The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
SOCIALISM GROWING
loo, coo MEETINGS HELD LAST YEAR
 IN BRITAIN.
Children TauEht to Regard the. Red Flag as the Emblem of Liberty.
 Socialists in Berlin Riots.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Socialism as an organized force Is making rapid strides not alone in this country. but in Europe, especially in Great Britain. Germany and France. It is only in an agitation like the re- cent trouble with the tenement house people of the East Side. which the So- cialists promptly seized as an oppor- tunity to exploit their tenets, that the strength of Socialism here begins to be realized. In that congested dis trict there is an organization of chil- dren, ranging from to 14 years of age, who are regularly instructed ev- cry Sunday in the principles of Social ism and taught to regard the red flag as the emblem of liberty.
 Among the teachers are said to be several instructors in the public schools.
 ing, 1000 Socialists s.arching in pro- cession to the Parliament building. The crowds increased as the march was ta- ken up to the imperial palace. and many of the demonstrants became dis orderly and were arrested. The en- tire police force of Berlin was called out for duty in the principal parts Of the city. There were collisions be- tween the manifestants ana che police in several of the thoroughfares, and and these resulted in numerous sr-' rests Ths most serious encounter was at the sISufuersten Bridge, where the police charged with sabres, wounding many.
 In Brooklyn the Socialist party is gaining in strength every year. On the Continent and more especially in Lon don and other parts of England the growing power of the Socialists is awakening much concern. Such men as Sir Christopher Furness, who are in constant touch with workingmen. are full of fear for the future.
 At the last general election in Brit ain. more than half million votes were given Labor and Socialist candidates. A little later the Labor party group of Parliament threw over the Caxton Hal! concordat and separated themselves from the pure trades unionists The ex- executive committee of the Labor party is composed aInong others of Keir Hardie, M. P; Phillip Snowden, M. F.. J. R. Clynes, M. P; E. R, Pease, the secretary of the Fabian Society, and J. R. Mcdonald. M. P. the chairman of the Independent Labor Party. The by- election returns since then show that the voters returned even more danger ous Socialists.
 soclalist-Lab0r Parties In Britain.
 The Labor party, with It's Socialist executive. was only formed In the year 1900, and has now one million mem- bers. These are the men who find the pay for the Socialist M. P. s." Whether all the members are Solialists or not, they finance Socialism into Parliament and pay it's wages when it is there. And they have doubled the amount or the levy per man to the parliamentary fund in the last year. The Labor party, toe. has no fewer than 13s branches. each with its organizer and commit tee. throughout the United Kingdom.
 Then there is the Socialist Indepen- dent Labor party. This same 2. R. Mac Donald, M. F., Is the chairman. Dur ing the year 190s-7 there was a net gain of no fewer than ITO branches, bringing up the total of 545. In the