The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
LosDds BuDaEr.

LONDON BuDGEr.
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once More Our Mahon Favors us With
~ Itsms or lntersst From Engisna, s'-z
Over fhe Water.
For The Enquirer.
IoNnoS April I5.-The Social propa-
panda in Britain has now entereu ~
new-phase.a Two, parties are proIess4n2
and are supposed to be propaQating %,
cialist ideas. can scarcely pc expec.teu
to write of these movements as an im,
nsrtiai observer, because | am opp osed
to the one and an active member OF the
other. In future letter / will review;
the proceedings and progress OF the 80
c,al Democratic Federation since the
snlitin its ranks-tan account OF which
was given in the journal some time ago.
In the meantime i have only lew
words to say with reference 70 the gene
raj position and prospects OF the propa-
pal,da as whole. asa =
aPublic opinion has been chiefly ac-
tive about the war in the Soudan 5rle, Tl :
ain has been going it" again. Inc
mighty ornaments, the invinclble army,
the Incompatible statesmen, have oeen
putting forth their prov owess-against 9
ahorde of rebels Would you know
what for? Market hunting, OF course;
The great empire is beginning to feel
nneasy. Cheap goods are accumulatlng
IN stores. and she knows not where to
disoorge them. "A sensible person might
ask "Why not into her children's mouths
and on their backs? Are the people OF
Rritain.-Great Britain--so we'll of that
there is no outlet for her products? Are
they all so we'll fed that food lies rottlngl
/ Are thew 40 we'll clothed that the moths
are having a high time r. II you have
too much wealth why not use IT "a ana
the imam of the world answers Win w
amazement "What ntopian TOOL nave we
herel It was not made to use, it was
made to SELL" t"But you can't sellit" re-
Joins the sensible person, There are no
markets asThen we'll make markets,
answers the men of the world. II we
can get the goods by fraud we can open
markets by force : ~, ~. s1s" H'ali@tH
lFi n;ligF"We've got the ships y saagyCg.1
Iii 49,. We've got the men Of. =
l. 1854 We've got the money too;" ia ngW
and the, commercial marauder, hastens
| off to look for nice little, weak, simple,
but rich and iii defended tribe to whom
he administers the resources OF 1clviliza.
ton, beginning with cannon balls and
ending with. Manchester and Blrmlnng-
ham wares, ,fhz I'M ,.4a.o1E a,,
/ This Is why We are slauehterrng the
Soudanese, solely for the purpose of fur
lthering our exploiting grounds. The
capitalists having put a bit in the mouth
of modern civilization are driving it
around the world in the interests of profit
grinding Think of this, oh ye of the
United States of America, and reflect
again before you say, we have no men
fit to stand h d ba1f beside your T railroad t Kings kings
I" Britain hasa son at Edinburgh who
4 felt anxious about how her wealth was
being "distributedp So, he offered 1000
to a, committee of her economists and
Journalists Ioh simple Britain) if they
would organize conference to discuss
the question. They discussed and dis.
cussed and discussed for three days-and
never said anything worth talking about.
And the $4,000 are gone.
| Of, all our astute politicians G. Brad
laugh, ESQ, M. P, is not the least astute.
Since the death Of General Gordon there
has been various indications of public
opinionn being against the Soudan expe-
dltion. Mr.. Bradlaugh waited until he
saw how matters were going and after q
few meetings had been held which
| showed how the popular feeling swaved
his name appeared on a bill announcing
a meeting to. protest against the war.
| 1Of course the name was in larger type
! than anything else. 1t is always 50.
The night of meeting came, Mr.. Brad
laugh was chairman, and the first reso-
luton declaring the war to be morally
inexcusable" was proposed. 1t was
supported by four speakers each of whom
| occupied over quarter of an hour. The
Socialist League had given notice that
two of their number would move and
second rider, THAT this meeting be-
lieves that the invasion of the Soudan
has been prompted solely by the desire
to explore the country in the interests OF
CAPITALISTS and stockholders, and warns
the working classes that such wars will
ALWAYS take place until thew, the workers,
unite throughout the civilized world in
taking their own affairs into their own
hands" .r ..t., ..r...
The Socialist delegate, Morris, was
1 allowed five minutes to propose the
| rider, he actually spoke for about two
and q half minutes. The seconder, Now
1 BRAY, spoke for about three minutes out
of his allotted five. Mrs. Besant Was
then called upon to state why the rider
could not be accepted This lady occu-
pied sixteen. minutes in explaining"
When she sat down and before the ap-
plause had properly subsidized the chair
\ man asked for show Of hands in favor
of the rider, and then before the audience
understood what was going on the rider
was declared lost. This piece of sharp
practice was successful in nominally de-
feating the rider. The chairman's flag
rant trickery was seen through by the
audience, great number of whom were
| in hearty sympathy with Morris speech.
Mr.. Bradlaugh's influence can hardly be
healthy when it requires support by
glaring partiallty at q public" meeting.
The man has now, however, been de-
nounced, while the system that makes
such wars inevitable is left to pursue
I its way, ... .,.,'.,..-
Il Uphold and defend a state Of society
In which rnarauding wars are necessary,
denounce the wars after they occur, and
| by this means shall ye gain popularity.
ESuct1, is Mr.. Bradlaugh's 3 creed, and he is
worthy oft. / l21a4,hsJ. Ls Ml4AHEoNst d.
" 'sccR1BE,s SUGGESTION. s'.r'E4 .