The Times of last Saturday published from a correspondent an
interesting review of the proceedings of alien Anarchists in London. It is probable that the authors of the Hounds- ditch murders could be called Anarchists only in a very loose sense. It is likely that they were revolutionaries, but they were practitioners of what is called "expropriation" for their own ends instead of in the interests of a cause. The greatest
days of " expropriation " of robbing private persons on the principle that no one has a right to own anything) came with the Russian Revolution in 1905-8. Blackmail and counterfeiting were everyday events. The better sections of the Anarchists revolted against "expropriation." It destroyed their power. They met in Conference and denounced it. But the expropriators had already enjoyed too much the sweets of enriching themselves in the name of a principle. The condemnation came too late.
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