New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-31
SOCIALISM IN EUROPE.
THE VARIOUS CONGRESSES HELD AT PARIS
MISTAKES IN CLAssIFICATIoN'

THE VARIOUS CONGRESSES HELD AT PARIS
MISTAKES IN CLAssIFICATIoN'
To the razor or me Tribune.
Sir: The dinner offered Thursday 10 the deeeauos
Of American workmen. the Efel Tower, win MI
ybitelaw Reid I'm the chair and Mcssis. Barthodi ans
Depew as spoke smen closes the series Of the numero"
anments congresses and conferences held dni-
ing Exposition in the interest OF the laoorins
classes. The Tribune has already explained Dfieht
the main differences which separated the two prnc
pal factions, Of European workingmen at the Inter
national Labor Congress Of Paris. This was
one Of most important Of the sNty-hne
different congresses conferences areaoy
held or which Will be held, during 'hs
Exposition especially on account Of the cosmopoSn
character OF the assembly. composed Of delegates sent
by tho laboring classes from nearly every country
on the earth The delegation OF American WorAhh Gu
tertaIned this week the Eifel Tower by Minister
Reid and Messrs. Bsrfholdi and Depcw represented
something different from the above mentioned rep
rosentstiyes at the International congress Ihat
deIeaaon has not for lis object TO study the pocs
and social aspects of the labor question, but Only Us
,oc5r,loal sides 1t represents American labor
anxious 10 advance just Mr.. Alfred Dodge repre-
,en.cd the United States from me poHl
OF view of economical and social science,
when his system Of a just distribution oi
gains was submitted the congress on
from the 10th 10 the 10Th of July. under the dliecs
auspices Of the French Government
The delegation Of American wOIkmen Will cary
away, no doubt important and practical views ana
they ale sure be welcome on their return H"iuo'
while Dckmann GlOrle Se2tz and "erh"e'' "''o
gates 10 the political International congress d. wv"
rs some Austrian and other European deegS'es "e'o
nut in prison or prosecuted otherwise, when 'he9 "
turned from Paris &c their respective couh"'o>' -
,us, be admitted however that the reactonaty Gov
ernments of Europe had some pieteXtS 10 appear
frichtcued when the revolutionary forces fepiFs''i
at the Paris congress are taken INTO conSderauoh'
First were the German socialist Democrats num-
he,ing some 100000 members. Their organ no
d" Social Demokrat' cTculates lOooo copies "ooN''
and ,he Marty sells about - 900 worth of pamphlets
cvcry month The product OF these sales ana 81 lhs
.ssessments f. nearly sufficient 10 support TIE soclaiS'
Deputies 10 the Reicstag-the mandate behe an uh'
paid one-and help the eNilrh OF imprisoned socia
ists In Belgium the Workingman's Party num-
ho bout 200 900 adherents divided into 100 clubs.
- nossesses two daily organs. the Voornt' with
On 600 circulation, and 10 Peuple' with 2',oOo,
besides four weekly papers and many pamphieS'
The Socialists In Holland are about 10000 whose
organ. a tr-wcekly, the Recht voor Alen,' FOUNDED
NJ Amsterdam eleven years ago, crculates already
90 600 copes soc alism is litte In favor IN Eng
land and that country not prominent at all IN
the Paris international Congress. But sweden Noi-
way. Austria, Spain, Italy and Russia sent many
delegates.
II must be noted. however that under the general
name OF Socialists the writers OF the Labor party !"
Europe are wont TO include any organization faNofao'
IN a labor movement though adverse 10 The EuOpes"
sort of Sociastic ideas For instance. LEgdnte' Vi
PARIS finds ont that the United States possesses ~
less than 300 600 socialists, which the trcn'h ia''
organ divides follows: