New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-27
oIr,RREIs OF GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
THE HAMBURG STRIKE ATTEMPTS AT REoR
CANNING TIE PARrY-THE COMM"
CEILHR ALTON.
LAssALLE CELEBRATE

CANNING TIE PARrY-THE COMING .
IAssALLE CELEBRATION.
The cable dispatch reporting that AT meeting held
In Berlin By 1000 Socialists Herr Bruno VILE was
ychemcntly dcced and Herr Bebel warmly applauded
throws additional light upon the dssensohs already
known to exist in the socialist party OF Germany.
In the first place. and as example 10 be added
70 that of the failure Of the Knights of Labor In their
struggle against the Ncw-York Central. it must be
rcmembercd that the strike at Hamburg has not sue
cceded II was the first Of its kind III Continental
Europe 10 compel employers Ia employ no workman
who did not belong TO trade union. The m.aiefd'e
portion OF the German Socialists had already pro
tested in some meetings against the principle OF the
IIanburg strike and also against the boycottmg OF
the Lokal Anzeger.' The practical uselesSnesS CT
such boycotng was demonstrated. rs well as that OF
the brauerc,nr or large beer halls, whose use had
been denied for socialist meetings. II was shown
bv Socialist orators that the " LoAal Anzelgcr ma
lost no readers and that the Berlin worsmcn had soon
gone back Ia the beer halls
As 70 the failure Of Herr Bruno Willie and the success
OF Bebel at the Berlin meeting Of Monday Ii can be ex
planned by tho relatively conservative spirit OF the
Socialists and also by the special status Of their
party in the capital Of the Empire. Old BebeL for
nery a wood turner. Is much vcnerated by most OF
The party which has seen him for so many years al
ways the 'front.' either at popular meetings or at TIE
Rechstag, and which knows the number OF the years
passed in prison by Bebe ana by MS posom trenu'
Licbluecht. Moreover there Is some latent antagon-
Ism between Berlin. which wants TO remain the head
quarters the capital OF German socialism and Leipsg.
Fberield and other cities, which aspire TO that dis
tlncon.
Stlll. the Of the moderate element at Mon
days meeting which some indictments Will certainly
say packed In the personal interest Of Bebcl.
must not he assumed too hastily being proof OF the
supremacy Of the moderate over the ultra Socialists
II must not be forgotten indeed, that one month ago
the same Bruno willie much applauded at a meet
Ing and that August IL in another meeting. cheers
encouraged him when lie denounced the attitude OF the
old leaders OF the party. Bebers name, when men
toned, even received with leers and cries OF lie
IS corrupted !" Bruno Willie, like Schlppel. Deputy
in the Rcichsag, belongs TO the young party of
Socialists which : remarkable victory at the
latest elections. VILE complained that the old chiefs
wanted TO monopolzc the direction Of the party. by as
signing only three delegates TO the 10000 Socialist
voters Of Berlin. II demanded also that the
ancient Committee Of Five should not control The
party longer. twenty-sX new socialist Deputies
had been elected to the Reichsag All these questions
will lee cNam"cd at the great meeting of next October
to be held at Halle. Meanwhile the German Socialists
hope that a general reconciliation will be effected mt
the celebration August 81 in honor Of LaSsalc, the
founder OF the socialist party In Germany.