Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-26
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The most destructive agency known to
modern science appears simultaneously AT the
opposite poles VI the circuit of European ntclli.
gcncc. II ST. Petersburg was built a. a win.
dow opening toward the continent Moscow
remained the underground chamber NJ The
Muscoyite and the Tartar the real centre Of
the nation that was lowest in the scale Of civil.
nation and political government. In its ten.
denotes 1t was the most medieval city in
Europe It made the closest approach to old
time barbarism. Vet the English cities, Lon.
don and Birmingham, separated from Moscow
by the widest range Of civilization known in
the Europe OF to-day, are exposed to the same
deadly pcril-the same paralysis Of dread.
The medieval capital where the car is soon
to be crowned is startled by the announcement
that the Nihiists have been tunnelling under
the Kremlin, and that huge dynamite mine
has been discovered. The modern cities are
alarmed by renewal Of threats to destroy the
government buildings, the arrest Of an alleged
dynamite worker in the heart Of the metropolis,
and the discovery Of a secret oglyccrine
factory in Birmingham. In this way the
centres Of barbarous Europe and progressive
Europe are alike exposed to the dynamite
menace-the medieval capital to the modern
agencies Of destruction, and the modern cities
To the medieval spirit Of barbarous hate.
OF the startling discoveries of dynamite
working reported in the foreign dispatches,
only one is stated with sufficient deiinteness to
justify deliberate consideration. This is the
arrest Of Whitehead, an alleged Irish.Ameri-
can, who leased a small building in Birming.
ham two months ago, and is now reported to
have been manufacturing nitro.glycerine. 1t
IS important to observe that nitroglycerine, a
dangerous explosive itself, is material from
which dynamite can be readily produced.
Hartmann is currently reported to have OBJ.
tanned the dynamite used by him in Russia by
manufacturing II from nitro.glyccrine and
sugar /; and a convenient substitute for sugar
has been found in pulverized wood or paper.
The ordinary dynamite which is manufactured
in Europe is a peculiar spongy clay, impregna-
ted with ni,ro.glYcerinc and moulded into
cartridges OF moderate size. There are, how.
ever, artificial processes Of producing il on a
small scale which are not attended with great
danger.
With an adequate supply Of nitro-glycerine,
dynamite can be rapidly and conveniently OBJ.
tanned. The discovery, Therefore, Of nitro.
glycerne factory, operated with considerable
skill and in absolute secrecy, implies a system
attic attempt on the part Of Irish conspirators
and desperadoes to make their own explosives
and to avoid the risks of purchasing them in
England and the uncertainties of shipping them
from Germany, France or America. II the
chemicals and products in which this alleged
Irish American, Whitehead has been dealing
as dangerous as the dispatches indicate, and
he cannot give a reasonable account Of his oc-
cupation, the detectives will have the credit Of
laying bare one Of the most internal conspira-
cies ever known.
The discovery Of central factory and store
house of explosives will be, if fully confirmed
by subsequent disclosures, practical demon.
stration Of determination on the part of a Ger.
tain class of Irish Americans to make dynamite
the sole agent for the regeneration of Ire
land. 1t is fact which cannot be denied that
desperadoes who may have volunteered for this
dynamite campaign in England have lately re.
ceived support and sympathy from class that
formerly recoiled from these dabolical agen-
cies. The Irish World has been defending
and advocating the use Of explosives, and some
of the most prominent leaders who are to take
part in the approaching Philadelphia conven-
ton are converts TO the new gospel Of dyna-
mite. There facts which impart momen-
tous meaning to the rumors that the dynamite
workers in England are Instantaneous
NeaO York Tribune.