The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-12

has grown so fast; none mas taxeu IN
authorities more heavily IN the matter o
extemporizins and prssaA'vina oraes ~
uopulntion which has no Anoai traditions
M settial soeial relationships, and for tn
most part no religious convicA IONS 20 Hia y
Tho establishing OF social OrA'er. All ths
industries of tho city are new AM raw ano
largely in tho hands Of tbs Jews, Wpo Ars
hard taakinastsra. eyon 10 theii N :, -.
and blood. In Berlin. more Ahy
other great center of InanufncsnfS. eue
easernsss for wealth dominates inaust' y az
it's enly recognized motive. and y. . coAsss-
uuence there is NO huhaan hasis OF rs1asAo1
between employer and Employed.
blinaly ana recklessly III their pain against
those they think the cause OF tue pam. n
the social dsmocratic movement they NAYS
aimed at nothing less than the overthrow
Of the present order OF soelnty, ana q .he
Christian religion itself. lhsaf lsrs.,s.uA
man who allows his child to receive Chris
tian BAPTISM ID almost certain 70 ne Dof-
cottsd by Eis fellows and II liable 70 % g,
pelled from the w~orkinNnen's assGoiaslons.
The churches they mover enter exceE' ~ we
annual elections of the members OF the
%conucil which has the coutrol OF the Irot-
estant church councils OF the city, ana lhen
only to vote for candidates who have cAst
OF ali profession OF the Christian nams.
The moral condition of tho city, as e1hlbl-
ted in the returns of illsRltlmase olrens'
the number of fallen women, ETC., IS suoh
| as might be expected. There Is net any
where in Europe y great civic populatioh
that has 30 distinctly ~renounced tas CaIls-
tian basis of our civilizations; and therefore
none so explosive as the working ella sses OF
Berlin.
The present emperor OF Germany is re-
sponsible in part for the present disturb
ences, but not because Of any sharp speeches
asserting his autocratic power. Those
speeches were much more probably aimed
at the bureaucratic class than NJ the people.
l bslieve they wsre meant to announces 10
this officials around him that he would not
permit himself to be convsrted-as the
cZar of Russia had been-into the power
less head of an oppressive system. The
Hohenzollerns generally have ruled as we'll
as reigned. and the young emperor means
to be like Frederick the Great in this re-
spest.
His great blundor. which provoked this
outburst, was in adopting the role of q SO
cial reforner two years ago, and then FAIL
ing to live up to it. In the famous confer
snee, called in despite Of Bismarck, the
to the socialists. He gave the work
men every possible assurance that he
ances, and to labor 70 remove
them. But since the conference adjourned
he has done nothing toward carrying ont
ILLS programme. b1SA1aICA. NAo ODJsCG1u
to the conference, did far more for the
laborer than the emperor has even at !
tempted. So Wilhelm II. has been nothing !!
better than a terrible disappointment, and
he ia regarded with > bitterness far more
intense than if he had promised nothing.
It il much too soon to predict the result !
of these troubles. 1t may be that the force
of discipline will hold the army true to the
imperial throne, and enable the restoration
OF peace at the rifles mouth, az IN 1s4S. Or
IL may be that the German is not 80 much
in 10 70 with the life of the barrack Ms his
masterA' would like him to be, and that the
soldier y i'll 'fraterniza'' with the workman
when the hour Of test comes. If he does. |
the DAYS Of N ilitarism in Europe are nuln-
bered, and the time for a "rsctifcation Of
in AGO erdancs with Justice and
oannoN be far off.