The Irish standard., 1919-09-27
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

1t is not far-fetched opinion that the boosting
given to the Russian and Hungarian Soviet gov
ernments by certain press organs of this country
partial cause of the social unrest with which
America is afflicted Those organs make it appear
that the emancipation and happiness of the disn-
herited laborers lies in following the example Of
their Russian and Hungarian brethren by taking
the government in their own hands.
How monstrously our poor laborers being
deceived by such pretensions ought to be evident
from the disclosures that followed the debacle of
the Hungarian Soviets. We have the following
information from St, Louis An1erka of September
ii. Bella Kun, Londler, Vago, Pogany, and by
what other those honorable men may be
called, who proclaimed the communists the sole
hope of salvation, preached communism in Hungary
for half year. All possessions all wealth, should
be equally divided among the people. There should
be no longer class of the rich and privileged. All
differences of class and caste should be abolished.
Such was the enthusiasm of these preachers of the
popular deiverance that thousands and thousands
caught the fire of deceptive idealism and their
lot with the Soviets But now, since the fantastic
state built sand has collapsed, it appears what
spirit animated those preachers of communism. In
theory they had been in favor of dividing all things
equally among all, in practice they amassed fortunes
OF stolen goods for themselves and instead of dis
tributing these treasures, their DEPARTURE among
their poor followers, they made sure to take them
along in order to be able to indulge the whims of
capitalists when better times should return.
Behold those honorable men-Bela Kun, LANDER,
Vargo and Vaga-w1o, when arrested at the from
tier of AUSTRIA were found loaded with five millions
in money and quantities of precious stones! Look
at that bloodhound Szamerely who carried on his
flight $4,000 Kronen, 3 American fifty dollar bills,
13 English bank notes, $50 Swiss gold pieces. In
Octenburg the remainder Of Szamuely's fortune,
consisting of seven trunks OF gold and silver, and
four rolls of Persian carpets, conIscated Pro-
vided these leaders secured fortunes unto them
selves, what did they whether the poor laborers
to hun how all Of ind
these preachers and lec ers of revolutionary vio-
Here is another item. The domestic money found
with the arrested leaders of the late Soviet govern
ment consisted of all blue bills, which, as the cur
rency of the old government, had certain value
while they had put into the hands of the 1aborers
the worthless white paper money for their own
sake. Magnanimously they paid their laborers CO.
lossal wages in white paper money and threatened
those who refused to accept it with the revolution
airy tribunal. But the leaders themselves would
have none of the white money, knowing that they
could get nothing for it.
We believe that our American laborers are clever
enough not to wish to share the fate of their Hun
garan fellows. Let them have little patience
In consequence of the world war everything is out
OF joint No power short of omnipotence can settle
all the existing problems at once. The President
and Congress, the governors and legislatures of the
various States-n fact, all responsible authorities of
the country, agreed that social reforms for the
settlement of crying abuses matter of immedi-
ate and urgent necessity. Strikes and disturbances
as preventing the carrying out of this reformatory
program, both unpatrotic and suicidal in their
consequences.