El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-12-02
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BOLSHEVISM
AND REACTION

s ---lH starting in Russia, and now ap
parently advancing through the
Central European countries may eventually reach the
occidental nations, and destroy what rightly not is
called civilized society The utterances of of
public men, warning of the danger, somewhat
like those dismal voices that predicted the downfall of
the Roman Empire and the retrograde of civilization
into that period known History by the of DARK
Ages 1T would therefore, be only pertinent to make
inquiry, though of necessity very hasty into the
meaning of the movement, its causes, and the to
counteract it.
Regardless of the perversion of the original idea-per
version made by the eternal fanatic-Boshevism
to be the bottom nothing but of the several forms
of AnaCchism This doctrine holds to the possibility of
the existence of acephalous human society," but
society like any other organism must of necessity be
provided with directing organ the anarchstic PROPOSE
ton is wholly untenable.
Abuse of authority is what always drives peoples first
to revolt against the actual tyrannizng government and
later in desperation cordial hate Of any and all const
uted authority Authority has been rightly compared
personal perfume which could be naturally eXhaled
by those who posses it. and the popular instinct is such
that if that perfume is not naturally emitted if authority
shows itself by foul only force will be able to hold
the people in restraint till the opportunity to
throw the spurious authority.
Again, society, like any other living organsm is sub
ject to well defined physiological laws When, in
the animal body for instance part falls into ds,se the
member being unnecessary, will eventually disappear.
In the manner human society loses by arophy the
of any of those noble attributes with which intelligent
human beings endowed by Nature. If We for exam
pe should have of tied up for a very long
tfme could not easily regain the of that arm,
should the restriction suddenly disappear. Let not
therefore expect that peoples who have been slaves for
centuries, who to have been willing to delegate
few the thinking faculties that belong to all; let not
expect those people to be able to make use of freedom
when it suddenly The tree of Liberty grows very
slowly indeed though the seed is in the heart of
BY comparing oriental with the occidental peoples
may to perfect understanding of these two
widely different states of society YOnder peoples
continuously Oscillating from tirany to anarchy; they
remain slaves all the time Here peoples who be-
of various circumstances which do not need to be
mentioned now, have been living in comparatively
orderly for centuries and all the time going up
the social SCALE in their reasonable eagerneSs to gain
freedom, as they understand it.
We do not need to go very far east to find example;
Russia will furnish it. Discardng absolute monarchy,
she honestly went in search of nonexstng social form
ua, to her polite and economic body Alas! Like
the NEUROLOGICAL bird from the ashes of the old
tyranny of too much authority sprang the tyranny,
OF no government at all.
As to the other example, any of the occidental
nations will furnish it. Certainly of them have yet
found the sOcopolitcal panacea to their ills; but
in that democratic axiOma the best government Is the
Anarchy and BOlshevism are looking for if their doctrine
recognize the limit between collective and ndi
vidual liberty
We do fear Boshevsm. 1t will be localized to- and
buried in Russia The social constitution of Germany
is good and strong enough act barrier to the
and what is better something good to the
social world at large if only hold on and do not let
ourselves be led into panic by that other of pro-
gress, still worse than Bolshevism: REACTION.
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