Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-14

their own government, the nrst result
was that everybody in 1ussia who had
been dreaming fondly Iof that event
Immediately quit wolking. Idleness
begot crime: absence Of restraint in
vited theft; murder and almost every
other form Of violence became the or
der of the day and Russia rapidly de-
generated into actual 3haos.
Now, when the bolshsvfk leaders are
trying to re-establish n government
such as that which they overthrow as
pired to be, Trotzky i'll finding it diff
cult to convince his eritwhile cheerful
followers that it is NECESSARY for some
Of the members of ePry community
to labor. 1t is necessary for these
each man finding the prt Of work for
which he is fitted. All cannot do the
same work; some task require high
er type of intellect OF skill than 9th
ers; some require mob energy.
But the one-idea socialist, whom
Trotzky lured into the bolshevik
ranks with his eloquence and his
empty promises of prmanent indie
pendence, objects to working. He be-
came socialist and ! bolshevist to
avoid work. He helped to conflscate
property and capital, % wreck fine
homes and, perhaps, t, end the lives
Of rich Russians. with the thought
that each blow dealt to the representa-.
tives of the old order of things made
more certain his enjoyment of an end
less future full Of vcluptuous ease,
idleness and material prosperity.
He had not gone far enough in his
dreams to consider the impossibility of
their realization for himself and all his
fellow revolutionists If none Of them
should toll for the benefit of the 9TH
ers. He merely heard the phrase, uni.
versal equality" or something like
that, and 1t sounded good in his ears.
There is the actual application Of the
typical socialistic formula expressed
in the first paragraph of this article
The chaos that is Russia's is the high
est aim of the destructive l. w. w
We're the agitators Of that disloyal clan
able and sufficiently coura geous, they
would upset the American government
as the bolsheviki upset the Kerensky
experiment. And in it's place they
would establish 10 law save that OF
crime, lust, murder.
Leagued and linked with the I. w
w. are the socialists and all the rest
Of that motley crew OF anarchy which
has become confident in defiance OF
all laws, right here in the worlds
greatest democracy. because the law.
abiding majority has tolerated social
ism and anarchy. moderated their
menace. stopped Its ears to warnings
and encouraged their propaganda by
permitting socialism's sophistries to
be taught in schools, colleges and
universities.
Individual socialists are Fastening
to protest their loyalty now, but only
those who announce publicly their en-
tire reputation of every tenet OF the
socialistic creed deserve the slightest
credit for sincerity. They cannot di-
vide their loyalty between the govern
ment and socialism. The two have
nothing in common; socialism's avow'
ed aim is destruction Ct government;
that is all socialism exists for.
And the l. w. w. simply chose an
other name and a redder brand of lit
erature then the old school socialists
had employed. That is the only diff
ference. The socialist IS an I. w. w
at heart, and the national organize
ton Of socialists has labored jealous
ly in defense OF the I W. W. leaders
who are on trial at Chicago for dis
LOYALTY,