The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
TREY WANT NO ANARCHISTS.
SEVERE MEASURES kEEP THEN
or or SOUTH AMERICA.
40, Allowed 10 stay There u known
Public Opinion Active Against Them
Their publications Under the Nan
Even Socialism HAIRED ~ . Rule.

alton. Tho bars arr up. not In a single
:alry. but throughout the entire south
.m half of the hemisphere.
No bctter illustration Of tho ~sternness
n the methods employed against Anar-
cp,s,s can 10 found than In the course
n the officials ~ tho Argentine Republic.
where there Is a large Italian population.
after tho murder OF King Humhert by
Rr-ci. The police. who keep a record
~ such things. knew that there had been
Rrt~ci In Buenos Ayres several wears
before the crime was committed. They
lad no particular reason then for watch
Ing him. He did nothing that was Illegal
and aid nothing that could h. construed
a. i~ncendisrv. After a time, Bresci left
puern- Ayre~ He went 10 the Unitel
s,a,es The next heard Of him was that
he had fred the shot that killed the King
Of Italy
Then the police took 20 nosin 2 about.
Argentina had no intima te concern Ia
pr..ci's act. IL would have appeared,
Bu, the officials figured II out that. ha wing
ono, lived there, he must have had com
uarious. To them he must have talked,
With them. harangued. Where were
thew nowi Sowing Ike ss~Ads of violence
and disorder among that dangerously
hfEf dlfl ui'h aAhH ~
Savs and Huns? So the polio" nossd on
and finally, Bre-ci's friends Of seven years
before were unoarthed. In a few DAYS
they were hauled before native Judges,
examined and cro~s,eIamined th~rsSten.d,
caioled and persuaded A hundrSt oath-
and afidavits Of peaceful citizenship alone
saved them from deportation.
All through South America the Anar-
chs, " the object Of popular hatrsd "a
veil as ~ political repression. III he under
saL.a "a dtaaernluatR his Crtssl lP ~
promptly taken into custody. and released
only upon agreeing to leave the country.
More than this. his kind Is prevented a.
far as possible from settling there.
In all parts Of tho world, the r"preIen-
'aiiv-~ 81 the South American govern
rncnts are constantly on the watch 10
learn what they can Of the movements
81 the Anarchists, II even one j. known
the Government il notified Of the departure
hy cable. A little surprise Is arrahged
for the Anarchist. 49,,
This looks like n promising field he
says ~ he walks down the gsngplank
Of tho steamer, or steps on the railroad
,rain He feels a tap on the shoulder
Two or three suavely courteous Gentlemen
are M his side.
The climate here is not suited 10 such
a. YOU they say You would hest de-
part hy the next boat.
I'm, I wish 10 remain the newcomer
saws, Indignantly. Il know nothing about
the climate
All. that is too bad SAYS one Of The
suave strangers. producing something INA,
look. like an official document IN"
sehor will have To study the climate IN "a
poor ~place-the prison.
This usually effects a conversion IN"
visitor decides that the climate an tA't,
would 10 had for him. ard he carries NJ
bullet and his doctrine ~l-ewh"r IN"
selsewhere.- IL too often the United states.
for tho same barrier at each gateway keeps
him out Of tho South. On the other mana
the free scope which this same man mas
in the United States would astonish any
South American who had not t+-n made
familiar with the conditions 10y a long
residence here.
Iron assuming the duties Of Venezuelan
Consul AT Philadelphia | found important
reasons for following the course OF III"
Reds, and | was continually shocked, not
70 saw ~scandalized at the license ut sI=sCh
allowed. The violence 81 the d~enunciatory
phrases used 10 chAracterize men In high
publc offo., rs well ~ those prominent
In commercial life. was such that AZ times
could hardly believe that the author
ties were cpgnizant OF what was going
on under their very noses. Th"re was
indicated absolutely no respect for author.
ity; hatred for the leaders IN trade ana
was the doctrine i~nculcated.
and II murder was not instisated In 80
% %say . ~a,s'' &&knoseaise led" implios,ion
of the speeches.
In many cases l saw thu police standing
nv and listening without any apparent
interest. In the course 81 last winter l
went TO many anarchistic meetings and
heard such well-known advocates OF the
destructive dogma ~ Herr Most, Emma
Goldman and Noltairins de Cleyre. On"
point that struck me forcihly was the
overwhelming proportion 81 foreigners
In tho audiences. nj least ten 10 every
one American, even In the open air meet.
ings Most ~ the few auditors who looked
like Americans gave every evidence OF
icing present out Of curiosity. II In this
foreign element that IL the great danger.
ard WIS the more surprised that aliens
should have - broad n freedom 81 sI-ech.
In Ncnezuela. NJ In the neighhorng
countries. summary punishment would
have been inflicted upon orators who
dared 20 use language half rs incorporate
"a much Of that I heard nj the milde$t
% the Philadelphia gatherings AZ the
least they would have tsen @ei0ed and
thrown into Jail. and n the speakers w"r"
foreigners rs was the case In Philadel-
phiA nothing would have prevented n
not Ia ~hich they would te roughly handled
There even the publications of the
Anarchists AT" under the han, MOI that
there are laws actually aimed NJ suppress
ing them. under the letter Of the Law they
could - published so long ss their utter
ances were guarded But public sentiment
Constitutes the strongest, kind 81 a prohi-
lIlbi " if Ieoncf ldlhNl W lah WV
ofice II an Anarchistic sheet. the population
would make short work Of n
That South America has gained the
unhappy and largely undcserv"d dis.
unctipu Of icing rife with the spirit OF
Assassination j. not due to th" prevalence
~ anarchistic dogmas Attempts upon
u" lives Of political rul"rs In south
Amerca have not lo"n mad" 10y Anarchists,
bur have l-en usually IN" result OF IN"
Jury ~ partisanship on the part ~ som"
ho'Aead"d individual Such n case was
10" attack on Julo Roca, which resulted
u landing him In the presidential chair
az N" Arg"ntin" Republic .
H. predecessor. Juarcz Cclma, had
mad himself 80 unpopular that In 800
b" r"siEu~d 20 escape th. pubic indig-
tAcur, arising from accusations 81 mai
~ieasarc" Ia ofi~'. His First Minister,
hca. was included Ia The denunciations
AMI, a. he held uflc- after his principal
tAd retired. the Pronunciation of him ~as
PARTICULARLY violent. One day several
~ 'h" uraio1cal hutheads 81 the opposition
- and harangu-d Ia a grocery store
H. discussion went beyond the limits OF
h'i"ratlun and rash m,asur-s were adj
Nra'"d Tn" SPEAKERS knew one another
". AMI felt tina thers was no danger
u "Nprrssing opinions which none % them
would have carn'i out IN aCts.
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