17 JULY 1886, Page 3

There appears to be a foundation for the rumour that

Eng- land and America have agreed to a new Treaty of Extradition, under which persons accused of employing dynamite for pur- poses of destruction can be surrendered, even if their motive was political. Lord Rosebery has, of course, assented, and so has President Cleveland, and the Treaty only needs the appro- bation of the Senate, where, however, the dread of the Irish vote may raise some difficulty. The Americans, however, dislike assassins, and the recent occurrences in Chicago have aroused them to the danger arising from murderous attacks upon society. They have evidently decided to put Socialists down, and are desirous to cut off their retreat into Canada, even at the price of annoying the extreme Irish of the States. A Treaty, of course, under the Constitution, overrides any law passed by any individual State of the Union. If the present spirit lasts, it will not be long before the civilised Governments will com- bine to place all who use explosives for destruction on the footing of pirates, and to pursue them through the whole world. They are not really safe even now anywhere except in the United States.