Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-08
United States May Take Initiative
Step 10 Stamp il V
Out.
ITALY IS IT'S BIRTHPLACE
Successful Wosk on Peninsula Where
Human Lie Is heap
Cheers Reea

Washthktons June g. hoihn
outrage In Madrid last week. which
came near taking the lives Of King
Alfonso and his bride. has again arous.
ed the nations to the necessity Of CO
operating In measures for the etirpa
tion Of anarchism. II Is learned from
\ trustworthy source that the United
States win probably take the initia'
tive In q movement which. II u II
carried out. win close the door 81
every nation 10 persons protesting an
archistIc doctrines and enable the ex.
tradition M common criminals Of an
archists involved In the assassination
OF or attempts upon the life OF n
ruler.
II is said that Secretary Root. nj.
ter conference with the president and
with various members Of thu diploma
tie corps IN Washington, In consider
Ing the a~dvisabii.ty Of recommending
that authority be given the pan-Ame
rican congress, which will assemble
next month in Rio Janerio. 10 consid
or measures for the suppression Of an
archism. or course the decision Of
the United States will determine
whether the congress shah take &C.
tion. Confidence In felt that the
South American countries viii read.
lily acquesce In the proposal. Anas.
chy finds short shrift In South Anne.
RIGA. The man with the bomb or the
bullet faces an unpleasant alternative
deportation or incarceration. The
bars are up, not In a single country,
but throughout the entire southern
half Of the western hemisphere. All
through South America the anarchist
~ the object Of popular hatred as well
~ % political repression. II he un
dertakes 10 disseminate his creed ke
Is promptly taken into custody. and
released only upon agreement to leave
the country. More tha this. his kind
liz prevented as far rs possible from
settling there.
Exchange Europesn Views.
Action by the pan.American con.
gress would undoubtedly be followed
by an exchange Of views by Europe
and the Americans which would lead
either To an antianarchsst confer.
ence or TO an agreement under which
all would act along similar lines for
the eradication of anarchism. One OF
the plans proposed Is for the mstitu.
ton as an international police mi
VIGILANCE. which would circulate In
formation regarding the movements
OF followers Of anSchism among the
several governments for their gui
dance and action.
Europe has long appreciated the ne
eessity OF united international action
for the extirpation Of anarchism. but
because or the absence III stitu.
tional or statutory authorization and
OF labor conditions In the United
States, the Washington government
has consistently refrainea from Join.
Ing ii an international movement 70
this end.
The government realizes that the
suppression of anarchism Is 4 ones.
tion which must be handled with the
utmost delicacy because 81 the pos.
sibility that action might infringe the
rights Of the individual. Under the
constitution, congress Ii prohibited
from making any Law ahridging the
FREEDOM IL speech Of Of the press,
Notwithstanding these provisions,
however, many leading jurists are Of
the opinion that congress has ample