New-York tribune., 1871-08-08
AEI-RoPEAN CONsPIRATOR.
THE CAREER OF KARL MARX, FOUNDER OF II
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Lcipsic Greneb0tem, journal hostile TO
the policy Of the International League, gives the follow
ing account Of the career founder OF that
citation
.Before 1ss Communism little more than the dream
of sect After the revolutionary agitation OF that year
London between two distinct eements one OF which was
tie hatred Of certain eccentric individuals for ne exist
ING state Of things and the other the instructive ana
rlnerical longing TIE working classes 10 put them
selves IN the place oi thGse VINO bsIs Mary
native Of Rhenish Prussia and jew by bTh began the
realization OF this CtOpian vision by placing
signed 10 create practical Communism. From that
fI @S m The secret societies LONDON had haTbored for
eyeral wears previously crowu Of Iroscrbed lndl-
hrcodnd over the causes Of their exile Charles Marx
succeoded in turning these personal m 10 aC
xes had it's own avorte theory, and most OF these
theories bore teaiuSt Gnaa,'S o51 and n}ionSi ten
6cnccs Of the ind vduas who entertained them was
.yfrvvberc applied and utilized with facility. THIS
lever Marx found the chronic discomfort OF the WoiH
lie founded secret association. independent Of any
consideration OF nationality or government coinpIe-
out pdTticular than universal conspiracy SINCE the
eapabitcs Of the former would be necessaTly @ mueh
91ehhiy G 6lscomtaIt scattered through
Tie civilized world. He succeeded IN gaining FOR hls
tic most TCsoiutc and vcbemCH-the lnstruneus
bcst ad.prd FOR lis purpO-cdud of them he composed
Lii stan The next step TO form al army ont OF the
macouteEt wo.lIneu Of all countries. To attain this
end, hc OTgmiz'd q svstcW Of cmlssal2es, raVeHng
sccIts and oItn or private antatOTs. central man.
HgcmCnt was estatll. he'd which, ny means OF an
Ingenious system Of T1m,fcatiOHs, regularly CORES
V5udcd with AL tue members OF the body. Thus arose
the international League It's object is 70 abolish pro
JroductiC are 10 be dyested Of the character Of ndvld
ual property; the producing ocmens-hings persons,
ahG taieutshd belong 10 every one alike II Will ap-
pertain 10 tie Official representatives OF the Commune 10
areet the employment q the common powers ana re.
bow is the Commune to be constituted Apparently By
means OF small communities o. wOTkmen, who, by unit
lug will, IN their turn, form larger one and eventually
tAe great universal community itself. Each OF these
MINOR CCmmuLites ls governed by sort OF dictator,
tho The |hoe association Il subjected % tEe control OF
ttpcMc hcaC, who may be called the dictator general
NJ these tbleis are chosen by means Of election
~ u evident thai, ~ order 10 arrive at the abolition
o. production by capital the state. as i at present
.1ists must prisb, with all the principles which It
founded. Charles Marx IT, at once. deep thinker, and
10 10 certain extent. Il practical man. He considered
Iiolect and that would be furnished by a great war
hder cover Of the confusion and dsOrganizatOn which,
% % vi busIht.s@ Pi0Ahc source OF diseonteh-ho cal
e1S,ed On obtaining possession 10y means Of his army
S ,r one or several Of the great European states When
,n h tteNCuLon of the pIOetariAt Aad uidHpHed
.n M the Continent, the workmen of England were 10
NOlalOnize their country. II Is remarkable that
Ti"ff III book on capital, which lie published d few
!eis ago, hut had composed good wfilIe before,
mn ANTICIPATED the probable triumph Of revolt by
oIhlHeh aeh In this book he dwes more particularly on
~ spl alnsed among the English WORKING classes by
re CId American war and he draw the fOOwng par
'.ol Juht ht the War of Independence waged by the
'freEeh Revolution IN a similar waV the overthrow OF
~, .aVehOoefs Tll I've next followed in Europe by that
u cannot De dOuir1d Tia, In 1sce Mary ,Yould have
oI the AutrO PTussian war 20 organize
|,a,a had the campaign not terni-
70 rapidly az II did IL is certain that he had fore
tne fIabcOGefnan war, and also that he intended
tyao Dy ~ OH large scale. Once again. however, bis
"' WIN frustrated by tie extreme rapidly of ths