New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-23
TO TAKE WHAT THEY WANT.
PRINCE KRAPoTKINEs WAY OF RIGHT.
ING WHAT HE THINKS IS WRONG.
THE RISE OF TRADEs-UNIoNIsM-co-o
AND MUNICIPAL soCIALLsM-HE ADVOCATES
STATE socrALisM-"ALL THAT HAS
BEEN PRODUCED BELONGS TO THE

BEEN PRODUCED BELONGS TO THE
WHOLE OF SOCIETY"
An ,udience which filled all the seats and most
NJ the s,andng-room assembled last night 10 hear
an address BY Prince Peter Krapotkine-or kropot-
kin as the cards OF admission had H. The Prince
Iectured on Friday night in Chickering Hall OH
"The Struggle for Freedom in Russia advocat-
ing education OF the as the CHIEF agency
for achieving the end sought. Last night he spoke
on The Great Social Problem of Our Time ana
In his address Of n little over an hour predcheu
the doctrines OF Socialism. His audiences were DIS
different from each other on the TWO occasio"s do
were his themes. The gathering ias' i'ish' ou''
ously was representative almost solely OF inc io'
eign population OF the East Side ana ''e s's"' "a
q person whose mother tongue apparently was
English WAS exceedingly rare. Prince hiapo.N'No
did not once mention the word anarchy u IN NV,
but his advice to his hearers to coniSca'e " VI
right all property was enthusiastically appauded
by his hearers. as well as were MS references w
the dawn Of the day OF State Socialism throusnou,
tho civilized world a day which he believed would
break ere long
The Prince was introduced In few words by
John swinton a picturesque figure. with ms star
wart frame his skul-cap. his snowy hair ana mus
tache and his air OF fiery energy. Prince hidpo'-
kline was greeted with hurrahs and hearty hand
claiming as he advanced TO the readirg-desK' ne
evidently felt that his audience was wholly "i'''
him. for he spoke with sustained vigor an" 'l''''
throu ghout his address. and IN tone louder 'ha,
might have been expected in man as shght anu
fragile In appearance as Is he, n man VINO seems
the scholarly recluse. rather than the popular
orator. and suggests not at all the prince OF an
cient lineage.
In every direction he said. In opening. were great
problems confronting the people. with no poSs'o'
ity of solution under the present constitution oi
society. Take the question of schools Inc chll-
dren OF the poor could go school, but at thirteen
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into the streets TO sell papers, while the emu VI
the rich man could go to the university. Wha' was
the use Of sending these mites. the chl'uren VI
the poor to school. anyway. when they hau" "".
a good breakfast? Wherever you go. ne oeciareu
You see that as ong remains TINS curse o'
mankind distinction between rich and poor 'heie 20
RI hing 10 be done except alb, II that di 'inc ION
The sneaker went on TO sketch the changes since
MEDIEVAL times the rise OF powerful governments
which crushed the liberties OF the people On" a'
ished the very hight Of the peasants 10 come ~
eether" But toward the close OF the last century
Re said there was a change. The French Revolu-
ton occurred England abolished inc 1e.,os eat ad
dom within her borders chemistry inaue sle,SS ~
vonces and invention were introduced By wnich the
powers OF men were multiplied hundteaioiu. o,,,
The rise Of trades-un.Jnsm IN hnRlah1 VI - 49,
lined bv the speaker. and the starting by KoDeIt
owen. In 1890 OF union whlch sn1 1d 20 In
1855 the prince went on, formed the lntetna,
tional Workingmens Association under wny ; ar or
three million workers all over Europe tApplause'
After the Paris Commune the assoclatiion o. nSoyo
vereiy dealt with but the international move .
mcnt began again. The workingmen 'I4 over w
world feel themselves brothers, asserted tme
whisper Now they conquering tho eight-hour
day. not asking Parliament sn sSSns ca' Grad
uay the idea OF great strikes, by "hlCH VIZ WI
impose their terms on heT say III our
employers won't grant our requests; why let tnen
20 CApplauseD What are the employers giving 10
us? Manssement But We can managG The prop Iop1eTT I.
ties ourselves. applause They say me capital ~
theirs. But We created me CAPITA We Iol DIV.
them out, applause The worhngmen are com
Ing 10 ,nnS 1s ot ths' her sp ' S
ali mankind. and not 30 those who own, H.. .
.raton t as II is pTaetsed In England asserted
that the Go-oPerstye g0tsers are Vas
applause when the Prince asserted a wotKcr
who becomes capitalist is as bad az born cap'-
But there was third direction which he wished .,
hold especially In France Take these three
movements together" he summed up. trades
and You have not Socialism yet. bur something
approaching Socialism; Applause1 But one idea
produced up TO the P1eseni time 6eonss to hi ,He
grown up In your hearts. and you are ready 10 act
Upon it, then the Social Revolution will have been
SS Of n cont maids sse hcy arc re
numerous even II you wished TO DO It" ~,
one "f Hundred thousand people living under social
ism In the West where they would certainly have
sbunds5t grCsperi'y provided val,Gre Mo the
vuure No. D. the State" did not interfere 10 take
a portion OF the produce OF the colonists' labor
But an insuperabe obstacle TO the foundation OF
such colony AT present. he asserted. was the fact
that all the Western land was held by "monopo-
lists" Suppose the workers Of America say TO
these men: We'll. gentlemen. our fathers IN their
stupidity have sold you that land. but We don't
recognize that bargain al all daughter and APP
plause) Suppose the land was sold TO you M .
an acre and Is now worth SO We shall
give you g an acre for H. Would that be right?
think II would be charity" applause
In I'll
greater hopes than ever before OF the coming o!
Socialism and that no force In the world could pre-
vent Il. Twenty yeas nobody would have
known what 10 do II Socialism were 10 he pro-
claimed. To-day. he declared, there is In every
community In Europe intelligent minority
among the workingmen which knows what steps
10 take II the change comes. The workinPmen OF
Engla he added dragged churches OF