Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-30

IN LONDON
they FAIRLY SWARM IN THE
GREAT eRIT1oH ME-
TROPolls.

There are probably 10000 anarch-
ists-resolute, incorporating enc
mics Of rule-in London today. No
other capital in the world has such an
aggregation of scoundrels. Continental
nations. with the possible exception ~
Switzerland, will not tolerate them.
IAN anarchist is q mailman" Tn.
is the opinion Of John Sweeney. whG
for tireless years waged such war as
the law permits in our tight little is
land upon bOmbmakers and bomb
thrOwers.
There is nothing picturesque about
the personality Of the anarchist. He
Is not the raven-locked, melancholy
eyed, swarthy-skinned creature of the
popular fancy and the nOvelist's con.
ceit He is just simply mailman,
and mailman Of the most dangerous
and revolving type. There are few
Englishmen who associate themselves
with aggressive anarchisn. The ma
jority are Italian; some are French,
Spanish. German and Armenian.
It Is a remarkable fact that the
most eloquent and prolific speakers
at anarchist meetings are themselves
the least to be feared. The tongue is
an excellent safety valve. The sayer
Is rarely himself the doer. 1t Is the
gloomy, silent. morose man who
strikes. He is the tool Of the glib.
tongued orator.
Case Of czolgosz Cited.
Early in the September of 1901 a
woman detained vehemently in New
York against the sins of governors
and poured invectives upon royal
heads. A mild,eyed youth listened
with anger that was sharply famed
by this whirlwind of abuse into hot.
ter and unQuenchable fire. Leon Czol-
gosz went from the meeting with muir.
der in his heart. A few days later
William Mckinley. president Of the
United States, was assassinated by
this same Czolgosz.
silence these speakers" says Mr.
Sweeney, "and you have dealt a stag.
gering blow at anarchy. would make
1t penal Offense for anyone to pro
claim himself an anarchist or to preach
anarchism. Till you do this and till
you treat your anarchist as a danger
GUS and irresponsible fellow no meas
ures can insure the safety Of royal
| ouU OIhCI uI6uly ploC0u P0ISOud8SS.
The work of these madmen is con
stant1y going on. Some Of them are
under the lynx eyes of a Scotland
Yard man. Others have managed tc
keep their secret, and it will only be
known when a terrible catastrophe
startles the world.
In one of the bystreets of east Lon
don is little stationer's shop. II
looks innocent enough. The neigh
bors can buy their newspapers there
or their note paper or their bottle al
ink.
Bombs Made in England.
Little does the passer.by suspect
that under the boards on which he
stands to be served a small hand print
ing press is silently throwing of reams
of seditious literature in every CONT
mental language. Yet it Is so, ant
what is more, the police know of il
and are pOwerless to interfere.
1t has been stated that bombs are
not made in England. This, unfor
tunately, is not true. Scotland Yari
is even now searching for secret
factory, the existence of which ha.
been more than suspected. It is like
ly that group of men busily engag
ed in filling iron cartridges with picrit
acid and fitting on illuminate of mer
curry decorators will one day be sur
prised in the midst of their deadly
work.
The police are active and untiring
but they are handicapped by the weak
ness of the law. When they suspec
that reasonable intrigue is on tn
way and wish to keep in touch will
the movements of aggressive anarch
lists they have to make irregular en-
try on flimsy and convenient pre-
text. 1t was by some such mean
that the wholesale manufacture O
bombs at Waisall was discovered.
The raid on these surreptitious worh
ers was made under the direction O
Mr.. Sweeney. who secured the convit
ton Of four or five desperate me-
who afterward served long terms q
penal servitude.
Explosives They Use Most.
An expert in explosives told me this
anarchists obtain posts in British 81
plosive works. They are thus able
secure entrance into the DANCE
zones" and they are able to see som
Of the processes of manufacture.
There are several methods of ma
ing bombs" he said. "Once nitrogl
cerin was used exclusively as charg
A mixture of nitric acid. sulphuric a
i'd and glycerin makes q strong expl
sive and when combined with voc
flber it is fairly safe. But there is a
ways the danger of conclusion and I
explosion at high temperature.
The high explosive generally use
by anarchists is picric acid. This
the principal ingredient Of the Englif
lyddite and the French melinite. It
also used in the manufacture Of Il
Japanese shimose which was SO G
fective during the Russo-Japanese wa
Picric acid is yellow crystal and
constituent of several dyes. It ca
easily be obtained and can be carrie
in an ordinary bottle.
There are also compounds of al
mOnia. which, however, are very vol
tile and difficult to keep in conc
ton.
I'm any case very small vessel
necessary for a bomb. Some that we
used in st, Petersburg were about Il
size Of an ordinary ink bOttle."-Lo
don Express.