The Portland daily press., 1890-03-13
THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE.
Jules Simon Hears the MutterInes
o. the Socialist Army.
a Warning to Europe To Unite
Against tho Enemy.
The Distinguished Frenchman nm
tho Labor congfess.

II ~ANA5t AANANA no EuTOnpau
edition publishes an Interview with M. Jules
Simon. who has just been appointed one Of
the French delegates to the Berlin confer
ence. Among other things Simon says: "lt
Is with the greatest reluctance that L have
accepted the invitation extended to me by
the government to be one Of the representa-.
tives at the Berlin labor congress. In the
first place Ia am simply overwhelmed with
work, and at my age 1 can Ill spare the ne
cessary time. Besides that, the more re-
fleet upon the character of the conference
the less certain am that my time willnot be
wasted: To be perfectly frank, consider
the action of the German Emoeror In callia9
the congress ill-advised. He Is a young man
Win nigh ideas, and Is doubtless sincere in
thinking he has found remedy for a danger
GUS situation. But older and wiser heads
look ahead with concern, and do not see how
the danger can be lessened by the means he
mas proposed. After all, what can this labor
nothing, unless IL be TO pave the Way for
subsequent conference Of diplomatic char
acter. When that second conference Il cali
ed, and think 1t will be some months later.
what can 1t accomplish? Very little.
Perhaps to make some agreement as
to the employment OF women
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being able to come to any agreemenr wifas: wfaS:
oOCNCl bI6 uOuT5 Oh udlIY ldUOT. OF
any OF the most important features Of the
labor question. There are too wide differ
ences In the characters, climates and re-
sources OF thu various European nations TO
make any such understanding possible. But
suppose, for the sake of argument, that the
proposed programme should be actually car
RED out as William the Second hopes, will
that have done away with the danger which
Is now threatening the German Empire? No,
indeed. The danger to which l refer, against
which the V0nnO &OVQratOO
Is the rising tide Of Socialism. He fancies,
In his inexperience, that by showing himself
conciliatory and philanthropic, he will win
the Socialists from their discomfort. But he
Is mistaken. He will find the Socialists are
so constituted that the more you cOncede the
more they demand. lie will find that haV-
ing taken his first step on the road
to concession, 1t will be impossible for him
70 draw back he will have to
concessions, his enemies growing meantime
stronger and more exacIing while he finds
himself less and less capable to check the
avalanche which he has himself In part set
In motion. look forward, therefore, with
grave apprehension to the effect upon Eu-
rope OF this present labor agitation. i re-
gard the Emperor's rescrpts as marking an
important epoch In the progress Of the So
clallstic movement. Already L can hear the
mutterings OF what must be the struggle of
the future, the bitter struggle between the
many and the few between the tOiling mill
lions who have thus far suffered silently,
and those who have made them suffer; be-
tween capital and labor; between luxury and
staryatlon; between misery and wealth.
No human being can avert that struggle,
put human power may do much to hasten
Its approach. | shall not see the day and
you may not see 1t, but the day is coming
when the autocratic powers OF Europe win
be forced to unite against united sociallstic
army and to stand or fall together
your ancestory In the New
World were able to build up out
OF fragmentary governments what Is to-
day the United States Of America. Why
may not our descendants in the same way
succeed in establishing the United States Of
Europe? Look back few centuries and
you see, where France now stands, number
OF Independent provinces. In the course Of
time these provinces united for their com
mon interest, AMI were better and stronger
for the union. With the progress Of civiliza-
ton, the Europe of today is as was the
France OF that older time. The task of
uniting the existing continental powers Is
hardly greater than was the task Of uniting
Normandy, Brittany and the other Gallo
provinces. The United States Of Europe
IDEA Is received with an incredulous smile by
the thoughtless mind, but think. History
shows many strange friendship brought
about by common peril. A common peril
Is threatening Europe now, Is growing great
er with every decade. IL Is the common peril
oil socialism. Let Europe beware"
To Protect the MackereI Fishery.
OTTAWA, Ont, March 12.-Commissiopar
Gordon. OF tho Canadian fishery protective
service, in his report to Parliament urges
the afvisability Of an arrangement with the
government OF the United States for the
preservation Of the mackerel fishery. The
best method, he believes. would be the absO-
lutte prohibition Of the use of the purse seine
both In Canada and the United States. He
is confident that If this was done expert
mantQllV for faw ha hauaGofaI Iaf
fects Of such legislation would justify its en-
actment.
Female General Killed.
PARIS. March 12.-It is officially announc-
ed that the King Of Dahomey, accompanied
by his female warriors, has retired to Lama,
after remaining at GOdomey four days and
not daring to attack the French posts. TIE
rest Of his army remains at Godomey, where
it Is erecting f0rtiic ations. During the cam
paign 1000 Dahomlans, including a female
general. were killed. 1t Is stated that the
French captiyes taken by the Dahomians are
safe at Whydah.
EmIgrant SwIndIers Sentenced.
VIENNA, March 12-The court at Wadow-
ic has sentenced two of the emigrant swind-
lers to four and half years Imprisonment
at hard labor. The others received sentences
OF from one TO four years imprisonment at
hard labor.
Nu OhoSNcu IaniPs
LONDON, March 12.-An unlocked lamp
alongside Of the corpse Of a workman named
Morris explains the explosion in the Morsa
colliery.
Land Tenure Bill Rejected.
LONDON. March 12.-The House of Com
mons this evening rejected the Irish land
tenure bill, 231 to ITO
Foreign Notes.
Ten Cretan refugees have been sentenced
TO 10 years Imprisonment at Retima, Crete.
The news has caused a sensation.
The Irish newspapers report that the off,
cials OF the government who were summoned
to London to give evidence in behalf OF the
Times before the Parnell commission, have
received circulars calling upon them to re-
fund to the proprietor Of that paper any
money which they were paid while In Lon
don exceeding As. per day, besides third class
expenses. They are threatened with dismis-
sal If they refuse to comply.
Anti-English feeling in Oporto is subsIds-
ing.
THE STATE.
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