The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
ANARCHISTS OF
 ENGLAND MANY Spread of Plague Is Causing
 Worry WINTERTON'S VOICE Is the Only Thing That Has Made His Parliamentary Record
 a Bright One-King
 George Provoked

and any notion that there is closely
 knit general anarchistic organization,
 may be dismissed at once Anarchism covers many shades of thought. We have at the one end the mild anarchisn1
 of M. Tehertkoff. We have the anar-
 chism of Prince Krapotkin-the anar- chism of the study. The anarchists
 form a series of groups, some little
 more than debating societies of vision
 aries, others real fighting organizations.
 Some of the the most effective of the
 latter work on the "circle" system as
 the Fenians did. The circle plan was
 adopted largely both by Russia and Po-
 fish groups. Under 1t no member. save perhaps the 'head circle" knows over
 of more than. at the most. 20 of his
 ''comrades." This is to reduce the risk from traitors to a minimum
 Many are "sons of rest' and are cared
 for by strong armed female companions
 who keep them supplied with tobacco
 and beer money. great change has
 come over the anarchist propaganda ] here. | There is no secret about anarchism in London. The different groups meet main | ly at two clubs, the Workers Friend" club in Jubilee street, Whitechapel, and | the Communist club in Charlotte street | off the Tottenham court road. There are smaller organizations around London of which that at Edmonton is among tho | strongest. In the provinces the most active center is Liverpool.
 The murder of three policemen by anar- chists has forcibly directed public atten- | ton to the fact that. in spite of Eng | lands habitual immunity from anarchist outrage, the cult of anarchy f1ourishes, more or less undsturbed in London. Ap- parently the perpetrators of the Hounds ditch crime were no ordinary burglars, | but desperadoes of the red revolutionary 1 type, who being In need of funds re- garded the sacking of jewellers shop | as the most promising method whereby their coffers might be refilled.
 The leaders of the extreme revolution ary movement, the world over, are men | who would be the last to be suspected | of advocating the violence, and would probably be mistaken for professional gentlemen. Perhaps therein lies the | greatest danger. There organization Is remarkable. | Nothing Is ever left to chance, and once coup is determined upon, every detail | in connection with it is worked out with the greatest exactitude as though it were | a. mathematical problem and not scheme of cold-blooded murder. Time IS no object, 1t only provides opportunity | for greater precision. Traitors there are, sometimes; generally, 1 the agents provocateurs' of some ror- | eign police force. But as rule they are detected, and then played with as cat amuses itself with mouse, till the day dawns when they are found dangling from a beam, in some empty house, a grim reminder that the iron hand of the anarchist is far reaching. Azef, Lapouk- hine, Gapon, are names which occur to one. names of hideous mystery and or daily juggling with death.
 Finally the militant anarchist Is content to leave his own nest undisturped; in other words, he is prepared to pay TOT his freedom from active police interfer- ence by not practicng his methods upon the people amongst whom ne lives. Hence the usual immunity of England from terrorist outrage. It is believed that the police wink at the existence of these criminals since their malice is di- rected against monarchs and officials out side of England.
 The departure of the First Scots Guards for Egypt has necessitated complete rehearsal of .The Chocolate Soldier" at the Lyric theatre. The explanation is this: When soldiers have to march upon a stage no mere theatrical supers can compare with the real article, hence as & reward of duty well done, the officers of battalions of guards permit good con duct men to proftably employ their leis- ure behind the scenes.
 Lord Winterton has been in the house of commons for years. The only thing he has done in all his legislative career has been to roar "Hee-ah, hee-ah!' He has a voice like megaphone and nose as red as a beet. He just sits in his seat and roars every time any tory member says something against progress or human rights.
 His lordship is awfully perturbed by the fact that after visiting Pentonville prison MT. Churchill advised the exercise of the King royal prerogative to reduce a number of sentences on prisoners. Win terton thinks that the home secretary strolled one day into the prison, talked casually to few prisoners, and then re- mitted their sentences as an act of self glorification. MT. Churchill made 1t clear that he went to prison for the specific purpose of Investigating the cases of all the youthful offenders, and that his action was the result of careful inquiry. In each case. he said, the offence had been of a trivial nature, "for which, if the noble lord had cimmitted them at college he would not have been even rebuked.
 For ingenuity of defense an English sol dier arraigned in the Clerkenwell police court is fairly entitled to the prize. The policeman who made the complaint said the soldier "was fighting drunk, your worship; is language was shocking. blushed at his vulgar utterances. Why Hi never 'eard hanything like it in my life" The prisoner denied that he was using obscene language. He was. he said. singing an election song and volun- teered to sing verse. Before he could be checked he bawled out these lines:
 'Under the British flag. we'll fight our
 way to glory;
 Under the British nag we'll conquer or
 we'll die!'
 'TIii deny most h'emphatically that Oi sang, sir" said the officer; He cursed h and used the most violent language; positively shocking. sir"
 The soldier was bound over to keep the peace.
 King George is said to be provoked and very much embarrassed by the scheme which has been set c<i foot for the pur- pose of collecting subscriptions from all
 male persons bearing the same Christian name as himself. He appreciates the sentiment animating the majority of his subjects who were christened George, but like many other people. he realizes that some of the supporters of the pro-