Evening star., 1900-08-01
The New Jersey Group pf Anarchists
to Be Investigated.
FHE GOVERNMENT TO q TAKE STEPS
King Humbert's Murder Recalls
Attempts on Napoleon III.
A COUNTRY'S p OBLIGATIONS

The possible connection between Bresci,
the Italian regicide and the New Jersey
group of anarchists, which has been sug-
gested since the murder of King Hum
bert, has moved this government to take
measures to investigate the anarchist sit
uat1on In and around New York. The mat
ter has not been officially brought to the
attention OF this government by Italy, but
the published facts in the case have in
duced the federal authorities to start
quiet investigation. Just what steps have
been taken is not made public, but it was
| admitted at the State Department today
| that this government was taking such
measures as it deemed proper in the prem
ises.' This is not only an act of courtesy
to the friendly government of Italy, but
has bearing on the possibility of similar
outbreaks in the future from the same
| source.
Attempts on Louis NapOleon's Life.
There Is close parallel to the Bresci
case In the attempts upon the life of Ma
poleon III in 1859, which brought England
and Frfnce almost to the verge of war
Felice Orsini who made the attempt upon
the life of Louis Napoleon in the Rue Le-
peiletfer, was an Italian exile, who had
made England the base of his revolution
England in the contest between several of
the northern states of Italy and Austria.
There is this difference, however between
the two cases. Orsini was a man of birth
ana distinction and not nameleSS assassin
like the murderer of King Humbert, and
popular sympathy in England seemed to
be favorable to mis- Italian project When
they failed however he attributed the fail
ure TO the Vaccinations of Napoleon III,
and hurled three bombs at Napoleon's car
riage in Paris While the emperor was
unhurt, ten bystanders were killed and
about $50 wounded.
The fact that Orsni had been living in
London aroused the ire of the French peo-
pie and so angered the emperor himself
although he himself had made London the
base of his revolutionary schemes fifteen
years previous, that the French govern
ment through Count Walewski, made rep
resentations to the English premier. Lord
Palmerston. protesting against England as
revolutionary base, and demanding the
enactment of legislation which would pre-
vent repetition of the Orsini incident.
Regarded as InsOlent by England.
Pafmerston, on behalf of the government
brought in bill for the suppression and
punishment of conspiraces for murder, but
the temper of the English people
aroused by what was considered the inso-
lent demand of France. While the excite
ment was at its height the old story that
Napoleon l had left a. legacy for any one
who would assassinate the Duke of Well
ington, was revamped, and, result Pal!
merstons bill was defeated and the min'S
try fell. Other events in Europe and the
American rebellion came forward just at
that time to divert attention, and the con-
troversy gradually lapsed.g
Americn's Complaint.
Later along, however, in the case of the
American civil war. when the federal gov
ernment complained of privateering expe-
ditions fitted out on English soil to prey
upon northern commerce, under the flag
of the southern confederacy. England was
compelled to acknowledge the principle that
no matter what her domestic laws might
be, 1t was her duty to protect foreign
friendly states from assaults made directly
from her territory.