Evening star., 1901-09-10
ANARCHISTS DREAM
United Only on War Against ALI
Government.
DIFFER IN MANY OF THEIR VIEWS
Some Favor Peaceful, Others
Violent Methods.
SOME OF THEIR AIMS

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/ People who regard anarchists as forming
a compact Organization, with definite plans
for bringing about condition of society
that is without law, have no accurate con-
ception of the true nature Of the fanaticism
that in the case of Czolgosz resulted in the
shooting of President Mckinley. Anarch-
lists are a unit upon only one idea-that Is.
that all governments are Instruments of op-
preston, as are laws and every means by
which government is maintained.
They want the individual to possess the
freedom Of the savage. Living in the man
ner they advocate there would be no private
property and no law. With them con-
tract would have only the force of the de-
sire Of each party to carry it out and If
either of them should repudiate 1t it would
fall to the ground.
1t would take the temperament and the
mind of dreamer to conceive what the
world would be like in such condition Of
anarchy. The International Encyclopedia
Of the edition of 1893 states that OF one
school of anarchists in the United States
whose headquarters are in Boston, there
are 5000 members. These are Of the vari-
ETY. that declare themselves in favor only
of peaceful methods for bringing about a
condition of anarchy.
There are others who believe that the
best way to advance their common cause
against all government Is to kill the heads
OF governments. They do not aim at one
form OF government more than at another,
but to them a republic, ruled by the suf-
fraYe OF the people. Is as vicious as Is d
despotism ruled by the will OF one man.
While the keynote to all anarchistic as
sociations Is such intense individualism
that no man can be bound to anything he
does not approve Of yet the men indulging
a a ly iyy{do In
two classes. The first of these are the fol-
lowers of Proudhon, who are called indi-
vidualistic anarchists. the second class be-
Ing the followers Of Marx, who are called
alists.
The Followers of PrOudhOn.
The headquarters in this country Of the
lndividualistic anarchists Is In Boston
where their organ, Liberty. Is published.
The anarchists were said In 1898 to num-
ber 5000. They do not take any part in
elections. as they regard them only as in
struments of oppression. They disclaim
any sympathy with violence as a means
Of bringing about a condition Of anarchy.
They claim that they expect a peaceful
evolution as result OF their own agitation
to bring about their ends.
With Proudhon, these anarchists deny
the existence OF God. though they do not
make war on those who attend churches
except to the extent of insisting. that these
churches shall be supported by voluntary
contributions They oppose any measure
for the suppression of social vice through
the means Of legislation. They oppose the
rite of marriage and In its place advocate
what they term "automistic" marriage
which Is sort of partnership from which
either party can withdraw at any time.
The Violent Class.
The communistic anarchists, or followers
of Marx, do not hesitate to commit any
deed Of violence In order to advance their
cause. These anarchists gained their great
est strength In their society called the
International Workfngmen's Association
about 1872. after which it very largely went
to pieces. At that time Bakunine, who
advocated an International revolutionary
movement for all laboring classes to culmi-
nate In general insurrection. was expelled
from the organization.
This branch of the anarchists directed It's
efforts especially against private property.
while the alleged peaceful followers OF
Proudhon assert that If state property and
the force of the law Is destroyed private
property will not be worth anything, any
way.
But 1t Is Proudhon who is regarded as
the founder of modern anarchism. His
ideas were taken up by Russians and made
the basis OF a most vigorous political agita-
ton which directed itself toward the kill
ing of heads of government.
Union Of Opposing Schools.
Next to Russia, Spain is the country in
which anarchists have made most headway
Portugal, Italy and France have always
been involved in the movement. The in
ternational Workingmen's Association was
founded In 1864, and was combination OF
anarchists and socialists The socialists
wanted greater equality through the means
of state interference. while the anarchists
wanted 1t by having the state abolished.
The fact that these two sets Of people.
holding diametrically opposite Views. should
work together in carrying on an agitation
shows much OF the character Of the So
called Organization" In the course OF
time this congiomeration OF opposing opin-
ions made trouble. for when Bakunine
wanted to get up an international insur-
rection to bring about destruction of all
government and abolition OF all law the
socialists expelled him from the organiza-
ton, holding that equality could be brought
about only through the means OF co-opera-
tive production which required state to
enforce it.
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