New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-31
PLOTTING REVOLUTION.
FaENC HMEN BEGINNING TO REALIZE WHAT
TIE ANARCHISTS OF PARIS MEAN.
A WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY AGAINST SOCIAL
oRrER-vIOLENCE TO BE USED INSTEAD
OF NOTES.-THE EXPLOSIONS N
PARIS AND DUBLIN.
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Copyright. 1892: Bg The Tribune AHoefatton.

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Copyrfqht 1892 By The Tribune AssOetation.
Paris. Dec 30-The first meeting Of the Com
nittee of Public Safety, appointed ny the
gathering at the Maison du Peupe. was hcld
Yesterday. II was a secret meeting lie re-
ports of il are meagrc, perhaps gueSs"ork
Two things however. seem pretty clear: llrst'
Anarchists and Socialists find it difficult to work
together without friction; second both have
discovered that to announce a revolution in ad-
vance for fixed day is mistake The
Socialists are not easy in company with the
Anarchists. and still less easy under the com
uonts of the press on their new alliance. For
tbe French press has, after thinking 1t over
for two DAYS begun TO discuss these curious
proceedings at the MaiSon du Peuple. The en-
nlosion at the Prefecture of Police helpel tc
turn their attention thithcT. The connection of
dates between the MasOn Gu Pcuplc meeting and
the explosion was at least striking. The ca
plosjon followed the meeting within twenty-four
hours
There is. however. qutc enough in the revival
of onen revolutionary agitation to give rise to
reflection, even without dynamite. Out of the
twenty ACCOMPLISHMENTS of Paris, the Anarchists
have regular organizations in thirteen In scv-
eral there are several groups. in all there are
assemblies. more or less regular. The police
cannot prevent them. or, for some reason, do
mot care 10 prevent them. These assemblies are
ALWAYS private and over private assemblies their
authority mas little power. The Anarchists com
NIT no overt act until the moment arrives when
an outrage is resolved on. and this. unlike the
demonstration for the 10Th of January, they
do not proclaim beforehand
None of these ward groups are large. II is true
If their numbers increase they divide and hold sep
erate meetings as if no. caring To attract notice
They meet sometimes in their own lodgings. some
times in wine-shops They prefer, however. TO use
the wne-sbops as public houses are used in London
for preaching the gospel of anarchy - all conerS
Their converts do not all become avowed Anar-
clsts II seems 10 he thought more udcnt that
they should not They accept al part OF the
Anarchist doctrines Some OF them stop short
of dynamite II is not everybody with grcv-
ance against society who thinks that il can be
Iemedicd by indScriminate murder; but there are
thousands. perhaps scores of thousands OF aril-
SANS in Paris who would not prevent what they
would not practise Still less would they give
information of what they know suspect about
Anarchist plots They are revolUtiqhists with
Anarchist lcaninss.
Nor can the power of the Anarchists for mis-
chief be measured ny their number. They do
not aim at majority The Jacobins hundred
nfcant minority in numbers. That did not pre-
vent them from conquering and governing
France, and does not prevent NJ Cemenceau
from saving to-day that the Revolution must be
accepted as a whole. Nobody who took part in il
is 10 be condemned. not even Marat, nor Cou-
thOn, nor Saint Just
Not much had been heard about these Anarchis'
meetings Of late II IS the openness Of the new
movement which has turned mems eyes to the
secret cOnspiracies hstcling daily and nightly:
that and the effort To bring the Anarchists ana
Socialists together The two wings of the army
OF rcvolui.,s do not all at once fall into line.
The Anarchists think themselves quite a. good
as the Socialists and perhaps they If they
are 10 coalcsce it must he upon something like
even terms. Already you hear Anarchist com
plants that Citizens Gucs,lc and Allemanc, and
other Socialist leaders who took part in tine
Nlais0n du Pcup" gathering. have gone back
on their friends aud on themselves. They have
Whitfield away IN interviews the substance OF
what they and others said at the meeting. II
is So They have These gentlemen seem %
have the courage neither of their opinions nor
OF their company. Citizen L"bouchcr, u consplcu-
Gus Anarchist orator. declares that he has no
confidence in the Committee Of Public Safety
II the Socialists li," 10 come 10 him, well and
good: Lu, he klN not 90 70 the Socialists
And 50 tie wrane.c -o"s on.
\ fresh Anarchist manifesto has APP
peared attacking the Socialists not less
violently than the Government and the
middle classes IN General and calling to
arms. II is evident that some of the men who
have got hold Of the Anarchist machine mean
70 run it themselves Much Of the Language OF
This document canrot be put into printable
English. but one sentence may be given:
~Opportunist politicians Radical politicians
Possibiist politicians MarNists, politicians Of all
the lists are all alike. One is no better than
another
That il hardly civil to the people who
making advances TO these very advanced reform
ers-to NJ Goblet. for example. who has Journal
AZ his own and uses it to praise the proceedings
at the Maison du Peuple and to approve such
snceches as ] quoted 10 you two DAYS ago. Ana
NJ Goblet has been Prime Minister. and hopes
10 be again lie j. not an Anarchist haldly
even Socialist only Radical. IS there really
so very much difference between tie three One
would like TO know whether this eminent parlia-
mentaran Joins in the cry, Down with FarIia-
mcnt :" He takes account, no doubt ol thc
technical distinct IONS which sttls dlVIdc the
great party Of destruction, Of winch k"Nachol
once led the van ard in which NJ Goblet and NJ
Clcmcnccau occupy pOSi'lohS Ill ''c mum "''S' '"
even in the guard.
The \narchisi, viii have nothing 10 do with
suffrage To vote j., according TO them, TO play
the came of the middle class, which they hate
more than all Others. The artisan, who calls
himself. not an Anarchiss bnt RevoGtionist'
will vote. but only for men who have never been
in Office of any kind. municipal OF Parliamentary.
He wants a clean sweep and new deal. lie
will not vote for his own leaders, foT NJ Camell-
nat. NJ Valiant, and men Of that stamp, VINO
are or have been, ofce-holdcrs; or not so long
a. he has chance of electing anybody else.
They are organizing on that basis all over
Paris Tie Committee OF Public Safety is TO
have delegates or sub-committces in each OF the
eigbty sections; so are the artisan revOlutlohis'S
and il is yet TO be- seea how far they VIII
differ Their alleged objects are, however, per-
fectlv distinct The Maison du Pcnple lot or
panize street demonstrations. Their riNas Of
panize 10 bring voters TO the ppis.