New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

in Hindustan who were taught to believe that
the only way to propitiate their sanguinary god
dess Vishnu was by killing people in her honor.
irrespective of their age rank or SEX Every
new victim was regarded in the light Of pleas
ing sacrifice to the divinity and thousands. nay
IL is even alleged, millions of people, were thus
destroyed by the Thugs. For q long time the
English in India found It impossible to suppress
Ihuggery. Yet they realized that It was their
duty TO shield their fellow creatures under their
protection from assassination precisely as every
self-respecting government owes II to its citi-
zens 10 furnish them with an adequate defence
against anarchist outrages. Accordingly they
adopted the principle and theory advocated in
vain by Prince Bismarck for the suppression
OF anarchy namely. that the mere fact Of be-
longing TO the cult Of Thuggery as to the cult
OF Anarchy, constituted felony each being an
association formed for the specific purpose of
crime Acting on this principle the English an
thorities started in by arresting and either
hanging or imprisoning for life every native that
could be Judicially proved TO be a Thug ire
spectlVe OF the question whether he had com
mitted any definite murder or not the mere fact
mat he was Thug being sufficient TO brand him
as a criminal and as a foe of society who as
such, was deserving Of punishment. and whom.
IN any case, IL the duty of the state IN
render harmless. By this means the English
government succe -ded in entirely stamping out
Inuggery In India, an empire which It had dew
astated for hundreds of years Anarchists are
merely white Thugs. Their doctrines like those
OF Ihuggery, consist of murder and outrage. and
there is no doubt that 1t has now become the
duty Of the various governments. in their role
OF responsible protectors of the people subject
TO their control to shield them from this grave
perm In precisely the same way as the English
authorities did in India
Ahe question Of summary extradTtion and ex
pulslon or anarchists is Of altogether minor I'm,
portance, and 1t is we'll that this is the casa
For however much the powers NAV agrae an
other SUBJECTS they invariably find themselves
al issue on THIS Russia, for instance is only
LOO sido 10 keep her nihilists and her anarchists
abroad, and would be the very first +o rasapt
any arrangement by which all Muscovite an
archlsts now living in Spain, France, Italy. Ger
many England and America were 10 he patbarad
together and shipped back to ST. Petersburg
indeed IT is a great mistake to imagine that
Russia is SO anxious for her refugees that she
is prepared to go any lengths to get hold of
them. On the contrary, she is only too delighted
TO know that they remain abroad and the same
may be said Of other countries that furnish the
! breeding grounds and the hotbeds of anarchy
But there is one very important point which
deserves consideration. According to the re-
markable Investigations Of the eminent Italian
Professor Lombroso. nearly every one of the
crimes committed by anarchists notably the
murders OF Empress Elizabeth OF King Hum
bert, Of the Spanish Premier Canovas and OF
President Mckinley. has been prompted by
vanity and for notoriety. Some con-
certed steps should be taken to prevent any de-
scription OF the crime or Of the anarchist who
t had committed It Five and thirty years ago
there class OF offences against morality In
England for which men were hanged The pro-
ceedings in court never recorded by the
press. The only mention made was to the ef-
feet that So-and-So had been convicted and
sentenced to death for an indescribable offence"
That was all the public heard about the matter
and The very absence of publicity served strike
terror and awe into the minds of those given
TO onences OF this character. If the silence
and absence Of publicity were accorded to
archists of the type Of Luccheni-who was actu-
ally interviewed by representatives Of newspa-
pers from every part of the world Immediately
after his murder of Empress Elizabeth-there
would be fewer crimes OF this kind
Without money, which constitutes the sinews
OF war, the anarchist movement would be pow
erless, and inasmuch as the funds by means
OF which alone the anarchists able TO carry
their struggle, not merely against the rulers
OF the various countries, but likewise against
statesmen, capitalists. property and
against every defender of the present order of
things, are obtained exclusively by crime in the
shape of terrorism. blacknail, arson, robbery
and murder, II shows in the first place that IT is
ridiculous TO describe the anarchist movement