Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-03
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1hs late Anarsbsss trials A. An'ssfF
and other RaropeaE cities have aiFs'''so
a.. s,.su,iop, Of the world ane~ 70 the
.,as .r.,s,,d OF Sihaisan ans the vsrioas
sorrns Of soeasiisB, and men eeg1ia 70
youaar vAsshsr the present sisiiizssaoH
/. not housyeoubed and sottertDR 10 iis
Fan IL il certain that within tbs past
fec years tbs snemiss Of sstaslf'4atd
sxvernusns have been h5oFins indus
.r;oasiy. and have sOaossded not only
ia sprsadinR their organizations tnfou2A
Rus.sa. Germany ana Austria, bal 10
obtaining . Hrrn foothold 10 nay
France and sven IN Eaaiand In Aias'-
la. too. whsrevsr large sentsTs 81 Iof-
.,gn popula,ion are found, she peculiar
srssA of the Communists no1rienes' a.
,ho,0h the iuxarianee Of ia growth is
mot snch ~ wten the plant springs ifokn
the more eonesnial soil Of dssposiSm
In the city Of Chicago, for instance
there are said 70 be seven Commanassie
scciesies, having military eompaniss
connected with them. two Of these bsine
armed With rifles Of the most approved
pattern
what. then, ia the meaning 81 TINS
diaaffsction 2 IL there something wroEe
ia ths eivilizatioa Of the sgs, or il tns
Ga world drifting toward one Of those
GRAND social upheavsts which have IN
the pass been the CHASTITY epoch MARKS
Of history The supsrstisioua rsnefn-
bar With awe and half defined dfead
that almost every century Of historic
times has CLOSED amid The throeS Of rev
olution or gigantic war. and each ne~
century has been ashsred into sxistt'nee
amid the boayul Of artillery that vas not
fred merely - q salute TO the neweom'
ar. The las. centary passed away IN
the wor.d-ssruasas Of the FreHeh heVo'
luton, and the present came into being
while Napoleon, blood-stainsd and IRE
ascksd, Vas sweeping Eafopa, from
Lisbon 70 Arshangsi. The eighteenth
esnsasy foand Charles XII. the Mad
man of tho North, hsmmerine at the
,ce.eatss OF Russia and Louis XIV
striving 10 reconstruct the map Of
Earope. II, IL hAs been century afie'
csnturys
Il seems 40 ihDugh the minds OF men
after q certain period Of rspoee, arr
prepared for action Of the titanic kind
Resslsssnsss becomes general. and new
theories OF life aud government dns
many 10 embrace thsm. Such is the
case today. Waterloo closed the last
world eunfiict. Bot that was seventy
years ago. and men are once more ready
fof some wild excitement TO seize upor
them. This Ia the reason that The
Anarchist finds companions in every
portion of thc world. II does not fol
Low, hewsyer, that We are on the eve oil
q great social aphsasai Ii may b
thAt under the influence Of oar higher
and better civilization the fierce activity
which must End vent, will De displayed
in difisreni form. Perhaps q migrs
tion may DO an,,ng the things 10 be; q
revolution in science or In religion may
iaesms the nations. Perhaps, on the
other hand, the old world monsrehies
vill shortly have completed the cycle Of
their exissenes and viIl srumble 10 dusi
amid tbs glare Of revolution or bstore
the solsGan and irresistible onward
march Of parliamentary progress. The
people are restless, and in whatever
form IL naay come, II 10 probable thai
the near future contains. wrapped Ia
lie dimness, events THAI the ,h0uRhi
less presen. does not dream Of.