The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-31

all OF lHeSe Wclc HOHleleSS, DuL many
of those who were fugitives from oc-
cupied territory had already been pro-
Iyided for by Count Karolyi's Govern.
ment. Certain OF the proletariat took
a vicious pleasure In installing them
selves, sometimes in the cultured
homes of the bourgeoisie.
SO many abuses arose under these
DEGREES that the Government was led
to make special provisions for the
housing OF the proletariat separate
from the bourgeoisie in order, as was
alleged, to protect the people from the
communicating influence" of these hat
ed capitalists and aristrocrats. This
measure, of course, might we'll be in
terpreted as having another sinister
motive, namely, to segregate the bour-
geoisie In order to facilitate future
terrorists methods fer the "eliminat-
ion" of this class.
AS to personal property, all jewelry
and articles of luxury were conhscated
Nobody was permitted to possess
more than two suits of clothes, two
pairs OF shoes, two hats, &c. All
shops were sequestrated and not per-
mitted to sell except under special
authorization by Government Com
missaries." What became of the pro-
ceeds OF these sales was net clear.
though it is certain the Dictatorship
of the Proletariat" had complete con-
troll over everything
All bank deposits were sequestrated.
No one was allowed to possess more
than 5000 kronen-the equivalent of
less than 5000 Permission was given
at first TO withdraw 1000 kronen a
month, without any indication, as to
how long this privilege would be con.
tinued.
All industries employing more than
ten persons were "socialized." This
meant that the employees Immediately
: became equal owners in the enterprise
and could henceforth control the man
agement through committee elected
: by themselves. They almost invariab
. ly chose the manager already in
| charge, but at much reduced sal
. airy 1t was a curious sight to see
the owner of big hotel in Budapest
/ and also owner of a hotel In New
York employed by his employees at &
salary Of $3.50 day! These employe:
shared alike in whatever profits wer,
' declared at the end of each day. bu
, ! could not see that they had any ar
/. rangements to share the losses.
/. One other piece of legislation o
!. special interest was the abolition o
= the courts and the suppression of tn,
}. practice of law. Under the new or
}. der the State was to guarantee rough
A and-ready justice by informal courts
e'ected by the people, and every maj
I was TO be his own lawyer. sinister
+ feature of these tribunals was tn
A provision that no appeal or clemenc,
S was to be permitted and the decision
4 was to be executed with utmost ra
4 pidity! One cannot but recall tn
4 French revolutionary tribunals an
n the ceaseless guillotine, 1t is tru
S that, under this crude system, a goo
. many OF the proletariat were sun
!. marily punished when it first begaI
|. to function. One shudders, however
s to think of the terrible possibilitie
a OF this instrument of tyranny if eve
Q employed for the purpose of elm
v mating" the bourgeoisie.
d 1t is important to define this teri
Il bourgeoisie, as employed by Socia
4 lists, ] once asked Bella Kun VIII
= were denoted by this term, and wa
v told that II meant any one who live
!. by the labor of others. 1t did nc
. apply to any one who could show tina
g he supported himself by his own III
,. aided labor. Hence teacher. do
tor a a rphffnrf ~ .
!. be classified as members of the DR.,
9 letariat. The status of the clerg
# was not clear, though fear that tn
n open animosity of most Socialist
4 toward the Church would lead thei
q to treat this sacred Office with CRUZ
: severity, The Dictatorship of th
y Proletariat" in Hungary started in [
!, close the charitable institutions mai
!, aged by the Sisters of Zion.' bl
:. We're deferred by violent protests.
- When Socialists speak of the nece
!. sity of the elimination" of the bou
- geoisie as class, | understand ths
~ this means in MARKHAM sense, merle
=. that, under a new economic orde
,, brought about by the Introduction
e socialistic principles. all men in til
PioNSoo vi tihiV Will nave W iiNt
20 their own labor or be subjected |
>, special treatment by the State. TIL
: would involve, therefore, the ultimat
. elimination of any middle or uppC
" class supported by the labor of otht
70 men.
o. Most Socialists are opposed to an
~ attempt TO eliminate the bourgeois
% by violence-they do not favor pillae
D and murder | am certain that a nj
jority of Bella Kun's associates
- sired to accomplish this extinction
y, hated class by peaceful process
U of evolution involving the least
= mount of suffering. But this is wheI
u they prove most weak, and wheI
% the extremist, known as the "Con
munists," prove most strong. | was
'e first puzzled by this term .'commul
y lists" which ought to have specit
Ie technical significance as opposed |
10 Socialist, but one of the "Commi
N saries" in The Government informe
II me that 1t designated merely extreu
IS list among the Socialists who wishe
9. ito accelerate the tempo
IL 1t is precisely this "acceleration
the tempo" that differentiates tn
e Bolsheviki from other Socialists The
e have no faith in slow evolutionar
4 processes They believe that "capi
d alism" and industrialism' as repr,
= sented by the bourgeoise, are s
/ rG- l.. Il.