Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

in any greater degree than We do the
russian, German or English flags, or
that of any other capitalist or feudal
nation. To be absolutely direct we pro-
pose the entire overthrow of the gov
eminent of the United States and to es-
tablish an Industrial republic. AS an
international organization We have chos-
en- a fag-a blood-red banner, symbolic
of the common ichor of the aspiring
human heart. To it alone are we loyal.
THE man who wrote that red flag
screed also wrote the following para
graph of a memorial to President Wilson,
calling upon him to join them in blaming
Secretary Daniels for the recent Seattle
riots:
Second, that no one of us. or any
one in the name of the socialist party.
has ever advocated done. attempted, or
even remotely dreamed of any act OF
dissertation TO the flag of the United
States or any emblem or insignia thereof.
Now the particular socialist leader
who wrote these two widely differing
paragraphs is a sympathizer with the
l. w Notwithstanding the fact that
the socialist party disclaims this vicious
organization. He has read the 1. w. w.
book of tactics. which authorizes its
members to lie or perjure themselves as
occasion requires-to pay no regard to
any oath which the courts may force
them to take.
do you wonder that out IN the north
west the immigration authorities have
decided that If foreigner seeking citi-
zenship admits having taken the /. w. w.
oath and signed it's constitution his
declaration to support the Constitution
of the United States is worthless.
THE socialists of both the red and yell
low branches are very anxious to get
the !. ". w. members into citizenship
and make voters out of them. but | re-
greet to say that a very large number, al
though wanting the voting privilege, pre-
than that Of the United States. This is
the result of vicious, violent, revolution
airy street speaking, carried on under
demand for free speech
THE leaders of the /. W. W. and of the
red faction of the socialist party. insist
that free speech means free license to
preach treason and revolution: to de-
nounce the army and navy; to call sol
diers and sailors insulting, humiiiating
names they pass the street corners,
where the soap boxers hold forth.
Nearly all of the l. W. W. strikes and
riots in the west-Seattle, Denver Spo-
kane, Portland, San Diego and elsewhere
have been preceded by free speech
demonstrations, which the civil authori-
ties have been pressed to limit. and
fight brought on. The street speakers are
given an inch and take an ell-invite ar
rest want their members to become
martyrs try to get them beaten up, SO
that a great appeal for sympathy can
be made. and men urged to become men,
bers of the 1. w. W., of the more mod
crate socialist party.
"A free speech riot is a sort of red
flag revival. in which workingmen are
drawn to the movement. urged to pay
dues and subscribe to socialist:c books
and newspapers. These exist in great
number and each proclainls some one OF
the fifty-seven' varieties of socialism to
be the only simon-pure brand, which will
guarantee the real universal brother
hood-always excepting the Chinese the
Japanese and the Hindoos. have never