Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

Socialism in its inception was an eco
nomic question which attracted the at
tention Of the economists
economic of all ages, in China,
Or.s+;. where Chinese guilds
a. and trades unions ex-
listed from 1000 years Is. c.; in Rome "a
years 3. c.. where a workmans guild
existed under the name of "Collegia
Opihcum.' In modern times socialism
was revived in various forms under the
precepts of Baboeuf. CADET, Saint-Simon,
Fourier. Lassalle, Proudhon. Marx. Louis
Blanc and others 1t was, / repeat. an
economic question, whose object was
the elevation and improvement OF the
condition of the liborer.
Within the last generation, however
in France the acknowledged leaders of
socialism are the avowed anti-militarists
and anarchists Herve. Pataud, Jaures. In
Spain they are the partisans Of the sinis-
ter professor Of modern schools, Ferrer
and his successor Pablo Iglesias. Herr
Bebel Of Germany of all his fellows is in
a class apart Bebel is neither assassin
nor international" but German and
patriot. Under his leadership socialism
Is an orderly. respectable party. while
! socialism In France. Spain and Russia is
closely associated with aNafcn1SUl, Oh
which, indeed, 1t is a part
Now and again there is a disposition
manifested in the many congresses of So
cialism by some leaders. that socialism
is on the slope sliding to destruction. The
radical socialist congress at Mines. for
example: voted the following resolution,
which was in contradiction to the anti
military doctrines which had been enun-
ciated:
THE congress. stirred by the rumor of
he n OF
assures the government OF its confidence
and the support Of the radical socialist
party. 1t promises to energetically de-
fend the patrimony and the dignity Of
France"
NJ. Clemenceau, it Is said. is actively
engaged In warning the socialists OF the
danger to the country of
Clemenceau's pacifcism and anti-mili-
rr.. tarism. and is about to
noA'S' deliver series of con-
ferences advising against the surrender
| OF any important territory Of the Kongo
| to Germany.
| But NJ. Cambrouze. radical deputy,
writes in the journal La France the
| following, which will be read with alarm
| by the unconscious but honest socialist.
The deputy writes:
1.-The time is no longer one Of hesita-
| lions. of subtle and sulen political calcu-
| latiOns The country that supports with
| noblenesS and serenity the actual anxious
crisis desires to be rid Of this collect on
| OF malefactors and criminals. The re-
| public signifies liberty, but it signifies
also justice, toll and the tranquility of
| all good citizens
Such language. says the Temps, will be
| applauded by all who care for the Ges-
tiny Of the republic. NJ. Caillaux has
l on Dnd to f1n nnfc Of ind
| vidual anart hists. 1t is time for him to
act with vigor against collective crimes.
NJ. Paul Deschanel, former president
of the chamber of deputies, speaking to
| his constituents said:
1.-The work of progress could not be fol-
| lowed except in an orderly manner, and
| the actual government, comprehendinS
| that fact, announced itself as "a govern
| Inent that governs.
"At that word the whole country listened
sympathetically. The simple fact that
such a truism should provoke such uni
versal attention was proof of the press
ing urgency Of the hour. There were
strikes everywhere in the Midi, strikes
in the ports. railway strikes. delimita-
tons, troubles in the norm, agents of the
government affiliated with Revolutionary
organizations. with boycotters, with
| 'sabOtages, or those who place OBJ
stacles in the performance Of duty. In
a word. there is an army of disaffected-
| Every one felt that such a state of at
/ fairs could not continue and that words
were totally insufficient to re-establish
order.
| ITO strike the man who takes up rail,
who cuts wire. who deserts. to punish
crimes against persons and against the
nation, that Is the elementary duty of
every government in a civilized society:
| 1t is a matter for the police and the
| courts. But the task of government is
not finished when the police and the
courts have acted. Anarchy, like order
| is product. The police and the courts
have only to do with their results. Now
there were causes. What good, indeed,
| anarchy existed in the government it.
self?
| Did we not ask the socialists to break
with their anti-patriotic and anti-military
associates, and respect in
Deschanel'S France the military duty
| which Bebel was doing on
auestion. the other side of the
Rhine? 1t was not only socialists, alas!
who raised their hands against us. but
few professors carried away by the de-
testable example set them by their anti
patriotic associates.
| And NJ Deschanel continued:
| did we not show to our ministers the
progress made by that revolutionary or
! ganization which appeared in all the
strikes lighting everywhere civil war !.
| And the ministers replied:
| "'You are deceived; the General Labor
Confederation Is becoming wise And the
morning after the propaganda was re-
| doubled