Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-14 | Page 17 | Puts Anarchy on a Business Basis

PUTS ANARCHY ON A BUSINESS BASIS Official Session in Franco Outlines Policy After Heated Controversy. PARI3, Sept 13. The orffanlxju-tlon orffanlxju-tlon of anarchy In Franco on a practical basis 13 tho prlnclp&J ro-sult ro-sult oT the Anarchist congress that has Just finished lta sittings In Paris. Several hundred anarchists from every division of Franco took part ln the congress con-gress over which M. Aubln presided. Among tbe noteworthy decisions was that It Is not the business of anarchy to aa-plre aa-plre to political power, "since anarchy's aim Is destruction." A violent quarrel arose between the oommunlstlc and Individualists Indi-vidualists anarchists, so that for a time It appeared that tho congTesa would com to no conclusions whatevor. Tho Individualists Indi-vidualists were In a minority and they were finally oxcommunlcated by the communists, com-munists, who contlnuod tho congress alone. They adopted those principles: 1. Anti-parllamentarlanlsm. 2. Antl-mllltarlsm. 3. Syndicalism, provisionally, pending the attainment of absolute freedom "by revolution. 4. The necessity of preparing for thw revolution by Hhort, violent strikes. 6. All the means of production should be held ln common, but how this Bhnll be obtained la a subject for future inquiry. in-quiry. Boned upon these principles an elaborate elab-orate plan was adopted for organizing Bectional anarchist oocletlos throughout the country. Anarchists affirm that the prooent oon-ercus oon-ercus la a far step ln tho evolution of their doctrines, and that anarchism has ceased to be a romantic Individualist aspiration as-piration in France.