The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-03-07
FRIDAY, MARCH :. 1919
BoLsHEv1sM IN THE COLLEGES

One OF the most striking examples
OF the easy indulgence with which the
American republic not merely har-
bors. but fosters, propaganda aimed
at its own destruction. is the extent
to which socialism has been permit
ted to entrench itself in universities
and colleges. Socialists have become
professors OF. political economy and
other subjects. tho socialism is their
only conception of political economy
and they inject its theories when
teaching other subjects. They have
become SO strong that they maintain
a magazine called the Intercollegi-
ate Socialist. 1t is useful at this cris
is for the insight which it gives into
the real character and aims of social
ism.
The first fact which We need to
keep in mind is that socialism is of
distinctly German origin. having been
promulgated by Karl Marx and Fred
erick Engels, both Germans. and i'm
ported to America and every other
country by German immigrants and
refugees. 1t is perfectly consistent
with its German origin that its Ger
man advocates are not content to win
a majority to their opinion by reason
alone, and then to establish il by
the vote of the majority; they seek
to overturn the present democratic
form of government by force and ter
ror and to set up socialist rule by the
power OF the minority. Hence the
bolsheviki in Russit, the spartacans
in Germany and the gang which at
tempted to seize the government of
Seattle are working true to form.
II is natural, for these reasons.
that the Intercollegiate Socialist
should contain an article on 'The
Soviet State OF Russia" by c. Kuntz
"a distinctly German name. In typi-
cally collegiate language it white
washes bolshevism. This rule by ter
ror is defined as necessary to the
evolution by revolution from Car +,
ism to communalism. and this fling
is taken at the established institu-
tions of democracy: !
The soviet state seems to be the .
medium chosen by history for the !
realisation of those ideals which i
formed but the veneer of the now ,
tottering civilization, the ideals of
liberty, equality and brotherhood and
all that flows therefrom.
So the civilization of which the
splendid embleins are the great DEM
ocracies that overthrow German au-
tocracy is ''tottering" and the soviet
state of which Lenine and Trotsky
give ,us an example in Russia is to
supplant It. That is the opinion cur.
rent among those who teach young
Americans.
A little further on is this express
sion:
1t is the work of the soviet state to
nut concrete content into the empty
phrase of the passing civilization All
men are free and equal, by eradicat-
ing the cause of social inequality.
The fact is conveniently overlook
ed that the sprocess of eradication
takes the form of massacre OF all
non-proletarians who refuse to be-
come slaves of the soviet. Russia is
being eQualized by destroying all who
are above the lowest. The passage
quoted contains misquotation which
lies at the root Of socialism. The de-
claration of independence does not
say: "All men are free and equal,
but ..all men are created equal" As
they emerge from infancy inequality
develops by no provision OF human
law but by the workings of nature.
OF intellectual and physi-
cal power OF wealth cannot set it
aside. as is often proved. 1T is only
three generations from shirtsieeves
"a shirtsleeyes. Yet socialism tries
10 set aside natural law.
The article concludes with an ex-
hortation To revise our thinking and
With this eulogy on bolshevism:
such revision may open up before
,ou : charming vision OF the dawn
Y 4 new civilization rising In Russia
4 the form OF the soviet state where
: many OF the ideals cherished by
i