The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-16
Socialism in Germany.

The introduction Of g bill for the suppression
OF Socialism in Germany, brought in BIZ Bismarck
IN consequence Of the attempts at assassination q
the Emperor, has awakened a good deal ofiute-est
in other countries IS TO this phase OF German
politics. Il Is found By the statesmen Of tha.
Country, as well as by those Of Russia, that Social
ism and Nihilism are factors in the body polite
that cannot: be ignored much longer with safety.
The German Socialists are an intelligent and
thoughtful party, and withal numerous and in
creasiug. some Of the best lutellects Of the coua-
try svmpathIZe with them and approve a good
deal Of their platform. There are amongst them.
as in all other parties, m0deTates and extremists.
but there is no proof that, as q body, thew favor
assassination. revolution, or q general division and
equal distribution Of property. Il was therefore
a blunder il Bismarck TO attack and hold them
responsible for the crimes Of Hoedel and Modelling.
His bill was . mistake which q months time con
demus. and the sense Of the Reichs:av already
demands notifications of II. The Reichstag will
not accept il as a whole, and not even the great
man who created the Empire aud was the author
OF its Constitution can AFFORD TO defy the Parlia-
ment. He has powerful enemies as well as great
ideas. and be has discovered that the Socialists.
though commanding = sort OF balance Of power,
are less 10 be feared upon the ground Of indexi-
bility than some Of the rest, aud are at heart more
truly German than the Catholic party. Il Is for
these reasons that he will yield al the last moment
to reasonable notifications Of his bill against the
Socialists, aud 50, in ali probability. secure their
support as against an enemy more Implacable,
better organized. and with more ogenses to
revenge.
The bill presents a direct issue between the
Council and the Reichstag-an issue that will
decide which of the two branches of the Govern
ment-the lower or the upper Chamber-is the
stronger. The result Is not hard TO see. 1t will
happen in the end. whether on the consideration
of this bill or some other. that the representatives
of the people, and not those Of the princes. will
triumph. The case was tried and loug ago settled
in England. In every serious contest the Peers
and the Crown had to yield to the Commons, until
at last. after many victories, it is conceded that
the House of Commons is the real ruling power
in that country. and that the Minister who scorns
or or de6es its mandates is a traitor.
The war between the Reichstag and the German
Council Of Princes, or Senate, will go on and find
the same solution, even at the risk of a revolution
and disruption of the Empire.
Emperor William has no idea of abandoning the
war of determination against the German social
lists. In the speech from the throne just delivered
he urges the adoption of the severest measures of
repression and attributes the increase in the So
cialist ranks to the failure of the Duputies to
second the efforts of the government. These
pointed sentences are not relished by the liberal
party, who naturally consider the Emperor's con-
domination an Indictment of themselves.