New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
THE epRE4D OF ANARCHY.

The story told by a Pole in Portland. Ore,
concerning the existence Of murderous an
archist group i'm that city may or may not be
altogether true but it would not be in the least
! surprising if il were for it is perfectly wen
known. from observation and from lamentable
experience, that the anarchical cult exists and
is active in America and that its members
consider this country not merely as place OF
refuge from the less tolerant governments OF
Europe but also as a land against whose lnstl-
tuions and high officials their Internal arts are
to he exercised. A President of the Inlted
States has fallen victim 10 anarchist devlltry,
just as truly as an Emperor of Russia hlhS
OF Italy an Empress of Austria and Presl-
dent of France The anarchist is an enemy OF
mankind, and he is no respecter of persons i'll
the wreaking of his enmity.
Time was when men confidently boasted that
anarchism could never gain foothold IN Amer
ica. because of the freedom and rights or man
which prevail here. just as they also said So
cialism could never make headway in England
because of the trade unions. Both prophecies
have been sorely discredited. England has for
years been one of the chief scenes Of the So
cialist propaganda, and the United States is
to-day charged with containing more professed
anarchists and more anarchist publications than
any other country in the world. We must hesi-
tate TO accept this charge as true, though we
cannot venture confidently 10 deny IT. Ger
tainly we must express surprise and some IN
credulity at the statement that there are forty
two anarchist periodicals published in New
York, though it is made deliberately by writer
in the 'Gaulois of Paris, as the result OF care
full investigation. If it be true, there may be
some consolation in the fact that, as the same
writer indicates, most of the prints are in for
eign languages and are, therefore, evidently the
output of recent importations, though. of course,
we cannot escape reproach for admitting such
immigrants into the country.
The anarchist press according TO the writer
quoted which did not seriously originate until
ebout ten years ago, has now attained enormous
extent There are now about two hundred and
fifty such prints. and scarcely country IN the
world is free from at least one of them AS
there are supposed to be only forty thousand
anarchists in the world, it is evident that their
publications either must have very small cir
culations or. as is far more probable must be
circulated chiefly among those who are not yet
professed anarchists, but who are regarded as
possible converts TO that cult. Inere are, we
are told, more anarchist publica lions IN Spain
and Italy than in France and England, though
some of the most important are in the latter
countries. There are some IN Germany ana
Austria and at least one each IN Belgium, Hol-
land Denmark and Norway. There are sew
eraI in Argentina and Brazil and others are
charged against OLlll, anu Nupo' IL "-AI
extent these are mere doctrinaire sheets and TO
what extent they are actual inciters 10 assas-
sination we are not informed but it is signif-
can't that the high class" doctrinaire prints of
Paris. for which such men as Reclus, Jaures
Guesde, De Pressense and Sebastien Faure
write have made no mention whatever OF the
attempt TO murder the King and Queen OF
Spain. Various reasons for such silence may
be surmised, but not one of them is credita-
bic to the editors of the sheets or absolves them
from sympathy with that abominable crime.