Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-01
The Crime of Crimes.

The whole world will denounce with pas
sionate Indignation the outrage committeo
at Madrid yesterday. a more cruel. sense
less futile act could not have been planned
than the assassination OF the young King
and Queen of Spain their wedding day.
The circumstances of the entire case COM
bine to render the crime OF monstrous pro-
portions
If this is the way of anarchism then an
archism is the invention OF the arch ffe'd
himself And it has been the way OF an
archism from time immemorial The VIC
tins OF the reds are. with few exceptions,
the least offensive people. The Empress
Elizabeth OF Austria was one of the purest
and noblest OF women. whose personal IN
fuence was for good in every direction. Yet
she fell at the hands OF a wretch whose
name has long been forgotten. King Hum
bert of Italy was a man of the Hottest char
aoter, the friend of his people and yet he
was slain by an assassin sent out from Pat
erson. N j. to execute a sentence passed
by a band OF skulking conspirators. Presi-
dent Mckinley fell at the height OF his
career as a man of exceptional usefulness.
President Carnot was killed when he was
doing for France a work OF great value
making for the happiness of his people.
Many others have gone down before the
bombs and pistols and poinards of the reds
without any benefit whatever to society,
without lessening In the slightest degree
the sufrerings of the poor or solving any or
the problems. Their places have been taken
by others and the world has moved on as
before No institution has been weakened
No state has trembled. The monarchical
system has not been rendered less stable
These lives have been wasted and society
haalost heavily. The reds claim openly that
they have gained ground for their cause by
these murderous activities. Their prop
uganda Is persistent, despite the fact that
they have failed to shake even the weakest
OF thrones. Europe allows the consptrators
TO assemble in Paris. in London and in
Switzerland. The men and women Of the
criminal organization are well known to
the police. It was stated that more than
fifty OF the best-Slown reds of the CONT
nent had been seen starting for Madrid
during the past week Yet there is no word
of arrests prior to the wedding ceremonies.
Why this policy is persisted in passes all
reasonable understanding 1t is beyond
comprehension why these men and women
are not rooted out Ike a nest of disease
breeding vermin. They are pestilental
Their example spreads in manifold forms Of
erty and the person are without doubt in
spired by the spectacle OF these master con-
spirators meeting with impunity and plot
ting the death of rulers.
In this country too much license is given
10 the anarchists. The red flag is waved
aloft frequently in the streets of American
cities. Meetings of radical agitators are
permitted. The police stand by and listen
to the speeches Of men and women whose
message Is that of death and destruction
tr'nly yelled to meet the superficial require
mcnts Of the law.
The United states should never cease to
blush for the fact that from these shores
went forth the man who slew the late King
OF Italy. The crime at Madrid ought to
stimulate the authorities on this side of the
Atlantic, as well as those of Europe, to a
determined effort to clean out the foul dens
OF anarchism.