New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-28
Clergyman to Organize Nation
al Campaign Against II.
CALLS ITS DOCTRINES ANARCHY
Rev. ]. Wesley Hill of New York Claims
American Institutions Could Not Toll
crate Principles of Socialism, Which
He Terms Atheistic-WiII Not Lead
"Pussy Footed" Attack.

ley Hill has been faying the Socialists
before his congregations at the Met
ropolitan temple, in New York city,
which is given over to the work of the
Methodist Social union, and now his
flock have come to the conclusion that
the faying ought to be extended from
q civic to national basis. AS con-
sequence they have passed resolu-
ton authorizing their spiritual leader
to call national anti-socialistic con
vention
The Rev. Mr.. Hill says he is glad
they did this and that henceforth the
work will engage his whole attention.
He hopes to bring together in his
proposed convention representatives
of universities, seminaries, Sunday
schools, trades unions, organized reli-
gion and sociologists.
To Be Fought Aggressively.
Sitting in his study the other day,
the Rev. Mr.. Hill discussed the consid-
erations that move him to devote his
next few years to leading a vigorous
assault upon socialism
We are going after socialism and
are going after it aggressively. There
are some very foolish ministers Of the
gospel in this country. They have the
hardihood to speak Of Christian so
.cialism,' and some Of them even have
adopted it as such. l want them to
know-and they must learn it-that
socialism attacks the very fundamen-
tai principles of Christian religion. AS
we'll talk Of Christian free love or
Christian atheism as of Christian So
cialism. Rather class socialism where
1t Of right belongs-with anarchism,
with Mormonism and with atheism
It was suggested to the prime mover
In the proposed crusade that some
folks were having rather a consider
able problem Of fixing upon an exact
definition of socialism.
What Socialism Really Is.
It'll tell you exactly what it isl he
answered. ct is an irreconcilable enc
my of the existing civic and social or
der. Its program is confscation- that
is, the municipalization or Nationalist
ton Of all capital. 1t wants to break
abruptly with history. It denies the
fundamental truths Of evolution It
sees in revolution it's chief and, in
fact, it's only practicable weapon. I
don't want to lead a pussy footed at
tack on such an institution, for it's
very spirit is misanthropic and pessi-
mistic. It goes to the poor and unfortu-
nate, the unadapted and discontinued,
and strives to make them still more
discontented than they are.
1.-THE socialistic movement is perme-
ated with discomfort and class hatred.
The leaders present a disheartening
picture Of life to the toiler, striving to
poison his mind against the employer
by picturing him as vampire feeding
upon the lifeblood of his helpless vic
tins. AS it is there are Socialist Sun
day schools being organized where the
spirit of revolution is instilled into the
minds of children. In this movement
there is subtle attack on our schools.
''And then take the propaganda fun
damentally. 1t wants to place sort
of paternalism above the heads of all
men, making them subservient to it.
AS if man wasn't here before his in
stitutons, he creating them and not
they creating him, they overlook this
fundamental fact of Gods law Of Gre
alton, and they attack the primary ele-
ment of progressive preservation of
Individual initiative.
"And the Christian ministers may
well be aroused at this time. for so.
cialism is preaching everywhere that
the churches are paid servants of cap.
ttalism. In fact, the destruction of the
churches is one of the prime objects of
socialism.
.sThe hope Of the proposed confer
ence is that it shall be able to unfur]
a danger signal against fostering this
propaganda, saturated as it is in the
philosophy Of confscation. We shall
| organize branches in every state and
shall center our work at first in an
extensive press and publicity bureau
No Socialism For America.
The Rev. Mr.. Hills attention was
called to the fact that in Europe Sam
uel Gompers was styled a Socialist
during his visit there last summer
while here he is known as trades un
iOnist.
| "And the reason for that is very
{ clear he suggested. Socialism is moi
!, indigenous to the soil Of America. Il
was not born to fight our institutions
but those ia dark, tyrannical coun
tries where the freedom of man car
be attained in no other way. On oul
eity's east side, for instance, the i'm
migrants are often recruited from Rus
STA, where to be a Socialist means tt
oppose the tyrannical car. An Amer
lean Socialist, meeting these new immi
grants, comes well indorsed. He finds
1t easy to weave about them his sub
/ tie web OF just such opposition to oul
democratic government and our fal
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