Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-29
l Possible COnfiagraiiUm in Ger.
many.

Ii can scarcely be- doubted that 10 Germany
There are ali the elements OF a eonaagrauon
Ready to hand. This has OF late been so appar-
emf that We may fairly take ii into account fn
estimating Prince Blsmarcks policy But the
grown 1f the party or the social democrats liz
SeImany Is La itself remarkable fact In mod
efD politics. For there alone have the thee
rlsts begun to organize themselves win a
definite object. and there alone are tney
sufficiently educated. and, what IS more TO the
10 be really formld able Tais mtiitariz alton of
the MOB, however viewed. Is a strange piece
OF business 10 Itself. On the one hand strong
Expressive measures have been passed which
keep turbulent Berlin In permanent state OF
siege. which render Ii impossible for worLmea
TO form any union, TO publish any paper 10
hold any meeting to canvass for political pur-
poses. AT the same time. the factory laws
which had been carried to restrain the undue
employ ent OF children, and to prevent the
ABUSE or their power by capt. llists, have ae1
gradually set aside. The pressure OF the times
has rendered the position still more gave Than
II would otherwise have been. And yet, with
men thus exasperatet at the denial OF all free
dom and the underhand suspension OF laws
passed with difficulty for their beneilt. the
military cOnscttp ion Is still In full force. the
malcontentS are passed steadily through the
army exposed TO the hated Prussiau discipline al
the hands Of that hard handed and hard headed
Junker class whom they are learning TO look
upon as more bitter enemies than any foreign
foe, and return TO their no nes-such OF them AS
no not seek refuge across the Atianttc-to
remember that million more trained soldiers
hold the same opinions that they do and walt
only favorable opportunity TO show their real
strength AT the y bis they have been assert
Ing themselves, aud their successes are no lon-
ser confined TO the capital OF TO the fe man
ufacturing centres. Hartmann the shoemaser's
election at Hamburg, when he polled twice as
many votes as his two competitors, was more
remarkable even than the mere NUMBERS
showed. for his opponents were directly ant sg-
Onfstic 10 the socialist laws and were both liD-
erals fn the debate 8, Lebknecht, BabeI Hart
mann, and tie other socialist deputies, are now
listened to with attention, as representing a
force which has to be reckoned with nencelofth
as strong political influence. They are the
representatives not merely OF their own cities,
but OF that revolt OF indust rtalism against NIL
itartsm which can tn the end have but one
result Not even the PrllSSlan bureaucracy,
with Its marvellous Org anization, can In the long
run make head against the growing disconteat
which is now finding voice in SO many quar-
tiers. All the repreSSIve measures In tie world
VIII not prevent men from voting under the
ballot in accordance with what they really
think. The desire OF excluding from the polls
all who had taken advantage or the free state
education did not prevent the social democrats
from casting 100000 votes Al the last general
election, nor will prevent them from largely
increasing that number az the next Pefse-
cut1on has but infamed the enthusiasm OF the
whole party. They are now striving not
merely for the strange program which their
leaders put forward. but Ga behalf OF that CON-
mon freedom, that rignt to ordinary liberty,
which can no longer safely ee denied either TO
Catholics Or socialists The Nineteenth C5n.
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