The Labor enquirer., 1884-05-31
Revolutionary Agitation.
Justice Jondon, England.)

Justice Iondon, England.)
1t is almost amusing to note the
avidity with which our capitalist press
is lending itself to the propagation of all
the dynamite plot" stories sent from
abroad, for the most part affairs got up
by the police of the different countries
to Justify the arrests of persons obno1-
ious to the ruling powers. The Cracow
bomb business and the explosion which
might have taken place at the inaugura-
ton of the Niederwaid monument, but
didn't, appear to have been somewhat
akin to our own -Bondurand affair
The court of King Leopold of Belgium,
is roundly accused by the National Beige
of Sunday last, of exercising hurtful
and dangerous pressure on public affairs.
Under the pernicious influence of the
queen who in her turn is controlled by
clerlcally guided clique the interests of
the people of Belgium are subordinated
to those of a horde of courtiers, ecclesi-
astics and others who are deyouring the
substance of the country. One could
almost imagine oneself reading OF Eng
land in the desert ption of Belgium given
by our contemporary. In Belgium as
elsewhere the revolution is approaching.
The Cri du Peuple of Sunday last had
information from Nice according to
which threatening placards of revolu-
tionary character had been posted about
the town during the night before. Thev
were however removed by the police
before 10 O'Clock the following morning
The police at Nice had been recently
strongly reinforced, evidently in antici-
patton of some movement.
We have recently mentioned the ap-
pearance of an anarchist paper called
the Explosion in Switzerland. 1t is now
stated on the authority of the Italian
anarchists in Paris that this paper has
been founded by the International po-
lice for the purpose of entrapping those
who might enter into communication
with its editors who it is openly stated
are very clever police agents.
1t is said that discomfort is manifest
ing itself in many ways in the German
army, owing to the increased severity of
the discipline maintained consequent
on the spread of Socialism in the coun
try, Quite recently three men of the
regiment stationed at Munich committed
suicide to escape the brutal treatment to
which they were subjected by their Off
GERS, while symptoms Of disaffections sare
reported among the troops stationed in
Alsace-LOrraine. The officers of the
German army belong as rule to the up
per classes and are merely the practical
exponeGts of the tyranny which per-
vades all German life under the domina-
ton of Bismarck and old Kaiser Will
helm. A revolt in the German army
may be too much to be hoped for by
those who disapprove the military sys-
TENS which are brutalizing the so-called
civilized nations, but it is at least salts
factory to know that they are by their
inherentviclousnes bringing about their
own downfall
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Cri du Peuple in a letter dated April
%, says that in Russia they are on the
eve of serious crisis, and that the Rev.
olutionary party are preparing for a new
and supreme effort The incessant per-
secutions by the police both at home and
abroad have decided them on using the
only resource left them. viz.-that of
force. The authorities of st, Petersburg
have completely lost their hold of the
situation, and the Revolutionary feeling
is becoming daily more wide spread in
the army. On April %, thirteen naval
officers were arrested for plotting against
the life of the emperor, and on the eighth
police agent was found in the Slon-
ovaia street dead with a placard attached
TO his coat stating that he had been exc
cuted by order of the executive commit
tee. Notices threatening death have
been received by the ministers and |
other high dignitaries of state: The de-
tails contained in this letter are con-
firmed by information we have ourselves
received from private sources. !