The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-30

ren'a example IN the adoption OF meIc'
urea to meet whatever situation may
arise,
Paris may, accordingly. be taken. ID
the present crisis, as representative Of
the country as q whole
A few weeks ago the people VII
declared France In danger Of revq'
lutlon were laughed az. The laughleg
has stopped now and the gravity OF
the situation n fully appreciated Tho
recent strike Of postoilice employee
open French, and In fact. all European
eyes. A country In which perhaps tn
most important Of all classes Of pub
lie servants did not hesitate to tie
up for more than week every avenue
Of communicatlon--fo IN Europe tho
postal service includes not only tho
malls, but the telegraph and generally
the telephone system as well--whlle
the government was too weak for even
Il pretense al resistance OF the most
lhumIliating demands. was regarded AS
IN very bad way.
Since then, however, conditions havs
become great deal worse. The pub.
Iic employees and those f0f private cor
norati0ns, armB and individuals, bouhG
only, Al the time Of the postal strike
| by The rather Insecure bond Of fratef.
nal sympathy. have effected formal
alliance and are openly preparing for
an upheayal through which they plan
the establishment Of a purely s0elalla
SIC form Of government
The Confederation Generale dE Tfa
IYail OF General Labor confederation
numbers theoretically not many more
/ than 400 VN0 members. There Is nos
TIE least question, however, that oa
per cent Of the rest Of the Paris wage
'arn9fg are ass0luit'g atts-r fst b
il and will implicitly ober 1efg one
tf les laWsss se'st Ae ~.
called y kWg class IN Franos IL NOT
limited 70 trades bnt enjoys tie sup
port Of those III clerical posItlona
Isalesmen. cashiers. domestic servants
land evea Office boys, shoeblacks am
messengers.
Opposlng the worklngmen and their
ls0clailslc program Is the bourgo0lae
Tor upper middle class, against which
the labor confederation nurses an even
bltierer grudge than against the arla
tocraey itself Tie aristonrats, the
worknemens leaders point out are
few AMI. with not many exceptions,
poor. The hourgeoise ID looked upon
as representative Of capitalism and the
wnrklugmen say frankly that they IL.
Itend to wipe out the entire claa
The bouraeOlse originally supported
1.-THE republic. Disguated, howeyef.
with The governments obvious Inabsls
Iity or unwllllngness 10 protect them
land their property. they are turnina
lroyalat now by the thousand.
The 0rieanists and Bonapartlsts have
taken advantage OF the shift In pepuls4
sentlment for The most active kind Of
Imlssionarylng and IN g few weeks
time, both thelr organizations have de-
veloped from quite ridiculo@alg inslg
| hlfcant groups into formidable bodies
or political conaplfators. They are
| handicapped BY the lack ot strong meli
az the heads Of the two families theg
support. In their ranks. however, are
several individuals OF real force ami
ability. with bourgeolse numbers and
money behind them It 10 recognized
that mere ngureaeads will be quite
sufficient to serve their respective
causes. From booking on the two
groups as jokes the government has
come to fear them. as ls plalhly shown
by the elaborate precautions the ad-
mInIsGrnlion has been taking Of late
lO guard aRInst sudden attempt from
either party TO seize the sovernmenan
rcins.
Deserted as too conservative BY tue
worklngmen on one side and as wealt
land ever radical by the h0urgeolse on
i The ether. the administration II placed
4 In 50 perIluus z position that Premier
II llclemancaala h sanderslepd u haEa
II Been havIhe The llmosl llllcHlty foF
j IIweeka III holding bis frightened cabin
ct together
THE Rtxefnment has. lpdoad lne
nominal support Of the army. but both
1.-The m0rAluRmen and The rnyaIlsta are
! IkndHn Ia be working SECRETLY 70 wlr
las many aa possible Of the soldiers g
lihulf respective views large numbers
! Iof the men being already w birth and
/ / education inclined one way OF the 9th
/ lef. and 4 Is doubtful even now. good
s Iudzes If the sIiuBlion say. whether 3
lmnIflenl number could Be relied unaA
lln suppress aeHefnl Hp1l6lna