Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-11-08
London Talks Revolution

Jack XII london % was Unyers SPEAKER at the students
yersiy function The University called Mr. London and Pres
dent Wheeler occupied the chair usual during his speech
There were propaby $500 people present 800 of whom were
students 1t the biggest rally known. Mr. Londons
speech follows:
Yesterday morning received letter from a man in Ari-
1t began Dear Comrade and ended Yours for the
Revolution" answered that letter this morning began,
DeaT 'omrade ana ended " ours Tor the revolution
ending their letters letters begun and ended.
and 100000 in the world beginning and ending their let
terS begun and ended.
Now what do these facts mean! They that the Re-
VOutIon Is here We in it, day. No
man escape it, Oh great There has been nothing like
in the world before. Its battle cry is: Working the
world unite You have nothing to lose but your chains You
have world to gain" Our Revolution merely local
thing compared with this. The English Revolution a
merely local thing compared with it. And the French
Revolution. This Revolution is wide as the earth It's
men clasp hands around the globe The japanese Socialist
French Socialist with the word California Socialists
them increasingly to work for the Revolutions to prison
hail each other, the noble word Comrade
WHY THERE ARE SOCIALISTS
But why these Socialists? What it that drives
for it. to go into exile for it, to die for it!
When was in London writing my book ''The People of
the Abyss went down to Kent with London cockney
pick hops One night when going bed, | stripped Nv
chum looked in wonder at my brown body glowing with health
and then at his scrawny body white feess He said
holding out his arms and legs: hey because hadn't
millions In London 100000 people live on the povertv line
and below it, and another 100000 with weeks wages
tween them and paupersm In Europe 6OOOOOO people suffer
Here is statement from the celebrated English scholar
Frederick W. Harrison o at least it would be enough
to condemn modern society hardly advance slavery
serfdom if the permanent conditions of industry
that which we behold that 90 per cent of the actual producers
of wealth have house that they call their beyond
the end of the week; have bit of soil much room
that belongs to them; have nothing of value of any kind except
rs much old furniture will in have the precaros
chance of weekly which barely suffice keep them in
heal are housed for the most part in places that
thinks fit for his horse If this TO be the perna-
nent condition of modern society civilization must he held 10
bring curse on the great majority of mankind
THE POVERTY STRICKEN MILLIONS.
Here is book about land written by man who
left his home of wealth to live among the poor He Uni
versity and trained investigator His namci Robert
Hunter His book is called Poverty 1t has Just pub
lshed by the Macmians, and costs $3.50. Read it.
Mr.. Hunter says:
There probably in fairly prosperous years no less
than 1OOO00OO persons in povery that is say undered
ndercohed and poorly housed OF these about 100000
persons public pauper Over 100000 working men are
unemployed from four to six months in the year About 800
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