The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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174 THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. transformation of the social order, if necessary, by means of revolution, it was the latter which, from 1869, got the upper hand, and, as always happens, under the most marked and violent form. Meanwhile the International protested energetically against the war of 1870, both at Paris, at London, and in Germany. On the 12th of July the Parisian federation published a mani festo addressed to the workers of all countries, but principally to their “brothers of Germany,” of which the following is an extract :—“ To the bellicose cries of those who are themselves exempt from the blood-tax, or who find in the public misfor tunes a source of new speculations, we oppose our emphatic protest, we who wish for peace, labour, and liberty. War is the indirect means by which Governments stifle the liberties of the people.” The general council, in its turn, addressed a manifesto to the members of the International in Europe and in the United States. It was probably drawn up by Marx, and contains some noteworthy passages. “ The people of Paris have protested against the war with so much energy that the Prefect of Police has forbidden all expression of opinion in the streets. Whatever, then, may be the issue of the war, the funeral knell of the Second Empire has already sounded in Paris. ... If the working classes of Germany permit the present war to lose its purely defensive character and to de generate into an offensive war against the people of France, victory or defeat will be equally disastrous. All the miseries that desolated Germany after its war of independence will be reproduced with accumulated force.” The general council then quoted several addresses to the French working men published by German sections. At Chemnitz 50,000 Saxon working men sent words of sympathy to their French brothers. The Berlin section, replying to the Paris manifesto, said, “With heart and hand we adhere to your proclamation. We solemnly vow that neither beat of drum, nor thunder of cannon, nor victory, nor defeat shall divert us from our efforts to estab lish the union of the workers of all countries.” The manifesto added, “ The single fact that, while official France and Germany are rushing into a fratricidal war, the German and French

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