Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-22
Tho Dawn o. q Revolutionary
Epoch In esern8nY,

tH. 4. Hyndman in The Nineteenth Century.
The prospect seems unfavorabe 20 mod, ra-
| ton, Alike In the cities and IN the country the
proietar az might become masters o, the stu
alton for q time. For the country population
/ In large portions OF Southern Germany are not
conservative force; they, TOO. are disaf1ected:
they, too, look hopefully toward the Com
muaistic Utopia; they too have felt arfi feel the
pressure or militaTzstion and the hardness OF
/ the times. That very emigration which STAGE
/ lSaS has been one (f the great features OF
inodern Germany. is a revolutionary move
meht; Tor the men who go are chiefly or tue
moderately wealthy middle class. They leave,
put they DO not return. They and their cni.-
oren remain 10 strengthen and enrich the re-
public beyond the Atlantic. where CONSUMPTION
Is unknown, right OF meeting ubieJtered, and
Junkeruom aohorred. The memory OF the
lalnerland remains, but IL Is A memory ONLY
not living anxiety 10 return TO hello on its
proSr, IS or TO enhance as prosperity. But
This exodus has been chiefly or the middle class,
and The millions who have gone have bat
accentuated the difference between tue tolling
many AID the bureaucratic. aristocratic and
military Few who Cypress 'hem-haye. TOO. left
landlord and the small ewner OF laeorer be-
tw' en- the hands to mouth workman and the
capitalist Glass Toe moderate liberals tae
progressive class OF Germany, having been
driven away 10 seek their fortune amid AneTt-
can liberties. those who remain look 10 the
reyt luton Father than 10 steady progress 20
ren.d! their pr sent condition.
In late debate IL The Germ an Re3chStag one
OF the Socialist paties declared plainly that
falling 10 N div the laws which have been en-
acted 10 crush them for the next six years. they
must De driven 10 Try force For The moment,
every effort Is being made 10 prevent emeutee
even where the oppression Is greatest Wen
strikes occur, the Socialist leaders in Germany
and abroad urge upon their followers caullon-
Tell them their time is not yet. la homo afIsirs,
lor the present they work, wherever pracu ss>
Ole. Tor policy ot decentralization as opsos ii
! 10 the centralizsng tendency now In favor, for
Individual liberty. for the fair treatment OF
municipalities. and the que regard 10 the work.
Ing class Ia municipal affairs. Bat they have
no, much power In the Assemblies save In
cohJuhcuon Win those TO whom ia the end
tney must be bitterly opposed so far 4 is the
numbering OF The government rather than their
own sagac ~ or political management which
mas improved their position. But the orgaai-
Zaton Is becoming more and more complete aud
the action is taken ia accordance with preoon-
certed arrangements. Meanwhile. as
has been said, education and mintsrtzat;oa 90
naDo In hand together. Berlin and other oiue.s
are kept In permanent state or siege pro-
lection is foStered ia every direction. and fhe
very meh who might DC the support OF the en-
pire are driven away or forced into secret hos
unity. And the man who Is chiefly Responsible
Ior all this Is regarded by some even in England
as the greatest statesman OF the age Prince
bismarck has been called the greatest revolu-
Zionist OF our time and IA so far IA reaction
can incite 10 revolution he is worthy or the
title even In Domestic affairs. His marvellous
success In consolidating Germany has blinded
mems eyes TO his iGcapacity for any real states
manshlp Ia The wider sense. Ia place OF help
Ing the mass OF the population TO a better DO
sltlon, lnstea OF teaching the upper classes ana
The royal family that the only hope OF safety
for his country In these DAYS is 10 make COM
mon cause with the people. and tighten the
burdens " hich grind them down he n rs Thought
OILY or Violence and ACKNOWLEDGMENT, OF terri.
loI1a extension and military power.
These people had violated 10 law whatever
however obnoxious their oplBions, they were
peaceful, quiet, orderly folk. Prince BISMARCK
has made martyrs OF them, and sent then,
aufit 10 preach their doctrines and parade
their wrongs. No greater outrage upon liberal
prlLcIpleS has been committed 10 our Line