New Britain herald., 1919-01-11

TOT U lnpse ia1m to be the head of ! the government. Althoush it. ;s a ! Socialist governm ent the acts of its officers have lost more symuathv for the Socialist cause throughout the world, and in America in particular. than it has ever lost since the doc trine Of Socialism first saw the light
 It must he ren embered that only a short time ago the government of Russia Was directed by a small clioue of absolute monarchists who ruled with a rod of iron. Today it Is direct ed by clique who claim to repre- sent the subjects Of the deposed monarchiHts and their rule is just as rigid, if not more so. The eovern- ment today is the diam ctrical oppo- site of the government of yesterday.
 Officers Of government are chosen indirectly very indirectly - bv the people. Delegates to minor soViets are chosen and these delegates elect rep resentativcs to the All-Russian Con- gress, which chooses mem bers of the All Russian Central Executive Com mittec. the real power. By their pleas ure, the people live or die
 Almost at the beginning, the con stitution speaks of the abolition or exploitation of men by men" and the entire abolition of the division Of the people into classes" vet further on hare-f faced discrimination is revealed against persons who have an income. private merchants, trade and com merCial brokers monks and clergy ot all dcnomina tions, persons who hire labor for the purpose of making profits, employees Of the former police, the gendarme corps, the Czar's secret service and mem bers Of the former regnina dynas sty, These are deprived of any voice in the 2overnment and arc not permit ted to vote. Suffrage is restricted to and sailors. The ballot is extended to both males and females who have reached their eighteenth birthday.
 T If the mandates Of the constitution are carried out, all persons must he employed in gainfui occupa tions flor the purpose of eliminating the para site strata Of society and orea anizing the economic life or the country" Later on, the constitution declares lie shall not eat who does not work An idea of the real situation in Russia is gained from the decree that all tOilers be armed
 The Soviets' attitude toward the World War is expressed by the re- solve Ito hberste mankind from the grip of capital and i'm perialism. which flooded the earth with blood in this present most criminal of all wars. When the soldiers return to America and hear the mrtterine~ of BolShevism, H would be we'll for them to know how the Bolshcviki in Rus- sia judged their sacrifices for the downtrodden races. They should not feel f1attered by the description e1nan- ating from the Lexines and Trotxkys. Fine sarcasm tS contained in the prOnltnciamento that '"rhe Russian Socialist Fed erated Soviet Republic recognizing equal rights of all citi- Zens fires pecive of their racial or na- tio1lal conn ectionr, proclainls all priv ileges on this ground, as well as op- pression of national minorities. to be in contradiction with the fundamental laws of the republic. If the classes discriminated against are not allowed to vote, they may reflect with pleas lre that they are not allowed to fight. The honor Of defending the revolution with arms is given only to the tojlers".
 The constitution on paper, is the hallucination of 8 super id ealis4, The only fault IS that it does not seem to work