Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-01
Z SOCIALISM.
All EurODe Trembling.

London Letter (Dec. 3D. to New York Sun.
The European governm ents are show
ing, by the stringent measures which
they are adopting that they are thor
oughly alarm ed at the spread Of social
ISM. When we look back over the
sangulnary attempts which have evil
IDENTIFY had their origin in this associa-
ton, we. cannot wonder at the panic of
the crowned head and prominent
statesmen. The functions of govern
ment are attended with new and most
insldious peril. We have had, since
the year opened, two attempts made
upon the life. of the emperor of Ger
many, in one Of which he was severely
wounded; one attempt made upon the
| life of the king of Spain; one made
upon the life Of the King Of Italy, in
which both he and his prime minister
were wounded; two attempts to blow
;lup the prime ministers Of Austria and
Hungary with dynamite, the assassina-
ton Of the Russian minister Of police:
besides the discovery of several minor
| plots and cOnspiracies of which we
have heard little. because they were
nipped in the bud. sa..... e.s.-.
This is a very fair crop for a year
which has not yet closed, and gives
food for reflection to those whose pO-
sitions render their lives especially in
secure. It is some time since Prince
Bismark was last attacked, but he lives
In constant expectation of his fate, and
is closely guarded by the police. The
emperor Of Germany has not yet ven
tured back to his capital, and great
preparations are making for the pto-
lection Of his life at the time Of his re-
| turn.
It is a remarkable circumstance that
in the only case where the attack was
successful, that of Gen. Mezentzof, the
Russian police minister, who died a
Jew hours after he was wounded, the
,assassins got clear off, and in spite Of
the elaborate machinery Of Russian
police all search for them has proved
unavailing. The result has been that
| the most stringent laws are being every
| where passed, and the utmost activity
prevails in all the police departments
of Europe, with the inevitable effect of
encouraging the organization it is
sought to repress. In Germany it is
| forbidden to any one except military
men, OF spOrtsmen with licenses, to
carry arms in Berlin or its suburbs.
Many of the socialits have been ex-
PEELED, and the press regulations are
most severe. In italy proceedings
have been instituted for the trial of 14O
internationallsts. Many arrests of wo-
men have taken place in Florence and
it is found that the qualifications spread
throughout all countries, the secret
circ--es in each being in constant COM
mG nications through the means of con-
| fdential agents.
! They are much assisted in their pow
ers of combination and OF destruction
| by the modern appliances of the age.
Dynamite is an excellent explosive ma
terial for demolishing several important
personages at time when they hap
pen to be grouped together, and rail
roads and telegraphs facilitate concert
ed action. The prospect of Euro
pean war is one which offer to these
gentry the occasion of which they hope
to avail themselves, and for which they
are preparing. And we may lay it
down as certainty that whenever the
crowned heads Of Europe go to war
with each other the internatiOnallsts
will take them in the rear. 1t is this
conviction which is even now acting as
sedative. Count Schouvaloff, who
was for some years minister of police
in Russia, knows as we'll as Prince Bis
mark that the real danger lies at home,
and that if they get into complications
abroad their own houses will be set on
fire. Hence, they have struck up
cordial alliance on this ground.