New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
SOCIALISM IN GERMANY.
AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT IN WillCh
ANARCHY HAS NO PART.
Paris. November 90.

l2r.S, NONtIlD'I W
lie who runs cen read that sign OF our 'ihe'
Which iG shown in the general discomfort Oh ''o
laboring 81 ,sscs, WhG depend upon their daily wasc
for subsistence, with the propcr;y-owners OF e"-
ploycis Of labor who are supposed 10 live from
nrotit ,.alizcd ON their capital. These Of us who
are in Paris, at least have frequent ana Impressive
reasons for remembering that this discomfort III
certain min l.. is Il direct Indictment to Domo-
throwing and prOmIscuuus murder, ~ pfo'eS'
AGAINST civilized government In the name ol a"-
.,rcI.v II /, unfortunate that the violence vi
these dcmonstr1 ions provOk"s - great horror an"
reaction rs 10 draw away attention from o'hc'
siens IF the times which are of far more Pcrina-
ncnt importance. In truth, the disorders a''c'",
ant on great strikes, ana thc deadly -ih'i'''
bombs. do not properly represent the con anu
calmly reasoned advance of Il whole section VI
nrcsent day society toward new ORDER OF olihSo'
The real nrocrcs, Of this international revolntioh'
which i; aimcI If the very b"srs OF society ~ "V
r. s,nt con,tiiutcA receive new significance from
thc ,cs>iols November i t. II OF this year
Social Ucmoeritic Congress In Ecrlin. us or"cTP
procccling. d.rcoc by mca OF trained il'''i-'n''
and patient forcs ieh' give better opPor,"""S
for thc c,carine ND Of ideas than any NUMBER oi
rcactionary ia! olis against the abuse o' ''p''''
and thc lawlc,Srcs> Of organized labor
scnts the arca, ccntrsll body Of German Socialism
,,bich for wear, has been forming into compact
and thoroughly disciplined political party. inns
,oor thc indcpcndcnt Socialists have again wisely
,olIid IN is ur, rrammr and il il constantly gam
inc weight in that curious balance of parties
,,hich controls legislation for the coniederated
German Empire and its particular States. mus
last vcor the Socialis, party forced its way lh'o
tho Inudtar Of Baden. il scared eleven mcihoeiS
in that of Saxony and il continues more IMAM 10
hold its own in IN" Imperial RcichStag. IL mas
now, 10 b, rcckpncA with in every question oi
administration and law-maSing; and 1t has 50 Tar
distinguished iis.lf hy moderation and prudence"
Practically, this party numbers among its passion
oto adhcrcnts the majority of the workers IN mines
and factories and it aims constantly AT winning
over MI agricultural paid-aborcrS, ms well as
houeo-sorvant, ard the employees OF trade IL Is
worth while giving a brief statement In order OF
its main ideas.
I, Is first Of ALL opposed IN thosr violent soln-
,ions Of soci problems which the Communists OF
France would si.rify by their red flag and when
constitute TIE sto,k-in-trade of the ordinary AN
archists Tie German Socialists. OFFICIALLY NJ
lcast are opposed TO the uss even OF such weapons
~ General strikes or other combinations oil WORK
inrmcn wherever success, is not 50 asSareh pciorc-
hard os 10 prevent violence. Iha' they lil'hlnliy
nr,c,iyc these connsels which they give to the
Socialists in other lands is shown by the ih't tna'
ho ortirc vcor Of sol had no trouble 10 chronicle
from their rari. II is this pacific side OF thelr
nrocr,mmc IT, practice. Joined with the rcmarkabl"
theoretical studies Of some OF their leaders, when
has oivcn Socialism entrance among the students
- ,bo cr,ot universities fact not IN be neglected
in reckoning up the probabilities Of the future
Ia, ant in practice. herman
coci,1sn following tho leadership of Karl Marx,
recognizes the essentially international character
~ the revolution which they are striving peace
fully 10 bring about II is. perhaps. generally
rccoonizoj that the conflicts which arise between
coni,ol and labor are largely the same the world
over but II is too often forgotten thai the common
character Of these problems answers 70 common
possibilities Of dealing with them on the part 81
yorkinqmcn n well n OF employers HE gcherAi
uec OF machinery instead Of hand-labor mas give"
70 mere manufacture position in the wori" n
ond only to ,lat % international commerce, wh'h
also il h1s developed 10 the utmost; Wllir inc IT,
.ultnr facility Of communication Is sure - emo III
a similar international community OF Ideas ana
measures among all claS<s Of society, The WORK
inoroco rs well as the ret. The German leaders
consistently keep TO this international ann OF ther
urorranmc In this years Congress NJ ~fIln' ~
in last years 1t rfurt, few foreigners came 20 TIC
rro,, ,honch addresses were sent from England.
Denmark. Italy, Spain, and nom the Eufhah'ah
,,,dcp,s in Paris: bnt meanwhile the German dele
rates hive beer everywhere. In 1891 Herr %pe''
onc Of the presidents. was AZ the Congress oil Fars
in Anil and again al Brussels in August, this
limo y, thc head Of forty-cight German delegates
IN coch occ,sion the German hostility to all vio-
Ian, cnorts nj revolution even under the guisc OF
= General strike prevailed. This year Herr lAeb-
knocbt DISTINGUISHED himself at the Congress OF
Narscille.. lie pointed ont that, although the
bonds Of nationality still exist and the German
Socialists might pcrlorcc become Tho German
soldier vet the only war in which the workinginnn
is always and everywhere interested is that bc-
tween capitnl and labor, or, as he expressed IT, De
tween the proletariat and the bourgcoisic' THIS
,.,,,,nit Of irtrrcs, between the workingmen OF
two such host lo nations as Germany anu IRAN e
has been further emphasized by the ringing speech
NJ fine Al,otaD delegate at lcrin, who put forward
thc worSiugmcn Of the two annexed provinces %
a bond OF union between The German and French
proctarats A strong international sympathy
f,rtbor arises from the unHinching opposition OF
Socialists 10 the militarisin which weighs 50
heavily on Continental Europe; and this oppos
ton has also been made pronounced feature OF
the late Congress.
tlird character Of this international Socialism
il its full democratic tendency, which has been
srniicd in the name officially given TO it's Social
D.unocroficp Congress Hence its programme
comprise in theory the election Of all authorities
by universal suffrage, without distinction Of sex
and. in prac,Cc corresponding progressive re-
form in t'c electoral laws; the submission Of al
legislation and administrative measures, of take.
and the like TO tie direct vote Of the people th
| replacing Of the present armies by II nationa
guard leaving the decision Of peace and war to thu
people, with pioyiso Of possible arbitration in oil
international conflicts; and, in general, direc
government hy the people, divided according t.
the various interests Of the empire or nation, th'
province or state, and the commune or neigh
| borhood
| The social character Of the programme, in thu