The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-03

OHN SPARGO who left the Socialist party because of its pro-German and pacist characteristics, of the abest Marxan economists dialeodcan of acute mind and shrewd logic.
 His description of Bohevsm given to the Forum night brief sharp and easily understandable The Bohevists socialists who trying to impose proletar ian dictatorship the minority upon the majority of the people of Russia The Car exercised species of tyranny Boshevss anoher but the manifestations of the tyr amy identical Public opinion is ignored mprs oned exied slaughtered and tortured for the exercise of free speech.
 There seems to be every why Russia should desire different form government Yet upon scrutiny, there is something strangely familiar about Boshevist methods.
 The essence of the wrong the Bolshev do consists in the inoon by force of the will of minority majority
 In this way the Manclms handful conquered China many centuries rolled away before the Manchus dis established, and China became a republic
 Thus Alexander laid his empire upon the face of Asia and William the Gonqueror, with few Norman knights and men parceed the land of England his nobles By force Napoleon qeed the proearan of France and then by his will thirty years upon Europe By force Hapburgs and the Hohenzoerns endeavor to place in the sunshine.
 when force oyerhrown with force, and great man wishes end the reign of force forever and establish through the League of Nations the of moral settlements American senators denounce the program.
 Primitive man knew no resource but force. Settlements by law by justice by moral values is comparatively
 In the light of these examples the Boshevss to be merely old fashioned people, trying to accomplish fash toned changes in old fashioned way.
 Lenine and Lodge Trosky and Borah worship the same principle Force always has ruled therefore it always must rule Mnores always have inflicted their wills by force up maories, therefore they always must This is the pho ssphy of Lodge and Trotsly
 It follows, quite logically that if not ready for the League of Naons if Lodge right and Wilson wrong that Bohevsts hold by the oldest te he may take who may and he may keep who can"
 In the light of history the Boshevsts justified. The past but tale of the few compelling the many with tears and terror.
 is only when Bolshevsm judged in the light of the order that is outside the pale Those who assert the force necessary and inevitable repudae Bolshevsm while has the power prevail Where the law force enough to win
 Boshevsm hen is the natural consequence of the ancient belief that force is the only arbitrator every nowadays persons separate into two groups Those who be- lieye in victories the plane and those leve in achievement by violence
 The labor movement divides into these groups who believe force and those who believe in
 So does American socialism, with its Opporuniss and it's mpossbs those who seek change by democratic methods and those who seek change by violence the w w does
 The suffrage movement is similarly divided Some are Constitutionalists and Militants
 There is but safe world to travel Install the rule of maores through law and justice Put down the rule of force Establish the League of Nations Court of Nations BOlshevism will have defense.
 In the absence of such court Boshevists have the best defense in the world. They will We minority ruling by force because have the force necessary rule"
 It is time to out of the strength It is time to in to the epoch of moral settlements