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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
A S CIVILIZED mankind stands
a appalled, and fascinated by the

A S CIVILIZED mankind stanos
n appalled, and fascinated by ,ne {,
new, strange appar'tion cal'eo
"Bolshevik" and cannot make up us
mind whether it is carcatured anger
or an idealized devil, all seem to be Il
unit upon the proposition that Bolshe-
vism is the last word Cf mans radical
thought and action, the climax to all
that the restless mind of progressive
humanity has devised to hasten the
advent Of it's final delivery.
And strange and unbelievable as 1t
may appear, it is still fact that not
only are the Bolsheviki far from being
the expression of history's last wish,
but that they are even ignorant of
their own mission; that they work
against themselves and for their own
destruction, that their message is a
message not of revolution but Of re-
action, that instead of bringing their
country to it's social salvation, they
arc wheeling history back to the apes
AS authorities, l shall quote the Boil
sheviki themselves, their prophets, then
bible. As proof, | shall rely upon the
doctrines Of their teachers, upon the
teachings of their own doctrines, which
they proclaim to be their science.
"The history of all hitherto existing
society is history of class struggles.
With this pronunciamento of the
First Canon of the Socialist Credo,
Karl Marx starts his Communist Mani
festo, which even to-day stands as the
Evangel of Revolution and Truth for
all the faithful followers, Lenine and
Trotzky included.
But declaring the history of man
kind and consequently the progress OF
society to be a result OF class struggle.
the teacher of Russian Bolshevism and
founder Of modern Socialism, Marx,
comedies that not every kind of class
struggle is revolutionary, or even
progressive. In his selfsame "mani-
fcsto" he declares that while the war
of one class Of society against an
other brings sometimes "a revolution
ary reconstruction of society,"" it may
also end in a Common ruin of the con-
tending classes"
The history of the Roman Empire is
one Of many instances where class
struggle did bring about common
ruin of the contending classes"
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which he tells of the trying and dis
couraging experiences which he and his
fellow workers had gone through in
connection with the establishment OF
the colony of "Rishon lie Zion" ("The
First in ZionD, which was founded in
1882 on the Biblical site of En- -Hak-
kore, the scene of one of Samson's ex-
ploits, about an hour and a half's jour
ncy southeast of Jaffa. Intensely
early privations and terrible struggles
OF the first colonists, and most pa
thetic is the incident in which the
writer relates Of the JOY which stirred
the whole settlement when the colo
nlsts, after long and painful attempts
to build the first we'll, boring deep into
the rocky surface, at last struck water.
The great news spread like wldfre,
and around the we'll all the inhabitants
OF the colony, men, women and chill
dren, assembled, and. dancing for JOY.
alternately sang and wept Before
ceparting for Palestine young Bel
kind went to take leave of a fellow
student at the Russian gymnasium, 4
young Pole.
"Do you remember, Karolka," he said,
"our dreams of long ago."
"What dreams ?" asked his fellow STU
dent
Our dreams of restoring Poland and
Palestine at the same time"
"Ah, but our dreams have come to
naught," said Karolka.
Il am going to PALESTINE" said Bel
kind.
The young Pole stood as if pctrifed,
and both suddenly realized as never
before the fatality of giving up hope.
Mr.. Belklnd and his companions never
gave up hope, and after the hardships
and phniul efforts of years "Rishon lie
ZION is the largest and most flourish
ing colony in PALESTINE Petach Tikvah
gIhe Gate of Hopel had earlier been
founded by. Palestinian Jews, whose al
most continual communal life gave
evidence that some Jews remained liv-
ing, in Palestine throughout history,
and Zichron Jacob (The Memorial of
Jacob, Rechoboth Akron. Metullah,
Chcderah, Rosh Pinah, Yesod HamaalcE
were other colonies which rose one
after another. and made the Judaan
hills and wales rcsound again with
Jewish speech, song and cries, and, in
those days, but rarely with laughter.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Revolution Must
ulhl History

Such is the dictum of all the teach
ers of modern socialism, that a revolu-
ton does not mean the beheading of a
ruler, and a social revolution does not
come after the heheading of a ruling
class. That if a revolution in quest of
new forms and ideas fails to grasp the
significance and consequence of the old
institutions and habits, and, cutting
itself loose from the past. abandons
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How the First
Colonies Fared

Israel Belkind. scholar and educator,
who was among the organizers of the
"BlIu,' which was first founded in
Charkow, and who is now sojourning
IN this country. has just written little
pook. "Ihe First Steps in Palestinian
Colonlzauon,' published in Yiddish. in
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which was fast embracing all Jewish
communities of the world, the cduca-
tional system of the Palcstinian jews
was enlarged and perfected, unique
cultural institutions were established
and Jews everywhere pointed with
pride to the Bazclal School Of Arts and
Crafts at Jerusalem, the Hebrew High
School at Jatfc, the Hebrew National
Library, the Organization Of Jewish
Teachers and other institutions.
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about deserts and unproductiveness
have undergone fundamental changes.
The belt of worthless agricultural
lands around the real deserts has been
gradually reduced and wonderful crops
are raised on lands which few decades
ago were looked upon as utterly un-
promising. In the development of dry
farming Palestnian Jewish agrono-
mists have had their share, and in the
tion in Palestine methods specially
adapted to that country have been
worked out and have been productive
Of good results.
Geographical Society Dr.. 3. W. G.
Masterman described the promising
possibilities Of Palestine from the
point of view of stock breeding and
tillage of the soil and indicated how
the ancient fertility Of the land may
easily be restored. Before him other
experts have expressed opinions SINH
larly favorable, and the opinions were
fully borne out by the progress Of the
first colonists who supplied consular
reports with figures Of the increase Of
production and statistics of exports
which made the dry facts more elo-
quent than the most fcrvid peroratons
of Zionist orators. But the opinions of
modern agricultural experts had not
yet been written when the first cm-
grants embarked for Palestine, nor
were these pioneers persuaded by the
ancient promises Of "thc land flowing
with milk and honey"
1t was rather the hunger of the Jew
ish soul that they sought to satisfy; it
was for the fulfilment of Jewish proph-
ecy of the conquest of the spirit over
degrading materialism and brutality,
the freedom to give new expression to
, Jewish moral values, that they yearned
and changing events having stirred
them from their torpor. they reused
themselves to realization Of their
national consciousness and TO make
desperate effort to regain their dig
nifty, thus starting the colonization
movement which writer in "The Lon
don Times" has called "the most dar-
ing in history"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Possibilities
OF Restored Zion

Having followed the trend of the
story of the persistence of the hope
for return from the very first days of
the exile; the strange migration of an
idea pursuing the footsteps of the Jew
lsh wanderer from land to land; the
rise in various lands of early advo-
Gates of the Zionist idea, and the spe-
cial interest shown from generations
back by the English nation and her
writer's and statesmen, and subsequent-
ly the practical form of organization
and immense impetus given to the ideal
by DR.. Herzl-having followed these
developments as sketched in the preyi-
Gus articles, the reader will ask what
exactly are the concrete possibilities
Of this land which has been the object
of such tenderly cherished desires, and
what has already been done in the way
of practical work to translate the
dream of Zion into reality? 1t is for
scientists to answer the first question,
and the answer to the second is found
in the growth of the forty-four crst-
while fourishing colonies.
Necessarily this statement has to be
qualified by the word "crstwh;'c," for
the war has wrought its havoc among
the pioneer Palestinian settlements,
and much of what was built up in The
course of q quarter Of century has
been demolished in two and one half
years Of the war, large numbers of
settlers having been driven from their
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homes and many of the plantations
having been ruined; but under the
protective occupation of the British
forces the work of repatriation and
reparation has already been begun, and
with the new stimulus that it is ex-
pected will now be given to the re-
building of the Jewish homeland the
damage done will soon be made good
and the efforts at reconstruction great
ly strengthened and multiplied.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Socialism Would
Control Industry

Marx, Engels, Kautsky, Liebknecht,
bernstein, Bcbel and all others, not ex-
ceptlng Lenine and Trotzky themselves,
nave been picturing the passing Of capi-
tallsm and the advent Of socialism in
the manner following, to wit:
The present system of production
concentrates capital in the hands of a
1ew' eliminating gradually the small
producer, the small trader, the middle
man and the farmer; it places the en-
tire wealth OF the nation in the hands
OF few trusts and monopolies, or in
eAVldual eXploiters, throwing the rest
OF the nation in condition of eco
homIc, social and political dependence.
While these masters of the nation
otherwise known as the captains of
industry, are ruling with an iron heart
all the men and women of the country
VINO are their wage slaves, on the other
hand they organize the resources of
the country and bring it to- state of
efficiency and perfection unattainable
by the scattered efforts of the individ-
cal small producers.
They, these leaders of our Industries
crushing down every opposition, ex-
tlnguishlng every form of competition
and individual endeavor, increase the
wealth of the nation to immeasurable
degrees, turning at the same time the
entire production of the country into
one collective effort of the race. into
one huge social function of mankind.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Wealth Must Come
Before Socialism

Now then, what, according to this
theory, is necessary to be done to
bring about the Socialist panacea, the
realization of the Bolshevist ideal?
First and above all, the DEVELOPMENT
of capitalist system; the growth and
perfection of large capitalist enter
prises; a highly developed system of
production, exchange and communica-
ton; the most perfectly organized and
concentrated system of capitalist in
dustries; accumulated wealth in a form
to create moro wealth.
Which means that before we are in
a position to take up ''the general
1iquida ation" of capitalism we must
permit it to develop a sufficient vol
ume of capitalist business to ''liqui-
date" We must let the bourgeoisie
absorb sufficient wealth before we get
in position to "eXpropriate" it. Be
fore a society may become commu-
nlstlc there must be something tan
glble to practise communism.
To make it perfectly clear: Before
our good Tavarshi set out for the
great divide" there must be something
prepared to diuidc.
And here We come to the most brutal
reality in the path of the Bolshevist
millennium.
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distribution of Wealth
The Thing Struck AT

The misery of society. according to
this philosophy, is not in this con-
centration and organization of effort,
which, 1T is conceded. is the creates t
historical task performed by capital
Ism; but IN the inconsistency, in the
antagonism between the form of capt
tailst production of wealth. which is
through and through social, and the
capitalist distribution Of wealth, which
Is through and through priuate.
When the distribution or division of
society's wealth shall become as social
as its production the property will
cease to be the property of private
concerns or individuals, it will be-
come the common possession of society,
and the present antagonism between
classes will disappear. every member
OF the community becoming an equal
partner in the joint ownership of the
industries by the nation.
And this, say the Socialists, means
socialism. And this, say Bolshevists
means BolsheviSm
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Crops, Stock Breeding
And Tillage

It is pointed out that modern scen-
titic agriculture having seen its be-
ginnings in humid and temperate parts
of Europe, it has taken long time
for European agronomists to realize
the reasons why all thcSncicnt nations
which have distinguished themselves
in history have developed chiefly as
agricultural nations, and states in the
arid and semi-arid regions, in coun-
tries and under skies and cimcs which
are to oday considered more or less like
deserts. 1t was not until tho people of
the United States had to grapple with
the difficulties of successfully cstab-
fishing agricultural settlements in
Utah, Texas, Arizona and California
that the problem of dry farming was
scientifically approached. and it is only
in the last decade that the experience
gathered in this country, in Northern
Africa and in Palestine was brought
before congresses Of delegates inter
ested in dry farming. With new
methods devised old methods rcdis-
covered and perfected. our notions
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Primarily the
Country Of the Vine

"The products of Palestine are noted
for quality. Not only are the indig-
enous agricultural products of unsur-
passed quality, but the soil and climate
OF Palestine seem specially endowed
with the faculty of imparting high
quality to its most recent introductions
or adaptations. The Jatfa orange is of
unsurpassed quality and fetches top
prices in English and other markets;
Falestlnlan tomatoes, as soon as they
appear on the markets of Marseilles,
cause a drop of prices of all home
grown tomatoes. even those of the
Golden Riviera. Haifa sesame is the
highest priced sesame in Marseilles
and in Hamburg; and SO on.
Palestine is the country of the vine.
More than sixty local Palestine varie-
ties of grapes have been already col
lected at the Jewish Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station near Haifa. For
nearly ten years more than 1900 Va
rieties of table grapes, from practi-
cally all over the world, have been ex-
perimented with at the Federal govern
ment experiment stations of Cali
fornia. Out of these varieties one
white and one black variety have been
found to be the best. The white va
riety, the so-called 'Dattier dc Bcy-
routh,' the black, the so-called Purple
Damascus two Northern Palcstinian
varieties, by far not the best, which
happens by mere chance and not by
careful elimination or selection, to be
introduced into California.
"Palestnian hard wheat is highly
rated on Italian and French markets
for the macaroni industry. The higher
the percentage of gluten the lower the
percentage of water and the better
the macaroni wheat, and the United
States Department of Agriculture has
officially acknowledged that there are
"a considerable number of economic
plants indigenous to Palestine, more
particularly cereals that are considered
worthy of introduction into the United
States, the very close similarity of the
natural conditions of Palestine to
California and the adjacent states of
the Southwest being pointed OUT"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Red Russia's Black Reaction
Bolsheviki Depart From Principles of Socialism and
Head for Disaster
BY Louis E. Miller
Leading Side erandpu
BY Louis E. Miller

Leading East Side Writer and Publicist
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I ca Z y III Ut
millennium.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Author ~ Tho piscourscs OF KeidanslSy.'' later
ary Editor OF Tho Maccabaan Magazine aud
Executive Secretary OF the American jewish
Congress-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-06-14
COVERT

Claude Burrows and family OF
Indiana were here last week, bring
| ing with them the remains of their
little daughter for burial in Covert
cemetery.
Elmer Winderbough and family
who have been in Battle Creek since
March, have returned to Covert.
Mrs. A. w. Shannon and Mrs.
Reed attended the State convention.
Master Nelson DeLano has been
visiting in Grand Junction and Bloom
ingdale the past week.
The marriage of Miss Mae Jensen
and Ira Webster occurred last week
at the home of the brides parents in
Almena. Orion Reed came from
Camp Custer to attend. Mr.. Reed
and Miss Estelle Miller attended the
bride and groom.
l.. H. Davis and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Schallhorn of
Grand Junction visited at the f. w.
DeLano home last week.
Tine Hardy celebrated his seventy
fourth birthday last Sunday, assist
cd by VIM. Hardy and family of
South 7iaven, MIR. and Mrs. Dale
u jrgan of Hartford, Charles Gun
saul and family and r. d. Henphy of
this place.
Mrs. Mary Dunning of New York
is visiting at the homes of her sons
J. II. and Thomas Spelman and with
friends here.
Ohel Spelman, private of Camp
Custer visited over Sunday with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Morgan came
Saturday from Hartford and visited
until Monday with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Betz of Kalama-
zoo visited over Sunday with rela-
tives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-06-14
PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS

Mary C. Kern, decd. No claims
filed. Estate closed to creditors
Final Account of Executor filed
Hearing July 8th.
Mary c. Reed, decd. Final account
allowed, and Order assigning residue
entered.
Everett Johnson, ct al. Minor
Hearing on petition for license tc
sell real estate adjourned.
Sylvester Ickes, decd. Order APP.
pointing Julia Ickes Weiandt Admin.
istratrix. Bond issued.
Jennie Dupes, decd. Order ap-
pointing Frank Stedman Administra-
tor. Bond issued
+. j. Lockwood, decd. License to
Mortgage Real Estate issued. Bond
issued.
Lewis S. Moore decd. Petition
for appointment of Administrator
filed. Hearing July 9Th.
Jacob H. Dupes, decd. Final Ac-
count filed. Hearing July Sth.
Cora n. Cook, decd. Bond filed
and letters of Administration issued
to Maude C. Plantz. Order appoint
ing Appraisers and hearing on claims
Claim day, October 18th.
Matte j. Hinckley, decd. Petition
for appointment of Administrator
and Waiver of Notice filed. Order
appointing Leroy Hirckley Admin
istrator. Bond filed and Letters Of
Administration issued. Order appoint
ing Appraisers and hearing on claims
Claim day, October 18th.
Samuel Reynnells, decd. Bond
filed and Letters testamentary issued
to Samuel Reynnells Jr. Order ap-
pointing Appraisers and hearing on
claims. Claim day, October 18th.
Mary j. Roberts Clark, Incompe-
tent. Inventory of Guardian filed.
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drove to Camp Custer in the latter's
auto last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Lemon accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrifield to Camp Gus
ter Sunday afternoon.
Hart Messenger left Monday for
the Great Lakes Naval Training
station.
Ray Feely of Jackson visited his
parents here the first of the week.
II. E. McElheny was in Ironwood
last week to look after his household
goods.
Mrs. Lee Stanton has moved into
Mrs. Ingraham's house on the east
side of the village.
Charles Slovenian will hold an
auction sale today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Trip of
Allegan spent Sunday at the A.
Waucheck home.
Mrs. Ida Cole and son Rodger of
Allegan are spending a five weeks
visit at the home of her daughter
Mrs. AL. Waucheck.
Daniel Titus, Martin Reigle, Lieut..
Neil Smell, and Bert McNees were
the soldier boys who have visited
friends here lately.
DIR. l.. f. Wescott was in Detroit
Friday attending the clinics at the
Detroit College of Medicine and Sur
gerry.
Gobleville can boast of fine san
itarv drinking fountain, purchased by
the Bank and installed by the village.
This will be appreciated by all.
Roy Niles was calling on friends
here Wednesday.
w. w. Whitney made business
trip to Wayland last Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Goltz of Plainwell
spent Decoration day here.
Carl Markillie enlisted and is stat
toned at Columbus, Ohio at present
Mrs. M. Kruss of Chicago is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Away.
The new Mill looks fine, the brick
work is completed up to the first
story.
Hadson G. Sons have purchased the
entire stock of &. II. Ruel or Plne
Grove. Mr. Ruel is in poor health
and will come here to live with their
son Clyde soon.
Leo Sage was home last week.
Floy Trim is home form Bad Axe
where she was employed as millin-
er.
Mrs. Burch of Pittsburgh is visit
| ing Mrs. F. S. Powers.
Charles Slovenian will leave soon
for Dakota. The w. r. c. and G.. A.
r. members were invited to spend
last Thursday with them. Thirty
nine people sat down to a chicken din
ner which was finished with short
cake and all passed a very enjoyable
day, saddened only by the going away
of Mr.. and Mrs. Slovenian. All
hope they will return to Michigan so
that many more happy birthdays
may be enjoyed with them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-06-14
BLOOMINGDALE

Mrs. Dora Tice of Western Mich
igan is visiting her aunt Mrs. Har-
rison. Mrs. Tice was formerly a
resident of Bloomingdale.
The graduating exercises of school
were held at the skating rink on
Thursday evening, with thirteen in
the graduating class. The hall was
nicely decorated with tree bough
and evergreens and large Grove
was present. The exercises were
fine. The address was given by Hon
j. l.. Hooper of Battle Creek.
C. l.. Brown, an old teacher of the
school here in the 70's was in town
few days ago.
j. Bewley who has been seriously
i'll, is again able to be out.
f. A. Haven was in Louisville, KY.
and other points looking up the Goa
situation.
Mrs. Verne Virgins of st. Louis
Mo-, is visiting her parents here.
The Gospel Team of Paw Paw was
at the Baptist church last Sunday
night and took the place of the
regular evening service.
Joseph Smith of Gaylord was visit
ing friends here the past week.
Howard Passage has gone tt
Washington to take a position in the
War department.
Mrs. Babel Reynolds who has beer
teaching at Hopkins, Allegan county
the past year will teach here mex
term of school.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-06-14
GOBLEvILLE

We forgot to mention last week
that Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney entertain
ed their son and family of Chicago
and daughter Holo Rim of Kalama-
ZOO from Decoration day until the
following Sunday night.
In speaking of the Decoration day
exercises we forgot to mention a
recitation given by Bonnabelle Styles
She recited a poem about the exper-
fences of her grandfather during the
Civil war, which was written by her
grandmother. Mrs. M. j. Buckner
at the conclusion of the recitation,
pointed to him and said "there he is
now" it was fine.
A farewell reception was given
Mr.. an, Wood last Monday eve
ming at the F. B. church where they
will be greatly missed. We are sorry
to lose them, but glad they will be
no further away than Bangor, and
their many friends wish them sue
cess in their new work.
The Nj. f. Sunday School is pre-
pairing a fine Children's Day program
for Sunday, June 16. The Baptist
church held their program last Sun
day and it was fine.
The Woman's Fortnightly club held
very pleasant outing at Halls
Spring in honor of Mrs. Wood, their
first president and Mrs. Bradshaw.
These ladies have been earnest work.
ers in this organization and will be
greatly missed by their associates.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Miller, James
Baxter and wife of Bloomirgdale