New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
TO SUPPRESS ANARCHY
ACTION PROPOSED BY GER
MANY AND RUSSIA.
AMBASSADORS Won HoLLEBEN AND CAS-
SIM PRESENT A JOINT NOTE TO
SECRETARY HAY.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. J

washington June THE purpose of Euro
pean countries to begin negotiations with the
United States for the suppression of anarchy as
soon as Congress grants the President the neces-
sary authority is shown by official commun1ca-
tions which have been exchanged by Germany
Russia and the United States. These COM
munications are in the form of memoranda
Herr Won Hoehen, the German Ambassador,
and Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador
presented a joint note to Secretary Hay IN
which they said in part:
The assassination of President Mckinley. to-
gether with the anarchistic crimes and attempts
upon the lives OF chief magistrates committed
in recent years, have rendered 1t terribly eVl-
dent that a struggle against the menace or
anarchy is an urgent necessity for all govern
ments and a duty whose performance cannot
be postponed.
of the governments interested cannot be really
successful unless the uniform and strict en-
forcement of the measures that may be adopted
against the anarchists can be secured by an IN
ternational understanding. 1t would be prefer
able it seems, to attain that end by an ex-
change of views among the governments rather
than by convoking new conference.
The Imperial Government of Germany and the
Imperial Government of Russia have, conse-
quently, agreed to propose such common action
to the powers will tend to the adoption of
uniform measures in order to check the anar-
chistic movement.
The resolutions of the conference held at Rome
in 1898, only a very small part OF which has
been put in practice, might serve as a basis for
the projected understanding. 1t would be de-
srable that the governments, agreeably to the
decisions of that conference, should consent to
adopt uniform administrative measures having
for their object the establishment of a rigorous
surveillance Of the anarchists by the creation
of central bureaus in the various countries, by
the exchange of information and by interna-
tional regulations relative to the expulsion or
anarchists from all countries of which they are
not subjects The projected understanding
should, far as this may be possible, not con-
fine itself to the measures above referred TO,
but should comprise various legislative meas
ures tending to strengthen and complete the
provisions of the penal code against anarchists,
against the combined effects of their common
action and against the subversive press. 1t
would Furthermore be we'll to introduce into
legislation a more complete and precise defni-
ton Of anarchstic crime in all its aspects.
The governments of Germany and Russia ex-
press the hope that the United States will not
refuse to recognize the necessity Of energeticaly
resisting the development of the anarchistic
movement.
PRESIDENTS SYMPATHY EXPRESSED.
at am directed by the President" said Score
tary Hay, In response, ito express his cordial
sympathy with the views and the purposes set
forth in the memorandum of the Ambassadors
of Germany and Russia" The Secretary quoted
a part of the Presidents last annual message,
in which he urgently recommended anti-anar-
chistic legislation. "These extracts from the
Presidents message it is believed the Secre-
tary continued, will assure all governments
of civilized peoples of the Presidents earnest
desire to adopt every practicable means to eradl-
cate this deadly growth from our body polite.
The President Will be glad to adopt such ad-
ministrative measures as are within his con-
stitutional power to cooperate with other gov
ernments to this end. SO far as concerns the
legislative action which may be necessary, the
large number of bills which have been intro
duced in both houses of Congress during the
present session sufficiently show the trend OF
public sentiment in the same direction. Ihe
President will take all proper means to urge
upon Congress the adoption of such measures
for the suppression of anarchy as may be found
acceptable to the national legislature and
which may enable the Executive to act in the
matter with greater effectiveness in concert with
other powers"