Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-21

against against any of the other great ns swI
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
| oN no NEW AUSTRALIA
socialistic Experience,
INNS Will Try I'm P.r.~r.,
"A correspondent OF the Mem v.-s ~,
syuney' n. s. w.. writes: ON. =, 80 80
Aoac expeditions which have ,n.,a.s
e'ues started from Sydney on snas..
- :" ABOUT noon that day Masses or, =.
Jackson the bark Royal Tar h,,,,a -.
on board oio AUSTRALIANS
| several years past Australia h.. 49,
urneine more and more into a stat. :, -"
iess oesolation. Desolation That a. pe
ponucai sense. Misgoverninept ha. ,,,,,..
al lne colonies. New South walex v,cta,ss
ana Queensland are at the present t,,,s
insoiVent: South Australia ana rasvsn,s
are Out little better on: the only two nrov.
inces showing anything like q decent balance
, ,nee. ana Offering scope for capital beins
australia and New Zealand In sayfns
nc. TINS state OF things has been brouxhi
o,S missovernment do 20 acvissdly.
.,-,S ,ooes nave played their part such a.
strikes cut-throat competition between cor.
porations. droughts ana doods h,,, a.. 90,
wrought by these would have h..n ,,,,,-
mixed mad there been at the helm ~ &C.
men OF integrity, determination ana vr,,do,,
| GO me ponticians Of Australia who hay.
| anti. aoiLV In the discharge OF thetr
fingers 81 Sor ,ha almost be counted on the
| eae,sa OF tne hands. Result: A discontents6
| ieeiing among the people a ne.tia.s snsI.ss
| NY, an aspiration to do more Than fhs sn-
hhoanoings viii allow. Business men. men
iaborerx n sn learned s professionA artisans ana
90 al nave been and are sadly fettere3
IA tneir laoors. For all time this has 49,,
50, iateiy the chains have been rrndsrs1
more gazing than ever. By the failure OF
public works stopped. nrtvst. . senso.
shortened. Retrenchment N the orSer ~ 49,
day In every circle. Va 'A's
When the iaborlng body first sent repre-
sentatives OF their class In to the lsaisls tiv.
nails OF the several colonies Il was thonehs
tnat new era had begun for them. thsf shs
reign OF the democracy had commenced:
his throne. So far, however. s1sbor No..
I Ders have proved a huge disappointment
| With very few exceptions the men senf info
parliament to effect certain reforms have
| eitner deserted their professed principles or
else are sitting ION the topmost rair' OF the
political fence. Disguised, disheartened
weary OF looking forward. large section "A
int, me workingmen OF the continent turned
| their eyes from home and gazed out into the
world is there any portion Of this earth
on which we can have that position OF EQUAL
ity we desirer' one asked the other. And
| the answer came In the Affirmative
1 William Lane. who II the leader M fh.
/ new Australia" movement and practically.
II not actually, the originator Of ~ n an
Engiishman by birth. born In Bristol lese
than forty years ago. He set out early IN
life for the United States, ana for several
years settled In Chicago. For a time he
worked as a compositor. finally Deserving
Lane took passage for Queensland. where he
dr1fted into socialism and took a leadina
part In the labor movements which have
from time to time stirred the northern col-
ony. Becoming convinced eventually that
| the social evolution he desired to see accom-.
plished would not be achieved under the ex.
isung colonial regime, he conceived the idea
OF starting a new colony in a new country
| sumciently far away from Australia &c pre-
vent collapse. owing 10 small causes Of
dissatisfaction creeping in Agents were
| sent to South America as offering the best
field for such settlement. and they reported
At first the Argentine Republic was selected
| as the site Of New Australia" but complf-
| cations arose which necesstated the ADAM
Comment Of arrangements. Then Paraguay
was hit upon. A large tract OF territory was
secured In Central Paraguay, on the banks
| OF the Tibicuary, the modest sum of CID
being paid to the Paraguayan government
| as deposit. The new settlement IN remote
from the seacoast. about eighteen degrees
| north Of Montevideo.
Mr. Lane said to an interviewer on the
project: I'VE want the world at large to see
L
been sufficiently long preached and we are
| now going to live It. Only enthusiasts viii
go to Paraguay. Half the world lies be-
| tween the new and the old. Return n DIM
cult weak ones win not go: the dangers
real and apparent brighten them. The set
| Element will be run on a communistic basis.
/ Each adult man and woman viii have O
share In the common profits. irrespective OF
occupation or ability. The director and the
| scavenger will be treated alike as regards
sharing out the wealth" Children are to be
the common charge Of the community. The
supreme governing authority win BE a single
director elected by a two-thirds majority.
Over Loo men In various parts Of Aus
| tralia have enrolled themselveS1 rs wishing
Only a portion went by the Royal Tar,
| which vessel had on board at the time of
| clearance: Crew. including master. q: cabin
passengers (the masters family. 8; steerase
| majority OF the adult males among the set
| tiers are single men hailing from the Never
| Never" country, In western Queensland
Some few are Sydney residents; quite
number come from Albury. on the New
| South wales-victorian border; half q dozen
from Adelaide 0South Australia): one or two
| from Tasmania, and the rest from interior
towns Of the continent. A second contingent
! is to be sent away in September.
| Many obstacles were thrown In the way Of
the departing pilgrims" The more infuen-
public speakers decried II, the New South
| Wales government repeatedly endeavored to
| prevent the Royal Tar from proceeding on
/ her voyage. The Royal Tar is a local vessel.
| and was for many years engaged In the
timber-carrying trade between the Pacific
coast and Australia Her last voyage was an
eventful one. She visited New Guinea. where
the crew contracted fever. The captain and
several seamen succumbed and the vessel
reached San Francisco In charge OF the sec
ond mate. She was bought by the New
| Australia Settlement Association for &. 200.
4 and was altered into a passenger ship at an
additional cost OF some hundreds OF pounds
| II was the intention of the settlers TO man
| the ship themselves. but the New South
| Wales marine board would not grant a GER
| tificate under those conditions. ana voiun-
teers were sought among the seamen now
out on strike in Sydney. Several hundred
offered. from which a frst-class crew was
| selected.
Sunday morning. July 16. the weather was
most unpropitious. Drixzling rain. broken
nv sharp showers set In early and continued
4 till late In the day. Only few people went
| down the harbor to see the pilgrims away
| several labor leaders dncluding two released
| Srom iaiI only a few days beforel. a member
| ~ N. riiament and a number OF ladies. The
| er,ioran ts were in the best OF spirits. ana as
| consdent individually and collectively, as
| tha man who hae got the stable tip for O
| zoe No shadow Of doubt or hesitancy how
| ares over the thronged decks OF the outgo-
Inc vessel All was nght-heartedness. In
stead of appearing to regard themselves as
| IN need Of sympathy, the members or the
| erneditton extended their pity to those who
/ -, peIled TO remain IN this 'swretched.