The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06


Cyclopmdia OF Political Science by Prof. Georso
4 ssGrt r. b StG nSsnrSsa. fSbSp %ntSo %n Of .ss yninm i
before us. while vOhcmontly opposed TO nnars
oSfism; has sn SgnS asitySSS a, Il HSi nj n lu,d the col6ly
aim is simply TO expornd what anarchlsm thee.
retieSlly Is and what II wishes to do; his con.
hercsy, is only TO be overcome by FREQ and fcnr.
loss scientific treatment, and not by violent
measures dictated by fear and hatred.
The difficulty encountered in defining annrch.
ism arises from tho fact that its representative,
Reclns, and others have had more or less differ.
ont Fundamental concortions, There arc An.
triumph. OF their ideas. Indeed, tho popular
who operates BY dynamite instead OF by. arTn:
ments and votes Philosophicaily and hlsto~
IN common with tho Socialist. lie is an indE.
viduNlist, hut hc carries individualism so far
inai atoms. He would annibiiiIatc" tho s epiS.
whereas the Socialist would endow It with
fa rae thas an" a resort saSr%0p pS P SiCienco 1t as is n ISs
means OF propaganda Il mn essential character.
t that p pr nmay'" w"s theft eftop repmaia W@p x diSfIlHrsa
he appealed to the sense OF Justice which no bo..
l.I sS,, ld to be, be inherent 1or n in every human being, and
only illumination was needed. ElisGe Rccius
SS9nsiasgTs sn ina" 6,s the iT,S cn ~ Sv Of ao, on y, SnIsn is dis.
Is also rcb Z I'm mi 5 t rot to suppose Sc, { Ih,n The the teachers Of
T mnn prin At ToG ana{ crave rr9"" WslI known WSs n 't9Sn ro"SSh
bis association with tho PaIisian newspaper
positor, before no became an, editor. These
aGo the only members of the nroletariat
BSkani{n WAS a scion Of The old Russian n S15iHIS:
marriage with Marayief. Prince Peter kropo :
Aubcron Herbert is a brother Of the late Earl Of
cam G"rP bert throM " l i@S S Hron the e. sui subject sS"S BY noti we
what the author has to say about Kropotkin and
gard 10 social reforms, they differ concerning tho
methodist OF attaining them. the former to~loratins
and tho latter repudiating violent measures.
Kropotkin's axiom is Everything belongs 70
all" BY this he means that whom, after the
annrchistic revolution, all goods and property
shall have been taken from their present nos.
SCISSORS and given back to the community, every.
! body may take what he pleases. according to
his needs. Heap together" he says, "all tho
means of life, and lot them be divided according
to each mans needs; let each choose freely
| from this heap everything Of which there is a
superfluity, and let only those commodities Of
which there might be some lack be divided 10
is not a socalistic community, however. that he
contemplates; on the contrary, there is to DO
an individual enjoyment of property. THE en-.
| joyment of all this is to be not in a social feed.
ing institution tmarn,ite~s ociale), but at home, in
the family circle. with our friends, according to
once suggests itself who would guarantee tho
individual in. the possession OF the property
are now, tho State offers the guarantee. The
only guarantee proposed under anarchy. which
| proceeding from n - group or union OF cyclists"
What Kropotkin calls his (" economics OF tho
on two assumptions. Airst, that the prodnet HiHiitty
Of the earth Is inexhnustible, and, secondly.
He maintains that production already has out.
stripped e%onsumption, and hat tho former is
s prosress " OF sci ensnfsefi esight rfi Pto Tic m Methods ads
Of production. Tho vast majority OF erono-
m nnses, deny y thns p pr ion Fv Is SURPRISING " pa IsG. tho n
Kropotkin admits that the indispensable condi.
ton of abundant production is rational %cnltiva:
rational agriculture is fixed organization. This
condition is, to-day. fulfilled. but, in kropot-
products there might be a lack. and that these.
e eoafdd'G not BE- taken n"t at 70 WIS Ho But, %Ren e seey
form Of authority was abolished, and no ono
the diistrfbution. and Who would respect III II
compuleion were applied, anarchy would be a
idea OF compulsion. From this dilemma Kro-
potkin has tried to eXtricate himself by in.
SSssNf Pros alas q ju Mase'" and G kropetf sfa's calls Is
il the solidarity Of the human race Kropot.
luton II has take" K sn" place sa'h human q sc Solidarity viii
arise like q phoenix from the smoking. ashes Of
s assu H1p Saa0F IS: Nh aw sen deSst comment pory ss Sn asIs
whether We ourselves, Il confronted on the one
fsmoq Sy T !%eap a Of eo ON ans GissF You'd w hd0s Eve nS
the chief necessaries Of life. land It Is these in
sre the T mntt m naee arsr be m 1elT; Just est be &C = ses tlhiey
Of solidarity with a man who. tho next moment.
II he We're stronger than !; might with immunity
for for his 8, part r;.l believes e,d in the a az hr SAY:
snthorItyp. bit live in anarehy. lead an snviebiy
happy life. The misery Of this cursed civiliza-
primitive paradise Described BY Kropotkin IS.
a. ShRS' IN the I proper sense en- o OF the t%a Word. cam only MY
be predicated Of a very small number Of races.
Eskimos. &c. but the life Of these people Is very
different from Kropotkin's fancied paradise.
discriminate killing Of the old, and weak. It 10
S S1ash Se Of a safe hFf b@t this fis IS q MISTAKE snS op aS e
shown IN a passage quoted BY Mr.. Zenker from
action Is legitimate which "arouses hatred
ridiculous. exposes their weakness, and exciIeS
audacity and the spirit of revolt by the preach
OF revenge. makes In a few days, he says. more
proselytes than thousands of votes.
IL.
Let us turn. now. to a moro interesting nG.
ure. that Of Elisee Reclus. tho son OF q Protest
ant minister. Educated in Rhenish Prussia, he
attended the Protestant University at Montau.
ban and then the University of Berlin. where
he studied geography under Ritter. 1t is we'll
known that Reclus is regarded as one OF the
best geographers; he is the author of the much
admired "NouYelle GGoRraphie Univeraella." In