Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-08
/ whose political ACCOMPLISHMENT, he be
lleves, Is about 10 take place.

A SANE" MAN.
Emile Vandervede has very little in
common with that type of man who, In
the popular imagination, represents the
rabid Socialist He II a particularly
sane man. He did not enter Socialism
through the gates OF want and hunger,
BY personal experience he knows moth
Ing VI the desperate struggle for exist
enee which dooms millions to hopeless
poverty and which Socialism aims TO
mend. He IL a product OF that section
OF society with which Socialism wages
war. He comes from the upper middle
class, from which judges, doctors and
lawyers are chiefly drawn on the conti-
nent.
He was graduated from a university,
passing his examinations brilliantly
and inherited money enough TO free him
| from all necessity OF working for live
| lihood He works for Socialism instead.
| He became "a Socialist when only 49,
| Living al La Hulpe. some half hours
| railway journey from Brussels. in a
| handsome villa. more commodious than
| many a historic castle, he has not es-
capped the sheer that by retaining his
inherited wealth he gives the lie 10 his
own precepts, But 1t is significant that
II IL only his political opponents who
VI iuB hAio 'iAhi 80 W oiiiNf IltUls Hr
Belgium Socialists VIII best know what
use he makes OF his private means hayt
complete faith In him and trust him I'm
plidtly. When he speaks In the Bel
gian chamber the consciousness OF big
battallons behind him inspires him with
confidence.
CAUTIOUS ACTION.
BY temperament and training he is
well qualified for the position OF leader
ship which he holds. To enthusiasm
he unites lawyer-like caution. He Is
equally at home addressing mob or
making a speech In parliament He is
master OF both fiery denunciation and
frigid sarcasm. But II Is az a modera-
tor of popular passion that his influence
Is most often exercised nowadays.
Walt" Is now his watchword
He went too far once, and had cause
TO. rue II. IL was on the eve of the
Belgian elections OF 1902, He thought
the bourgeoise organizations would coll
lapse before a Socialist outbreak aud
that the Belgian civil guards would re-
fuse to fre-on their kinsmen. The peaf
Is ripe and It is for you to pluck IT,"
he said to the crowd assembled outside
the Maison du Peuple, the headquar-
tiers OF the international bureau In
Brussels
But the pear was not ripe and the
attempt 70 pluck II cost many lives. A
few hours later dead bodies were
strewn thick In the streets OF Brussels
and Louyain. Defeated In their strike,
the Belgian Socialists suffered another
rout at the polls The lesson was not
lost on VI, Vandervelde. II Is a lesson
which has since contributed not little
TO the tranquility OF several European
countries where In times OF excitement
Socialists have strained hard at the
leash. Unknown TO them, the word
from headquarters which held them IN
check has generally been uttered by
Vandervelde.
Everywhere the policy which he
cOunsels Is the same. Socialists are bid
den to Join the labor organizations,
work ardently for reforms on which la
Dor Is united, attain to. positions OF
leadership wherever possible, and so
permeate those bodies with Socialism
that they Will range themselves under
the Soclalistic banner. IL is the policy
which Is being pursued In England with
such striking results; II is that policy
which Is to be pursued In America. with
what results remains TO be seen.
OUR VATICAN"
The international bureau in the Nal.
son du Peuple is called "Our Vatican
by the organ OF the Belgian Socialist
party. The simlle is apt and slgnh-
can't AZ the popes aimed at world
wide supremacy. so do those who run
the bureau dream Of the day wi.en az
the parliament Of the proletariat" its
rule VIII be worldwide But the mem
bers OF the International committee are
no mere Missionaries or Wild enthusiasts.
They have won 10 leadership IN the
ftelds OF actual conflict and contention
some Of them possess world wide fame.
Not few Of them, like VI. Wander
velde, come from that class which So
cialism aims at oyerthrowing. Invari-
ably these are men Of high Intellectual
capacity and training, And there are
others. like August Bebel. the great
leader Of the German Socialists. OF
humble birth, who have every claim
to be regarded as self-madc men.
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
Twenty-one countries are represented
on the international committee. That
the laws against Socialist organizations
IN various countries may be The more
easily evadei, It's powers and objects
ara purposely vaguely defined, IL can
not be said that ans one group of
country exercises n d0mii ~iug inhu-
ence In It's councils. but tAe Belgian
representatives. with NJ Nandervelde
at their head. being always on the
spot necessarily exercise at all times n
guiding II not a controlling influence.
Taught by the fate OF the first great
International Socialist organization
which was wrecked by jealousy and
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