The Daily News THURSDAY, FEBUARY 6. THE ANARCHISTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 40, 6 February 1908, Page 2

The Daily News THURSDAY, FEBUARY 6. THE ANARCHISTS.

\Miui all authority h;ts been destroyed then complete auaivhy will prevail. When every man is a law unto himself thou uni\ci -ai happiiK'-s i- wilhin reach. Mich i- lhe t-reed. ih; S.uilasy, the wild dehi-ioii i.t the amirchi-t-. They do not u.tr ag.iln-t King-; brcaiwe ihry aro oi because ol their private (, r public rharacier, mil iavau-e they are hi:, iveoguiacd oi authority, and g.»v.-ni« the aelion ot the anarchic app.'renOy i> laciliiyoi i-.vciuion. J're-i----deiii'S Liiiculn. Gurlield, McKinlcy. and Cam.'.\»'»'e ihe hca<U of {.-voat Uepubi lioscii hy the vote> of Iho I pe-iple. lni they were me living enilmdi- I nielli- ol' law and aiuhority. and in lh.it j iv-po.-i halclul to ain' anarchical mind, i I'er-i.nil character, tin- purity ot Heir live-, the .jiMicc ami I lie wisdom of their administration, the (vtimalnm in whi h they were universally lieid, did not to save them. Approach to them ! \.as (juite ea-y. any atlempi to suddenly ' -lay .it dose «|uaners was almost cerium of ftiuvc-s*. and so they fell. There i can scarcely lie a doubt thai, in the conn, j Hh oi' certain sections of the anarchists •, In' possibility of destroying the head of every Government Kuvo]»c has Uccn -,'iiouslv discussed, liic governing factor i-.eiug simply the attainment of success. President Cnrnot was riding in his carnage when the assassin's knife reached hi* Heart: in the same way the King and the Crown Prince of Portugal have rallen beneath the bullets of the enemies ot society. In hoth instances the murdered were in the habit of taking such exercise: it was known that they would he iu a certain place about a certain time: their coming was awaited, and tlie deed wa> d'uie. Tin? opportunity being given, it was seized.

If one will look over the li-i of those in authority a- i!i.' heads of States--King-. Queen*, Presidents and Premiers —who:sc lives have been lost or attempted by anarenical vultiaiis. one will ,-ee lhal the character of their lives. th;» of their and the particular condition of their country had really nothing to do with the question ol t'neir destruction, it was to -trike terror; they alfordcd the opportunity. aud so they perished In this hiv*l iiislan-e there appears tn have been a party oL -on of the conspirators awaiting the coming of the Koyal cor* teg*'. The youngest of their number—lililc more ih.'n a boy—probably an infatuated. haif-cranky youth, entirely ! under the dominating inlluence of : was Heat to b-:gin fhe attack, lie did so by springing upon the Kick of 'lie I Uoynl carriage and firing at the King, the mounted guard not being more than ' a iV.v yards away. Of course, he gave | hi- -ilo tor his cau-e. Then began toe 1 a: lack in front, and thmv ea:i i»e little ! doubt tint ill' 1 of the wlnie i party v. a- < .aucraplatod.

: • «..j;-pirai.»r* have suc-ceded in lli-ir : main object. Kwry crowned head in : Europe hus shivered and every Premier . -lands agha-i, and the world is horri- ! lied. This is precisely what was >-oug!it ;•» be accomplished, and ihe*e are but , h'.-i-ns io |)e learned. Kverv head of a | Male mu-t take caiv of hini-elf. It w I -mn-' three years and a-ii-ilf since M. d: 1 ' i'! ll !ie. Minister of State, and ( ( -i r.i-ral Rohrikoll'. Governor of Finland, ' i'dl. bul in tlie ten years preceding eight hv:-ds <f Government-; have been i-lain ; and eight attempts have resulted in j iailure. of c(jt>rsc, ah of them are not j to the anarchists—there ire 1 two or three doubtful instance^—but all ii l !'.! haw occurred in Europe and ; iii-a may iairly be laid at the doors <\l ;he anarehi-t*. uic rulers of the : earih mu-{ uni only increase the number ; of l Iwir trust worthy guards. Imt take I care to nnvo litem close around them. , Even I'll-, a« the in-stanoe ot' Alexander j 11. -hows, in a vain protection from the ; t.stal bomb. Probably it E not far from . lh:> I ruth to ailirm that every time a , Km.r unduly evpo.se- him-ejf he is guilly :-d an incitement to murder. Amdher ; It li" tragedy a!f.-rd> i* ;h<> ncd ; I'-r -!r.»n-i and luuritdM;. war < i he the "human vermin." as ' a i :oidt n p.tp-r them. \o ; ijuarter -imtild be oiven I hem. Were this di ne, tfiore would be fewer anarchists :.u-i murder- and attempted noir-