New-York tribune., 1911-01-05

ioence. TO be renewed annually. and tha,
in suspicious cases finger prints should be
taken to prevent impersonation
The Conservative papers blame the Lib
eral govern ment. charging that the su-
thorities have failed to enforce the aliens
act. Some OF the Liberal papers declare
mat the excesses of the gang Of burglars
iorm an isolated case which should not af-
feet the traditional British policy of receiv-
Ing political refugees.
The Times" crticises the use OF soldiers
Yesterday and considers that the affair was
badly managed.
several provincial papers crticise the
authorities sharply THE Manchester Dis
ps'ch to-day says that Englishmen have
oeen made TO appear ridiculous, and that
the affair is one which the country will be
elad 10 forget. The impression is gaining
ground that the policemen should have
oeait with the business without calling
upon the soldiers. and that the summon
lhg OF the horse artillery was a particu-
larry unnecessary move.
No'hing has since developed 10 establish
that more than two men held the tenement
against several hundred police. two half
companies of Scots Guards from the Tower
OF London. detachment of horse artillery
with two machine guns and Calling gun.
and fire brigade to say nothing Of the
tens or thousands who lent their moral sup
port. expressed in vociferous cheers.
III was reported thar during the night
the police had discovered third body in
the ruins, but this is not true. only two
men are known TO have been killed.
some or to-day's critics point out that
instead or walking upstairs. kicking in the
coor and taking their men. or taking what
ever any policeman is likely to get in the
olscharge Of his duties. they summoned
the landlady from the upper floor and then
reconnoitred about the house until they
drew the fire of the anarchists from the
windows Of their room.
Populace Much Excited.
The battle then begun ended quite pos
sibly in the burning alive of two human
beings within the sight Of as many Of Lon
don's thousands as could crowd upon the
adjoining rooftops.
The extent of the popular excitement
aroused by the unprecedented exhibition
Will be better understood in the light of the
fact that the circulation Of the local news
papers OF last e~ening and this morning
was greater than at any previous time
since the critical stages of the Boer War
were heralded in the capital. Surprising as
it may seem. the papers sold in London last
night and again this morning far exceeded
the number disposed of on the day of King
Edwcrd's death.
II is believed that the dead men found
refuge in the tenement on December %, and
thst they were befriended by neighbors.
Peter the Painter and Fritz were mem
bers Of an anarchist club which met near
Sidney street until recently. The police
we're aware of the activities Of this club,
but considered them only political. A mem
Der Of the club. who gave the police a
olew leading 10 the attack of yesterday,
said:
Neither Peter the Painter nor Fritz
ever showed signs of doing any honest
work Both attended meetings the object
Of which was 70 protest against the execu-
ton Of Professor Francisco Ferrer. the
Spanish teacher who was convicted of rev.
olutionary activities. 1 think that both
used anarchy as a mask for their crimes. -
Women in the Gang.
II is established that women were asSo-
cated with the gangs operations. Three
women believed 10 have been connected
with the crimes are now in custody.
The casualties reported from yesterday :
battle are FIVE policemen. a sergeant Of the
Scots Guards and a half dozen spectators
wounded by the bullets. most Of them
slightly; and two iremen seriously and
three fremen slightly injured in the col
lapse OF the burning building
The mysterious tragedy uncovered Sun
day is believed 10 form a link in the story
or the Houndsditch burglar gang.
French Jew, Joseph Boron, who had lived
near the anarchists rendezvous, was found
murdered on Clapham Common, IN the op-
poeita end Of London There we're stab
wounds IN the back snd the head was
brutally battered.
London. Jan 5-The morning papers pub
lish interviews and statements from numer-
Gus magistrates and other officials connect
ed with the administration of the criminal
law, and they. almost without exception,
advocate stringent measures against aliens
and a more effective application Of the eX-
listing aliens act.
The newspa pers also print many letters.
articles and editorials from foreign papers
criticisinz the police methods and suggest
ing that 3 couple Of desperadoes might have
been smoked out or dealt with without such
an enormous display of force.
Central Offce detectives believe that the
men killed in the attack by the police and
soldiers on an anarchist den in Hounds
ditch. London. on Tuesday, were wanted IN
this country for q burglary committed IN
Samuel f. Ullian's jewelry store in Bos-
ton last March. Detectives Duggan, hlns-
Ter and O'Farrell. who arrested three men
i'm this city soon after the robbery, say
tiIev have no doubt the dead men We're
two of the burglars, who fed from TINS
CITY after being admitted 10 bail
The three men wanted here are harry
Rothstein alias "Kavok the Blacksmith,
the inventor of the can opener, an In
strllrnent that opens safes the same as an
ordinary can opener opens can OF mix
Jacob Goldberg alias Red Tracy ana
a brother of Goldberg.
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