Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-06
From The battle-ground of Thought,

E'crrer by halng the most emit
\ Iatin nent of INNS Anarchists,
ToIstos. Francisco Ferrer. before
military court and h3N-
ing him condemned and shot on a
charge Of melting the recent revolution
airy upheavai az Barcelona. the Spanish
government provided Europe with the
sensation OF last month Ferrer enjoys
among the Latin nations, observes the
Revue Bleue, all the prestige OF Tolstoi
among the Slavs and Anglo SaNons, and
while the philosophical anarchism Of
tho Spaniard differentiates itself mark
edly from the Christian anarchism OF
tho Russian the theories OF the two
have been the subjects Of innumerable
comparisons. Francisco Ferrer had
been a prisoner since last summer, when
he was arrested after the discovery Of
alleged reasonable correspondence
found in his private apartments His
cminence as an educator. his generosity
in distributing his considerable wealth
among the poor. the charm Of his style
as a popularzer OF economies among
The humber classes and the industry
with which he has disseminated revo-
lutionary theories among the natives of
Barcelona have rendered him odious TO
the clerical and conservative BY maxi
ing himself the pioneer OF lay education
Ina the dominions Of King Alfonso, Senior
Ferrer attacked the basis OF that de
nomiuational school system to which
the Roman Catholic church is so at
tached. He refused 20 obey the order
OF the military governor Of Barcelona
when that official insisted that he with
draw financial support from the trades
unions OF the city. Neither would he
suppress study OF the French revolu-
ton IN which he traces the misery OF
the Spanish masses 20 their economic
condition and their economic condition
to their illiteracy. Unfamiliar as the
name Of Francisco Fcrrer has hitherto
remained 10 the Anglo Saxon public, 10
has always been mentioned with respect
by those thinkers and educators who.
for ten years past, have been in the
forefront of the liberal movement
among the Latin peoples He has been
an intellectual IDOL TO Frenchmen like
Anatoc France, Francis dc Pressense,
George Clemenceau and Jean Jaures
In italy Ferrer has been hailed as the
Inauguration OF a new era and only last
session Of the chamber of deputies
broke into applause at the citation OF
one OF his political axioms The Span
iards OF the north have read his studies
Of their condition and listened to his
lectures at a time when the ecclesiaSti-
oal authorities we're denouncing his
heresies and trying to close his schools
The charges connecting him With the
sanguinary butcheries at Barcelona
were based upon captured correspon-
dence which, from the evidence pre-
scented before the court-martial, point
ed. says the London News. 10 manifest
forgery. Current Literature (Novem-
ber)
Histrionic Is il legitimate for sin
Aspect of ger Of songs To wear the
Singing. husklhF May ne pIopel
~ address the eye as well
as the ear. or should he declare the
dramatic and emotional purport or song
only through sympathetic coloring of
the voice. II is not easy to see why
he should be thus restricted. The argu-
ment which holds the contrary falls
10 take account OF the obvious fart
that the song. as a complex art-form,
f. only partly musical and that, in
the case Of two-thlrds of the more
characteristic of modern songs. they
are almost as conspicuous with
in the field OF dramatic as Of
musical expression. The singer Of such
a typically modern song as. let us say.
strauss Lied des steinklopfers. must