The sun., 1900-12-21
AMERICAN Avn FrROrgtN evILIzs-
Uajast Accusations That We Have an F,ii
Distin elton In Horrible Crime

''''s 'b''' WI iH NUl'n, llknllN
he reelected very severely upon some recon-
remarkable orses OF brutal lavlcsne's and
deIravity IN this country such a. tho negro
burning in Colorado. the New York ra,c riot
AND rtle Paterson outrage and murder FIN
allv he declared thHt u Is fact which no
one having lived in Hrrore would dare deny
TINT no such inhunan cold-bloodcd crime ;
ever occur Ia the old World Couirric-
! have looked In vain for any reply to this
particular paragraph of his Indictment In
your cOlumus though IL is sni" to say that
10 similar communication to TIE Sun has
ever received the attention of your con-
ten noraries throughout the country to the
extent that this has Moreover. the general
concensus Of editorial and lay opinions upon
this foreign correspondents unfav orable
comnarison has been unreserysdly with him.
Now. white would not paliate the enormity
OF those offences against humanity, law and
order in the slightest degree. and have ever
disliked to rse the NJ ouoous rctort. cannot
help thinking that these hasty supporters
either have very short memories or do not
read very closely the foreign cables and
correspondence Of their own papers.
How lors ago is 1t Nnce the accounts of
ire frightfu tort ures inflicted by an Austrian
Judge and court ofscsls upon three per-
fectly innocent peasants OF the country,
charged with the larceny Of a sum OF monsv
from another peasants house. were cabed
and afterward described at length' With
q view to making the urctched prisoners
confess to a crime Of which they were inno-
cent that inhuman Judge ordered them
first 10 he iiogged and. that falling, their
legs bound together and wedges driven in
between their knees until in one case the
NiCfi inns honaa apfually rushed
by tho awful pressure In order to get even
a few minutes respite from almost insup-
portable agony orc Of them finally did con-
fe-s aud, Offering to show his tortners
where the money was hid took them over
long ana painful walk 10 him at leasp only
to admit his subterfuee when he could no
longer induce them TO dig in still another
spot The actual. and previously unsus-
peced thief. unable to bear the thought
Of ther further torture, which was about to
be resumed. then made a genuine confession
and produced his ill-aotten gains.
Now. that aLrocity wns committed BY q
sworn officer of justice in the highly civil
we'd. enlightened and thoroughly poiced
Empire Of Austria.
Was that deed over Matched by an AneSican
iurlst In an American oourt1 And what was
tins officials oondign punishment; Why,
merely his temporary suspension from duty
and probably final disn, ,isssi from his place
have not learned definitely that even this
extreme penalty was applied in his case
And before going into this matter Of COM
parative national brutality any further per-
haps IL would be Just as well 10 remind our
foreign critic and his complaissnt American
commentators that no such mixture Of tho
anita gonetio black and white races exists
m, In ba n M rat iyaly
thinly populated United States is also the
least govcrned-or police administered
country in the world. while a European.
either in city or country, can hardly get out
of sight Of a gendarme or military policeman.
Did our CONSIDERATIONS Observer" never
hear OF tho thousands of Doukhobors who.
in the last few years, have perished on the
frozen steppes OF Russia. after being robbed
OF their all by the administrative police and
driven from their homes by their orthodox
fellow villagers? Or of the almost equally
cruel expulsion OF the Jews in 1891 by order
Of Alexander III. with the hearty approval
OF most OF his Muscovitc subjects3
Has he forgotten the escaped Italian con-
vict Mussolino and his seventeen bold and
fearful murders of helpless men. women and
children through the practical connivance
Of the people OF an entire district in Italy?
Is still at large and still deiying
the entire Italian Army and police. Surely
no must remember how the Milan mob Of
bread rioters in 1897 for several days shot
or poinardsd every well-dressed or pros
person that ne within
their way! Could the past or recent cruel and
brisandage of the Camorra and
Maes band, Of high and low criminals that
flourish in thcxIy settled and ancient Italy
i.f in, e Tho older Am Statns3
Perhaps. however. our critic and his in
dorsers NAV remember about that butchery
Di youuS girls in sober-sided Holland villages
that occurred some two years ago for the
purposes Of certain religious sect that de-
sired 10 offer up human sacrifices 10 God in
partial stonement OF their sins.
lie aud they certainly ought not TO have
'org often the bloody massacre of 5000 peace
rul and unarmed Hovas by the French troops
n MAZDA gascar I'd the order OF their COMMANDER
n-cn.c., whom his home superIors have
since endeavored without much success TO
prove insane And then If this is not enough
let us cont"Inpale poor, innocent prov;
Of almost all has cw-hating coun'rv men
nearly, when their two other confessed
official traitors guilty of even greater offences
thsn were charged against him. were at
owed n most pleasant exile. with their fa'ni-
lies. Commodious and even elegant hout
lOr-e% ana idITlNErN, sfTNHIl~t &C, W AZ
ever a most amiahe and patriotic President
nj the nitad States personally assaulted IN |
he "a pital Of his countrI b, mob o. wealthy
and patriC.sn society leaders?
What does our foreign friend and his |
Amer! can indor srs think Of the unpunished
.ven Officially approved 10y Emperor William.
murders Of unintantional civilian offenders
~ German army oificers2 OF m" unpunished
German military savcrs of their merely
stupid subordinates ia II time Of profound /
peace
Finally. 70 clap the climax. and in some
actually outmatch the Paterson !
'ciertious Observer" ct al, forgotten under /
what crcumstances a number OF titled and ,
rr lthy Engli n he ct miscallcd gentle /
non. " left their country for their co,Intrv's !
good sons ten wears ago. they having re- !
'eived n highly authoritative tip that unless !
h"v did SO the fat" that, much later. hefeil F
lscar Wide for the same offence would be /
hsirSS
This has not been pleasant task for me- |
he dsfence OF our own most serious laches /
,gsins' humanity and decencv by the you're I.
mother" retort-cvcn though in many of the /
'it~d American cases great crimes by black .
,rutHs seaius' HELPLESS white women and
'hlldrer had provoked them. But IL it will ,
induce some ~ our peopls aud pnblicists I
q think hereafter on both sides of the foreign
'yi-c'~ aniuaiVrr-ons against all things
mrriOan before being a. r"adv to agree
WITH him, nv unwilling hrief will not have
's"n submitted III vain. Let them remember .
Nd Andrew Naryels contention that In its |
civilized arra-
'rhc world. n all. doth hut two stations bssr:
The cd, tns bad and these mixed everywhere
BosIoN, Dec Is. CALCUTTA