St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-29
L.(,C!A.L.. PASTOR DOES
not APPROVE STAND
AGAINST RED flag
Believes Newspaper An,agonisln
VIII Drive Socialists TO
Eolsheviki

If we were to take The attitude OF
the press as forEling our opinions
what intellectual gymnastics VIC
would have 10 perform! Before the
signing Of the aamistice, kall Liebk-
nccht was hailed by the press Us "The
bravest man in Germany" because he
vent to jai! protesting against the
acts OF his countl.,'. \iais Of wrath
ard acorn were poured cut upon
SciliedcmaHn, David, Ebert, and the
"est Of the majority Socialists leaders
calling them bootiit!,ars OF Prussian
Imperialism and nliii:alisln; but now
thc press ii!ids Ebert and his party
:jalc statesmen, and Quotes with cyi-
'!oUt satisfaction the i!1pioGs state
rcnt OF Il pepper opposed to the Spar
tic.lc party saying the murder OF
i},cir rormcr hero Licbl;.le"?lt and The
G2tc.acic;5 Rosa LUNc}nburs, "an act
Of Divine Providence"
Or course the r2poYs c2!io the fear
r?any Of IL haze Of Bel ilcvi.tm. But
the '..othol o. opposing it seems 10
.!a 20 bc Incredibly stupid. Hoishc-
visiA IS 80 huan Il phenomenon ard
too f'r.urlit with daM~er TO be LAUGH
cd out 0i court. Some of the absurd
stories puipoi'ting 70 explain The eco
non,ir thno"y of the Bolsteviki is an
i..ls;I: not cn:2- 20 ,ilosa vino arc train
c>I in The study OF social organization,
bu. to every Intelligent reader, and
appear TO size ground 70 the claim of
the Sociali7,; that the press wiitully
dcccivc5 t!lc public in thc interest Of
ca,;i,o! u2o2 which i IS dependant
Tor It's prosperity through its adver-
iisnig.
The i1ai!,;n& attitude o. thc press
toward Americas: Socialists and its
ll,isr2pre tentations IF their peculiar;
s1oatii,oos Moad5 chem into fury and
wins them syInpathizcrs among in
t@ilactuaL5 who haze no political
l,1:tsy but go students OF society. j
ca .lot thlllk t'1.Jy lh"tc l. large a..sl
ner Of Dolstoyis13 IL or country, Lat
do t!li;lk thnt We are inviting iisas- :
,er, in tiiis contiHull batting Of the !
socialists. Nothing stirs up The radi-
a3ls Of thi. country like hcchiing h.
thc pres, and imrcli..c laws passed
h. sno"t-si%,Itad l3ca' o!icial; fo"5iI- /
Ing The peaceful 29Sambiy of social
i Is, AID fo.hi1inA the display Of the
,'cl fac, the emblem Of the Socialist I
Marty, While allowing thc disp'ay of
t',2 wl';,e elephant and tic jGckass OF
he two larger parties.
Injustice ar>! infoloroncc displayed
.oNarl The socialists unite, them,
<,.~% thom Vi, ard WINS them friends
from l.ael2l; who a.c not socialists.
| thinl; tie. The best way to avoid
i'o!shcvi1n j, to adopt an attitude
Of complete to.crane2, Let Socialism
be talked, printed, understood and
nct at thc polls. Efforts at suppress
;ion or oppression finishes the soil in
which rcvo!ution thlivcs. l think an
ltr1o phc"c Of complete freedom of
speech and propaganda for all shad-
:; Of ccoHonlic and social thought
wonld make rcvolujio!l, except by the
vav of the hallot-boX, impossible.
We hope that the leaders of the So
'iaiist party arc ssu>. The task of
hcSc leaders to keep in line the fana-
ical extremists is made more diff
,,ilt by the press that distorts and rid
culcs the economies theories that
hey believe in so thoroughly.
Harold Guy Don Scott.