, 1879-08-07
GERMANY.

Communists 1vln tho Election at Deealals.
Spr.fai tn iandnn 7tnsks.
DEnI1S JnlY a0.-The event OF the day here,
for want Of better IL the election to tie Reich
stnp for Ercstau Ut Herr Iiasepclcver, m tnvet-
erntc Sofia. aNttator, and tho rcsnlt is being
magnsfcd by The Ltbcrnl pross with an cxaegcr-
n.es and prophetic zeal equal only to tic nr1or
wlcrcwlth somo Of tho Conservative Journals
seek IL prime 1t Of It's rcRf importance. The
election, It Is trnc. docs not alter tho rclatiyo
strength Of parties in the Imperial Parliament,
for the predecessor Of 1Iascnelevcr, Herr Rein
acrs, likcwlso belonged to tho revolutionary
ranks; but nevertheless II Is pregnant sign of
tho times, ard gives some Idea Of the disturbing
forces at work under ttnt external nspcct OF cot,-
tented calnncss tnpoBctl upon certain classes of
society IN Germany by tic rcnrcsslyc nlrnsuro vi
October last fortnight MO. on tho pulls being
first taken. b:S2 eIcctora ot the Industrial quar-
voted for the Liberal cnm!idasc, Dr. Leonhastl,
Berlin Bureaucrat, GALE for tho Socialist
lnsanclovor, anu o,ts3 for Dr. 1Inaen. the CIcr-
tu-C u-CnnsHEvattye champion. No absolute ma}orl-
lot vas necessary between the first two, nnt tho
sactal Democrat wns ttiumpliantly returned
with nearly 10y rotcs moro than his opDoMnt.
ureat Is tha 1oy. therefore, In tile Socialist
lator und es With rcspec. to clcctora! cansassfng
mud agitation, ono ot their number las never
thclesa succeeded In struggling forward into
that hnl Of nudlehce whcre nothing will drown
his voice but the bell OF just anil moderate
President. The relations bciwccn the Socialists
and ultramontanes aro now mud then charnc-
tcrized lIy appearances of coquctry; the two
parties aro not without certain degree OF mt
tual sympathy which occasionally bn1s them
together by u tic resembling tl,at which In n1l-
clc,lt times united France a,if 8cotinnd-coun-
tries The reverse Of each other utmost in point OF
national character-aga[nst England, namely:
similarity OF interests and resistance to tile cum.
mon foo; a,ltl there can bc little doubt TINT ut
the final ballottns on friday most OF those who
hnd previously voted for tho ClcrIco-C Conscrya-
tive catltlttlate were persuaded tla retirement
10 confer their sufGrages on tho Social Democrat
But. apart from this uncertain element ia tho
contest. two eTcnts occurred between the .lrAt
anll The final baliottng which may not unratur-
ally hive exercised q powerful influence on the
mood In which the electors wont to tho poll. In
the first place. last Saturday WAS PASSED tlle new
IN thu SOLEMN language Of protest atrovc 10
show, could not but Ireed discontent In the
land md swell the ranks Of the Surialtsts by
making dearer the nercssarics Of lie; and, aec-
only, as have already reported to yon, tWo
days bcforc the final balot therc occurred . So
rinus outbreak af workl1len connccteti with
Government tnine In Upper stlessa, not very far
fronl BEcslAu, on account Of n relln elton OF
wages, which could only be put down by tho
lancos Of tue Pruasan uhlans. with the killing
and wn,lndtng Of eevusal OF tho rioters, uni the
th!ncs which eannot hut ubsrulu themselves ou
the notice Of Prince Bismarck In hts holiday
tsrcu,ent ut kIss'ngep, atll inlucr him, ucr-
haps, to welcome with all the creator sprit Of
concllfattun tic oytriurea of Cardinal MaselIa,
representing that Church which not only elnI1ns
boasts Itself to bu the sole antldoto against ~
ciAii3U.