No. 408.
Mr. Cramer to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

No. 126.]

Sir: It may perhaps be of interest to the Department to learn that the Swiss Federal Council has issued an order, under date of March 22, 1884, by virtue of which four so-called Anarchists have been or will be expelled from Switzerland.

It is known that during the past few months fearful crimes have been committed in Austria and Germany; that two men, Hermann Stellmacher and Anton Kammerer, have been arrested in Vienna under indictment of having committed some of these crimes; that these two men have, during the past few years, been frequently domiciled in Switzerland, and that they, in their nefarious business of rendering life and property in Austria and Germany insecure, have been maintaining active personal relations with the following named four foreigners, now residing in Switzerland, namely: Frederick Philip Kennel, from Bavaria; Maurice Schulze, from Prussia; Karl Falk, from Steiermark; and Mathias Lissa, from Bohemia.

The Swiss Federal Council, in view of the fact “that the public safety in Germany and Austria is endangered” by anarchists, who have committed crimes above referred to, and in virtue of the authority vested in them by article 70 of the federal constitution, which reads, “The confederation has the authority to expel from its territory foreigners who endanger the internal or external safety thereof,” have decreed that the above-named four foreigners shall be expelled from Swiss territory.

It appears from the press that this action of the Federal Council is generally approved by the public.

I have, &c.,

M. J. CRAMER.