Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-08
The Dynamite Crusade.

threw a bomb into the Restaurant foyot,
Paris. Wednesday night did not afford
as satisfactory an example OF the re-
tributiye Justice that sometimes turks in
the Internal machine as was developed
in the cases of valiant, the little Lon
don tailor. and Pauwels. yet 1t was not
entirely free from such compromising
feature. Valiant, who attempted to
blow up the French Chamber Of Depu-
ties, was 30 badly injured that he could
not escape. and paid the penalty Of his
crime upon the scaffold, and the London
tailor and the Madelelne-church fiend blew
themselves to pieces. The Restaurant
Foyot dynamitard succeeded I'm getting
away, but one of his victims was Tail
hade, the Anarchist poet, who Is said to
be suffering great agony from his wounds
and to have become thoroughly penitent.
However. there seems no reason to ex-
pect that these experiences will arrest
the new crusade of murder which was
inaugurated by Valiant in December
last, and has leaders all through South
ern Europe. Worse still, the authorities
seem to be as incapable Of checking it
as they are Of explaining it.
The outrages of the Russian Nihilist
assassins have generally been directed to
the removal of the Car or some one OF
his officials engaged in carrying out re-
pressive measures. Pretty much on the
same plane have stood all the king kill
ers, or wouldbe king killers OF the past
While there can be no justification for
the acts of these men, they at least pro-
tossed TO be apostles Of liberty or con-
stitutional reform. or agents for the
overthrow OF tyranny. Either as repre-
senting an organization or in an indi-
vidual capacity they have aimed at gov
ernments or personal representatives OF
governments, and have claimed that they
had definite object In view in their de-
testable methods.
But the French Anarchists and their
sympathizers in Southern Europe have
nothing In common with the Russian Nj
hilist and the king killer except amena-
bility TO execrdtion. They do not seek
structure or rulers, nor do they profess
that they are suffering from grievances
inflicted by individuals. Their war is
against the whole body of society, and
their motto Is indiscriminate slaughter
The first kilograms from Paris regarding
the Restaurant-Foyot explosion advanced
the theory that the purpose Of the bomb
thrower was to destroy the Senate cham
Der. which is in close proximity to the
restaurant The later theory IS that the
demolition of the building in which the
explosion occurred was sought because
1t was the scene Of the summary execu-
ton OF Mllllere, the Communist leader
Neither theory however, explains the
object OF the murderous campaign, or is
calculated 10 aid the authorities in eradi-
eating the scourge. The French govern
ment not long since appropriated $4,000
francs TO be used in the protection of
life and property against the dyna-
mitards. and first and last some seven
hundred and fifty Anarchists have been
arrested, but still the work OF blood. de-
struction, and terrorizing goes on. For
every "executioner'' who suffers the death
penalty at the hands Of the law or acct
dentally kills himself another rises up,
and inability to account for the crusade
except on the ground that the age IS
evolving species of human hyena only
approached in ferocity by the blood
sucking Scythian," makes the situation
all the more terrible. In Paris, what
with the Generalization produced by the
explosions and the clamor of the people,
the police seem to have lost their heads
1t appears certain that no one govern
ment Is capable OF dealing successfully
with these enemies OF the human race
and public sentiment not only on the
Continent, but in England as we'll, Is
fast drifting to the conclusion that the
only remedy for Anarchism lies in all
the governments taking concerted action
to hound 1t off the face Of the earth.
Heretofore England has afforded a COM
paratively safe asylum for fleeing An
archists, for the reason that there was
tacit agreement among the members OF
the Infamous guild that there should be
no active" operations on British soil.
Recently. however, 1t has filtered through
the British mind that this agreement may
not continue TO be kept, and the cry that
the Anarchist must go" has also been
raised on the Tight Little Isle.