El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-17

StTlELlOu OF the DuuEEe ol-le Is 2 CAa-aas
together with its relations and on
hangers.
these three methods are indi-
Gated thuss The fighting ele-
ments must be physically de-
stroyed. The masses adherinE to
the capitalist order must he reg
fstercd and classified into cate-
EOries- Finally after all these
cafcEoriea have been deprived Of
their property and all means OF
existence. they must be placed on
government ration. and given
special passports for doing forced
labor under district control Those
among them who may appear 10
be DANGEROUS to the prOletarian
revolution must be destroyed or
taken ns hostages, or kept in con-
cenfrntiom camps. All three
methods should be summnrlly au-
piled. The bOurEeOisie must he
removed from al control OF fac
tories. mills OF commercial con
Germs. Their registration must
be placed under tire control OF the
committees Of the poor. They
must be evieted from their dwell
fngs. in which vvOrkmen must be
Installed in their stead
When by these methods, the bour-
geoisie are deprived Of their person
alitv. pulverised, placed under the
educational control OF the working
class finally deprived OF all prop
erty and obliged TO do forced labor,
then the bourgeoisie as q class VIII
die out. It viii be a very difficult
and painful process for the bour-
geoisie and their onhangers. They
viii have TO give up all the comforts
OF lie. 20 let the prOletariat have as
much as they have. They VIII have
TO receive less than the prOletariaL
A part Of the bourgeoisie (perhaps
the greater part) will be transformed
into barefoot paupers. declassed,
thrown out Of social life A tireless
watch viii weigh upon them They
win be enslaved- But only by break
ing up the bourEeolsie as a class and
casting the fragments into the melt
ing pot viii the prOletariat be able
to transform that social class into O
category OF members useful TO So
ciety- That work is politically nee
essary. The Russian proletariat
here. too, Is obliged to hasten. TO ad-
vance the course OF events. We have
to begin this work in Russia and to
finish IL as soon as possible, before
the work Of melting the bourgeoisie
in the proletarian fiery furnace Of
the western countries will begin"
Has Carried II Through.
However incredible il may appear,
the program this writer thus outlined
has been fully realized. The grain
country collected in the governmental
central depots have become a mighty
instrument in Lenine's hands The
first use for them is 70 provide full
rations for the Red army, the Boil
shevik officials. and the gendarmerie-
The rest Of the town population is
divided into four groups. The first
comprises the manual workers en-
ployed by the Bolshevik state. In
the second are placed intellectuals
and artists who agree to continue
their professions under the orders OF
the government The third group
compris es members OF the lower mid
die classes, and the fourth the higher
bourgeois Intellectual and liberal
professions who held aloof from the
BOlshevik rule. The first two classes
are allowed potatoes and small bread
rations and other food The third or
fourth groups receive no potatoes or
bread. but only herrings, when they
are available Thus these two groups
are practically condemned to starVa-
ton
Moreover. the more prominent
among them arr taken rs hos
fa=es- The prisons have been
crammed With them for several
months. From time 10 time some
OF the hostages are shot and new
ones are taken 10 fiil the gaps.
Those VINO nrc not taken as hos
faEcs receive passports OF forced
labor with tasks such nS digging
graves. cleaning ont lavafOrfcs
and street sweeping. Men and
women work alike. Periodically
entries are made in the pass
norts as 20 the fuIfIIImenf of the
tasks. No one can "a from ore
part Of n town 10 another with
out his passport.
Tie system has achieved its object
Il has broken the spirit Of the ma
ton. All signs Of resistance have
gradually disappeared under the dou-
bic work Of red terror and starvation.
The food and merchandise. accumu-
lated from q country numbering 100
600. 900. is sufficient TO feed an army
Of 1,000.01l. or even one twice as
large. as well rs the numerous Boil