Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-21
Thursday, Dec. 21, 1882.
AN UNWELCOn1E VISITOR.

1 AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
 Herr Johaun Most, the we'll known Sc.
 cialist, who is now in New York, is describ.
 cd as having gentle expression of face and
 a very pleasant voice. And yet this gentle
 faced and pleasantvoiced man has made con-
 siderable trouble in Europe both for himself
 and others. As long ago as 1869 he got
 himself arrested by taking prominent part
 in meeting called to protest against
 the treatment of Socialists by the Austrian
 government. In 1870 he was again sent to
 prison. Being released in the following year
 he began tour through Austria and saxony
 preaching Socialism. Expelled from Vienna
 by the police he went to Chemnitz, where he became the editor of the Free Press. Ar
 rested once more, released and again arrest
 cd and released, he went to Mayence where he became editor of the Volkstinaaaee. In
 1874 the people of Chemnitz sent him as
 delegate to the Reichstag Parliamentary life,
 however, did not tame his revolutionary spirit, for in March, 1874, he delivered 8
 speech defending the Paris Commune, for
 which he went to prison for nineteen months. Upon his release he became editor of tho Berlin Free Press and began the publication of number of Socialistic and revolutionary
 pamphlets and books. As he could not keep out of jail he decided in 1878 to go to Eng land, where he supposed he could say what he pleased. He established Ethe F3eHeit and when in 1880 the Czar of Russia was assas-
 sinated he heartily praised the deed and call ed down like fate upon the Emperors of Austria and Germany. This was little too much, even for England, and Most was sen fenced to sixteen months imprisonment His time having expired he has come over here what is called by Mir. Justus H. Schwab, the leader of the German Socialists in this country, ia tour of provocation. He was invited to come here, says Mir. Schwab, I that he might effect more thorough organi- zation of the Socialists here and bring about
 more combined action with the Socialists of
 Europe.
 Although pleasant as to his voice and gen tie as to his face the ideas of Mir. Most arc not pleasant or gentle. He was asked:
 Suppose the Socialists wished to overturn | the government of England. Suppose that | the Queen was killed tomorrow, the Prince of Wales the next day, his eldest son the l next and that this kept up for ten days At l the end of that time it would be safe to say there would be no person willing to accept 1 the crown of England. Would such thing 1 be justiiable from Socialistic standpoint i? | His reply Terrorism such as you de- 1 scribe would be justifable if the Socialists could through it obtain power. Anything is l justifable by means of which the Commune
 could be established
 l Probably Herr Most will be suffered to
 make his tour of provocation" in this
 country in peace. He will not find as much
 material to work upon as he would if the
 times were harder, but he will doubtless do
 something towards strengthening Socialism
 here. It is to be hoped that hs and his 1 pleasant voice and gentle face will not make | & long stay. Their proper place appears to 1 be in some European jail.