Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-25

generally supposed though that ne
main r1jrrnon 10 ,hlt arm1gpm-nt
Would emanate from the Anarchists
themselves That appears 20 be a
mistake however For now comes
an Anarchist paper and declares that
such settlement Of the Anarchist
problem would be highly satisfactory.
only the suggestion Is made that a
portion Of The United states Instead
Of an island BE- set apart for the cX-
pertinent The paper referred to says
Such an experiment inangufaled
ana carried out In good faith, would
settle the Anarchist question ana get
tlo II right II Anarchy proved DAT
failure In practice, the community
would ultimately be broken up, the
former Anarchists. reclaimed from
their dcluSiOn would become loyal ANA
useful citizens, ANA the Anarchist pro-
paganda. being thoroughly dlsCredlted
would fail into innoCuous desuetude
II Il iB proved able 10 hold together
but not to thrive u would lapse into
obscurty being abandoned by all save
d few lrreconciabe indictments, and
the idea which could shoW no better
results. when placed on trial would
speedily sicken and ale In the world az
large II II proved q success tn
Anarchists would be contented and
The community would grow and pre-
serve friendly relations with an the
nations Nobody could possibly be IN
l.s 4 a
be- learned by the rest Of the world
"Why should not this plan be tried2
II can be- 30 carried out Az 60 be- falr
To- HE Anarchists, and fair TO the gov
eminent II would be- FAR more ccon-
omical than any other proposed plan.
and would require no curtallmenl
the existing liberties Of the Amo lruh
people II would be attended by niue
friction and provocative of no VI WI
Il would have no unpleasant aiter-et-
fecis and would require no supple
mentary legislation to render 1t effect
I've. AZ It would come In the shape VI
invitation, ana not that of compulslon,
the Anarchists themselves would coop
crate In carrying It out II would irte
Anarchists and goVernmenialists allke
from iuxtapostion Of which both
complain II would allow the Anar-
chist experiment 70 be fairly tiled,
without injury To- the low-upholdlns
citizens Of any nation, ana results TO
be obtained which would he conclusive
To the Anarchists themselves, as Wen
as to the rest Of the world. II would
solve the Vexed enigma peacelhlly'
tremendously. permanently. II IL me
only proposition which would bring m
stnnt and lasting relief 10 all concerned,
without indlctlng hardship or injustice
ON any. Why not consider IT,
one objection 10 the plan that CON
templates the establishment Of an An
archlst reservation within the limits
Of the United states is that such an
impeuum In lmperio would not be deslr-
able In any country TO It the dlscon'
tented Of an the world would flock, and
no country can offer an asylum to that
element. If the Anarchists are sincere
In the suggestion that the reservation
plan be tried they should themselves
take the initiative, and an Isolated lal-
and would be the proper place of eX'
pertinent There they would have no
enemies TO fight They would have to
work for n living and their ingenuity
would be tested Their good qualities
would be developed Who knows? They
might even learn by experience that
some sort Of a government is indispen-
sable IN this imperfect state of human
conditions Let the Anarchists Of all
the world go together and plan for an
exodus to an Eden Of their own. There
would be no objection to their emgra-
ton, and the government might find
them suitable island There would
be no harm In the experiment,