The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-11
EURoPE'S POOR N
Cries of Distress from the Agricultur-
lists of Britain, Germany and Russia.
All the Great Cities Thronged with Unem-
ployed Driven from Rural Communities
by the Depression Existing There.


The Cities Of Europe Filled with Farm
Laborers from the Distressed Districts.
Special to tho indianapolis Journal
LONDON, Dec. 10.-Both in England and
In Germany the signs of agricultural dis
sress are increasing rapidly. The standing
armies of the two countries combined.
moreover. are not so numerous as the great
crowds of unemploy ed who walk the streets
in the great cities. In this country Mr..
AsQuith and Mr.. ShaweLefevre are kept at
their wits end 70 find for the Cabinet sat
isfactory answers to appeals of laborers'
delegations for work. In Berlin the Minis
Ter of Trade, Herr Won Berlepsch. has three
secretaries answering the written COM
plants of boards of trade, miners commit
tees and agricultural societies From the
remote famine-stricken provinces of Rus
sis and the agricultural provinces of Aus
fria and Hungary come the appeals Of half
starved peasants to swell the cry Of dis
sress.
Daring this week the small British farm
ers gave utterance to their troubles at the
agricultural conference IN ST. James Hall.
The speeches for protection. and bimetall-
ism. and such other panaceas as the spokes-
men suggested. give an inadequate idea OF
the feeling of the majority of the men
present. A reporter among the groups at
the entrance heard bitter complaints thai
the men were ashamed to make before the
whole assembly. Are we to be starved
for . rheoryf" shouted one man from the
door when Francis Smith made his plea
from the platform for free trade. Give
rs the old corn laws, or We
viii 90 to Canada" the speaker
not all grown and married / should be
obliged to emigrate TO America and begin
again. old as am. Thousands of north of
England farmers are no better oil. IL the
government Goes nothing for Us hundreds
will leave for the States to save their fam
lies from absolute want. / have lost II LOCO
ayesr for the last five years. My wife has
but two dresses, and l have On my only suit
of Clothes"
John Burns said in q meeting on Wednes-
driven by the hard times from their homes,
had sought work In the city, and thereby
had swelled the number of unemployed in
London, Liverpool. Manchester and Biz
mingham TO SOC. 000.
In Germany even the rich provinces in
the Rhine country lave their thousands of
unemployed and half-fed families. This
fact has moved the chambers of
IN Munich. Stuttgart, Strasburg. Cologne
and Mannheim, 10 protest against the bill
before the keIchstag to retard emigration.
The whole measure they contend Is un-
timely, ill-digesteo, ana calculated to ag-
gravate the suffering caused by the present
depression of agriculture and trade. While
p~retending to be animated principally by
the desire to prevent abuses by emigration
agents and TO stop the practice of running
away to avoid creditors, the government
undoubtedly is anxious only to keep ON
hand all its best material for the army.
The social Democratic Vorwaerts con-
dennis the bill as letting men starve and at
the Same time their going where
they can get work.