The Growth of Socialism in Europe
THE present indications are that Europe will soon be Republican or Socialistic. The strongest imperial power in Europe, Russia excepted, is Germany. The following from the St. Louis Christian Advocate shows something of the growth of Socialism in the capital of that empire:— “Socialism is spreading in Germany. The Silesian Gazette publishes statistics showing an uninterrupted growth of Socialism. The city of Berlin in 1882 contained 24 Socialist societies; now it contains over 100. Bavaria in 1886 had 1,021 societies, with 58,000 members; she now has 2,200 societies, with 122,000 members.” Such principles have grown no less rapidly in Russia, England, Austria, and other powers. Their progress in the future will be by geometrical progression, not arithmetical. The end may be the revolution of 1793 on a much larger scale.