The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-27
Socialism am LOndon.
[London News. ]

[London News.l
The German Socialist newspaper, Fyeihe5t,
appeared as usual on Saturday, but with q
red border printed round the first page, to
celebrate either the anniversary Of the Paris
Commune on the 18th of March, 1871, or the
assassination of the Emperor of Russia On
Sunday week. The leading article in this re-
markable journal is not 8 whit behind the
Socialist speakers at a recent meeting in New
York, and far before Mile. Louise Michel,
who chose to print La Revolution Soci0ze of
Friday last on red paper. AS 8 heading
stands 'sAt Last and this is followed by q
quotation from the poetical works of c.. Beck,
presumably extracted from a warning to au-
%tocrats, and to the following effect:
Seize these, seize those, and hold them fast;
But one will reach thee still at last.
The writer of the article cries stTriumph,
triumph! The word Of the poet is fulfilled.
One Of the most horrible tyrants Of Europe,
| whose destruction has long been sworn, and
before whose whitening and %revengeful
breath countless heroes and heroines of the
Russian people have sunk into the grave or
more" There is not much mistake about
the ring of this and lest there should be. it
is echoed by a curious account Of the assass-
ination Of the Gar. 'sAs the monster" con
from one of the customary diversions provi-
ded for him by blind hordes Of blood and-
iron slaves, the d~eath-doom, long since pro-
nounced, reached and smote him." ''FiVe
times, shrieks Frejheit, had it been vouch-
safed for this Cannaille to tounh the bound
airy between Hither and Thither, and TO chat
ter about the finger of God as having saved
his accused life, when the hand of the peo=
pie stopped his mouth forever" To the
writer Of this article the name of RousakoH
is only to be s'breathed with reverence and
the last moments OF the dying Gar seems to
have been passed in rejecting on q life sfull
of crimes" s'The terrible news according
to the same authority, "rang like a thunder
clap in the princely castles wherein dWelt the
guilt-laden ones, who have a thousand times
over merited a like fate" The dwelling of
the Emperor Of Germany is specially desig-
mated as one of those il which hoWlings and
gnashings of teeth prevailed, and the En-
peror is denounced as a protestant Pope"
and stsoldier-kaiser. The ruling classes
1.-THE moral rascaldom'' Of all countries have
also felt a terrible shock, for they see in the
death of the Gar more than q t'mere act of
putting to death" It is Gan attack. full Of
promise on authority as such, and long-for-
feited heads tremble from Constantinople to
Washington. "The heroic deed of assass-
mating the Gar is exalted to the skies, but
the writer is not yet satisfied. Such ssBrutus-
like actions are possible. Why, then are
they lot performed more frequently?
"Why," it is asked, lis so-called tyrannicide
so rare? "Could only one such crowned
ragamufin be destroyed per month there
would be slight desire in the future to play
at monarchy"
FrejAeit is printed upon thin paper for
transmission abroad, probably from the fact
that the major part Of its subscribers are to
be found on the continent. Judging from
from the exhortations made to its readers to
pay up their dues, it is not a thriving news
paper, and circulates only among 8 very linn
tied circle in London. But no secret is made
of it's place of publication in the Great Itch
feld-street, and the editor has at least the
freedom Of his opinions. Not only is the
murder Of the Gar held up for imitation,
but it is seriously proposed that the 18th of
March, the anniversary Of the Paris Com
mune, should henceforth be held by the
Workingmen Of the world as q strict holiday.
When Freiheat is short of news it falls
back upon history, but in the red-bordered
number of Saturday there is evidence Of
abundant correspondence, as if the commun-
istic centres of Europe had been encouraged
by the assassination of the Russian EN-
peror.
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