Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-28
Anarchy is high treason. The Law
sho Id be made to read that way.
WI ON ANARCHY.
Chinese Minister Says Stern Action
Ii imperative to Suppress 1t.

Chinese Minister Says Stern Action
IL Imperative to Suppress 1t.
"You ask NE what should be the rem.
edy for suppressing anarchism. say,
the American people should lose no
time in taking measures for the extir-
patton of anarchism. A law should be
enacted defining as high treason and
Furnishing by death an attempt upon the
life Of the president, vice president, any
member q the cabinet or member Of
congress Of the United States" says
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the
United States. in the New York Herald.
"All aliens known to be anarchists or
suspected of entertaining anarchstic
views should be denied admittance to
this country and returned to the land
whence they came. 1t would be well
for an international conference to as
semble for the purpose of devising
means for eradicating this awful doc
trine. am satisfied that conference
composed of eminent jurists from all
nations would be able to recommend
measures the enforcement of which
would result in the effective suppress
sion of anarchism.
"In China anarchsm Is unknown.
There is no such word In the Chinese
language. learned its meaning only
a few years ago. fail to see any rea-
son for the propagation Of the doctrine
in the United States. Your institutions
are the institutions Of liberty. BY pop
ular vote you elect your president 1t
you are dissatisfied with his admins
tration, you can elect another man to
fill the high office Of chief of state.
"CzolgosZ states. I see, that he at
tempted the life of the president be-
cause it would have a good effect. How
can a good effect be created by the
murder of such good and wise man
as Mr.. Mckinley? l cannot understand
such reasoning. In case of this kind
the crime is not committed against the
man. but against the nation. The pun
ishment should be in keeping with the
enormity Of the Offense. AS the cab
met and congress are parts Of the gov
eminent, their persons should be pro-
tected. and an assault upon them should
also be regarded as high treason and
punishable by death.
II have excluded governors and other
state officers from the scope of this
law because under the American sys-
TEN of government the states are prac-
tically sovereign. and they should en-
act proper laws for the punishment of
any persons attempting the death Of
their officials. Besides Furnishing an
attempt upon the life Of federal off,
cial, laws should be enacted and en-
forced preventing anarchists from
propagating their doctrines. They
should not be allowed to incite the
weak and irresponsible to crime.
Liberty of speech is the cornerstone
Of freedom, but license of speech is the
bomb that may destroy it, Any person
urging the observance of anarchistic
doctrines should be Immediately arrest
ed and punished by Imprisonment.
Meetings Of anarchists should be bro
ken up and those proved to have ad-
vocated violence against officials should
be punished for high treason. Stern
action is necessary, because only by
sternness can the crimes advocated by
anarchism against society be prevent.
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