ANARCHIST OUTRAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 169, 17 July 1894, Page 5

ANARCHIST OUTRAGES.

THE f°ry of tho Anarcn- Bkß at Presenfc appears to be concentrated on Prance, and •ur cable budget during bhe lasb few days ,bow» tbe desperate lengths to which these ,ODB of murder are prepared to go. One hardly knowa whether to marvel more a tbe wholesale destruction contemplated in their latest nefarious echemes or afc the fil_Qo_b miraculous manner in which thoso |C ;,e-»e- have been frustrated. It is a sign •{'tbe vigilance thab ia being exercised ff hen the Scotland Yard authorities were able to trace the ramifications of a vast plot anA I to warn the French authorities of the ?_t.ntion of the Anarchists to destroy by Hvnamite simultaneously the Gbu__ber of rienubies, the Bourse, and other principal Lildings in the capital. It is no wonder that the Parisians are wild with excitement, _„d that the air is full oi rumours of im.ending disaster. One report states thab Anarchists are watching for an opportunity fo assassinate the new President, and another that his wife, Madame Perier, is in danger of being kidnapped. Many ot these ruto-urs may be groundless, bub the actual plots discovored are calculated to excite the gravest apprehension. Of the existence of a plot to blow up the great arsenal >t Toulon thore is unfortunately no doubt, and the cold-blooded manner in which the conspirators set aboob the destruction of an ironclad that was being launched evinces a canton disregard of human life that is truly appalling. If the diabolical intention of the murderous squadron had been carried and they had succeeded in upsetting the barningvessel, a frightful loss of life must have enaued. Our latest advices state that in France ib is considered essential to entirely suppress tho Anaichist propaganda. The question is : How ia it to be done ? Impriaonmentisuseless, ancl theauthoritiescan hardly order a general massacre ot suspects in the St. Bartholomew style. Some efforts have already been made to induce the Greab Powers to deal with Anarchism by international compacb, The European nations have a common interest in the suppression of these outrages, and an international conero.s mighb po-Bibly get at the causes of these wild outbreak?, but unless men can be broughb to a better mind repressive measures aro nob likely to be fully effective in circumventing the desperate men who, with blind fury, are benb on overthrowing the existing social sysbom. A cable message this afternoon states thab 3,000 Anarchists have been arrestod in Italy, which is the bobbed of anarchy, and tbe vigorous measures adopted by the t»o----vernment in suppressing the propagandism ©f assassination have tilled the gaols.