New-York tribune., 1885-01-26
THE LONDON EXPLOSIONS.

As fuller details of the London explosions
arrive the blind malice of the Outrages becomes
more conspicuous while the absolute Indifler-
ence of the criminals to every consideration or
common humanity at once intensifies the gen.
eral disgust and Indignation, and points to the
necessity of some concerted action on the part
of civilized nations for mutual protection
against enemies who may justly be designated
the foes of the human race. In the explosions at
the Tower and Westminster Hall there must
have been special purpose to destroy human
life and not only that but to destroy the lives
of the most innocent and defeDceless oil nom
combatants namely women and children for
time was chosen when all the places attacked
were sure to be thronged with holiday visitors,
Saturday being the day of regular exhibition
for the public buildings 1t is equally clear that
this day was taken advantage OF because among
the crowds of visitors the Internal machines
might be smuggled in with the smallest risk OF
discovery The results are such as to afford
abundant ground for rejoicing to the malignant
and brutal idiots who affect to believe that by
such cowardly Outrages they can produce any
politcal effect that will not damage their own
cause. London has certainly been alarmed
A yeritable panic has been caused. This is,
doubtless, due in great part to the rational con-
sderation that no atrOcity can be beyond men
capable of blowing up women and children
with dynamite in the deeply -dishOnOred name
of patriotism.
Grave injury has also been inflicted
on two venerable edifices possessing his
torical associations which endear them as
much to Americans as to Englishmen. There
has been terrific noise, smashing of walls
and windows. reckless mutilation of poor
little children, a policeman fatally injured
and what elseY This much else: that civilized
people everywhere have been shocked and
aroused, and the popular feeling has been
almost crystallized in the conclusion that inter
national measures will have to be promptly
adopted for the stern and effectual suppression
of the element that agitates by means of such
dastardly, reckless and imbecile Outrages No
matter what it calls itself, or what country it
infests, it embodies the gravest menace to
modern civilization and progress. AS it has
cut loose from all civilized restraints and Ordi-
nances, and makes war upon society with brute
ferocity and indiscrimInating malice, there is
but one way to deal with it. Reason and arGu-
ment are plainly ineffective. Appeals to its
sense Of humanity are futile, for 1T has no such
sense.
Ordinary police vigilance has thus far
proved poweress against it. The London po-
lice have been unable either to prevent or to
trace these crimes 1t is quite clear that inter-
| national friendlness alone will not meet the
exigency. There must be international special
lied action to stamp out so PrOtean an evil.
In great cities it is impossible to cut off the OPP
portunities for committing dynamite outrages
A million people are carrying parcels every
day. Who is to single out the parcels which
contain Internal machines. War on society is
! always possible to any who will begin by put
ting themselves outside the pale of civilization.
This is what all dynamiteurs do. That fact
clearly recognized, however way to redress
and protection is opened out. The authors of
the London explosions have therefore no
sound cause for cOngratulatioD, for they have
made it plain that not alone England, but the
civilized world, must take care of itself, and
when civilization opposes itself to dynamite
savagery, sayagery must go down.