The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
WAVE OF SOCIALISM
1T WILL FALL UPON LONDON DUR
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MADE TROUBLE I'm FRANCE.
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In ENGLAND NO SERIOUS RESULT
is EXPECTED FROM THE
SESSIONS.
TROUBLE I'm FRANCE.
BALFouR's STAB IN, AscENDENCY.
Feeling Against Him as a Leader of
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LONDON, July 25.-The wave of So
cialistic trouble which swept over Lille,
in France, stirred up by the arrival of
Herren Liebknecht, Bebel, Singer and
other foreigners, attending the social
list congress in session there this week,
will reach London tomorrow. Though
Lille has socialistic mayor and dep
uty, 1T is evident that the people Of
that city are not prepared to swallow
such wholesale outbursts of socialism
as were INDUCED in, by the congress,
and the result has been riots of such
character as would, if they had hap
pened in Paris, says the Times, have
sent shiver through Europe
The trouble started with the posting
of a placard by the municipality invit-
ing the inhabitants to welcome their
brothers from abroad. Counter plac-
ards were posted by Republicans, in
viting the people to Hiss the Prus-
sians." So, when the socialistic process
sion marched through the city on Fri
day evening, it was greeted with cries
Of ''Vive La France and "a Bas Prus-
se." The line was broken and the
mayor became separated from the pro-
cession. The musicians at the head of
the procession were dispersed. The
crowd waved their tri-color flags, which
the socialists tried to seize and tear.
The international socialist and trade
union congress begins at st. Martins
town hall on Monday. London will
doubtless receive all the anarchistic
and socialistic demonstrations incident
to this congress during the next week,
the congress at Lille were received
there, as the presence of the Germans
in London furnishes. no political provo
cation.
Preliminary to the congress there
will be a monsterl demonstration in
Hyde Park tomorrow of socialistic
workers and trade funienists, in favor
of international peace and amity.
There will be twelve platforms, and
as many different chairmen, all of the
latter well known figures in labor or
political circles. There will be two del
egates from the continent, who will
speak in French and German, in addi-
ton, on each PLATFORM
The congress, which assemblies on
Monday has thirty-fve German dele
gates, twenty-seven French and four
from the United States. The anar-
chists, as distinguished from the state
socialists, will hold a welcoming meet
ing of their own in a separate hall on
Tuesday evening. Among the notable
people who will attend these meetings
will be Eliz Reclus, Princess Krapot-
kline, Sebastiane Faure, James Kier
Hardie, Tom Mann, Ben Tillet, Louise
Michel and others. They will join in
the elaboration of the congress. Herr
Liebknecht, Herr Singer and other for
eign delegates reached London today.
Public opinion which was, week
ago, decidedly averse to A. j. Balfour,
as parliamentary leader, has been
rapidly veering in his favor. The Sat
urday Review says today:
aThe land bill is as good as passed
and all because the house of commons
has recognized that the reign of shilly-
shally is over, and that for once it
has at its lead man who knows what
is wanted, and means to have it.
The passage of the Irish land bill in
the house of commons does seem now
to be really assured While this meas
ure does not completely satisfy any
one, there is a generardisposition to
rejoice that any step has been made
towards diminishing the agrarian
strain In Ireland. There is still con-