New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
WORLD AFFAIRS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
SOCIALIST ORATORS PRE-
DICT REVOLUTyON

Especial by French Cable to The Nex-yors Tribune
loopyf'xaI 1905 by The Tribune Association
Paris Apri! 14-Hotheaded electioneering
speeches. the excitement Of triangular duel be-
tween Clercals. Conservative Republicans and
SOCIALISTS. the labor conflicts in the coal fields
the refusal OF the Paris and Lyons postmen to
deliver letters TO newspapers, and the vernal eff
fervescence that ever manifests itself in Paris
with the first rays OF real spring sunshine in
duce the public 70 believe the sinister reports
OF revolution which the Socialist orators pre-
dict Will begin In Paris May / with a gen
eral strike Of all the workmen, bakers. butch
ers. cabmen and electricians Prudent house
wives already laying in supplies Of can
dies. rice and macaroni as If to withstand a
siege. and ask whether Paris is soon to be
plunged into the horrors Of a second Commune
The Central Committee which directs the pres
ent agitation. sits night and day in permanent
session at the Maison des Federations in the
Rue Grangeaux- Bellies. within stones throw
of the place where the bones of John Paul Jones
were discovered last year by General Horace
Porter. The Editor OF the Echo de Paris
Castor Dru. called last night at the Mason des
FederatiOns and had the following conversa-
tion with Citizen GrfTuelhes. secretary general
of the confedera ton. which gives the keynote
10 the present agitation. Mr.. Griffuehes said:
You are a bourgeois; I am a revolutionist
Let us understand another. You capital
lists say that French industry. handicapped by
strikes by heavy taxes and by foreign competi-
ton. cannot make any further sacrifices TO the
"orkingmen. Very well Never before has there
been such an accumulation of gold in France as
to-day The country is gutted with wealth Saw
lhss banks and big financial esta blishments are
oNe'HoWlhS with money. Never before have
the luxury and extravagance of the bourgeois
been SO aggressively displayed. Nevertheless.
the statistics OF the labor bureau show that
there are now in France 10000 unemployed
workmen out of total of 100000 These
10000 individuals are in want not because they
refuse TO work. but because you capitalists
fuse to give them work do
Here CASTOR Dru observed that IL was impossi-
hle in an ofrhand way Immediately to suppress
all human misery. but that new laws being
examined by Parliament
NJ Griffuelhes interrupted:
What laws do for us? We are outside
OF law and above law. We exist only by our
own force"
Then" replied NJ DrI. you mean 10 return
TO ba-bartsm? You seek to upset civilization"
Yes: civilization has done nothing for us
Then you mean TO decline all compromise?
You determined 10 hght?"
Yes was the answer.
You decline 10 come 10 any Understanding
with capitalists?'
Absolutely"
NO disarmament on your part"'
No
You have decided upon the knife?"
Yes"
This characteristic declaration of the man who
directs the present revolutionary movement Is
q striking instance Of the obstinate deterrnna-
ton Of the leaders which II one-quarter Of
their threats carried out May l would
cause untold misery. especially among the work
ing classes