| Show TOE POLITICS OF XATIQ Socialism in Germany French Ftc londfn Lowlands JJinbterial 1rogrammr etc AillnlCit FunK Feb 17 ISM special Correspondence of the DESUIET > Tn s1 Socialism is in the air of German anti the young Emperor has not tscaiel the contagion con-tagion of his surroundings though telhaps be would L the last to acknowledge ac-knowledge it i quite natural however hunt the head of a paternal system government should make the I > ropolton he b3 for an International Inter-national convention ou the labor question But whatever may L lisnMerf and the creafonrans of opinion In Europe hire readily conceiled the benevolence of his Intentions then can be litHe doubt of the magnitude and pressing Importance of the question he for solution German 10 propoius sluluu GeIu legislation of late years has teen ending towards State socialism while the popular Instincts aud prejudIces of other tuples are op posed to i The true ideal of got rnment i i one that contemplates ho administration of Justice only len all subjects free to pursue their own hippiness It may not b attainable in the present stage of human development but It should b the ultimate otject of all politics France seems to have an unlimited I unlimit-ed supply of pretenders of all soils to government llou Linger has scarcely subsided when the young Duke of Orleans turns up in Paris with the alleged intent of jierpetrat In a cup d cat It i not aMon bhlng that such pretenders should be consianK cropping up for the hlllor France since the resolution resolu-tion Is little else titan a t rica el catastrophes in which adventurers of many kind rs to the highest positions What has occurred so often may occur again and this idea encourage those who fancy they know better than the people of > nnice how Fmiceehould b governed I the ouug man who lion just indulged in political lduI theatricals before Ilia countrjnicu was really in earnest he chose au unprupltlous momiut for lie dlj iulay Never rince Its estatillh meut on the rains of tile second bmplre has the Republic been more stable or popular than at present The recent elections went a solid proof of this Yot from his connections connec-tions and the antecedents of his f tinily it is quite possible that lie has been put forward to make In debut so to speak before the people of France who otherwise woud t scarcely be a ar of h Lt existence j He is now a personage of sonic ini portauco and lakes rank with the 10tlC I who have claims on the throne fciuce Louis Napoleon Xapleon i appeared with his tame eagle to I I frighten the geese mtrJ guard the capital there bat been uothinc to equal this exploit There i of course a large party of royalists in France but they are incruasingl outnumbered by the republicans During recent years radical inllu cores have stead 11 advanced under the enlarged franchise and the clergy I have come at hst to accept tl the situation and make the best of It A xort of truce has been ttnb llsbed between Church nn J State al though n in late elections sonic of the clergy deell tile proclamation irhtUou against their interfercncelnpolitico These conditions chow hour ill timed ttis the Duke of Orleans appearance appear-ance in rariind what little cliance there is ofa reaction Nevertheless In France more than elsewhere it hannnln is tho unexpected that is always lue imperial ministerial pro gntnme for the session as foresha I dewed in Hue steeds from the throne shows the change of policy in regard t Iixlmd Bpeeehes of miuistersduringthcrecessintlmated I an intention of dealing wIlt the land question and also a modified system of local goxernment Iloth I measures will In considered as indl eating a willingness on the part of lur the conservative government to met the wishes of the moderate mocrtc part in Inland anti do something towards quletinga troublesome hamentary question The legislation promised for Scotland is also pre inred with the evi lent Intention if counteracting the liberal agitation in that kingdom for reforms of adminltratlou nut tit IOt radical part of the new pulley to ovid lithe ministry is apparently committed is that in reference to England The I question of land queton transfers is our toundcd by extraordinary dilli cultiex Tuough reforms in the law have been long discussed this is tin I first time a conservative government govern-ment has bad the to ba courage propose I them urn practical test prope fluence of the conservative democrats I I demo-crats and the rise of the labor party Is to 0 notlln I lJlr r I n OI < b Mate regarding the liability of employers em-ployers the dnclllngs of tin work Ing people and also with reference t savings bank Altogether the programme is a courageous vie and shows a natural desire to deal with a class of questions that nave been coming mure and more to the front of late years The fan American Congress ap pears likely t ix > me to a more disastrous dis-astrous conclusion titan wait mliei antcl mId souls months ago when its Inherent incongruities were pointed out by the Press The endless jeal vuI ies of the bouth and ctrl American Itcpubllca have existed from their begiuningand accost like ly to betmolhcml ox eror eradicated I emdlrtd hy a Congress of this kind If after I four months session the net result has been nothing hut talk reult it is I about time the delegates discovered what appears to b the fact that lact there Is no common ground of I agreement among them The tin seemly row reported in late dls patcLts l Is perfeal ami in keeping with I t tle charter n States represented C They never I could agree ou niiy thicg aud often oreu went to war with each other on the 1 j mostfllm y pretext Itwasngrand I idea of Mr UJalneato bring them together to-gether with a view to the establish went of frietidly commercial 11 tons but it seems they have nottt reached a point of development wIser its realization is possible A bill is before tbcSenateat Wash ington which couialnsverysweep ing clauses dealing with immigrants sweep Among other tblng it provides that every foreign subject going to the United States shall obtain the Stt b1 obtu per mission of Dud be identified by his own government fcuch permission I and indeiiUficaUon euoii va oiueuceti uy a ccniucate in the EnglMi language by the government gov-ernment of which the immigrant is asubloct I will also contain the name and description of the lpton person > rn with his or her signature also the family or tribal name I te rank ser nge height and all physical peculiarities pe-culiarities former and presentoceu pitlon etc The bill further pro vides that the certificate shall be viseed bya diplomatic or consular representative of the ITnited Slates lnild at the jilace from vhlch the In tending immigrant is about toJepart hhould tills bill I become law it would rtndrr nil < > Trmftltlin fe tla > necessary But tbe extraordinary thing about I is that it practical surrenders t foreign gijvenimeit the sovereign right of the United States to grant nsylum to political exiles In England this right has always been jealously guarded In a I Is i the Iwajt of Englishmen that their country is the refuge and safe asylum of exiles The same last ha1 been made for tlie United States and with rnml ronum uIe now The bill is probably 0 intended to keep out anarchists and others of that sort but It goes too far It Ibowl however that the American AmerCn Republic is beginning to feel the pressure of undesirable I immlgra I it ion and the necessity of checking There i a report about the discovery dis-covery of a ponerful explosivese crtted for presumed purposes of Irmld pur destruction in the House of Re re sentatives Washington It Waingn I may b timely to assure the jtlle that thcroiM really but little cur for apprehension with regard to the alleged leged volcanic power of modern explosives I Their nature dder feels are now pretty well understood under-stood Apart from their employ mentln cnilnecrinK and lllbiy which mol operations the question mot qUCton concerns i8 Is whether the tremendous cncrns I ou and cotripietoid cgcncies of de ttnictlon which science las already evolved are likely t triumph oy = r the defensIve rtsources of vIvHIa tlon Mr Gladstone vaguely invoked in-voked those rmourctie upon them thin Jtu Lin Emperor most depend and on them aliko in France in the United Elates alM in every other country Hw and order must apiial In the last resort t furnish weapoW rr weni aealnst the dark spirit of anarchy all over the world No graver question ton was ever propounded I I therefore riSMurlDS to learn Irons It pnt n alllrl ltlefl that I the hideous family of nltrotatbons presents no elemmts f fresh danger I to society beyond those with which our predecessors have been familiar for centuries Society hal always defended it clf In the past raccMs fully ap > lnst dangerous men and may hope 16 tltfrnd itself it-self agaInst them In the futUrc Pro Dr Vlrchow the great er man philosopher whu5e authorit to speak on this sul et is unquestionable tionable deprecates the vague statements state-ments that have been made frontline front-line to time to induce thebelief that thero are stronger explosives than nlbToglyccrlne and preparations of i and that tho men who have been guilt or may contemplate crime by use of explosive nre In posses slnti nf mnrn mwprful airents than any known to chemist Such Is I notthecase UHroglycerlneand it premratlons form the strongest explosives plosives yet known Tho strongest of thieve Is blasting gilatlne 1 I difficult to prepare nnd cannot hu l made by unskilled personi Dr Vlrchow ale ohowS that it would be impossible I foranarchlsts to do more i titan merely local damage and that any attsmi to destroy public buildings build-ings must fall They cannot he 6ajr by any means lay 1 whole city In ruins not even a street They may Injure special building but tliat is the mot they can do DR Ki > ISUCXI I |
