28 SEPTEMBER 1901, Page 15

THE CZAR'S OBJECTS.

rTO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1

Sra,—In your issue of September 21st, p. 380, you say : "The banishment of all suspected Anarchists to an island in the ocean" is a project that "will fail, for neither America nor Great Britain is as yet in a temper to consent." Are you sure of this ? I have been astonished to find how prevalent the idea is among those to whom I have spoken, and how acceptable. Why should not America and Great • Britain consent ? Why should they harbour men whose creed is anarchy and murder ? In such an island as Saghalien they might elect their own rulers, make their own laws, and' ive their own lives. How long would anarchy exist P—I am,