The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-27
Secret and Revolutionary Societies in Opera
tion Everywhere, and Seditious Doctrines
Openly Preached and Advocated.
Hyndman Tells What the Socialists
Want and How They EXpectto Getlt.
The Burmese Grow Restless Under British
Rule, and 1t Becomes Necessary to Send
Reinforcements to Prendergast.
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Living In q FOOLS Paradise-British Foreign
Relations.

Living In q FOOLS Paradise-British Foreign
Relations.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LONDON, Feb 26.-The truth is, we are living
in FOOLS paradise Our trade, killed by hostile
tariffs, is going to the dogs. Our working
classes are in the direst distress. thousands OF
them literally starving. Social Democrats are
getting hold of them. The successful agitation
in Ireland is starting all kinds of secret and rev.
olutionary societies in England. Sedition is
openly preached and advocated Our public
men appear to be no longer moved by those
high motives and patriotic principles which used
to inspire their councils before Mr.. Gladstone.
like the man with the ass, tried to please every
body-except the thoughtful and sober men OF
the nation. Capitalists are putting their money
into foreign undertakings The Queen does lit
orally nothing for the trade of London. Her
advisers intrigue with seditionists and yet we
expect things to 60 on in the same old jog-trot
fashion that is generally characteristic of our
prosperity. The folly of letting vast
mass s-meeting take place in London in
such times as these, without or
ganizing precautions against the possible
excesses of an excited mob is beyond imaeina-
tion. When the Queen came to London the
other day. 4, 900 policemen and several regiments
of troops were in the streets, although the SOW
ereign might safely have come among us unat-
tended. It was thought wise, however to be
strong on that occasion and to give public evil
dence of strength But meeting of the people.
heralded with threats of revolution (the Social
Democrats have been declaring their intention
to rise and the authorities have pooh -poohed
them for weeks) and having the excuse of hun
ger to make them riotous, finds less than 300 po-
licemen available for special duty, and these are
scattered in small bodies over an area of many
miles, while the mob numbers $4,000 men. The
speakers at the real meeting of the working men
demanded revision Of our fiscal laws; the ora
tors of the Social Democrats openly advocated a
fair division of tho property Of the rch and their
supporters gave three cheers for the social revo-
luton"
London and the south of England are largely
Conservative and imperialistic They believe
Mr.. Gladstone and his party will come to early
and utter grief. The north of England and the
midlands are largely Radical. They believe Mr.
Gladstone and hissparJy will win an established
success on their administrative merits Mr.
Gladstone tries to conciliate Prince Bismarck by
the appointment Of Lord Rosebery to the Foreign
Office. Lord Rosebery and his family are on
good terms with Prince Bismarck; but Prince
Bismarck must be more amused than influenced
by such poor strategy. Lord Rosebery is a
novice in diplomacy and statecraft At the same
time it is known that Count Herbert Bismarck
wrote to Rosebery and advised him to take the
foreign secretaryship if it were offered to him.
This trucking to Germany on the part of Mr.
Gladstone has created less annoyance to France
openly stated in Berlin that if Sir Charles Dixie
had been appointed to the Foreign Office Ger
many, knowing how closely Dixie is attached to
the French, would have regarded it as direct
insult to the Fatherland. 1t will be seen that,
apart from Ireland, Mr.. Gladstone, III respect of
Engand's foreign relations, is walking on thin
ice. Lord Salisbury can well afford to look on
carelessly and await results.