New-York tribune., 1898-11-22

vh. international conference on Anarcf! VIII
mee, ON Friday next in Rome, and VIII. II n eN
uocted adjourn before Christmas. 50 rs 10 i"aN'
,L. heqinninc of the new year tr"c Tor me
czars Peace Congress. Practically all fnf"
moan governments will be- represented. ne Z" -
.i.ion. of thc conference will not. however, b'
hinding unon any until ratified Wy iii" proper
authorities at home The confident cNpcc'a'loh
is however that the conference VIII adop'
,.o1o of nrinciples and course of action which
all the Powers great and small. viii r"adii! ''-
oor, r., that end deliberations IRE 20 h' con
fined 10 five stated topics. and only one "' 'h'S'
soorne Iikely to provoke much controversy
rho first polnt will be definition o. Nna'chy
ord Anarchist Academically that may he easy
{, oiv. procticallv il will be more dlfhc'lit
vbe mur,ercrs of Empress Elizabeth and Ir''-
dent Carnot and the bomb-throwers "' ha'''
Iona and of Chicago. may be- put in ih" category
,,i,hou hesitation. But how about the jew
,oit.rs of Paris and the dynamters and moon
rchtcr," Of Ireland now happily all hn' "X
tinct-and the ncgrohunters of North C'Toii'i'; +;
uov.vcr satisfactory definition will doubt
loss Ia, formulated The second point WI lee
cor nor. troublesome the controversial one. u
.orcorns the oucstonS Of expulsion and extra
di,ion Shall Anarchists be extradi:cl "r 'N-
,mlcd simply as Anarchists. without having
committed any overt act: And shall stat'
have thc right simply to drive them ont. OF muS'
if deliver them in custody 10 ih" state "f me"
origin: Upon these and some cognat" questions
thcrc will doubtless he much Narnn'" ol opih
ian and NOR. debate than upon Ill the rest.
Another topic will be the prevention of Anar-
chisI uropaganda and the surrepitiouS cIrcula-
l,lt La,
he like unto il. namely. the prevention Of NOR
hid publicity Of the doings. sayings ana clara'
,cristics of Anarchists These Two Will not be-
nossed without some debate. sine" they atrc'
Liro.,lv freedom Of speech aud the liberty of
the press. Finally. the conference VIII '"nN'"'.
thc best forms of punishment to be Inflicted
upon Anarchists guilty of overt acts ol cr'in''
nolitv There has been some dissatisfaction eX-
dressed because the murderer Of the Empress "'
Austria is 10 he imprisoned for life ana not pu'
10 death There is however wIdeSpr'a" no
lion that silence and oblivion. such as rigorous
life IMPRISONMENT assures. might ana pr"papA
would bc more powerfully deterrent io Anar-
chists than The scaffold. which gives them oppor-
tunity to pose as martyrs.
The conference may or may not. Oh the Whole
be useful At least there is need for something
to he done for the repression OF Anarchy. Edu-
cation and civilization one says. Yes. hut An
archy is preached and practi>cd i'll the most
highly educated and civilized lands. ana seems
- be- y product of decadenI 0vcrclvlllzatioh
rather than Of sayagcry. Rigorous laws says
another. Well several States tried that some
years ago. when Carnot was nurdered ana me
result was not encouraging. Perhaps II shch
laws were made universal they would h" NOR"
effective Al any rate. there is Il growing feel
inc that something ought 10 hc done to make
imnoSSible the deeds Of Franchl. a Cascrlo "A
Luccheni and this conference will certainly not
lessen IT, but will rather promote il toward
some successful conSumnatiOn