New-York tribune., 1886-05-15
VIEWS OF KRAPOTKINE.
WHAT HE THINKS OF LABOR TROUBLES.
TREATMENT OF SOCIALISTS IN THIS CooNiN'
REST OF MosT-A REVOLUTION CoMiN"'
rBY CABLE To THE TRIBUNEl

LONDON, May 14.-Ihe arrest Oh NioS' "a
rouch amazement and indignation among 'io 'o'0N ~
t,6c Socialists of Europe The TRIBUNE iope .t-
..,ivo has received paper on labor agtatloh wiz
~, pr,,ce Kranotkine In it the Socialist
do saws he Is astonished at the way ooclais'S
+re,ted bv the authorities in the Cnlted o'a'cS
na tates that the Car must be pleased 10 see nis
oven metbods adopted by the American hepupho,
He predicts that the labor question III Europe
resnit soon in revolution and declares 'ha' ~ ~
.nrood to the limited States and will end IN mucn
bloodshed. Following is the paper IN 1uh'
1o,, not sufficiently acquainted with American al''
to nudge them thoroughly in detail 1hero a'v'
aver few general considerations which a .n .,
,arv 10 submit to the attention OF All ea'l le' -
,,o 1,,,,oa state. 1t Is obvious that inc sie" -, .
ran Republic suffers from crisis very u". ,no s.me
We arc passing through in Europe anu o" -, W ~,
,auses-namely, production whicn Is "o' ,
,,s avn nroducers such producers beng uhapio W i
W ,ooas thew have produced. That great misery e1-
all Industrial centres in the United states Is kno"n
% ALL AS well as that at this moment "oiAnen " nv
arc stin employed have no guarantee "' a ' ,'a NV "
will not be turned out tomorrow aLd DC co"po"o "
,on the ranks Of those who do not know where W hu
mir food for the day. That the prospects vi I'LL
oremen, arr few and those OF things growing worse
are but TOO that the crisis, or ra'ner 'o
eries OF crises encounter are not temporary ono''
m necessary of false economical reIaons
ALI these undeniable facts
hat
this illness 1t seems to me that the duty the hoy
,pv Of every honest intelligent man, is seriously
reconsider the causes OF the nes,to shake OF the YOKE
n, precouceiycd opinions TO study independently 'he
,-esent state affairs and thoroughly TO examine the
orinions OF school which daily acquires new scehtnc
representatives and which above all nnds so mucn
familiarity precisely among those who suffer most from
.he present state OF things. the Socialist school, whch
,cs the causes OF evil to the abnormal state OF
individual property obtaining 10 STUDY Tue Owls anu
their origin in and TO pursue TINS study not
only in afew books. but much more In the growing
oupous OF the OF working people to staLd Dy
these masses 10 work together with them Tor the ep
ton ~ ,hose new forms OF society which surely Will
grow in our humanity full Of young forces and haDlc 10
undergo those notifications which the dement's OF tue
community would impose on Its modhed conditions VI
life and roiuctionsuch ought TO be the duty OF every
honest man. Is the only conclusion worthy OF an
earnest man. 1t seems to us that In young union 80
eyuberaut In all manfes tations OF life as the
United states such should be the course OF oe'
yelopment In o country where women anu men
are So accustom ed to rely upon themselves and expect
nothing from a Bismarck. we hoped. whole phaanx OF
Young forceswoud raplygroup themselves ana take In
their ghy hands the great social question: pushne ts
solution forward by their joint and vigorous efforts And
yet such the The educated classes OF tne
United arroganty deny the existence OF sncn
thing as the social question They treat with contempt
the efforts made to issue the terrible difficulties in
have Invented better means than those useo py le
Old despots OF the East. Keeping them down Is their
supreme remedy. Amidst the free institutions OF the
United States mighty labor organizations nave grown
which believe in the most moderate and pacinc means
Of ameoratiou They refrain from irving al the
root of the evI-which Is capltaI-anu lHeS Wy UNIV "
limit It's power.
We Anarchists do not parake OF these fine Illusions
We 20 deeper and discover the cause OF the present evils
personal appropriation OF the riches produoea ny
the jont efforts OF all the community, ana we say ~
workmens organizations that the ruling classes VIII
tolerate them only far as they see In them 10 lm-
mediate dangers 10 the benefits they now derive
from labor that Is not Tree "DHe saying
this with regard to Europe. however. some OF us
still cherish faint hope that perhaps IN the Ohi'eu
States affairs will take the course Inc late
rews from over makes us renounce any such
hope
Tie privileged classes, for there are such in America
also-atnough passage from one class to another
does not brsile with legal diicuties-the privileged
classes say seem up their minds to prove
that they are intelligent than their European
brethren In America we'll as in feudal Europe iorce
is isproclaned the supreme means. Boycotng was cer-
tainy LEGAL instrument in the struggle OF those work
ngmeu anxious to remain legal ground and the out
CRY in NewYork is to arrest the boycotters newspa
per prosecution III the United States seemed monstrous
70 those who believe In the liberty OF the press ana be-
hold now an editor of aNew-York Socialist paper must
conceal himself ike felon, and is finally arrested
Every person heard to utter Anarchist sent-
ments is put under arrest, and this is having
excellent effect This Is the report
we read in our London morning kilograms.
The Russian must leap for JOY seeing that his sys-
TEN finds such devoted in the United States
But .he struggle thus begun Will be much harder than
that going On in Europe, nevertheless The people OF
tie United States possess something far more important
than any written law. They arc accustomed to free
freech. free press, free association TIE worknen OF
may %
and women and men may he cluJbed III England Ihls
g. ho wever already becoming dlcult TASK put I'D the
United states will bring ON a conflict Force VIII be
resisted by and Professionally the victory may rest
with disciplined organi cation. Bat most earnestly
invite all earnest in the Uni! cd states seriously to
consider the consequences OF the departure they
taxing Before years over We shall see great
revolution breaking out in Europe The present state OF
snars cannot last much longer The workmen will not
tolerate the order OF things now existing ain We'll
acquainted with the OF nons the rkingmen In
erl parts Of Europe and say sincerely ana enphatl
ta.y that they will not stand it much longer.
few fools may imagine that all the coIninoon Is due
10 the press, that. IN fact II Is pen aea-
ton, circumstances are pushing toward revo-
luton which before decade has rolled over VIII lreak
out In Europe. No matter where 1t begins 1t vii spread
all the continent It's arrival can neither he post
pOned nor advanced by any known force. IL Will as
different characteristics among dflerent nations
but The tendency everywhere will be 10 bring about ser.
Gus notifications In economical conditions, and when
Europe has entereai revolutionary period the United
st.tes will not escape the coDfaeraion Though the
revolution Is oidablc II can take character
pr less bloody II may result, 100, in change
less thorough which would guarantee a more or less
peaceful and free development In the future.
Now lot us remember that the more blood is shed
during the years separating us from the revolution
and the more the passions ale excited, tie more
raneunaIy will be the UPRISING the more animosity
there will be both sides, the more victims Will fall
both sides and less guarantee there will be for an
ultimate progressive Development Who may lie inter-
es,eG such RESULT few rich iders WHO Will ran
away and find safe refuge AT Nice or elsewhere
a. thu ovotiou has broken out for all those