The Washington times., 1919-12-22
Emma Goldman and Berkman
Taught Terror for 80 Years
Arch-Anarchists, Deported to Russia, Accused
of Completely in Virtually Every Red
Outrage During That Period.

Yet when given opportunity during
their many appearances In court TO
air their views they repudiated vio-
lence.
"Thc anarchist never advocates
reign OF terror" said Berkman. AN
archism means the negation of vio-
lence. Anarchists teach self-reliance,
cooperation and mutual aid In op-
position to existing institutions and
authority"
Emma Goldman Is forty-nine years
old and Berkman Is atty. She was
born in Kovno, Russia, and in early
childhood removed with her parents
to East Prussia When fifteen years
old she came to the United States and
started working in clothing factories
In Rochester, n. Y.
GolAnan Married FsreiSneT.
In 1887 when seventeen years old,
she was married in Rochester to
Jacob A Kersner, who came from
Russia in 1882 and was naturalized
two years later. In 1909 his citizen
ship was revoked because he was
not twenty-one when naturalized and
had not been i've years In the United
States The marriage ceremony was
performed by schochet-a slayer
of animals for kosher meat Two
years later the Kersners were d.
vorced by q rabbi according to the
Jewish rite. Kersner seems to have
passed out Of Miss Goldman's life
entirely, for announcement In court
during her final fight against depor-
tation that he had died this year took
her by surprise. 1t was on claim
that marriage to him made her citi-
zen that her legal efforts to remain
in this country were based
Her Father Was Naturalised.
''They can't keep me out" she said
in 1907, when there was talk Of de-
porting her. II don't believe they
would be foolish enough to try. Ny
father Is an American citizen. / mar
ried an American citizen
Her father came to the United
States In 1886. one year after her ar
rival. and was naturalized at Roches-
ter when his daughter was twenty
four years old.
Her association with Berkman be-
gan thirty years ago in New York.
Other than that he Is ffty years old
and came from Russia he seems to
have concealed his prior history pret-
ty we'll. When he was released from
the western Pennsylvania prison after
serving his time for shooting Mr..
Frick there were reports that he had
married Miss Goldman in New Jersey.
but the marriage was never recorded,
and at their trial for obstructing the
draft both testified they were single.
sReprese.ts the Devil
II represent the DEVIL" said Miss
Goldman At one of her meetings. 81
am an apostle upholding glorious
freedom. the apostle standing out
against law and order and decency
and morality. / am for the devil who
leads the way to the absolute yielding
up to all the emotions here and now,
Women are the slaves OF little laws
and conventions. They'll learn to
break the laws some day"
Berkman and Miss Goldman made
their headquarters In New York,
where their magazines were pub
lished, but they were well known to
every large city In the United States
and also addressed anarchist meetings
In Canada, England, Australia, Hol-
land, and other countries.
These meetings enabled them to live
as comfortably as any depised capital
ist would wish. Admission fees were
charged, circulars sold and subscrip-
tions to their magazines taken. At
the last meeting they addressed ia
Chicago prior to their deportation the
contributions to help them night de-
portation were $4,000. Miss Gold
mans bank book, seized when her
magazine was, suppressed, showed
weekly deposits running from $50 to
sToo, with one of over s3,700. They
lived at the best hotels. In fact, they
offered to pay their own way to Rus
sia, or, failing that, the difference be-
tween steerage and first class. in or
der to have the best accommodations