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THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1919.
GERMANY AND THE CONFERENCE
anybody vested with authority to name delegates to any
thing. As a matter of fact, wc do not know today wnat
Germany is or what territory it comprises. In Bavaria
Hhe element which is just now {administering the affairs
of government is proceeding on the assumption that Ba
v&ria is not a part of Germany, but an independent re
'jj public. In Berlin the factional group which seized the
'3 office when the kaiser ran away and his satellites threw
up their hand9 is uncertain fronv day to day as to its
"3 status. It is not such a government as would be given
credit for an ordinary bill of merchandise by a company
which had regard for its financial welfare, and any dele
'gation appointed by it may at any moment find itself
without a principal, because at any moment the power
which the provisional government wields may be wrested
from it.
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One of the announcements made in Berlin is that
the "government" will now insist on order, and will use
force to compel obedience to its orders.- If that attitude
had been taken at the beginning, when the Bolshevik
element first began to show itself and make its demands,
the situation might have been hopeful. Perhaps-some
thing may be accomplished yet. But it is to be feared
that the German de facto government, like the ^Cerensky
government in Russia, has played with anarchy too long.
Yielding, and compromise, and bargaining have char
acterised the whole course of this administration. What
is needed is an administration by men who rfeally repre
sent the spirit of true democracy, and .^ho will not »e
afraid to back up their authority with all the force
that is required.
WB
NATURAL RESENTMENT
Mayor Hylan, of New York, is finding some difficulty
in filling the ranks of the committee which is being
formed to lake charge of the official welcome to the re
turning saldietfs.'" He will doubtless succeed in getting
enough men ta serve, for men can be found to^act in any
capacity and under any circumstances. But appoint
ments to membership on the committee are being de
clined so fast that it must be something of a task' for
the mayor and his office force to find men of reasonable
prominence in the life of tjie city who will be willing to
accept appointment.
The trouble is not that there is any^ disinclination
to pay honor to the soldiers, but that so many meri to
whom appointments have been tendered feel that it is
a discourtesy tb'the soldiers to have a committee created
tot the purpose of welcoming them headed, by Willianr
R. H. Hearst. Hence, one after another, men promi
nent in the life of the city have declined to serve on
the committee, and have stated the reason for their re
fusal. ..
Through his newspapers Hearst put forth every
possible effort before the war to inflame American sen
timent- against Great Britain, and to create. sentiment
In favor of Germany. After the United States had-en
tered the war his methods were more secretive, but
they yrere characterized' by the same spirit. Whether
he was actuated chiefly by love for Germany of by
hatred'of England does not appear. Nor does it matter.
He was opposed to the war, and out of sympathy with
|j the United States in its participation in the war. He' be
littled the issues for which American soldiers fought,
iad he brought upon .himself the merited resentment
of all who believed in the honesty and sincerity of the
American purposes, and in the cause for which American
soldiers fought.
One is at a loss to decide who merits the greater
contempt, the man who, with characteristic impudence,
proposed to go through the ceremony of welcoming
home tacn who, according to the doctrine which he has
preached, have been engaged in a shameful adventure,
»r the mayor who, in order to pay a political debt, has
made an appointment which is a slap in the face of
tvery Han who wears the uniform of his country.
.. fortunately, there will be a welcome extended to
he, returning troops by really representative men who
iave no cause to be ashamed to look a soldier in the
6sce. An Independent Citizens' committee—of I wllich
Hearst is not a member,^has been formed for this pur-
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I don't know how to tell it, but when
I have sat alone.
In some way he has come to me and
made his presence known
Not in the old familiar way when he
wonld take my hand,
But in a Taney or a thought which I
could understand.
When at life's crossroads I have, stood
and wondered which to take,
And good or ill depended on the
.choice which I should make.
It seems to me that father then has
come to let me know
The way—it he were still on earth—
he'd wish his boy to go.
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Th*t fathers presence every day li
very jslose and, real.
DEMOBILIZATION
WENGLAKD AFTER
rfc PEACE IS SIGNED
JjopMottf Tuesday. JaW 7.-r-(VI«,
Montreal.)—Rueter"s Limited sa^s it,
*-nds a general demobllsation
,, ordered until after th«,
'conference as an efficient army
conungency.
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THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Extreme though many of the recommendations made
by Governor Frazler 'in his message axe, they will Occa
sion no surprise to those who hav$ followed Mr. Fraiier's
career since his first venture into state politics a little
over two y^ara. ago. At that time, practically unknown
outside 6f his own township, he owed his nomination to
no popular demand and no popular recognition of his
merits, ljut solely to the, endorsement of the managers
of the. Nonpartisan league.'*/-' JWhUe the public had no
knowledge of him, it was the getferal impression that he
would be a man of some independence of judgment, in
the light of what has since transpired we must consider
his early forecasts and recommendations with reference
to matters of legislation and state policy to be exceeding
ly moderate. The state was due for a sudden awaken
ing about the time of the legislative session q£-1$17, when
the governor, who had formerly advocated the approach
to state socialism in a gradual and experimental manner.
a!nd through amendments to the state constitution adopt
ed in the usual manner, suddenly came out as the avow
ed advocate of economic policies more revolutionary a»»d,
political processes more drastic than had ever been Pro
posed by the responsible head of a state 'government in
our history.
The governor's attitude now, as indicated in his
message, is entirely consistent with that of two years ago.
There is a little difference in phraseology, and some mat
ters which were not then contentplated are treated in
the present message. But the recommendations made
•th
-how th# sovernor at thta lime bc in
Moreover, we have duties in Europe, ^oo long have
wearied to live a life of isolation. The war has shaken
us into some consciousness of the true situation. It tvais
our business when Siberia was assailed and when Bel
gium was ravaged. First, and in the narrow sense, it
was our business because these things were bound to
create a world situation injurious to our material inter-,
ests. They did actually result In the impairment of our/
trade with many foreign nations, and in the invasion ^f
the rights of travel, and trade, and general intercourse
which are possessed by every free people. Germany's
bandit raid meant actual and immediate danger tosAmer.
lean interests. Therefore it was America's business.
But we were concerned for- & vastly greater reason.
The American nation was established on the great p|in
ciple of human liberty. It had grown and prospered. It
had waxed rich and plowerful. And if America, he'rself
safe and secure, could' stand aloof efad witness unmoved
the destruction of other and weaker .peoples, America
stood condemned as a narrow and selfish nation, with
out understanding of the very, ideals to which she had
professed-to be devoted. Hence we were interested. And
for a similar reason we are now interested in the rehabil.
itation of Russia.
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entire accord w.
the Socialistic program such as is advocated in th* north
west by Townley, Mills, Peterson,, et al, and elsewhere in
this 'country by Berger and his followers, to Say nothing
of the activities of the Socialistic group abroad.
While not specifically urged in words, there is im
plied in the message the recommendation that the legis
lature ratify the seven proposed constitutional amend
ments which were submitted last fall, two of which re
ceived a majority of all the votes cast at the election^
as provided by law, the others failing of this by several
hundred votes each. Without the validation of these
amendments somo of the more important of the present
recommendations could not be carried out, unless the
powers that brf Jhave some other method, as yet unan
nounced, of evading the constitution. Without this the
proposed industrial commission would be without power,
for it could not proceed to the sale of bonds with which
to raise funds for the promotion of the state-owned en
terprises which are urged.
For the present the recommendations for some of
the more important changes in educational and other
boards may be accepited as proposed methods whereby
the control of all these boards and the important duties
to be performed by them may rest securely in the hands
of the league committee in St. Paul, from which point
the state of North Dakota is now -governed.
LETTING GEORGE DO IT
Somebody in congress wants to know how, and why,
and by what authority we are keeping American soldiers
in Russia, and .Senator LaFollette, who emerges occasion
ally from his retirement to emit a yelp, denies emphatic
ally that the Soviet government is pro-German.
The idea seems to be that because there is now' ho
immediate danger of anybody Jjlockadfiig the porlis'iof
the United States, or landing an army on our shores, we
should bring back aiy our soldiers from Europe .instanter,
and if any regulatory or police work is needed abroad,
we should let George do it. We, who are living in tne
western hemisphere, cannot b'e concerned with what gbes
on in Europe.
One feature of the inquiry made is covered in tne
information supplied by the war department, that Amer
ican troops were sentvto Russia to aid in preventing Sup
plies landed by the Allies from falling into the hands of
the Germans. The assertion that the Soviet "govern
ment" is not pro-German has long since been disposed'
of by the production of indisputable evidence that, what
ever may be the attitude of some of the individuals who
consyjtute the present so-called government at Moscow,
that group is dominated absolutely by the Bolsheviki
under the leadership of Trotzky and Lenine, and that
these^men have acted as German agents, have distributed
German funds, and were responsible for the Russian end
of the notorious Brest-Litovsk treaty, which has beeri
repudiated by the civilized powers^
YARDS'
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WITNESS TESTIFIES
Washington. Jan. 9.—Stockyards in
33 cities are controlled by the live big
packers, sixteen jointly by -two or
more of the packers and/seven by one
of them. Chairman Colver of the Fed
eral Trade Commission/ said today in
continuing his testimony before the
House Interstate Commerce Ci
tee «n the administration bill fir
re*-
,the yards or from eonsum
buy meat product*."
In the early* days of the great
European war the board of directors
of The Mother Church, the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,.
Mass., organized and established their
own committees for relief work in
Uie tirar stricken countries of Europe.
The wdrk was conducted without ex
pense to the fund itself, which was
contributed to by Christian Scientists
throughout the United States and
other countries, all workers giving
their time without compensation. The'
activities of thes committees were di
rected more particularly to the re
lief of women and children stricken
through hunger and other forms of
deprivation throughout the different
countries, aid being extended to all
worthy subjects regardless of church
or creed.
:of
possible to all the men In the camps
whether they were Christian Sdiett*
tists or not, and particularly to give
assistance not available at the time or
place through any of the other camp
welfare agencies. The camp workers
found an increasing willingness
among the commanding officers and
surgeons to allow Christian Jcience
literature distributed and treatment
for men who asked for it, and many,
healings are recorded.
many Suggestions and evils ,in- the
body politic, its clear exposition Of
national purposes, duties, and oppor
tunities and its unique woVid service,
was placed daily in nearly all the Y.
M. c. A. huts and camps, libraries
and in many of th* barracks of offl^
,cers and men.
The War Relief ami- Camp Welfare
committees in ^S'ortfi Dakota have
contributed to this fuira the amount
of $1,867.58, up to November 1st,
Thef Hit For Shows
As Soon As They Land.
New York, Jan. 9.—"Some show/"
"Yep, Broadwffy for mine!'|
Veterans of the "big show" over
there and, incidentally, veteran and
vsomewhat blase first nighters, of the
atrical performances given within
hearing of the crash of battle, a fish
erman from Maine and a Kansas
farmer, respectively sergeant and cor
poral in the United States army, were,
"talking it over" as a midnight train
bore them from an" evening's amuse
ment ih New York to a nearby de
barkation camp. :•.
With several score of their ctfm
rades. guests
ot
(he War Camp Com­
1
ulatjng the Racking industry.
"Whelr ownership is to such extent
In lliese yards that it involves con
trol?' declared Mr. Colver.
"Control of stock yards is an im
portant factor -in the domination of
#he fire packers." he said. "The re
latiOhahip is sO clos^ and constant
thaf it wttl be difficult to come to be
Itovf tliat the competition among the
five is not as they would have It seem.
T*»0 yards are extremely profitable.
Theynoney of the packers for tonmenti^ when other br»nches bf thl»
end» must com* from the prodildKt** ^ountryrsslde „o«»nlsat4on, which ,^ls
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munity Service, which hafli' provided
orchestra tickets for a star attraction found ready outlet,
of- the metropolitan dramatic sesson,'
they had enjoyed one of the numerous
features of the welcome to home
coming troops conducted by this or
ganisation. Backed by a fund of
$900,000 appropriated for Its work In
the immediate future in this vicinity,
the War Cajnp has arranged an at
tractive program of entertainment
covering' the months of debarkation
and intended, while giving Evidence
of the country's appreciation of'^Jts
soldiers* sacrifices, to combat
rthe.
to the "hardening" trenches. 4» battle
to rest bll)ets and back into the fight
again—the'Amertokn soldier, the War
Camp directors say, has developed In
an extreme degree t)ie "Where do we
go from here?" habit. Returned to
home soil in the process of demobili
zation. it. Is inevitable, they declare,
that he will chafe oye&0etenti6n at a
debarkation camp. To meet this
situation the organisation proYides
theater
partiep. automobile rides
meals and sleeping aecomhiodatlo#b
Jrff meh on Teave'ih New York, wWle
lor the
barkktld^ hO^tals almost
tainments irp giViii by pUurers. tfoifl
the ieadiiyr Broadway productions,
appearing on professionally equipped
stages in the muds.
The New York War Camp makes
itself felt as a "cheer tip" agency Mr
homeward bound troops ias sobn as
their transport# ente* the harbor, Its
activities cpotfttue- until the returning
upitt star) tor the demobilisation can
to reeeim-#
«f thf 'Unl
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Glimpse of TT.S. embassy at Toklo on day arwdiKicc was signed.
The U. 8. eglbassjr at $»kio, Japan, wis one of the centers o( the celebration staged by the Jips. the
day the armistice, was signed. Japanese',bearing their banners and'American flags called at the embassy and
cheered Ambassador Morris and the country he represents in appreciation of ,the part the U. S. played. The
.ambassador and his force returned the cheers of the crowd.
War Work of the Christian
Science Church
tiro
1911. «The
•Who
-.Later when Owr.Qwn country cajne tis.ts everywhere were .actively en
ijcito the war, the B$fcrd of directors-of ga&ed in tnaking and supplying all'
The Mother Churqjr^establish^d the kinds of knitted garments for our.
Christian Science, Camp'Welfare Com- men in the service through the com
mittee for carrying on the work of forts forwarding committee in Boston?
camp .welfare among the Christian reaching a total of over five hundred
Scientists in the army and navy thou.sand (500,000) articles of cloth
camps of the United States here-and ling and knitted goods up to October
overseas in a systematic and uniform-! 1st. 1918.
manner. For the purpose of co-oj^r- The war work of The Mother
ating with the committee' of The Cjiurch has been made possible by the
Mother Church Camp Welfare 'Com-
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up the task which leads eventually to
the'SoIdiers* hearthsides.
i.^Sotne of the earlier contingents,
greeted as they came up the bay by
the citizens' committee^ aboard a po
lice boat and "by choruses of sirens and
whistles were skeptical regarding the
material side of their welcome.
*"They give us an official 'how-dye-
A' kn^ WA4 Jjk.M A -..i __ AH
do,'—but what does that .get us?/' *as
comrades nodded assent.
Their first moment ashore was one
of enlightenment. The pier was
plaearded with announcements of the
"Community's" weekly vaudeville
show, to which "Your uniform is your
men fopnd War Camp workers wait
ing .for them, circulating information
qpneerntng the organisation's/ numer
ous stations in New York and ar-'
ranging with their officers' for vari
ous types of free entertainment As a
result, the_ soldiers' typical "Let's go"
To-"Keep' "em-Smiling" the
Camp distributed every week a
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9,1919.
WHEN THEX CELEBRATE END OF
rwr*
camps, located the
past summer in this state,, one at the
Agricultural college in Fargo and-one
at the state university, at Grand
Forks were well supplied with Chris
tian Science literature. The commit
tee at Fa'rgo report a high apprecia
tion on the part of the boys *for the
Christian Science Mbpitor supplied to
thV eamp hospital during the recent
epidemic, also the distribution of
Christian Science literature including
several of Mrs. Eddy's writings. A
camp worker In this hospital Reports
many expressions of gratitude from
those
accepted comforting words
of good cheer and experienced the
healing power of Truth through the
understanding of Christian Science.
Iii addition to the war relief and
camp, welfare work. Christian Scieri?
generous)— support .contributed by
mittes were established through or- Christian Scientists and friends which
ganizations perfected in each state may be said to have been supple
'or yie PurPore of providing funds mental to other large war donations.'
states where no campst or canton- The Christian Science war relief fund
ments ar* ljfcstted, to aid those states ha4 up to November 1st. 1918, reach
in which, active work was! carried on ed the sum of $1,275,560.00.
with the aim
being as' helpful as
In addition to, these activities,- re
ligious work was made possible In
both the military and*naval estab
lishments of the United States
through the efforts of Christian Sci
ence chaplains, nine of wliom were
commissioned in the'army and one in
*Var
among
returned troops, along with other
soldiers, sailors and marines Within
th? city's gates, 10,000 tickets for the
best metropolitan shows, many of
tfcem donated by -theater owners it
stages in the port hospitals six or
seven entertainments a week, with
most insidious enemy of army -morale
—loneliness.
-»*9uring a year or mo^T of eoiistaitt
change-of.scene—from ca.ntpnmepfcta
rtransport, to training -camp^ abro*d»i Sight»*eing tours for 300 to $00 tered the city, ncklng and pillaging.
wounded men and it holds scores of |S-nd brow-beating the' people, who
help to ease them back into civil Ufe
after their necessarily restricted ex
istence under military discipline.
This Is the- lighter side of the War
Camp work, which provide
as well as entertainment,
hotel On West Twenty-seventh street
as its center, the ^organisation main
tains a feeding jtnd housing system
6fi:pable of accommodating thousands
^f ipen at a time. At the hotel, which
has 4,500 beds, a man In uniform may
'kfMid the night and have breakfast
at' a cost of 35 to 60 cents. Similar
arrangements prevail at canteens and
smaller stations. throughout the city.
In the aggregate the' War Camp has
sleeping quarters for lO.OOO men, sooh
to be Increased to 16,090 through -a.
^ft trots the: war department of
6,(00 beds.
hundred thousands, with a record
showing only one per cent of failure
to redeem this pledge.
The War Camp Community Service
Is one of the "Big Seven" organiza
tions pushing to promote the welfare
of the fighting men. The work in
•New Ygrk, where $50,000 a week is
expended, is' most important because
At the clty's strategic location in rela
tion both to the home-coming troops
and the sailors who ar« manning their
.transports, but at minor ports, as well
as at inland stations of all branches
of .the army and navj*. the program is
conducted on a scale in keeping.with
the number of, men assembled.
Letters from thousands of mothers,
on fl^e at headquarters, attest the
character. of the War Camp service,
which stands as assurance to the fami
lies, and friends of more than four
million pien in the army and navy,
a majority of whom will be dis
charged within the year, that the time
of waiting will be lightened foft them
with activities that are. antidotes to
homesickness and discontent.
volunteer' ®merSf tt condTcU whir.^M-ig^hr^" oi\^ Tl
"home~-agaln" parties at Which hun- bided their time till the first squad
deeds of girls from the Comrade go-'ronB
nrovidea comfoi^. lwho
At all these- stations a soldier's or
sailor's 'credit is good. If a gtotst says
he ls "broke"Mhe workers 4ake his
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UDINE RESUMES
NORMAL LIFE
the navy. Many letter^ from men "Ijt hood,,-in concord and constant in the
the service and from sufferers who undertaking to resurrect our redeem
haye been relieved bear testimony of er to that end, patiently and inces
the' -effectual work that has%been ac- isantly and Friuli will rise again, and
complished. ('will return worthy to vie with the
Although armed conflicts have other regions of our common
•cettsed, the work of Christian Scien- try."
'lists will be continued and.thecorti-l Such is the program. The'rest of
forts forwarding activities'as well as the paper is devoted to an .account
the war relief work will be increased, the devastation, and the opjVressiVe
These activities include the supplying I acts perpetrated by the eneimy
ot clothing and money to sufferers throughout the province. It also gives
from" the war in foreign countries, facts worthy of praise.
From now on the. work of the Chris
tian 'Science War Relief Committee in
the United States wllj be of, a more
distinctly religious character.
—Christian Science Committee on
Publication for North Dakota.
Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. S, 1919
(By Italia.n-American News Bureau)
Udine. Jan.- 9.—After a little more'
than a year of enemy occupation even
the newspapers which were obliged to
suspend publication till the exodus,
while, tlfe enemy carried off their
plants are reappearing. The old Gior
nale di Florence the Patrla' of the
Friuli merely stopped coming, out but
it Is published again in its old style
with the title bearing ttie legend:.
"Forty-first year, Number lJV An edi
torial -paragraph begins? "W« W-rfr*
among those., who passed the terrible
year in exile. Today, having returned',
after the Sorrow and tears over the
sight of pillage and destruction at the
hands of those accursed, wretches, we
are here to try to ma^e our modest
word heard again. Bound by the sac
red tie of a deeply r.ooted brother
#coun-
The mayor of Getnona. Fantoni was
threaten.ed with internment three
times and once with trial for having
protested in the name of the citizens
against the celebration of the birth
day of EmpecOr Charles I^as some
thing forbidden by, the international
treaties. In spite of^that the muni
cipality had a holiday by order of the
military chiefs but the municipal
palace remained destitute of every
ornament whatever. -.
I4|st Days of Austrian Domination.
The newspaper gives* Interesting
particulars in regard to the last days
of Austrian domination. From the
earliest days in Octo.ber premonitions
were had in Udine of the approaching
decisive conflict To prepare for even
tualities a civic guard was o'rganlzed
of about 150 members. It was under
the comment of a "doughboy," and his RobotnTnd^ two^^scoitin^lieStenl'nts
of the third army. Count Mase di
Montegnano and Count Arb'eno di'
had
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be®»1
EVENING EDITION
un?er
Attimis,"
The two lieutenants descended at
the mouths of the Corno in Friuli in
August with a hydroplane and reach-
pass, and at the caAtonment the ed Udine where they concealed them
selves, in danger of being shot If dis
covered. One worked as a baker the'
other as a mechanic for the Austrian
command. On October 30 when the
hurried retreat of the Austria.™ be
gan even from Udine, Colonel lilanusl
who had been chief of this 'Austrian
police at Trieste, and afterwards wis
transferred to the commknd of the
city, tod district of Udine turned ovec
the duty-of maintaining order to the
.mayor. Count Argnani Martino.-and
fled.
Aostrlaiis Invade City In Retrent.
The city, however, w»s under Aus
trian control, and yras Invaded Uy the
enemy's retreating "Soldiers, when the
mayOr-sentfHo the printer his mani
festo conceriHng.the health of the city
while awaiting the arrival of the na-
oper^ house every 8un-! tional army. He also got ready the trl
toy afternoon a continuous vaudeville color (lag whlOh was raised over the
pertorjnance, to which American and castle on November 3 fty the two avia
Allied^uniforms give admission ititlon lieutenants'already htentioned
provides every„8unday, and whenever arid by Signor Robottl.
possible during the week, automobile Austrian troops that morning en-
01
Mety make merry with the men and ",e Porta Venecia commanded by
Lieutenant Baraglola. The Austrian
garrison was 'taken prisoner and the
arms were used to equip the civil
guard, as well as the Italian soldiers
Italian cavalry appeared at
captured by the enemy,
inme.it* and found themselves suddenly free!
Shots were fired in the streets while
entire battalions' of the etytyiy con
tinued to pour into-Udine -from the
surrounding country, with many" ma
chine guns. They: did nothing more
.than to. leave 3,000,.to 4,000 prisoners
including M. oOo^.
In our hands.
three being xuPJBrt°r in rink. In .the
depots we cSptvred. thousands of^-ri
fles, horse* and canaons.
Btrfia, Ohio. Jan. I.—George W.
Sharp, twin brother of W, G. Sharp,
Ame -lcan ambassador .to France, died
at the hoifie of his mothir, Mrs. M.
Burrell, hers yesterday. Death -was
caused by a paralytic stroke.
Sharp
Quotes
Bolsehviki to
Show Duplicity
t'lish Walling, Socialist author, says ...^
that The nfe thod or cleaning W the
entire situation with regard jo in®
truth of the Bolshevist propaganda Is ..v
to publish the statements of the Bol
shevists themselves which they do not
xhis he proceeds to do, quot^ $
fn^ong1 extracts''from
"the wHtings of
Maxirn G*rky. Trotzky. I^nine fnd
others, including German Socialist*
The article concludes with a defeijM
of the documents recently ifjS"
lie by the Committee on Public Infor
mation, which Mr. Walling says are as
firmly established as the Declaration
of Independence.
,rIn
America the Russian BolshevlKl
are represented as being
In Russia, Lenine and his
lose no occasion to repudiate democ
racy, both in word and deed. Mr.
Walling says. "Our ,.Y'
show that the very basis
ot
vin» consists in the repudiation or
democracy.
"In America the Bolsheviki
represented as having given land to a
landless peasantry in Russia the Bol
sheviki attribute nearly all of their
•troubles to the fact that there has
been very little land (not in peasant
hands before the revolution) to give-—
a fact which will also be demonstrat
ed later by quotation from the BSr*
I
V1
*11
v.
sbeviki themselves.
"jn America the Bolsheviki af®
represented as being pacifists Lenine
and Trotzky have neglected no oppor
tunitv to denounce bourgeois pacifism
and to assert that they are In favor ot s**
a holy war against any and all noa«
Bolshevist governments wherever
such a war has a chance of success.
"In America the Bolsheviki ar# ..
represented as favoring individual lib
erty as beinr'a' 'bourgeois doctrine
and practice.'
"In America Lenine is represented
as being 100 per cent Socialist in
Russia Lenine presents himself as be
ing 100 per cent anti-Socialist that
is. a 'communist', opposed to the So
ciallst International."
•Mr. Walling quotes the following
definition of the new "dictatorship"
made by Lenine and published- in
"The New International," an A meri- T-1
can Bolshevist publication: "Just as
150.000 lordly landowners -under
Czaristn dominated the 130,000,000 of
Russian peasants, so 200,000 members
of tlie Bolshevist party are imposing
their proletarian will on the mass, but
this time in the interest of the lat
ter."
"Nikolai Lenine is the Kaiser, the
pope, and the Karl Marx of the Bol
shevist movement," Mr. Walling says.*
"His doctrines and ukases are abso- ,v
lute. No instance is on record where
his doctrine or authority.has been lm^
pugned. In his works Lenine de
fends not only a dictatorship of- the
proletariat, but a hisjjtly centralized
revolutionary movement with o'ne $
man at the top. Gorky's description
of Lenine, therefore, becomes ex
tremely important. We see him from
the jioint of yiew of the great Russian
Bolshevist writer as a so'rt of Calvin
or l^oyola, a fanatic, a man Who is
willing to. put his theories into effect
regardless nf the cost in human life
and regardless of the-opposition of
the overwhelming- majority of the I
population."
•i. Here is Gorky's description of Len- ,j
iqe as quoted by ^jr- Walling:
!--:"Lenine is onfe of the most remark
able men ot the| Socialist 'Intematlon
al.' He is very intelligent, and 'pos
sesses all the qualities of a 'chief,' in- I
eluding the absolute moral Indiffer
ence which'is often necessary for such
a. part. On occasions he does not lack
a certain sentfmentallsm. but, at the
same time, he has no pity, for the
mass of the people. And he believes
that he has the right to make this
terrible experiment on the Russian
people. Weary of#tho war and-very
unhappy, this people has already paid tk
•for- Lenine's 'experience' with thou-j,
sands and thousands of lives. It-'will^jif
still cost it tens of thousands more.
But this atrocious tragedy never
makes Lenine hesitate, for he 4s the
slave of dogma, and his partisans are
his slaves. »i
"Lenine does not know the people.
But he does know—from his books—-.
how to arouse the,masses ana how to
excite their worst instincts. The
working classes are to Lenine what
minerals are to the metallurgist
Can a Socialist-National State
made *f this mineral? Indeed, no.
and Lenine doubts it. But why not
try What does Lenine risk If the at-/
tempt does not come off?- Nothing -i
much."
I
1st
be
Gorky gives it as his- opinion that -ft A
the Soviets are undermining and de- ?r.r
stroying the working class of Russia, nr*
Referring to the decrees of the "Gov
ernment-of Peoples' Commissioners
Gorky asserts they are no-more than
newspaper feuilletons, "written in wa
ter." For the period of the revolu
tion. up to the time of writing, said
Gorky, 10,000 lynchingq were account
ed for with theft and robbery in
creasing. every day.
Mr. Walling quotes the words of
Oskar Tokoi. formerly Socialist Prime
Minister of Finland, who said that. In
comparison with the entire popula-
tion. "only a small minority supports 1
the government, and, what is worse.
to the supporters ot the government'
are rallying all vthe hooligans, robbera. j,/
and others to whom this period of
confusion promises a good chance of
individual action." .*
Defending the Bolshevist docu
ments issued by the Creel committee,
Mr. Walling declared that he was
personally acquainted with one of the
individuals chiefly.responsible for the
gathering of the documents that the
man was not an official of the United
Spates* government, but one who had '-V
spent, years in Russia, where he -be
cam* thoroughly familiar with the
Russian Socialist movement, includ- \,r
iiig the leaders of the Bolsheviki
After calling the criticism-, of the
documents absurd, Mr. Wallinc as
serted .that "they are just about as
firmly established as the Declination
ot Independence."
Parte, Jan. 9.—United'
toi Robert L. Owen ofjOklahoma, ift
er conferring with the inter^l i?d
financial authorities^here and in Lon-
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EXPANDED FOREIGN
CUftRENa BLAMED
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prevailing in Europe and IE
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currency, and
banks or a
{flserve bank analogous to the
price*
America are due in part- to expanded
fW£iim paper currency, and that
American reserve banks or a foreSm
Tflurve bank analogous to the Am»
Hean system would be highly
makln*
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