The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

COLONIES during the last ten years
While Mr.. Rae denounces anarchism a.
the latest and most ~misshapen offspring OF
revolutionary opinion. he insists that u In
no new party. but merely the extrome ele-
ment In the modern Socialist movement.
II IL true that Mr.. Hyndman and other
Socialists disavow the Anarchists alto
gether, and proclaim them the very opp
site Of Socialists. "a being individualis's
OF the bolde-t stamp. In Mr.. RAGS opin-
Ion the contention will not stand. IL II
not disputed that lndividualist Anarchists
exist. The Anarchists Of Boston. for es-
ample. arr individualists: one Of the two
groups Of English Anarchists In London IL
Lndividualist. but our author points out
thai these individualist Anarchists are
very few In number anywhere. and he main
tains that the mass Of the party whose
deeds excite abhorrence on both sides of
the Atlantic Il undoubtedly more Socialist
than the Socialists themselves. The An
archists ara more Socialist, because they ara
dispo--d To want not only common prop
erty and common production. but common
enjoyment Of products a. well. They are
more democratic because they will have
no government 81 any kind over the fsople
except III. people themselves no king or
committee: no representative institution.
either imperial or local, on the contrary
they would have every little industrial
group manage its public affairs. NJ II VIII
manag. it, industrial work. In the thlfd
place. Anarchists are more revolutionary
than their Socialist comrades, becau-, they
have no faith IN even temporary constitu-
tional PROCEDURE. and think that To make
truubl. l. the hest way 10 bring on a blg
revolution. other Socialists prepare IN"
path Of revolution nv a word propaganda
but the Anarchists believe they can hasten
the day of triumph hest 10y a propaganda
Of d.eds.
or cpnr-e. the Anarchists. like the violent
sect IONS Of all other parties. di-credit and
iniure IA. party they belong la. and they
often attack the morn moderat" section
with greater bitterness than they do the
common enemy Mr. hae riterate-. how
ever. tina, they certainly belong To socialism.
both in origin and In principle We ar"
reminded tina there wera Anarchists among
the Young Hegelhn Socialists OF Germany
ffty vrar~ ago In isso the anti-Socialist
law. In Germany bred a swarm OF Anar-
chiSis. Who emigratsd under Mos and
Has-rlmann. and carried 10 the United
states the seed which led To- the ou'rage-
OF Chi-ago and Buffalo. Socialists them
selves are often obliged To admit Their
embarrassing affinity with Anarchists.
The fact 4. recalled that DR. and Nn Avel-
ing complained In their labor Mov.n"nt
in America that while "A Chicago cap
italist wanted W. to H. hanged after We
had landed. Herr Must's paper, Ds FTrl-
hsIf. was for shooting us az sight. that
-a~narrhi-m ruined the international move
mant. threw back the spanish. Italian and
French movements for many years. has
proved a hindcraucr In America and 80 much
or So little ~ Il ~ exists In England l. found
hv the R.volut innary- Socialist party a
decided nuisance Al the same time. u
and MIR Aveling admit that well nigh
every wori spoken 10y the chief defendants
a. tho Chicago trial could be Endorsed
bv Socialists, for they 1.-THE defendantsl
then preached. not snarchi-m. but social
Ism Indeed.- they add. h tina will
compare the fine speech made by Par-ons
in lsss with that ~ Iiebknecht al the high
treason trial AZ Leipzig. will find tho two
practically Identical Mr.. Ras's con
clu~ipn j. that. so far ~ their socialism
soe-. and apart from the difference bet ween
a propaganda Of word- ard n propaganda
Of deods. there IL no real difference
Parsons. the Chicago Anarchist. and LIeh-
kne~ht. the leader Of the German Socialists
Ind.-d. the Anarchists seem 10 show a
tendency to outbid the Socialists In their
socialism. Socialists generally say that
while committing all production 10 the
public authority. they have no Idea OF
interfering with liberty ~ consumption
They would make. they saw, all the instru-
ment. 81 production common property,
but leave all the materials 81 enjoyment
individual proIrrtv Ground rents, for
example, would hclung 10 the public, hut
every man would own his own house and
furnitur at leas, for life. N he had built
IL from his own lahor.u or bought II from
his own saving. because a dwelling house
II not an ins, rum ~ production, but
an article ~ enjoyment or consumption.
Some Of the morc representative spokes-
mon 81 the Anarchists, however. would
no, leave even this last remnant Of private
pror~r,y standing, hut strongly contend
for ihr primitive plan. still In use among
savag~ %trii-s. 81 giving tho-e who are In
want II ANYTHING a claim. or rather a right.
20 share IN. enjoyment Of Il with those
VIII happen 10 have II They would NUM-
~cipaliza the houses. ~ well IA the ground
rents. and would allow no n q right to a
.par. bri or a ~disengae~d sofa, 30 long
as ono ~ the least ~ his brethren huddled
on straw in a gnrret. or slept out Of door
on a h-nch II is. indeed, u~ndeniable
that Anarchists opinions ar~ capricious
anf variable. II has t~en aid hat there
are A. many anarchism- a. ther- arr Anar-
chists. Tbs tendency. however. To 20
further than other Socialists in superv~d-
ing individual by common property. has
appeared repeatedly in sone Of their most
representative u,,erance~.
A. was 20 he expected, Anarchists carry
their objection TO government into their
own movements. and cannot, consequently
acquire h concentration and unity Of
organization ne-dful for any usl
conspiracy, They are always found CON
stituted In very small groups, very loosely
held together, and. small ~ the several
groups may he. they are always much more
likely To subdivide than to consolidate
MIR. Rae point. out that even the fe~
Anarchist refugees In London. instead OF
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