New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22
DEALING WITH ANARCHISTS.
ENGLAND WILL GIVE THEM ASYLUM
AND FRANCE WILL REPRESS THEM
AN AMBITIOUS PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMME
INTRIGUEs AGAINST LORD RosEBERY-
MINERS wAGEs-THE LAUREATE
sHIP-OXFORD AND YALE Il
tBY CABLE TO THE TRrBrSEl
Copyright: 1891: By The Tribune Association.j

a majority of fifty has great Importance.
What is important is the attitude OF the Gov.
ernment on this question. The Prime Minister.
who promised a fortnight since to give hs
friendly consideration to Lord Salisburys pro-
posals for protection against Anarchists, has felt
himself obliged to resist them. He does not think
the crisis a grave one He does not think
Anarchists plots hatched in England Tho
Home Secretary has told him they not and
has assured him that though there are alien
Anarchists in the country. the police have an eye
on them. He does not think the House Of Com
mons would pass Lord Sasbury's bill. 1t has
jealousy "a just jealousy" in behalf OF the priv
ilege Of asylum He thinks -the people are equally
Jealous In short the prr1Ydices OF an UNFRAMED
and very ignorant democracy are to govern the
Government in foreign relations and In matters
OF social order we'll as in finance; for this Is.
will presently become, a question or foreign
citations, an international question, and Eng
land 1t seems, is to have a democratic Foreign
Office side by side with democratic Home
Office and a democratic Exchequer.
Already protests are heard from abroad. Too
much stress need not be laid on the declarations
Of the French press. But II happens in this case
that the protests come from the four most sober
journals Of Paris. lie Journal des Debats, Ia
Moniteur," la Liberte" and lie Temps. Tney
all express their astonishment that Lord Rose
berv should shut his eyes to The dangers OF An
archism II murders and dynamite outrages 90
not convince him, what will? lie Temps" the
organ Of the French Foreign Office. warns him
that the moral responsibility of the English Gov
ernment is increased by the Introduction OF Lord
Salisbury's bill. The Conservatives say: I'VE will
give full movers TO the Government to deal with
Anarchists" The Government refuse them; ana
foreign governments. against whom Anarchists
are plotting on English soil. will hold him 10 .
strict account.
Lord Rosebery knows what that means. and
cannot like the prospect. But there is some
reason to suppose the Prime Minister has not had
a free hand in this business. Sir William Har-
court. who is troubled by no visions OF duty 70
other powers Is understood TO have constituted
himself the mouthpiece Of the Jealousy Of the
House Of Commons and especially Of the Radicals
who compose his immediate following. From
some source at any rate. pressure enough was
brought to bear on the Prime Minister 10 induce
him to take the extraordinary line he did, HIS
friends do not believe that his speech In the
House OF Lords on Tuesday is the complete ex-
preston of his individual Judgment Lord Rose
berry is not the man to look on with indifference
while England is turned into an Anarchist
laboratory. He nevertheless renews his CEN
f"
as descriptive Of England. Lord Salisbury has en-
dured these censures with equanimity. and he
now repeats and reafirms the statements which
were challenged He does still consider that Eng
land is a base OF Anarchist operations. Leave
politics. and the House OF Commons and Sir
William Harcourt out Of the question, and mosf
men will be Of the same opinion
That less important part OF Lord Salisbury's
bill which refers To alien immigration Is almost
As bitterly opposed as that which provides safe
guards against the Anarchists Lord Salisbury
still appeals 70 American precedents. and ths
Radicals still reject them with scorn There are
curious stories about the Board Of Trade figures.
which purport t. show large decrease in immi-
grafton. They have been "sweated' say some
critics They were supplied TO order. says one
expert. who quotes rather cynicay the remark
Of a departmental official in play called The
Candidate" Tell what you want to prove
and will furnish the figures" But Lord Sails
bury is not thought to have acted wisely In
Jumping the two subjects In one bill
The action Of the French Government against
the Anarchists is in gratifying contrast 70 that
Of the Englis.l Government. The firm hand OF
the President is felt Not only have his Ministers
pressed their bill upon the Chamber but they
have announced that they would stand or fall by
IL. - i
think. largely to NJ Casimr-Perrier himself
rewarded by a majority OF ll2 in the Chamber
for urgency; that is. for the immediate and con-
tlnuous consideration Of the bill.
The Radicals have sided throughout with the
Socialists in opposing 1t. have the English
Radicals in resisting every proposal 10 make
English laws more effective against Anarchists.
They all prefer their crotchets to the public
safety They all think formulas Of more value
than facts They all prefer for troubled times the
immunties of speech and print adapted to times
Of peace The two leaders Of French Radicasm.
NJ Brlsson and VI. Goblet. have led the oppo-
siton to this measure, VI. Cavaignac perhaps
third in precedence. Joining in. VI. Goblet Is more
Socialistc than Radical VI. Cavaignac mas De-
come the slave Of defeated ambition. and Is
more a demagogue than anything else; but M
Rrsson Is merely narrow, and his abilities ana
sincerity are Of no avail TO the Republic be-
cause OF his narrowness and his political
pcdantry.
No doubt the bill is n strong bill. The ten
dency OF repressive legislation in France is 70 go
too far 1t is hardly less marked under the Re-
public than under the Empire. But II some pro-
visions of this bill touching the press. and stiu
more. touching the private expression OF private
opinion. 90 too far the bill a whole is neces-
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to oppose it is to play into the hands Of the
Anarchists.
IT, however Sir William Harcourt would con-
centrate his attention upon the House or Com
mons where he has high authority he would
find quite enough 10 occupy II and him. He has
carried his Budget by just twenty majority,
fraught as 1t is with vast mischiefs 10 come, and
he has now to consider what he is TO do with tho
rest OF this unhappy session. He has made nu
statement. statement which goes far 10 I'M
pair his reputation serious statesman. He
fixes the end Of the session for the end OF August
n short six weeks hence. During those SIX
weeks he proposes TO carry three first
class measures, all contentious, two OF
them in the highest degree contentious. the
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