Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29

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No.
THE WAGES OF ANARCHY.
In addressing the coal miners ma.
uonal convention yesterday, Samue!
Gompers referred to the bolsheVlkl
as "a group Of men who are the e1.
tremfsts of extreme maximalists and
want an their dreams to come about
in one fen swoop."
In a word, the bolshevih are
anarchists.
Charles Edward Russell, socialist
etin despite his having been read out
Of the party because he accepted ap'
pointment on the Root commission
without asking the socialist party
leaders for permission, declared on
his return from Russia that the bolshe-
Wiki who were Just then emerging
from hiding after Kerenskys down
fall, would be unable to control Rus
sta because they were about as nu-
merous and as influential as the /. w.
w. in America. He carried the COM
tuaYison farther. leaving no doubt In
his hearers minds that he intended
20 nut the two anarchistic forces in
the same class.
But the ascent to power OF the BOZ
shevih was the natural and inevitable
outgrowth of Russia's condition under
Kerensky, who was hailed by social
lists IN America as thu embodiment Of
lthe doctrines and theories for which
|they contend. Kerensky sought to
Itrest the bolshevih in accordance
with his socialistic ideas and ideals,
rs honest, temperate men. He re-
Trained from arresting them for their
open enmfty of the government he
was trying to form. Consequently
they overthrow him and took COM
mand in his stead. Their failure to
govern is worse, even. than was his.
for they lack hts unselfishness and his
intellect.
The socialists are making every ef-
fort to obtain control Of state and To-
cal governments In some sections OF
America. They are socialists just
Nike Kerensky, with the same ideas.
tho same theories, and the same GER
taiuty of failure should they achieve
control.
Meanwhile, Americas bolsheviki
are waiting for the opening they re-
auire to upset even that semblance Of
government the socialists may set up
here and there. The !. W. W. have
no sympathy for government. order
illness Nor sanity. They fiout Chris
tianity in louder tones than do the
mere socialists; they are holder IN
their denunciation of laws, courts and
government, but every difference Is
only a difference in degree of social
istic enthusiasm. II this brand Of de-
structive monomania may be called
by such a title.
Every wedge which the socialists
are able to put into government, be it
local. state or national, increases
Americas peril at the hands of the I.
W. w., just as Russia's Wanted safe
~ in the days Of Prince Lvoff and
Kerensky was merely the comparative
calm before the storm Of chaos which
descended when the bolsheviki took
charge Socialism is but a stepping
stone from law and order to the an
archy Of the I. W. W.. and any COM
nunity where socialism rears its head
q q potential peril to the permanency
Of American government and Ameri-
can institutions.
All that can be said against social
ism applies with added force to the
Non-partisan league, whose organ
Tiers are busying themselves in Iowa.
They are socialists or members of the
!. w. W. for the most part; their
aims are socialistic and destructive;
their teachings are those Of socialism
and disloyalty; the !. w. w. could
find no more willing nor effective ad-
vance agents than these same bolshe-
vik NoE-partisan league workers.
It behooves the people of Iowa to be
on guard against them They are
persuasive in their arguments, insist
ent in their efforts to gain recruits
for their caravan of discomfort. They
work on a commission plan, accord
ing to information which has reached
The Courier and retain S. Of each
SIG membership fee which they COL
lect in their campaign Of organization.
Soft money" to be sure. if they
can "get away with it." But their
dupes are going to feel ashamed of
themselves for proving such easy con-
fidence victims when the inevitable
collapse Of the movement comes and
the socialistic bubble bursts.
Were it not for the chaos that would
result, the best method for defeating
socialism in America would be to per-
NIT it to run its course without inter
ference or criticism. But the price Of
the lesson would be too great. For
tmately for America, though it is IA
tally unfortunate for Russia, it is not
necessary to follow that course in this
country when the case of Russia is an
open book and its horrible example is
before US always.
GOOD RADIANCE.
The mistake of the British govern
ment which it has taken longest TO
rectify was the appointment of Sir
Carson to the cabinet as
without portfolio. Mistakes
have not been infrequent with the
British government, particularly in the
earlier stages Of the war. 1t fell into
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