“You are looking at this thing from the standpoint of the present system of society. It is impossible for any of you gentleman, if you are not Socialists and don’t understand what Socialism is, to get at the idea at all as to how things are run. You have to look at it from the standpoint of Socialism.”
“Your idea is to have society without any law?”
“The Government is only for the oppression of people. We would have to organize for some purposes.”
“Supposing this Government should get something in its mails that you would happen to want, should you have a right to take it?”
“No, sir.”
“Suppose you did take it, what would be done with you?”
“No man is supposed to take anything that does not belong to him.”
“You would have law to punish people, wouldn’t you?”
“No, sir.”
Being asked if he had seen about the Arbeiter-Zeitung office any implements of warfare, Lizius answered in the negative—not even pistols or anything of that kind.