake of the actual Governments, and bring
new men and ideas into the foreground favorable to in
ideas and the support Of the French Republic
The RECENT ARRESTS IN GERMANY.
In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland The Interna
tiona party the French declaration " hostilities
unanimously protested against the war but they have
al the same time Acknowledged that the part OF the
German nation it iustI able in sefdefen>e, which,
however should not be carried further than sedcense
would demand After the day of Sedan and the declara
tion Of the French Republic their position altered
The continuation OF the the par; Of the Prussan
King when all France lay PROSTATE and helpless at his
feet was forthwith deprecated and the plan OF destroying
the Republic the International party ofFrance in the
interest Of despotism denounced The consequence
was q number of arrests OF prominent International