Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-04

fozn the London World.

FROM the London World
Nearly twelve years ago, in the Whtsun week
Of 1871. when all the world was crying shame on
the Paris mob for the outrages OF the Commune,
there appeared in London a small pamphlet.
hercely and defiantly justifying the actions of
the Communal government in Paris. II was in
the form Off circular TO all the branches of the
International Working Mems Association; and
although II was signed by q strange medley of
English and foreign names. purporting to repre-
sent a General Council its real author was
known to be Karl.Msrx a German refugee, who
for many years. had resided in London. For
over thirty years England was the home of this
remarkable man. So quiet and retired was his
way OF life that nine Englishmen ont OF ten had
never even heard his name You met him quiet
y walking down Gowcr street, man
somewhat over middle size although, owing
to slight stoop-the stoop OF the student
not Of the invalid and 70 his breadth of shout
der AMI depth oil chest. he looked rather less:
under his arm would he some papers for he was
on his way To the British Museum Library where
ne spent E"re time than perhaps any other liv-
Ing man, and altogether. with his light tweed
coat and SOFT felt hat you would take him for
the teacher OF modern languages in a ladies'
school. ie!sUTcIy making his Way from the I'M
foreground Tailw ay-station to fulfil his weari-
some daily task. Under the great dome OF the
library he was, as might be expected mt home
but ne made few acGuantances; and the mild
divine, who rubbel elbows with him Mt the cata-
io@ue-deSk, Ter the lady writer who was lust
putting the finishing touches to an improving
article Tor the CFltreT in the next seat at the
reading-tabc, had little idea that the gray
bearded reader. hall hidden among high piles of
books and papers, was the high priest of latter
day socialism.
kari NarX born about siXty-tour Years
a%0 III lrrT. or. as the french call if, Treves in
Rhiaeidnd. He went through the usual school
and university course. and. like most inauirinn
yOlths a. tI.at per Od. took" the revolutionary
fever along with his law studies AT Bonn. Be-
ins very mitch IN earnest in the matter lie soon
commenced >rTijl,n-c, ana ultimately in his
t~eniy-fOlUth Year was appointed editor of u
Radical paper III Cologne. 4 twelvcidOnth of
Marx : "ditotsE:p vas too much for the
1ruSs;!an government: nj the end of this
period hls paper was suppressed and he
himself expelled In Paris, where he took
refuge. he met Heinrich iieine Arnold Rump
and other mcn of more or less note ard worked
with them for some time on one or two short
lived Radical newspapers This soon procured
him an expulsion from Paris; and the same
fate awaited him after short stay in
Brussels. where hc had hoped To fad rest But
the Revolution of rs ii hand and Marx
was back I'D Germany a. soon as the general up-
heaval Of that year rendered such a step posi-
Bile All this was but temporary. however:
selves. closing one By one the cities OF refuge
till. in 1919 he was driven Ia London where he
lived TIL his d"ath. According 70 precedent
two courses We're open To man in Marks
position in London. He was onIy thirty-one
handsome. well built and we'll educated He,
could have swallowed his principles zone back
TO Prussia. where the influence Of his high
official relations would easily have obtained :.
good g0'eTument appointment a special para
graph in the GH:ciG{ Guzesf recor,liu,r
a he tfIf!,l
tation of youthful fOiiies: or he could have
posed rs martyr IN England Such history
a. his together with unlimited cgotisrn and p
smooth tongue. has before now made. the for
tune OF many an interesting exile who by
1eeturing. Dragging and fiattrry. has worked his
way IN English society. Neither of thesr courses
recommended Itself to Karl Marx He set HIM
sell III grim earnest to do two tiIinGs-to earn
an honest and independent living for himself
and MS young wife. and 10 put into articuIate
language the ideas with which his head was
filled. His Sty'Ht mi D"laG period was over.
he saw that violence aH,I in~tirrection were two
edged weapons. and that something more than
ba!ricadr and street song were necessary for
the would be victor. ready pen ana an en-
trance ard 10 the BTt .S Museum Library were
his weapons in the struggle, which must AZ
TIMES have been a Terribly severe one but which
ended in victory
The international was founded by Marx in
lS64- 1t lasted Just eight years. aud had it not
been for the fIai.tsc and fiiicuuu~ cXawgeration
In the accounts OF outsiders il would probably
have died natural death much sooner An
English journalist and author. writing under
the pSrUdonym of ''onSlOw Yorke" carried OF
the palm II history Of such holiness of ont
hn9 aEd strength of color that even the some
what grin features OF Marx himself relaxed in
smile a. he spoke cf II. Still more recently a
popular Novelist. while iiSdvowing all Intention
OF giving an accurate history of the real Inter
National has woven into romance the sketch
OF an association. such a. never existed and
Never could have eNisted-dn International
without principles. without heart. and without
Rational object. The Internal ,ona was simply
great trades union. whose object was to give
Strength ana uniformity 10 the desires of the
working ciass- With the Instruction in Paris
II had nothing to DO. and papers seized by the
police and produced al the trials showed that
MarN had written personally to some OF his adj
herents IN Paris. warning them against violence
The prophet OF this new school lived i'm q
Plain English house in quiet hy-road Off
Hayer>0ck HILL man noticeable at once
Chiefly for the marvellous outlines Of a head
and face that We're surely born To sit on the
shoulders OF a ruler of men. The brow was
massive. and every feature well formed the
whole surrounded by Il halo of silver hair
sadly thinned b" time. but still somewhat az
gressiye and tHyiedn@. like its owner The
Iuil beard, too. was white. atf0rdin9 a marked
contrast to mOustache still black Most re-
markaoie Of all We're the eyes which surely
Charles Lamb must have had in his mind when
he spoke OF the full. dark. iEscruta5le ewes"
OF the Jew: and Marx was by descent a jew.
They seemed To pierce You. as in a gentle but
emphatic voice the terrible '-iucendiary'' talked
OF the past, with its struggles its memories of
Heine and of frej!i-rath and o. the future
WIN us hopes. He was proud OF his work and
above all, of las h0pttdi the first volume of
which Is eagerly bought and read IN every
tongue and country of Europe-except our
own That volume contains the almost un-
divided labor Of twenty years, and the motto
prefiXed. Chosen from psate. rcpresents his
Ideal OF answering devotion TO cause.