ANARCHISM IN WAIHI.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3597, 9 August 1912, Page 5

ANARCHISM IN WAIHI.

PREACHER OF A DEVILISH DOCTRINE.

“DO AS MUCH DAMAGE TO YOUR EMPLOYERS AS POSSIBLE.” LAW TO BE SET IN MOTION. By Telegraph—Special Correspondent WELLINGTON, August 8. The anarchistic teaching of a lecturer in Waihi has attracted the attention of Parliament, and the Minister for Labor has taken steps to protect the community from this injurious influence. Published in Wellington this morning was the report of an interview telegraphed from Christchurch, in which a recent visitor to Waihi stated that there is at present in Waihi an American, a member of the- Industrial Workers of the The World, who, at classes for men and children, was teaching “ a devilish doctrine.” The! lecturer advised the men to work only when the employers were watching thin, and to “take it easy” at all other times. Those who ware Working amongst machinery he advised to carry emery powder about with them and drop it into the bearings, with the object of grinding the parts of .the machinery. He also advised them to drop a chisel into the machine as often as possible to rip the cogs off the cog wheels. A plug, of dynamite was a useful adjunct to their work, the lecturer stated, and it was to their interests to do as much damage as possible to their employers’ property. The article was read in the House by Mr Harris (Waitemata), who asked the Prime Minister whether the immigration laws could he amended so that the authorities could deport aliens of this description who preached such sedition. “I can hardly believe . such statements to be correct,” replied Mr Massey. “I have referred the matter to the Crown law officers for report as to whether the law meets the case. If the law will meet the case and the allegation can be proved—l am referring "to the alleged inciting of the men to damage property—then it will be set in motion and enforced to the very letter. (Members: “Hear, hear.’ ) If the law will not meet the case Parliament- will be asJketl before tbo Session ends to amend it so that it will. (“Hear, hear.”)