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ne has maintained his faith in that
country"
The speaker said that the charges
the Lenine and Trotzky are in the
pay OF Germany is not clearly
proven. that IL is said that the series
Of documents purporting 10 establish
their connection with Berlin arc
open 10 question. as an attempt OF
the old regime TO discredit the revo-
luton. Even If the leaders Of the
revolution have been bribed we can
not regard the entire movement as
a sham. IL is a real thing. as real
as our own, or the French revolu-
ton, and as such must be considered
sympathetically as a step forward In
the development of humanity. II is
not 20 be condemned merely because
it is bloody, as II Is not the course
OF nature 20 bring forth great events
except in blood and tears. We can
not forget that the revolution in Ger
many first broke out in the German
high seas feet more than a year ago.
as II first broke out in Russia on the
Russian feet, and that since IL ls
known that from that time 70 this
the soviet government has almost
daily sent wireless messages 70 the
German fleet urging instruction.
we cannot doubt that they have
played a potent part in the destruc
tion OF kaiserism. Even II they
had done nothing more than publish
the secret treaties of Europe and eN-
posed the sort Of arrangement which
the allies made with each other In
the early days Of the war. they
caused a clean wind 10 blow around
the world and did much TO lift the
struggle in its last stages to an
hitherto undreamed idealism.
Must Maintain Control.
Mr. Pettengill said that the ques
ton whether bolshevikism will
sweep over the western democracies
OF Europe or this country depends
entirely upon whether the infltra-
ton Of soldiers and munitions work
ers back into the ranks of normal
industry will be so retarded as not
to cause a period of widespread un-
employment: that It IS necessary for
the various governments for some
time to come to maintain control Of
industry and use large forces OF men
during the period of transition in
public work, such as the building OF
roads, ports, waterways. reclamation
Of arid lands, REPRESENTATION. and
new railroad construction. He sail
that the United States is in a partic-
ularly fortunate position in view OF
the fact that it's army is so far away
from home and in the very necessity
Of the case must return gradually
and slowly.
Another reason for not anticipat-
ing a widespread development OF
BoIshevikism Is that the responsible
heads OF the allied governments,
Wilson, Lloyd George and C1emen-
ceau, are Of themselves liberal.
BOlshevism cannot Survive.
"Bolsllevism, as such. cannot sur
vive fp' the reason that 1t is a
governhen by a class. Of class and
for dass. As such it is as tyran
meal and oppressive as the class
which was previously in the saddle.
II Is opposed to the democratic idea.
1t was not we, the proletariat, bur
we. the people, who ordained the
constitution Of the United States.
Democracy recognizes that In the
social order there are bound 10 be
conflicting classes that seek to let
each have a voice in government
and because of this, while slow and
inefficient because the interests cf
the entire people must be first con-
suited. it is, nevertheless. the most
stable and Just form Of government
which men have so far devised"
Business Session.
Mrs. ]. w. Keller presided at the
business session. A meeting for the