Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-20
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Nv. do not forbid the entry into the
Sountry Of many books of socialistic
eo .,nre. It is not we who agitate
a,nonRst the various classes of socie-
.. The agitation arises without our
~ W, # is not we who made the class
ner and they are not zone whole" and
..h one interest. AS many as there
IN society different groups of in
.h.tants with different means of ex-
.",erce so many are there different in
....s+s which are in no way mutual.
M. ncasants and workmen have one
.n,srest the labor employers and land
owners have others. We social Demo-
orats support the interests of the
.rorking classes. 1t is our task to try
=. ,earn the needs of the people, and
.,,o N learn how they can be fulfilled.
re- Socialists find that in society there
ought not to exist any exploitation on
one mart Of the population by the 9TH
~ and that all the means of produce
zion such as workshops. factories and
tho land. ought not to belong to indi-
,.duals. but to society at large and
.honld always be under the control
and management of the people. Such
= mr. anal ideal which means peace on
-. face Of the earth and for the peO-
nIe thereof. All the rest of our tasks
a-o In strict accordance with this ideal.
uis our leading star. Our present task
10 consider to be to arrange that the
.vn,oitatiOn of the wOrkmen by the
.mrlovers and the inhabitants in gem
.r.I nv the state should be as small as
possible.
We come to the people with
our neace ideals and present them
IN such a manner that they can see
,beIr hest interests, and teach them to
find for themselves the best means of
aphtirg for those ideals. Without us
there were strikes accompanied by the
hraking of machines, and also with
mt us there existed disorders during
which landlords were killed. We try
AZ much as possible to keep the work.
men and peasants from using force,
and to teach them to fight for their
ideals in peaceful way. The trouble
does not come from what we teach the
people. but from the fact that they
are In totally different position be-
fore the law to the land owners and
labor employers. The exploitation is
protccted by the law. and the fight
Ing against exploitation is to fight
against the laws. We Socialists do not
insist on the people taking our views.
We only want to tell them the truth.
The means by which we agitate are of
peaceful character. We express our
views by means of the press and by
means Of speech. We hate and despise
all kinds of violence. We are certain
that to struggle against 4 conviction
"a useless. as you can fight it as much
az you like. cruelty it. wipe off the
face Of the world it's originatOrs, but
II will always arise again, stronger
than before.
"Our relations to the state are in
reality indifferent. If only the people
had the right to talk freely and fight
for their own interests, and We're these
rights not taken away from the SOci-
alists Where the public and declared
Socialists have that right equally the
conditions Of the states do not suffer
from the Socialistic propaganda, but
there also. of course. the rich cry out
dNdIlist lflc ST. uSS VI TIC litCiioi
enemies Of the country"
"Some factions of the German So
cialists so much hate the word "revO-
luton that they try to do away with
it. declaring this conception as a pre-
iudice Of the events of by-gone times
Lucky are the German Socialists.
'Is 1t our fault if we Russian Social
lists are forced to become revolution
lists? All our efforts ut peaceful ac-
tivity are met with persecution on the
part Of the state. There was a time ir
the nineties when many of the Social
istic fractions abstained from talking
with the wOrkmen on politics. These
were merely Economists" and did no,
leave the narrow limits of the work
mems needs. However. for their work
they were also declared state crimi-
nails.
Russian Socialists have learned by
experience that the right of speaking
ones mind freely is not to be had II
the Russian empire. Consequently. to-
gether with their aims the Russian So
cialists have made it their duty to tr,
to attain such conditions in the EN-.
b"C ~ VIII Iildkt IL IoSSipiS W e''''
and write freely in accordance will
individual views.
Such right is not only dear to VI
socialists, but also for the world o.
russian. Even il we Socialists did no
exist the need would nevertheless eX'
ISL. Social opinion has no adequate
means Of making itself heard in Rus
s'ii. That which the Russian pres!
speaks of daily cannot be called ar
expression of Russian social opinion
oecause only one party can talk free
". and so freely that II becomes FOL
intelligent people joke. or the Rus
san social opinion one can judge onl!
oy those occurrences where the pres
subject to punishment. Social opin
ION yearns for freedom to speak o
tnose questions which are forbidden Il
me press. Social opinion speaks elo
quently in those cases where the news
papers are blackened out by the cen
COR. when they are stopped, and whe1
Mey are subjected to reprimand ant
hha!ly suppressed. The Russian socia
oplnion objects when the president!
the Zemstvo towns at the meeting.
iorbid the speakers to treat vital ques
IONS In accordance with their views
shc opinions. Russian social opinion
only free when il is handcufed ant