The sun., 1897-10-25
KRAPOTKINE'S SOCIALISM.
THE RUssIAN PRINCE EIPoUNDs
IT TO GREAT CROWD.
Incidentally no Made what His Audience
Considered Hit at seth Bow-AnEeia Set
Over Nero Men Sometimes Grow Horns
Capitalists, Not Hkinrs, Mako war Nowadays.

tShbiNO III NnlCk0Ttn Duil iuobO'Ohihk
on Socialism in Its Modern Development" 1t
is safe to say that no preacher in New York had
q congregation to DO compared with II. The pco-
pie filled tho main floor, gallery, and platform,
and stood In all tho available space between tho
seats and the walls. The price Of admission was
% cents. There wero many women present. Tho
Princes hearers, as some Of the questions which
followed the lecture showed, dissected his state
ments and sought opportunities to elicit moro
radical pronounccments than he was willing to
make.
Tho Prince has been in Jail In Russia and
France. There wero Anarchists among his au-
ditors, and he calls himself an Anarchist. lIo
preached last night what IL commonly called
Socialism, only intimating Anarchy. Police
men were scattered about the house, but every
body was orderly. The temper OF the audience
was shown. as well as by anything else, by the
way in which they cheered q reference to tho
Commune of II.
Prince Krapotkine was introduced by John
Swinton. who briefly sketched tho lecturers
life. The Prince was received with great chcor-
ing.
THANK you from my heart" he said; II
know that that greeting is not for me, but for
the suffering ones In Siberia and in Europe. 1
will transmit that message 10 Europe and will
tell the suffering there that the hearts OF Amer
lea beat with them in their efforts to shake Off
the yoke and attain liberty.
"Who made tho coasts bright with light
houses and the railroads to run at tremendous
speed across this Contncntl The great un-
named mass-the workingmcn. In the old time
it was possible to say / have done this or that;
i have cultivated this field and to me belong
the fruits of it, But now who IS to sift out tho
work OF one man and say this or that was done
by him"
- Dali, ttn rI,y, .
man which we call history" and declared that
all inventions were based upon the work of
mon who had gone before; that every man who
made tool prohted by the work OF men who
had lived before him, and their work should bc
for the benefit OF all.
I'VE hear constantly OF overproduction, he
said. "Is there such thing in tho world rs
overproductionl You may produce moro than
you want here. But in Russia, which Is spoken
OF as the great wheat.producing country. wheat
is taken out Of the mouths Of starving people.
You may produce more coal than you need. but
how many households in Europe are sitting
shivering about hrcless hearthsi More cotton
may be produced. more cotton may be made in
England than the home people wear, and 1t is
expected-but II the duds worn by the children
of working families there wero replaced by
fitting garments, not particle of cotton goods
would be exported.
"In books We are told that it is kings who
make war. Now it is not kings but It is capt.
talists who make war. 1t was interested capi-
talists who mado the war between Turkey and
Greece-men who wanted to take possession Of
the resources OF Crete and Thessaly.
In the old time one man produced one man s
food. Go now to Manitoba and see one man in
one day produce food enough for 100 men. One
hundred men now in 100 days produce food
enough for 10000 men. We could produce
everything required II we would agree TO W ork
three or four hours day now. and would devote
ourselves to productive. not destructive. pro-
cesses."
The Russian declared that the state in America o
was tending to create monopolies In this coun-
they would study the question for themselves
What wo have inherited from past genera;
tions, whatsoever was accomplished 6v them, V
he went on, must return now to the benefit
OF the whole Of the present generation not any
part oft TO one man or TO any few men"
| when he talked to them In the first person about
government by people who professed themselves
think a local hit was coming, but Prince Kra-
potGino carefully aySided going any @ ras'heT @
forth bis hearers laughed uproariousy Just the
same,
| OF human qualities and weaknesses to whom
We could intrust the Government" he said.
they would govern US as angels do govern,
1
| angel, to govern you. we have often seen, after
a little while. something growing on their fore:
| Every body was laughing before he finished,
and when he ended the sentence all laughed
lin Paris he continued. "t the troes are num-
bered. When one breaks fqnctionary No. re.
ports it to No. and ho TO No. 3 and so on. and
| when all the reports have beon made a decision
is rendered that the tree shall be sold, and the
decision is reported back along the line. The
journal OF tho Economists has calculated the
| number OF papers necessary to the sale OF n tree
in Paris and estimates that 1t is not less than
| fifty-seven. We look in America and find that
trees are not numbered and thatno such process
| is necessary ~ sell one. and we ask the question.
10 1t necessary to have so many functionaries
I'VE ask II it is necessary to keep all the po-
lice, Judges. and prisons we now hayei DO you
these streets, roads, or highways is due to these
police You may be sure you can travel as Sc
were as many police there as in London. You
say. There are criminals and we keep them
after they como out of the prisons have
had three years of close contact with
psrs viii nos as say ssst DsiSn
can be made only through a university. but |
will say that men who pass throug univ vcrsity
than those who do not. maintain that prisons
are universities OF crime. The way to prevent
those children in the gutter an education; give
sure you will have ten times-a hundred times
less criminals than these prisons are making.
Can you all have pianos in your houses.
telescopes II you arc interested in astronomy
No. but II we give five hours OF our day to
produce what Is necessary to our life, let us
unite ana give the other Ave hours to the pro
duction of all that makes life pleasant and
attractive. ! will never have the piano
Of others i can soon have the piano
IAppIlauss.l Is this UtopiHni, Oh. dear me- moi
II is not supported by the state. You will see
there what no man could have collected, but
whnt men working together have collected
Things no Astor could buy. Men who would
not sell to an Astor or any millionaire, have
given to those gardens. lApplausc.l Mankind
will have reached the development OF its great
est capacity oaly when, having united TO i,r
ducc the net essaries OF life. mon Join together
TO work for those features OF the higher life
Among tho questions put from different parti
OF the house when opportunity was offered fol
them at tho close OF the address were these:
docs tho speaker believe in Ia king possession
OF the Government by ball or by force OF armsf
what is the att tude OF the speaker on tn,
use Of violence In the propagation OF anarchisti'
ideaBf
II we had no mllionaires, who would built
| utnnp ptahi iTai'