The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-09-02
CORRESPONDENCE.
1--WE do not hold ourselves responsible for any II
ions expressed by our Correspondents.
FROM LEIPZIG.
LEIPZIG, August l9, 1871.

LEIPZIG, August IL, 1911
To the Editor Of the woaKnGMAEs Advocate.
Jules Favre's terror-iDspired and
fanciful circular against the Internt-
tlonal Workingmen's Association has
found an echo in most parts of Europe.
Though it is fact patent to every one
acquainted with the socialist movement,
and though it has been proved by the
declaration of the General Council, in
the London Times, that the French
Minister'S dispatch contains nothing but
distortions of the truth or downright
untruths-yet Favre's denunciation has
become the signal for an International
crusade against Socialism in general
ana the International Workingmen's
Association in particular. The country
which took the lead was Hapsburgian
austria. After having played such a
sorry and pitiful part during the late
conflict between Prussia and France,
she seems to have resolved upon show
ing the world that there is still some
strength lett in her, and be it only
strength for suppression and oppression.
You reccollect that the first act of the
new ministry (Hohenwart Schaffie,)
when they entered office, was a general
and unconditional amnesty for all po-
lltical crimes and derelicts This meas.
ure, which chiefly benefited our party,
together with the political party Of
Schatf1e, the new minister of commerce.
who had been one Of the hottest Demo
Gratis Of South Germany, gave rise to
the hope that the Austrian government
had become conscious of it's former
folly, and had determined on a truly
popular and liberal policy. However,
this hope SOON turned out to be unbound.
ed. The ministry, after few weeks
shutting, dropped the mask of liberal
ism and opened a regular campaign
against parliamentarism and the con
stltution-quite in Bismarckian style
and up 70 the present moment with
Bismarckian success.
II is 10 easy to manage A German
burgher, and the Austrian representa-
tives OF the people are made Of the
same stuff as their Prussian compeers
who allowed themselves to be killed
and insulted for fully three wears. and
finally proved their superhun % chris.
tan meekness by granting their tor.
mentor indemnity. But there is one
difference between Bismarck and Ho-
henwart-the former understood from
the beginning the Importance of the
socialist movement and did all in his
power to get the direction of it.; Mr..
HOhenTart, on the contrary. IL firmly
convinced that the socialism is an arti-
tclal creation, the produce OF a parcel
OF dlscontented fellows. whose princi-
pal aim is 10 cause difficulties to the
Austrian Monarchy, and who, most Of
them at least, are in the pay Of Mr..
Bismarck, Austria's arch enemy This
stupid idea is firmly rooted, not only in
Mr.. Hohenwart's head, but also in that
Of many of his colleagues and prede-
cessors i'll office, and the effect of it is.
that they promntO just uhst they want
to prevent, and by their silly persecu-
tons drive Austria into Bismarck's
nest Well-the first victims of this
haIluclnation are the champions of the
working classes. Under miserable
pretext, Scheu, editor of the ToLsktpiHe.
OWN of the People, at Vienna, has
again been arrested with several others,
while those so-cailed outlanders, nom
Austrians, were sent out OF the country.
amongst them, our brave friend Mort.
who, like Scheu, had only three months
before left the prison. Not satisfied
with that the Austrian ministry has
given orders to watch the socialists
closely, for which honorable occupation
an extra sum of 100000 forms has been
set out; no meeting is allowed to take
place, the aim Of which does not please
the authorities meetings allowed are
dissolved when word is spoken which
IS not TO the taste OF the police officials
present, who, in fact, are the real pres
ldents (chairman) of the meetings
worklngmen's societies are permitted
only under conditions which render all
healthy development impossible the
party organ VoLkstOiHe-is confscated
three times out Of every four times it
or rather it is to appear, for it
is often seized before any copy is issued
from the printing establishment, conse-
before anything dangerous to
state and society can have been discov-
cred in it by The prying eye Of the
Staatsanwalt-the public accuser, so
that it is quite clear the police want to |
rum the paper, and thus to deprive our |
Austrian friends of their intellectual
centre. | must mention here that the
hungarian government acts in complete
harmony with the government of Aus
trla proper-Scheu, for instance, was
arrested IN Hungary, (Perth) and from
there handed over to the Cisley thanian
authorities; and altogether the work
ngmeD are, in Hungary, treated with a
brutality, even greater than in the
German Slavonian, halt Of tue Empire.
hope this will cure some Of my rea-
1ers Of the erroneous notion, which. |
-hlnk, is still prevalent in England and
ne United States: that the Hungarian
government was liberal, even demo-
cratic government, and the Hungarian
bulwark Of liberty.
THIS belief, into which public opinion
las, to a great extent, been humbugged
BY NE marvellous tongue Of the mar
'ellous humbug Kossuth, stands in
about the same contrast to stern reality.
ls the phantasms of my American
'ountrymen concerning the Bismarck
an glores, differ from the true state
If that big structure, halt prisoned
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