Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
MOWbRAY TALKS.
The English Anarchist
Not in Hiding.
The New York Authorities Are
Giving Him Plenty of Rope.

Herr Johann MoSt's Freihet contains
glowing advertisement ON the first page OF u
great anarchist gathering In New York city
to :ender a reception to the English anarch-
ist, Mowbray. This sets at rest all doubts OF
the fact that Mowbray is really here.
''we have been frier Is for years, says
Mos, 'anl have corrrspOnded and ex-
changed papers. Mrs. Mowbray reads
German. and she translates Fceihet to her
husband He is the same kind Of an an
archist that am, and am glad to hnv"
him here. Such man Is needed to spread
our ideas among ngllsh-sFeaking working
men.
Mowbray says h" hopes to build upa fol-
lowing Of his own among Americans. lie
will speak on anarchist Communism What
it Means, in English, and Most will say the
same things in German.
After that MOwbray will remain in NY. city
for some months holding meetings and then
will make a trip through the West.
Muwbray makes Il signed statement OF his
own views in the New York World, and
though that paper calls them mild they are
bad enough. He suy- that the thing to
do is to stir the musSc- of the workers to de-
sire better food better and brighter homes,
physical ana mental development.
AS means to attain tn a end | advocate
the orgauiz tiun of industry on basis OF co
operative production and distribution, not
because | believe the great social change
will alone come by that means. bat because 1t
will give the workers that necessary expert
cnce and training which will III them for the
higher civilization to which society IL adNan"-
ing. We want work for all who are physi-
callv capable Of performing work; we want
the destruction Of monopoly ia the means OF
life, and the abolition uf cucrriye author
ity. In a word. We want liberty to ell
JOY life by labor untrammrllcd by restric-
tion+. which il anarrhi-m. and equality Of
opportunities in tn. enjoyment Of the COM
hined products Of our so"iali2cd labor, which
| l. communism.
"This,to my mind justlhrs our propaganda
While homirid.u ou.ragss are neither logi-
cal outcome e anarchist principles nor a
practical neceS-lty of ANARCHIST action. they
are a social phenomenon which anarchist and
all social r"vOlutiOuists must be prepared to
facr.'
Mowhrav says that he knew ~ far hn"k "a
a. last May that his coming was announced
to the police Of New York. He came over in
the steerage Of the Paris and amused his rl-
low passenger by singing anarrhi-tic songs.
He declares that many in the stcrrage knew
that he was MOWbray, ior h. was not
! disguised. IL IL a Tact thAt the
, United States government hId notified
Commissioner uf Immigration Senner to stop
Muwbrav H. knew that, but he walked
ashore at Ellis Island with his portmant"au
full Of pamphlets treating OF his theory of
anarchy
The customs officials did not do their
duty. said he, "or they would hav" dis
covered the literature.
/ The decent people OF the city nre astounded
at the license allowed the man, but others say
| that the authorities N" simply giving him a
chance to furnish them evidence on which t.
/ get rid Of him. 1t does not need that beside
/ his conviction abroad. Mr.. Srnncr has got
himself into trouble Of course.