The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-22
UNDESIRABLES
Are DEPORTED'
Cargo of Anarchists Leave on
Army Transport Under
Sealed Orders.
DESTINATION CONCEALED
Berkman, Goldman and 249
Other Passengers Believed
Bound to North Sea.
DESTINATION CONCEALED

New York, Dec. 21-The u s. army
transport Buford the ark of the soviet,
sailed before dawn today with cargo
of anarchists, communists and radi-'
Gals. banned from America for con-
spring against the government. The
ships destination is hidden in sealed
orders, but the 249 passengers 1t
carried are expected to be landed at
some far northern port giving access
to soviet Russia. Alexander Berkman
and Emma Goldman are the most
prominent radicals aboard.
New York, Dec. 21.-'Long live
revolution in America was chanted
defiantly by the motley crowd as the
Buford passed the statue fo Liberty
The government signed its death
warrant in the deportations, said Miss
Goldman, one of the three women
aboard. She said she would organize
society in Russia to carry on the
propaganda in the United States. One
woman sobbed as she left
When informed last night of departure
this morning, the male anarchists or
ganized a soviet and anarchist COM
mune of America and elected Berk Z
man grand commissary. They all
=obeyed all his orders p1olnp siy IN get-'
ting ready to leave. He declared he
was going among friends and was
happy. said he expected to CO.
operate with Lenine and Trotsky in
ruling Russia. All were we'll supplied
With funds and clothes. Berkman said
the cash would average two thousand
dollars EACH
immigration officials furnished warm
clothes to all who hadn't supplies
themselves. A great many more are
expected to be deported, as the de-
ipartment of justice has carded index
of 10000 radicals.
The deportation of Emma Goldman
and her devoted companion, Alexander
Berkman, ends a joint career of thirty
years in the United States, during
which they preached the overthrow of
the government @y violence He spent
sixteen years and she three years in
Jail, but they were never punished for
the part their teachings played in at
lacks by others on life and property
Berkman served fourteen years for
shooting Henry Clay Frick and two
years for urging young men to abstain
from registering for the draft early in
the war. Miss Goldman was in prison
two years for opposing conscrip-
ton and one year for inciting
TO riot. Berkman was never brought
to trial on Indictment for murder in
connection with the preparedness day
bomb outrage in San Francisco. Miss
Goldman was acquitted of illegal dis
tribution of birth control literature
Their joint activities as publishers
of the anarchistic magazines, Mother
Earth and THE Blast suppressed
during the war, combined with their
addresses at anarchists meetings.
helped cause the assassination of
President Mckinley, the government
charged in it's deportation proceedings
The confession of Czolgosz described
the influence Miss Go1dman's writings
had on him.
Their influence was traced in the
dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times
Matthew Schmidt and David Caplan.
now in Jail with others for that crime
were ..of the Goldman clam Attorney
General Palmer said.
They were suspected of receiving
money to oppose preparedness by the
United States before the United States
entered the war.
They co-operated with German spies
in endeavoring to promote reyolu-
ton in India during the war.
They were the pioneer radicals in
the United States. Now there are
10000 Reds here and 472 disloyal for
eign language newspapers, according
to Attorney General Palmer.
Denounced by judges and other pub
lie officials from President Roosevelt
down as enemies of the country seek 4
ing to destroy it. but regarded by
women anarchists who greeted them
with kisses as beautiful characters.
one hundred years ahead of their
times" they SO increased their follow
ing that it was easy for them to pro-.
vide $4,000 or $4,000 bail in cash or
Liberty bonds. Yet fines of $4,000 each
for opposing the draft We're unpaid.
They had no property, they, said.
For more than ten years their de-
portation had been agitated and at
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