HER PART IN ANARCHY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 3

HER PART IN ANARCHY.

■ The old saying that there is a woman at the bottom;'of every trouble doubtless holds somo truth in.it.At any- rato .it is"seldom that a woman lias not played some part, and usually an inspiring one, in either the great reforms or tho great revolts that happen from time to time, in. the world's history. Anarchism, claims many women for its disciples. Only just recently, according to tho "Daily Mail," serious rioting occurred in Philadelphia, .1000 Russian's and Italians' being led by a beautiful young girl Anarchist, Voltairinc dc-Cleyre by name. Fired by her incendiary eloquence, and shouting- grim words of, denanco" against the authorities, they raised tho banner of anarchism —a huge'flag with a red field and black border—and marched'in procession towards the City Hall. ''You need employment." tho girl's tjirilling voice told them. "The Trusts aro crushing iiyou. You are like cattle. 1 : You bow v your heads and do not resent your wrongs. do not; you be men. ? Show that you are not downtrodden, dogs." , . ' . , , Through tho_ streets the demonstrators marched, -saluting tho red. flag, seizing overy cart and tramway-car they met. Olio'waggon, containing a load of-heavy canes, and another, containing knives, supplied them with weapons which they used vigorously when,-at' tho corner of Broad Street, their progress was suddenly stopped . by 300 mounted police and reserves. ' Instantly a wild fusillade began, and for' half-an-hour pistol shots resounded in tlis Only_ when a scoro of policemen and private citizens had been wounded and a number of the rioters shot was tho'disturb-' anco duelled. ■'To-'cliiy fourteen of tho demonstrators are lying in tho hospitals suffering from bullet wounds. How many moro aro concealing their hurts at home• is not- known./- 'Tho police are patrolling the streets of Philadelphia in large numbers,, prepared to suppress ruthlessly any further outbreaks. ; A'oltairinc de Cleyre will probably bo arrested. Her lifo so far lvads liko one of the Nihilist stories that used to bo so popular with certain readers. She was born in Michigan, and is a young woman of most unusual culture and intelligence, gaining a living' as a'>teacher of music' and languages. ; The Anarchist journals of both Europo and America have.published many of her articles. Only three years ago, a young : man ( a disci.ple of - hers and ardently in love with her, driven to madness and despair with, her constant refusals of him, shot'her' in his madness, ,and for a long tivrfe -her lifo -was despaired of. Though she rcfiise'd W; prosecute, the young-man was sent to prison for seven years. "—Out" of 28,000 textile workers of Konsington, a suburb of Philadelphia. 18,000 art* out of work. Ono ciin . hardly, bo 'surprised. Miat a woman,! young, ardent, tenderhearted, has taken up thoir.?causo when the intense misery and' suffering ••' is •. to.Be 1 seen everywhere ono. looks. . /'■ ' The. women's suffrage movement in America has gained an influential , supporter by the adhesion of Dr. -F. E. Clark, tho founder of the Christian -Endeavour Society;- In' a ,tor. sent t-o a'committee of' tho "Massachusetts Legislature ,'iiow considering • 'tho"subjeqt -Dr.' Clark declares that ho'does not know of any .unanswerable'' argument against women!s. • suffrage, while ho does know a great many arguments; in it's favour. • As he has seen its operation in Now Zealand and other parts oftho world his belief in it has been strengthened. ' On the' same occasion Di\ Huntington, Presidentof 'Boston; University, also supported tho agitation. .. /