The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-11
A Manifesto Of the Socialist
League of Britain on the
Subject.
1t is a Paper That Doubtless Will
be Interesting to American
Readers. .7: ',-
A Degrading Struggle for the Spoil
Of Barbarous Countries Constitutes
the Rivalry Of Nations.
FELLOW CITIZENS a wicked ard un-
/ inshssAx in. .nes uirs~usysd sys sass


arsMAs is-ses ui.s.sspd BY sas
uling and propertied classes OF this
country, with all the resources of civili-
ration at their back, against an Harmed
and barbarous people, whose only crime
is that they have risen against foreign
oppression which those classes them.
selves admit to have been Infamous.
Tens of millions. wrung from the labor
Of the workmen of this country are
being squandered on Arab slaughtering
and for what: Q) that Eastern Africa
raay be opened up" to the purveyor of
shoddy wares, bad spirits, venereal dis
ease, cheap Bibles, and missionary; in
short, that the English trader and con-
tractor nav establish his dominion on
the ruins of the old, simple and happy
life led by the children of The desert ;
t2) that fresh supply of sinecure gov
ernment posts may be obtained fo- the
occupation of the younger Sons OF the
official classes (9) as minor consider
stion may be added, that new and
happy hunting. ground be provided for
military sportsmen, who, like the late
lmented Colonel Burnaby, find life
toresome at home, and are always ready
for little Arab shooting when occasion
arises. All these ends determine the
cominant classes, though in different
Proportions, to the course they are pur,
suing.
Citizens, you are the dupes of a plot.
BE not deceived by the fimsy pretences
that have been, and are, alleged as rea,
sons for the cowardly brigandage perpe'
trated on weak and unclvilized peoples
by these classes in the name of the com
1aunity.
Rest assured the above are the sole
motives animating them, whatever theil
professions in brief, that, in the words
Of our manifesto, "all the rivalries Of
1ations have been reduced to this one
8. degrading struggle for their share Of
the spoils of barbarous countries to be
rsed at home for the purpose of increas
ing the riches of the rich and the pov.
erty of the poor"
With the history and causes Of the
hondholders' war in Egypt you are prob
ABLY already sufficiently familiar, but we
invite your attention for a moment to
the leading facts in this latest develop
ment of career of hypocrisy and crime.
After the British conquest of Egypt,
General Hicks Is allowed to attempt the
reconouest of the Soudan in the interest
o. Egyptian usury This attempt failing,
General Bader is authorized to subdue
a. least the seaboard. A second failure
demonstrating the utter futility oi
Egyptian arms against the desert spear
men, a futtering in the doveCotes Of the
military and the stock exchange worlds
ensues. But there is balm in Gilead
yet. Happy thought-the garrisons-
yes, they must be rescued General
Gordon, the successful subduer of rebels
in China, and ex-governor-general al
F.hartoum, Is he not the man to deaI
with Soudanese malcontents1 Assuredly
SAY the Pail Mall Gazette and Times.
Cabinet ministers, unable to resist the
mandates of the classes these powerful
organs represent. bow their heads anc
submit.
Gordon, after duly consulting with his
friends is despatched, bearing in hi'
hand the instruction of the government
but-as events have proped-in hi'
rocket those of the distinguished news
papers in question. Arrived at Khar
toum, the christian hero" accordingly
with scarce feint at negotiation, and II
defiance of lis professions Of peace, pro
ceeds to fortify himself within the cltV
and use it as base for military raids
upon the surrounding tribes, whom he
had previously cajoled with -protesta
tons of friendship. The play after this
move was easy. The wicked Mahd
ulenaces tbe life of the "hero )" hero
demands an expedition to help hin
smash the Mahdi." The rebels" 9th
erwise Soudanese, are base enough u
take their own town of Berber from the
tgyDtian garrison. christian hero" feel
ii his bounden duty to announce his IN
tention of recapturing Berber, and put
ting all its inhabitants to the sword b.
Vav of chastisement. This pious in
tention, fortunately for the Berberese
remained unrealized.) Meanwhile gar
r.sons are forgotten. The jingoes know
cry worth two of that Gordon aban
doned Despatch your expedition or
lines, Pail Mall Gazette, and company
Cabinet ministers family demonstrate
and at length again bow their headi
Who are ministers, to dispute the order
cf influential newspapers, representa-
important interests
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs not to make reply;
Theirs but to do and-die,
and dying they are, to all appeaeance, q
cabinet ministers-of Pail Mall Gazette
That, however, is no concern of ours.
The expedition is despatched. Britis
cut-throats slaughter a few thousan