New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

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the knife, as did also the Due de Berri, heir to
the French throne. and father of that French
King who, as "a child, reigned for few hours
under the name of Henry V. and was known
throughout the remainder Of his life as the
Count of Chambord. Nor should 1 omit in this
list the late Earl Of Mayo. who was stabbed by
n native convict in the Andaman Islands while
Vceroy of India Many more instances could
be cited to show how far more dangerous in the
hands Of the assassin is the knife than either
pistol rifle or even bomb And once the police
who are as rule selected from the less highly
educated classes get this fact into their some
what obtuse heads crimes such as that perpe-
trated at Geneva upon Empress Elizabeth OF
Austria will be less frequent and rendered
practically impossible.
THE FUTILE EFFORTS OF THE POLICE
There is no doubt whatsoever that in order to
deal with these Anarchists and foes to society.
who constitute the chief danger to the rulers OF
the world and who furnish nearly all the sue
cessful or unsuccessful assassins of the latter.
an entirely different species Of police force 10
that now in existence is needed. The Anarchists
and Nihiliss are in many instances composed
of men of altogether superior instruction ana
intellect whose minds have become more or
less unbalanced by the inability to turn their
accomplishments TO profitable account. and who
have been sourea as we'll as embittered, by the
spectacle Of men less intelligent, less learned
and less gifted than themselves enjoying rank,
Office and affluence from which they themselves
are debarred. 1t is from the graduates OF the
universities Of the Old World. graduates VINO
have been unable TO obtain employment in Keep
ing with what they believe TO be their attain
ments that are recruited the leaders of the
Nihilist movement in Russia, Of the Anarchist
agitation in Central and Western Europe, OF the
Black Hand Society in Spain and Portugal ana
Of The Malta the Camorra and Of the Socialist
propaganda in Italy.
Moreover few people this side of the At
lantc ha re any idea OF the extent TO which
men Of birth and of breeding are COM
prscd in the ranks of these dangerous foes OK
the social system Russian princes and prn-
cesses Italian dukes. Spanish counts and mar
ouises German barons and mobiles abound.
Some Of them have been driven into the camp
of Anarchy and Nihilsm-whch are one and
the same thng-by injustice and tyranny 10
which they have been subjected by either SOW
ereign or government officials others. again.
have ranged themselves under the red nag be-
cause they have committed some offence OF
other entaing their ostracism and expulsion
from society. while yet others are Anarchists
solely because they are without means to i've
in accordance with their birth and rank. But
be the reason Of their presence among the
cohorts of Anarchy and Nihilism what it may.
there is no doubt whatsoever that their SUI
periority of education as we'll as the breeding
and delicacy of intellect which IS theirs Dy
birth and by bringing up, render them most ter
off, oil q
they themselves, as a rule. remain in the back
ground and content themselves with the insti-
CATION and the organization Of crimes such as
the assassination of Empress Elizabeth. of the
Spanish Premier Canovas, Of President Carnot
and of Car Alexander II. leaving the perpetra-
ton thereof to men of the stamp of Cesario,
Lucchesi, etc.
1t must be remembered that the founder and
father Of Anarchy and Of Nihilism was a noble
man of ancient lineage. namely. Baron Bakou-
nine and among the leaders Of his school now
living. and who have handles to their names are
Prince Krapotkne. Prince Victor Nackachidze,
Baroness Won Roedel who passes as his wiie;
Prince Tasca Of Sicily Count Casa Gonzalez.
and the Marquis Valera, of Spain, and the TWO
Dukes Notarbartolo-V illarosa Of Italy l could
mention scores more Of princes. counts and
barons thus arrayed in warfare against the
social system Of the present day. But those emu
merated above may suffice to show that Anarchy
is directed and led IN its campaign against Ia"
and order by men Of birth, education and In
tellect
GROWTH OF THE ANARCHIST PROPAGANDA
II is 70 this fact. coupled with the circumstance
that the police upon which the governments IN
the Old World as we'll as in the New. rely upon
. .o,,ho, and sunnrpss Anarchy are recruited