THE SOCIALISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 237, 6 October 1891, Page 8

THE SOCIALISTS.

~————a>— ■ — DukljS'o tho Socialisb Congress at Brussels last month, Merlino, an Ibalian anarchisb delegate, was arrested by bho Belgian police upon bhe ground bhab he had been previously expelled from Belgium. While bhe arresb caused commotion, ib was almost forgotben in the fright caused by a report thab the police were contemplabing more arrests. The fright, however, was unfounded. Sariaial, ot New York, one of the preddenbs of tho day, made a stirring address, in the course of which he said thab in the United State the sum of §70,000,000,000 was annually actually stolen from the hands of those who produced it. ' And with all thab wealth,' said he, ' misery increases so fast that tho "land of tho brave and home ot bhe free" is in reality a bell.' Sanaial's bitter arraignment of the land in which he found a home was mosb vigorously applauded by the army of Socialise who heard it. Ramos, a Spanish delegate who had been admibted, here declared with much pride and enthusiasm thab he represented fifty-five anarchisb associations having head-quarters in Barcelona. Other Spanish representatives opposed his admission to the Congress. An uproarious discussion followed, Ramos finally being retired. The difficulty of taking any decisive steps likely to benefit bhs workmen as a whole becomes more apparenb as this strange Congress is sifted. Everybody seems to have deep grievances, and but few seem to have a clearly-defined remedy for them. It is thoughb bhe discussion of the proposition to hold the nexb international demonstration will cause the utterance of some interesting remarks.