The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

of a movement Of that power in per-
mitted the occasional note of Floating.
1t In not alone a Bismarck over which
he may gloat. either The Social DEM
ocrats of Germany have risen, waxed,
and prevailed in the most iron-bound.
caste-ridden country of these later times
Surely the man who guided the destines
Of such a social upheaval-what was
virtually a complete and bloodless revo-
lution-may resort to the trombone and
trumpet himself as loudly as he pleases
Today Bebel Is the molding influence
of his party. which. even under restrict
ed franchise Is a power In the Father
land. The son of a sergeant I'm a regi-
ment of the line, and by trade a
turner Drechsler). Bebel gives a vivid
description Of the poverty Of his early
life. Of his wanderings as a craftsman,
Handwerksbursche) in search work, be-
fore the wars Of 1864, 1885, and 1s70-71.
and before the Unification. Settling after
ward at Leipzig. he soon became in
volved in the Labor Movement" which
was to give birth to the Social-Demo-
cratic party. Marx and Engels, from
their safe refuge in London, attempted
some direction of the party. though Bebel
sometimes has to complain of the two
old gentlemen in London"
Strangely enough, Bebel began life as
an opponent OF socialism and was con-
verted to the political creed of Marx
and Liebknecht only gradually. When
elected to the German Reichstag he
quickly came into conflict with the law.
and in this volume he tells how he was
convicted OF treason for his attitude
toward the Franco-German war and had
to spend some years in prison.
While in prison he was reelected to
the Reichstag. During this Imprisonment
he wrote Woman in the Past. Present.
and Future" OF which more than fifty
editions have been printed. When this
volume closed. the triumph Of Bebel and
his host of followers was well assured.
Since then the movement which he SO
long has headed has become the most
aggressive force in German politics.
The international reputation of the
writer and the striking successes of the
movement with which. he Is identified
make this a remarkable human document.
1t is written with extreme frankness and
is indispensable to a full understanding
Of the trend of modern social conditions.
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