New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05
Suspended BY THE COMMONS
c,-x1SGHAME GRAHAM MAKES TROUBLE

THE NOTED SOCIALISTS OFFENCE THE INTER
Rvr1IoN OF SPEAKER AND REFUsAL
TO BE SILENT.
London. MAY 4.-Richard IIaldane's bill to con-
far upon local authorities power to compel land
owners to sell their land in order that 1t may
no divided into small holdings was discussed IN
the House of Commons to-day.
Herbert Asquith lAdvanced LIBERAL member
for East Fieshre. spoke quietly in favor OF the
measure He contended that the owner OF the
,ond on which human residences are built is not
untitled TO the improved value OF the land due
70 the increase of the population In that
respect, Mr. Asquith held, land differed from con-
s,s or a commercial enterprise.
Before he had an opportunity however, to eX-
.,ain wherein the difference lies he was inter
rnnted by Cuninghamc Graham, the Socialist who
rcnrcsents the Northwest Division of IaDark-
shire and who cxcitedly asked: " How about
,windlng the shareholders in a company"
Amid cries of ORDER Mr.. Graham shouted: Il
have n right TO explain. This is swindling
speech
The House was in great confusion, and the
Sneaker Mr.. Pell, called Mr.. Graham TO order.
The latter refused to he silent, and finally the
Sneaker said The conduct of the member is
such that am compelled TO name Mr. Graham
This action was greeted with cheers.
Mr.. Graham retorted "Al right l am named
for standing up for Socialism"
This caused renewed confusion, and at last Mr.
Matthews. the Home Secretary arose and moved
that Mr.. Graham be suspended.
To this Mr.. Graham said "Oh, suspend
don't care
Mr. Matthcwss motion seconded, put 10
the House and adopted without a dissenting vote
Mr. Graham was suspended for n week
When the result was announced Mr. Graham
said Mr.. Speaker. l beg to apologize for any
apparent dscourtesy to you, but l consider that
have been suspended for standing up for Social
ism. | would be glad to argue tie question be-
fore hundred thousand people in Hyde Park"
The discussion OF Mr. IIaldane's bill was then
resumed. When the measure was put to vote the
Houte rejected il. las members voting in favor of
it and 223 against it.
During the scene Sir John Lubbock UInionist
member for London University, who was sitting
near Mr.. Graham tried TO control the latter urging
him TO obey the Speakers call to order Mr.
Graham, in response to these weil,inten'ioned
efforts, said =" don't care -. | have been
named for talking Socialism"
When the motion suspending him had been
adopted Mr.. Graham walked with a staggering
gait down the floor. saying as lie went This
House is a swindle am suspended as Socialist
lie talked until the door closed behind him.
u.
Paris, May A." La France" says that Henri Roche
fort Editor OF the Intransigeant, who is at present
living in London having been eXiled at the time Gen
eral Boulanger fed the country, Is about to take up
his residence In GeneVa
This Dispatch though relating merely TO the change
of residence Of a journalist is not without general
European interest and this fact explains its trans
mission. The moving OF Rochefort from London TO
Geneva would be more sign that after the quiet
bich ailpd urho Enron Iab
DAY. the popular mind there is longer haunted by
the fear that the sOciasc masses will make common
cause with the few hundred Anarchists who may be
stil at large confusion In that regard had ex-
listed among the European Powers, and they had re
quested Switzerland to expel all revolutionists from
her lei ritory. The Berne Government Willingly COM
piled with that resluest except In cases when 1t was
proved, as in the Wogemuth affair. that foreign
police agents had coDcocted an imaginary con
spacy in order to entrap innocent revolutonists
whose extradition was sought for. Recently the
Swiss authorities have taken sensible and strong
measures against Anarchism The Powers no longer
consider Helvetian soil the refuge of six con-
spiratOrs cOncocting their plots for blowing up Euro
pcan sovereigns with dynamite or course the fch-
eral and Cantonal Governments did their best 70
prevent the fo nation Of such cOnspracles ana thcS
kept close watch Bakounine, Krapotkne.
Vera Sassoulitch and other alleged would be IOnuca
municrers pointed ont TO them by the Russian, Ger
man and French spies who swarmcd at 6eneva
Lausanne and Zurich But honest eXiled revolution
ISIS who had never thought Of rcsorng 10 assasslnd-
tion were constantly afraid that their eXtiddIton
might some day be demanded; and they left switzer
land In order not remain cause OF embarrassment
10 It's Government. If Rochefort returns to Geneva
which he much prefers 10 London, it is because he
knows that he Will feel ; safe there as In England
lie has, besides, declared against the Anarchists III
many articles in his paper. LInt:ansscant though
,ornoininr 1be same revolutionary pamphloteer who
demolished the second Empire and who caused re
Gently the overthrow OF NJ COnstans the former MN
lister of the Interior in France. IL Is known thai
Rochefort couTt have been amne,tied after the ial
OF NJ COnstans, but he declared that he would stay
In exile as long as Culinc, who sentenced " i'm
misonment as the leading Socialist agiiaor at -Four
mics, remained in jail.
TrSrrryJS(; IN FAVOR OF MR. MERCER.