Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-08
A cLrRoYMlS ON ANARcgs

Or. H. Heller Newton comes out in
the Arena with severe arralgnment OF
both modern theology ana existing gov
ernments He charges that they are,
10 a large extent, responsible for An
archlsm, and the charge is all tho more
remarkable, 40 It comes from dis
tlnguished Eplscopallan clergyman.
Concerning orthodox theology he says:
"The atheism of Anarchy IL due dl-
rectly TO the atheism Of religion. The
church has throned above the universe
divine devil a being so monstrously
unjust and cruel, 50 dlabolIcally in
human that II were better far to have
no God at all.
"Anarchism has accepted the
thurch's picture OF God, and then
frankly and fatty turned this God out
of the universe one Of the leading an.
archsts speaks Of God as The universal
tyrant' II Is the church which taught
him thus to see throned upon the uni.
verse a more despotIc Car
The "Mofmons' have been subjected
to many a vicious attack because their
conceptions Of the Deity are different
from those generally considered ortho-
dox, But II there IL any truth at all In
the statements quoted there can be no
question as to on which side the truth
Is to be found, II II can be said with
reason that the sectarian churches have
enthroned In the universe divine
devil" no one can be blamed for turn-
ing away from that monstrosity aud
for worshlpng the God Of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob the God Of the faith
ers and the Father Of ALL
The so-called Christian govern
ments Of the world come In for the fol.
lowing criticism, by the same author
Christian governments have proved
most anarchistic bolstering ny unjust
privileges of the titled and the wealthy
enslaving the poor and weak, ruling by
force wasting the resources Of the PEG.
pie, sacrificing millions Of lives every
generation on the altar Of war
III IL pathetic 70 observe that the
dangerous Anarchist Of today Is the
heir of the political injustlces and op.
pressions Of the past He Is, for the
most part, either Russian, a Role or
an Italian, Russia has been the SUI.
preme despotism Of the modern world,
allowing In the affairs Of the empire no
free speech, free writing, or free meet
Ing and denying all constitutional
means OF reform Poland has been
victim sacrificed ON the altar Of the
dynastc ambitions of Russia and Aus
tria. Italy has been for centuries torn
into petty states UNANIMOUSLY ruled,
despoticaly governed And our fair
republic pays the fearful penalty exact
ed by the vengeance Of these heirs OF
the ages
"While we may unite with the ablest
European governments 10 suppress rev
dictionary AnarChisrn we have now the
right to demand of Europe the ending
Of all revolution breeding despotlsm,
And as we do this, we may In our own
great cities frankly race the fact that
the sort Of government we have our
selves made In them IL as sure a breed
er Of anarchism as are the dcspotisms
Of the old world"
Anarohlsm. since the cruel murder of
President Mckinley, has been discussed
In the world with earnestness ana even
with forebodlugs for the future, But
such discussions generally turn ON
measures to be adopted Tor defense Or.
Newton directs attention to some Of It's
sources, and this should be at least as
important II the conditions Of church
and state have become such as to breed
Anarchsm, mighty reformatory or
rather regenerative, movement such
as has swept the world Mt different
epochs IN rs history is again needed.
Stringent laws may be made. magi.
strates and rulers may be surrounded
by special guards Of safety, dlsWrbers
OF the peace may even be transported
TO isolated islands, but unless remedies
are applied at the sources whence the
evils spring. there can be no permanent
results Make the tree good, and the
fruit viii be good.