New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
ANARCHIST REFUGE
Notorious 4 gitators Haze OPP
Grated from S7cit@erland.
Neufchatel. switzerland. FEBRUARY a


-,-,,o}1ed the indicnstion Of mest UnpreJu-
diced minds in Europe. Political and reVo-
l1,tionary sgstators began 10 turn the IN
haupv incident 10 their own advantage
Ansrchfsrn. which is always more or less
latent among certain classes of the pToie-
tariat. showed itself IN almost every co'n-
Try. and its orators resumed the proIa-
e-anta of those three CAPITAL articles Of the
-,.-~7,fs-i, ,,-ea6-anti-clericalis anti
---3i,a~fs7,5 and communism Many theorists
had been content 10 leave the question OF
religion 70 The individual conscience Ihe
-r.-f-z17ifitarfstS oppose armies not 50 niNch
IN rhe interests Of universal peace as De
,.rso ro,-5cr and shot are the quickest
cure for disorder and lawleSs Violence
~c-ufTris71. Of course. goes hand In hand
Nth 7.7a~rfi fiS77l-4-sJ. because there are no
-+-+, anarchists. and second. because the
--e~-- existence Of property Is a menace 70
-rr.~ cherished plans.
was not surprising therefore. that the
----ee- IN Switzerland against the fate OF
7-r--e--sfl.l.ra he accompanied hy a violent
.-..-r-.rs+ az --atorv directed partly against
,s..-rtsh injustice. hur especially against
-s,s order and religion everywhere II mas
afu-s+s aeen part OF the anarchist $ poAeS
go --y -o identify himself with perfectly
lawful forms Of poljG. al or economiea- az
ration. such as veaCeaa.e revolutionary
movements. and especially strikes ai'le'l7
NorkiHsmen.
since -4,e early sss there has been q
zone Of anarchisn in nearly every y-''-
ICED land I1l Switzerland Il eEteildN ii'
,7eucva rorthward and eastward tl-'~-A
Lausanne and other Naudois towns L IN
Guides tie Jurs region where are situated
-re important towns OF ClauN-ie-FondS and
o5e -s-7--0s of manufacture I ter
--s-s-e~ ~ zurich where French and Ger
man anarchists have had ienient treatment
s-z feel ~ homo. To this belt Of country.
-,..-- 50 rr.l~ the frontier should he added
7---s- tl.e aarital of the confederation ana
-s- 1.it-a-AIri-e centre. LuEano, where
r--~rar. French and Russian have met
italian conspirarors-
.-rAckEp LAW AND RELIGION.
s--- f.r- DAYS ago. In the Staid town
.-r Nr.r--a1el. a Swiss orator used the L e.
-e- incident a. q teAt for an unhridled or
s,-.-i- upon l-orh law and religion. ana
e.-r p a-u writing. S'aastlen FaUre- me
French ~adfgar. is rrsB king a jour Of Northern
sutherland In order 10 in1aue the passions
a. -re fae-ar- hands and yiEuc1ons. VINO
have beea passing through depressing
financial crisis
p Is ,5=@7c5i,t - see thst Switzerland can
r. -,-.-f7 70 right the wrongs OF The Bar
---r-s 1-occes Pur there Is such freedom
OF speech here as 10 make almost any one
~-ro carries regular papers" safe IN anus
s-- al existing institutions. When for eN-
ample 2 Russian anarchist robs Z e'3Tlk
and then takes refuge II Switzerland his
ex--adIt5or Is opposed bT 2 large party IN
Ssiss politics. not because the man Is 2
-shl,er. but because he is an anarchist;
raTltical refugee. not a criminal 4 muT-
cz-ars bank breaker might first write
brochure against the German I1onarchl--
sr-e-wara blow up a safe in Frankfurt,
-z=lIinc The cashier. and. taking refuge IN
Geneva or Zu-ich. ind respectable defend
e-s who would oppose his extradition on
-f-- ground that his offence was political
The anarchists who seek or have sought
azvl.7r7 n TIE federation may be divided
.-7to three classes First there are the an
s--uistic theorists. writer's q books and
rar-7hIets and editors OF newsTa pei-S
They can Uen inceudiary articles and make
violent speeches, but they would no more
.'.,rIz o. touching q bomb than of throwing
themselves over an Alpine precipice- Of
e1cb a Kind was The genial Johann Most
who --eeF 10 make So many literary EeSticu-
-srferr Bur ne stood in great fear Of the
Y,o7i,-a. ard would never practise the Cos
much sUaEge- and ranting- Second. there
* q somewhat larger and more dangerous
crsss-na-ra ke-s Of anarchistic opinions.
Who are ready 10 act as well as 10 speak
and write You can meet them IN some of
the cafes % zurich or Geneva growing
through the muzzFes which the police have
mn on them about freedom Of speech and
The tyranny Of the hoargoisie
FOES OF ALL RESTRAINT
Third. there is me motley .thrcng Of NAL
contents out of work, criminals. chronic
enemies Of law and order These have no
dreams q an ideal society. Of unlicensed
-r-iuE and universal peace They hate de-
-noc-scv as they hate monarchy As one
cs them said not long ago, the most ad-
z7.-ageous tavautageux} government is the
one which most deceives the people and
most deserves 10 be overthroHn- They VIII
--t their lives in jeopardy in obedience TO
their political masters, just as they would
vEriuElv commit highway robbery. forgery
- murder for q suitable reconpense- Ihey
s-r Usually men q low Intelligence. though
they may have that cunning which Plato
lraaIIzed N the liver. Often they are
stupid and violent degenerates. like the as
asssius q Garfield and Mckinley
But those II the first class which I have
1T1gIEl are lS-4s1lls men fL -4-tt-4StNASA
rover however III balanced and immoral
-fev NAV be To-day there are compare
-.velv few of them in the ranks of the an
a-rFfsts-frst because their superior inIelli-
2-ence shows them the futIIitv OF Isolated
ACTS Of terrorism and assassination. and,
second because the rigid police surveil-
lance OF civilized countries suppresses their
newspapers. confscates their seditious lit
c-atl-re md Interrupts their rnurderous ora
-o-z.
These three types Of anarchist. ranging
from the fanstical doctrinaire To the active
criminal are sufficiently well known. and
ewing 10 the Ienient and often absurd laws
or the Swiss republic t.ey have found il
or The whole a safe asylum One usually
associates anarchism with Russia, because
some Of its most aUdacious plots have been
formed and executed in that empire. As
destinations have been frequent. while hun
o-e6s of hot-headed. though not very dan
Ee-ols. students. male and female, have
been led 70 Siberia. Yet for fifty years
Ttslv ana Germany have bred many mis-
chievous a5venture-s. and in free SwitzeT-
land some o. their most pernicious schemes
have been devised
The NOTORIOUS BAKTNIN
Il need hardly be said that the famous
RUSSIAN bakunin was one Of the earliest
enc most ei'ective promoters Of anarchisn