, 1881-04-17
The AntI-Socialist Law Of Germany.

AA6 tAH&1eSOEtNIlSl AitSt VI UEFhlHsi$s
According to the annual report submitted
to the German Reichstag by the proper De-
| partnent In reference to the enforcement of
| the nuti-Socalst lAw,-and we must luke this
+! official report Us corcect,-the condition Of
! thugs iu Germnn Soca1stc circles, ana all
| those spheres which ruure or less influenced
| by them, has not Improved In the least since
| the passage OF that law: en- the contrary. 1t
] seems TO have grown worse. This Official docu-
ment speaks Of the Socialistic Democrats. such
as the followers and adherents Of Most and Has,
selnann, in the following lnnguuge:
1t IS the chief object Of those Social Reyolu-
honlsts 10 prepare aud nsr4ate, " ith the aid uf
well Ii-orgunize clubs and dsoc:etie,.--r1liowlng jn
the Footsteps nnd tue teachings Ut tho Sihilists,
-Atl sorts vi dtabo1ica actg of violence A..,l.i,st
tue representatives Of State and ss,ciaf order,
exeeu1,ou Ia the ffS,hst, Feiix Pyutfs 'a9.. aie-
Tense nf Berezowsk. who ATTEMPTED to ussa sim
ate Gar Alexander H. WIS praised beyond
the ehtef u!c:lns to prepare tho pcope fur tho
socia revolution stoner or later to CINE.
This report also admits that ehe distribution
Of the newspaper Frcfheu, printed In London,
and other revolutionary and incenalary tiocu
menls. among sf1 troops as well MS among the
people could not he entirely prevented all
watchfuness and ceEe t. tha contrary notwith-
standing One ''nnderground" printing-ofice
OF tho Socialists has been cuntiscated- -
Thcse official statements simply demonstrate
the fact that the law against the Socialists
which hus been three years Ia operation has not
verified the antfcipauons based upon it
at tho time Of Its passage. Thut law
dfsturos tue "ilttle groups and clubs OF |
determined men" with their rerjcjlal !
plans und intentions no more than the Dracoptan /
measures Of the Russian police disturb the /
leaders Of the Shilists in the execution Of their
Such }Nw3 OF exception as tue I
law. which affect the wide
spread masses OF the people. will only hive |
tendency to drive the agitation from the surface !
Gown into the secret depths of these great
masses. What this agitation loses In extension
IT gains in intensity and bitterness Every one |
'Fhn IS In the least annoyed by the operation Of
this law Is regarded As q martyr. Before tbe
Socialist: press Of GeEsn,.ny WIS nuzslcd no
'uch language as that made use Of III Most's |
'feWtt appeared i'll the papers OF the !
SOCIALISTS. Now the poison is secretly circu- !
ated among the German people. and they
[evour it With avidity. as the Government itself
nnst admit The eafety-valve Of free discuss
ion has been shuL or by the anti-Sncatst law, / :
nd tho consequence Is thai the dur11er Of OK
k'sion srows daily. The I3erliner Ia nl,ia.t ia ,
lso OF the opinion that nthor measures aeainst
he Social dangers in Germany 8nd their ex- I
reScences tnust be r1.sorted to, instead Of the ,
acuective Inv at present in force-viz.: i'm
roveinent in the social condition Of the
.borins classes: unrestrained liberty Of :
atercEanglng thoughts In public, only I
estfaned In so fnr as deccncy, pro- +
rfety, and general usage would REQUIRE. q
nd tho participation OF nl1 citizens in the i,
[ate's administration, instead of Dictator ! :,
up hidden t1<fcr the futds If pseudo conatf-
1t1onal1sn- Thus even the worst clements of :,
oc'Alssn wouid hc eGsicr TO control, and the g
niger Of a sudden explosion could be ayertesi.
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