El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-05
anarchist Clubs
Thrice Near And
In Great Britain

London. Eng. March 5.-The an
/ archist clubs Of London are spread
over the eastern and western dis
tricts- North and south are com
street. W. and BidfOrd street, W.
show the contrast and boundary OF
their qualifications.
Members Of these London an
archist clubs are usually - but not
ALWAYS - foref1n ers Russians pre-
dominate Spaniards. Italians. Ger
mans are numerous, and Frenchmen
are feWest Of all EnglIshmen VINO
are found in this strange company
are usually prOvincials. The police
are aware Of the existence Of nearly
all OF these clubs. and have a com
prehensive who's Who OF their
membership
MfsIead Police.
Where the willy anarchist misleads
the police is in his brazenly frank
conspiracy HIS secret organ iza lions
his letters and his lines OF commun1-
cation are constantly tapped The
man with the bomb has as much
chance in London OF completing a
scheme Of assassination as he has OF
flying over London without being
Where the authorities err is in
paying too much heed TO the active
anarchist and leaving the brains Of
the party-the passive performer
to sow broadcast the seeds Of his
political beliefs In order 70 obtain
a correct picture Of the anarchist
as he really is, IL Is necessary to be-
come a frequenter Of these Bohemian
haunts-not SO difficult as say, OBJ
tanning entry in West End night
club Here you find ali sorts Of
strange men and women who 60 to-
ward the making Of the turbulent
undercurrent - apparent here and
there when a big convulsive ex-
plosion takes place
Anarchist OverdraHvn
The picture Of the anarchist at
home has been Invariably overdrawn-
The lurid conception Of a disreputa-
bic and evil looking outlaw who
wears mask and throws the fate
ful dice in an underground den be-
longs always to the novelist For
should you meet the anarchist in the
flesh you would most probably dis
cover him TO be charming. and cul-
tured person who IS frank IN MS
political outlook. It is the fashion
to confuse the hooligan with the
anarchist but they do not belong
TO the same social or political school
The last anarchist / met was a
scholar and a dandy. He was once
q count, a distinction he soon dis
claimed his wealth, which had been
left him by an aut0cratic parent, he
distributed TO advanced political So
cities, and. in order 70 live. ne and
his vile opened up a florist shop.
Let me take the reader into one
of these anarchist resorts which had
q vogue not so long ago, and now,
after a depressing period, is blossom
ing 70 lie again II used 10 De
known as the German Cafe Club, :
and was situated in a turning at the
back Of the London hospital
Loyal to Cooking, Anyhow
The club had big restaurant on
the ground floor and a room on the
first floor where meetings were held
It looked, TO the casual visitor, an
ordinary eating house, with its
marble topped tables. an electric
piano which played Beethoven and
Chopin, and its busy buffet. The
proprietress, a handsome looking
German. was heart and soul in the
in the Interior motives Of the
habitues- The solitary waiter, a ca I
daVerOus looking individual, had f.
been similarly employed in cafe in Z
St Petersburg. and had been brought I
over BY the countess
The "countess-he right to this
distinction remains in doubt - al .
ways came to take her lunch OF soup
and fish surrounded by a retinue Of 4
aesthetic looking men. who always Z
seemed TO live by slipping tea a Ia /
Russo.
There was a man who used 10 I
come to this anarchists rendezvous !
who always sat alone. -e would. {
first Of all, go over TO the electric /
piano and put on a weird and haunt Z
ing tune by a Polish composer I
relative OF his. I discovered later =
Then he would order a steak, which .
was hidden by a display Of onions. /,
and deVour Il in a trice. The waiter
who seemed to know the habits Of
the man-would then bring the in
~ lev ?
offer him a cigarette, and bow him
self obsequiOusly away.
He is shoemaker - from near
Warsaw" he said He has got rid .
Of more tyrants than the whole lot :
81 those over there. who only talk Q
De assasstnates theml There is &
much more work for him TO do. Let