The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

1 not have this work entrusted - IS
care Il happens thar her9 ard EAare
IN the leading councils "a lie
/ parties fewel-hea6ea Snraaasxem are
found. Faithful revo9utEonasss are
elected In their place. and re naza-
I t1ataonN 50 on in great NNeraer. ne
result O. their 6alihera EannN il ma
announced. Not even The Fne~ha~S
of the party know anything annrs q
There IL a national council an
Christiania, and local counos1s A~e
constantly being organized Mere
than hair 81 The municipal cuumnneS
have ALREADY been Organized ana
supplied with workiurnen,s coun-
els, and the work also goes On fo-ce-
Luliy in The rural districts where ne
DAY vase eaFners. crowded together
In consequences OF the newly px4ah~
llshed industrial enterprises. aT9rr5-
ed an sppreciRtive field for nrEanfEa-
tons OF this kind.
The good old quiet conditions pre-
vailing in Norway are a thing a. TIE
past. The old solidarity ana ran-I
seriousness O. belonging sorpsherI
which meant thar even the most
violent political friction conla not
disturb what was really = com
munistic idyi, is out or sosnt. TIE
'new-comers~ who have crowded
about the factories. do not adhere
TO the old traditional consideration
for Others and the removal a the
letters Of tradition makes every m
dividual susceptible % new f6ess."
In my view, this Is probably tire most
significant reason FOR the Farz nah1
the syndicalism and the Russian
Boishevik policy have advanced
much farther in Norway than in
Denmark and Sweden. It Is renortpH
that the conditions are worse in
Christiania, DrammRn. Sk2en. Te1e~
mRrhen. StRvanEer. FEnrshnrer.
RomEdRlen and the Dronthe3m region
Smaller riots have Rlreaav been ~
ported from some OF Ehess places.
but the leaders are dong al they
can to avert serious breaches OF TIE /
peace until they are ready to un-
fold the flag OF riot
Andreas Hansen. an active mem 4
Der OF the Methodist church. IN Lar 4
vikr and editor OF the socialist paper. 4
Nybrot". in the same city, has WRIT 4
ten a series OF interesting articles
concerning the current revolutionary
movement, which better than any
thing else / have seen and heard 4
about this subject indicates Row men
acing the situation really Is. Ealtor
Hansen states frankly that the work 4
tngmen do not want 20 wait for re-
forms brought about BY the enact
ment OF laws. That won't do. he saws.
The only thing which is effective, IL /
the employment OF force and the /
taking away OF things from those Il
who possess them. And. if the farm
ers do not willingly accuieSce in this.
they must consent 10 have their grain
taken away from them. 20 they WIN Il
really be responsible for the bloody
massacre which follows.
On January Is, he writes an e6i~
torial in his paper, headed: The
Social Revolution" In which he SAYS.
I'VE know two kinds OF revolution
One kind is those palace or govern
ment revolutions, arranged ny q court
clique or political clique. supported
by armed forces for the purpose OF
ieposfng a ruler or a government in
order 10 place these cliuueS IN the
seats OF power this does not mean q
change or system as Ear a. the nd-
Of the country Is con-
serned. nor n change Of the economic
position OF the people. Et simply
means that the power is taken over
" other hands. but these hands
adopt merely the identical measures
or the same purpose as the 6epoSed |