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LAWS AS TO EXPULSION.
Measures Employed by European Gov.
ernmsnts Againsts Anarchists.

The recent explosion at the arsenal
near Toulon and those in three differ
ent military places in France, as well
as the failure to blow up the chamber
of deputies at Rome, have called at
tention again to the measures usually
employed by European governments
to protect themselves md their coun-
try against the plots Of anarchists. It
10 not known yet what measures were
approved at the international anti-an-
archist conference held at Rome after
the assassination at Geneva of the
Austrian empress by Luccheni. 1t has
leaked out, however, that most of the
measures were inadequate, and that
they amounted merely to O better
formulation Of the expulsion laws al
ready In practice in several countries.
These laws were recalled in recent
article Of the Swiss paper. the Neue
Zurcher Zeitung. It failed to call at.
tention to the fact that they have q
specially political character on the one
hand. and that, on the other. they arc
not to be compared with the extradi.
ton laws. which apply only to COM
mon-law crimes Therefore. these ex.
pulsion laws amount to nothing more
than to provide governments with the
legal power to expel from their terri.
tory the individuals who have already
rendered themselves obnoxious by
overt acts or who are suspected OF
plotting schemes threatening public
order.
In Switzerland itself the expulsion
law says that the federal governments
has the right to expel foreigners liv.
Ing there. who place in peril the In
ternal and external safety of the con.
federation" The decree Of expulsion
must give its motives and is without
appeal. In England and In GREECE
there is no such law permitting the ex-
pulsion for political motives. Foreign
ers. even should they DO proved to be
anarchists can not be disturbed, I'm.
less they have actually committed, or
been Indicted for, crimes of common
law. In France the law Of 1S49 gives
to the authorities full and extensive
powers for the expulsion Of foreigners.
This law is still in effect, though eff.
forts were made to repeal it, or at
least limit its scope. on the occasion
Of the prosecution Of the Nihilist Hart
man in 1880. The law was made more
stringent in 1894, after the assassina.
ton Of President Carnot. at Lyons by
the Anarchist Caserio. In Italy, the
minister of the interior is authorized
to expel foreign residents, except the
"nonregnicOle" Italians, that Is, those
OF Italian origin. who are officially the
subjects Of Austria, since they live in
the Austrian provinces Of Trente,
Trieste, Istria, Dalmatia, etc., which
are called by the Italians of the Pc
ninsula the Italia irredenta, OF the
part yet unredeemed from foreign
yoke. In Belgium a foreigner can not
be expelled ii he is married to native
woman and has had children by her.
The Danish government enjoys full
powers in the matter, and the same
can be said In regard to Portugal, and
also Russia and Turkey. In the North
German empire the laws of expulsion
are not similar in each state. AS to
Spain and Prussia, there is no special
legislation on the matter Of expulsion,
but the authorities there frequently
take steps to drive out foreigners sus-
pected OF harboring evil designs
against public order or against the
members OF the government.-New
York Tribune.