The sun., 1885-02-08

Louise to a 1.estimist joprne!st The invita-
Non Moa.isaT asx 'nns PARTISAN da Roy LoSiso Miche
Ths play was no Ss;sr ,bo, o, Snys ssem .nan
nalists. cocotes. actresses. club men, bankers.
aosl all wished to see ,hs nS,s nlsy q aae
stall and .26 Tor a box. Never before had such
: brilliant and frivolous, company been as
50. from ihe first scene to the last. the house
Ses a. n. .n tnf Ss pant
stalls opened their umbrellas; SO that at I"st
The sssk SI p sf on psny as the
this %andsTinv soul Of the rsyoiutiDn seem
losing it's Influence over the public Of SOCIALIST
meetings. shs took part in the manifestation OF
bakers s6eps.' She Was was arrested with Several
S isaa rS"Sa ths% soad NOT ' rsiSss sse
Louise Michel, refused to defend herself.
or to allow herself to be defended. for for
s%T sht heF Ssr so% Ent sSs
refused even TO allow the representative
q a prominent newspapssEr to read 10, 70 the
irart in the riass Of the bakers shops: she
saw here an opportunity Of self.sacrhce: she
heart. tt and she was condemned Since then
Louise Michel has been imprisoned In the
thanks to the Intervention Of ii. Clemenceau
and other Radical deputies, she was trans,
SLOWED s TO '"s the days day 1t the bedside her
dyng anG It N Tas drnE ,hs anS psTiSI o,bsr
rsad fs rs, sa" hat shs Was the Victim Of
hallucinations. and finally that her reason was
gone. Henceforward her place is no longer In
BY her personal courage. the dignity OF her
life and the unsenshnsss OF her nature and
BIAS -
dare. Louise Michel was a dangerous person
ality, She had influence enough over tho
when her Popularity seemed to be declining:
But what did she wish What was the aim Of
she belonsedS i would require more space
than is at my disposal today to dsyeiope the
France. but | am able nevertheless to give
in Louise Michlst's own words soms Of her
years ago by the present writer.
Louise. :" The uuurrols Of schools are nothing
| to me. Each Of these schools seems 20 me to
provide merely one OF the stages through which
society is going to pnss-sociasm. COM
nnnism. anarchy, Socialism. to which we are
viii % reazs anu sTSnize 'TshhSf; hich
viii have i.s last eAprssssion II s IN ;nsrchy In
Be found. Man, having attained his pienl liude.
being no longer hungry. nor cold. nor afflicted
be good. Then there will te no longer any
law or any police or any d%'v,Snrnmen;.sim9ly % ,n
sublime Humiliation OF justice"
This will be- the realization Of tho ideal?"
No" she replied. for from these SUBMITS
other submits will be seen. The forces OF hu-
manity will be turned toward science. and will
throw h down the IN Obstacles which now prevent
have Gf,sn heard yen preach riot and reso-
NO. have only said that we must not faar
| to- kin one man in order 70 save hundred"
Then you approve Folk Pyats theory OF
Absolutely. 1t is the system that the Mill.
lists employ"
Yes because have found that the idea Of
God and OF eternal recnmpenses is the root Of
all tyranny. ! was Catholic because I had
some poetry in my nature. fused to admire
| the martyrs OF the Circus and the conspirators
| Of the Catacomhs When l was u girl l should
have gladly become Sister Of Charity. Now
fanatic. ana have devoted mysett to the cause
Of the onprsSSssd as "a my days pi iSh should
with the martyrs Of the Circus. You seq that
| social revolution and ma!eriaiism are bound
up with the tyrannies OF the society of the pnst
nsw y world , is coming nt9 II & existence II is
bnrds. and It's martyrs, as is the case at each
renovation OF humanity"
,sro1 a ySST opinion good and evil have
None but the austere joys Of conscience"
Such in brief. has been her life, and such in
all their vnEueness nrs the main theories of
Louise Michel. We are as yet TOO much her
contcmporaries to Judge her We can only ad-
cause. her splendid qualities OF seii-sacriiice.
while We cannot do otherwise than pity her rs
martyr. AS for the influence she has had a nd
will Stiil have on the Evolutionary elements Of
the population Of Paris. we must leave the ex-
animation OF that part to ths future historian
of the great Socialist moyement now in pro-
gross In the French capital.
THEODORE Cain.