, 1876-01-12
Fires IN BERLIN.

An Ell-Fntcd Observation-Disclosures, Its
Cnuscs anA AvcFrch Exciise.
Tho Berlin correspondent Of tho Loudou Da,lY
Mems ~ritos to that journal on Dec. IS: ''Tho
occurrence Of great ilres With remarkable rogu-
laritT oTory Saturday evening has cteatod almost
pnptc In tho city. TITO acrtos began with tho
Ka,aezl.oT. which, indeed, was not discovered
charged @ 70 sataeda9 dasos s s ~, ~sek rsar ssr e Ge
Ermeior tobacco manutaetory waH destroyed; !;
tho no1t week \ large cstab'iHhmont In so Allie
jacob stEasso; nexs, At Bore1R's ma
Hne fa!es snn n.Is tho 'ogen dsys
0nnrtor was destroyed Not only were Nil
thcse connagsations on q acalo unusual In
Dcr'ip, but tuoy wero all establishments whcro
many pefaona aro onp'oYcd, they occurred at
human agencies. and tbcro Nero In some casos
nnu.issaka6le signs Of tho latter. do not know
whether tho police l,avo auy theory common
to sil thaao fires but tho volsessaqs Of Leina'c,
public opinion attributes these events opsnly to
incondsarisn', md almost e1cu!s,ates tho ,uoan-
d,arIsa. It says, in occt, that tie seo1et Of the
owl ID to 10 found iu tho llltboraf. economical
policy Of tho Government. Hence tho p1nletariat
takes lii ievaoBo by burning .nlunufactorseu.
Wotk Ia scarce, wages nse low, h.nce the pro-
letA1lht would Bcom to argue, Lot us tlru
the great establishments which employ work
nou.' THIS yon Will pronounce singular logic.
It acams as II tho working clasBos weyo cutt1ug
thor own throats. Eas:iat. i'll tile Sophis,mes
Econontques, reduces 10 M absurdiiy tho ductrino
OF protection by proposing to destroy ali the
railroads In Franco, in order that tho laborels
might find employment In rebuilding thom and
In tho Bhu1e way ono might Gsslme that tho In.
ce,dlaries OF Uorlin were only trying to cnrorce
lcsRon IN political economy. havo already
written, you TINT enlightened Judgment con-
demna tlo commercial policy OF Camphausen
and Deibruck. Holding to tho theory Of pl otoc-
tson. they might roaRon that it woro better to
destroy tue great factories III CIDER to find EN-
ployment III building them up agaip. This ia
not tho theory Of tic Votkest0at. II thinks tho
YFetehns Aro concerned only to steal while tho
lames nre doing their work. II this Woro truo,
t4ey arc not yory judicioua IN thu choice Of de-
tails. Tho 'katserlsof' might Bcom a priori
to offer somo faciitiea for thieving, but
iu fact it Afforded very few. But to sot iiro
to 3ronwor4s and cigar tnanufaotoricn in tho
hope OF stealing such Wares us wero Aayn1 frou.
the flames seonls to want oven tue reason thut
sometimes charactorizoy rn8cals. And now
comes tho kreuz Zeitanq with tho mora'. Tic
ao.lrcs Of oil tho evil is tho watt OF liked re.
ligious faith. The spirit Of inceudia1ism Ia tic
spirit Of athelam reazel In action. uo who
Providence out OF the world. would, Of course,
not hesitate BY sulphur matches to burn down q
clgar.shop 10 Berlin. Accordingly we ought to
cruBh cut the spirit Of Athost,o Liberalism and
return to Conservative Government mud tho
orthodox roligion. / have no theory of my
own. and simply register tho fact OF the e1iatng
lawlossnosB It IL nut confined TO incendiasfsua.
but iucludes crimo OF every description. Ullrg-
larry md eson highway robbery arc otfcnsoa
tho fires above dosciibed have thrown hundreds
Of men out OF employment, II In not un, eason-
able to expect IN 1pcreaae rather than decrease
In criro."