The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-24
REGISTER ON
FIFTH OF JUNE
Going TO Jail viii Not Accomplish
the End That All Rev0lutiOnists
Desire

OF Jhe matter they can but come TO
one conclusion.
The master class are determined
that we shall handle rifles, receive
military training and be drafted to
the front.
The mission of the Socialist Party
is to educate the workers to their
true position in human society. Can
we do this by being thrown into Jail
at this particular time? We say no!
Conscripted men must be educated
just as well as those who are not
conscripted. How then, are we 60
ing to reach the conscripted men
There can only be one answer, be
one of them
AS Socialists we must get control
of the institutions Of capitalism.
And the military institutions is one
of the most important.
The master class has ordained that
those Of us who are of the ages
between 81 and 81 shall become part
of the military machine Of this coun-
try. They propose to place rifles
in our hands and make fighters of
US. Alright, so be it. We may need
those Censored in our business.
All the revolutions throughout his
tory have been accomplished with
the help of military equipment. The
Socialist movement is aiming for a
revolutionary change and if the mas
ter class, whom we are trying to
throw off our backs, desire to arm
us, SO well and good We should
accept. We certainly cannot do any
good in Jail.
There are 10000 conscientious
DIRECTORS in jail in England But
the war still goes on. These 10000
are unable to deliver their message
to the outside world. They are be-
ing tortured by the British autocrats
for refusing to put on the mill
vary uniform. Had these 10000
become part of the military machine
they may have been able to make 10,-
900 more converts and when the
time came to draft them to the front,
they could have (censored). No
good can be accomplished by going
to Jail at the very outset of the
trouble. More good can be accom-
plished by boring right into the
(censored) machine and undermin-
ing its organism.
Let's deliver our message of emani-
caption to the conscripted men in
the camps. Let's get hold of the
(censored) that may be used against
US. Let's get an opportunity to
pick out those who are for US, and
those who are against us, and then
we are certain of being able to ac-
complsh more for the revolution
than we can by talking to four bare
walls in prison cell
If we ever were taught a les
son, the Russian revolution has
taught one. The Soldiers, conscript-
ed from the factory, field and mine,
were the principal factor in the revo-
luton What the rifle said meant
more to the Russian people than
we can realize. A tremendous amount
of revolutionary propaganda must
have been done in the army to OBJ
tain the united action that brought
about the change. And the loyal"
soldiers of the Gar were conspicuous
by their absence. For instance:
Two days after the rebels were in
control of Petrograd, several regi-
ments of 'loyaP soldiers from Fin
land were dispatched to put down
the revolution and retake the city.
The rebels got wind of it and pre-
pared for the expected fight. But
there was no fight, for as soon as
the 'loyal" soldiers saw the red
flags flying in the distance they ar
rested their officers and turned them
over to the rebels A few hours aft
erwards, several Siberian regiments
on sighting Petrograd did the same
thing. What could the officers do;
they were but a few? What could
the eX-government do, they were but
a few?
We know that many of our readers
will disagree with us on these tactics,
but if you are a rebel you will do
your damndest to undermine the sys-
tenn before going to Jail and if need
be, being shot It will be many
months before the conscripted men
will be drafted and that is plenty
of time to undermine their military
(censored). SO our advice is to
stay out of jail, register on the fifth
of June, carry your message into
the military camps, organize your
machine within their machine and
when the time comes, your guns can
speak out with more effect than
your voice from prison cell. The
guns of the enemy can be spiked
their machine demoralized and
autocracy trampled under your feet.