McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-28
New York Letter.

IN session at Paris, france, has just
finished drafting Constitution of
Mankind" the first document of the
kind ever issued. The human mind
cannot conceive of anything more i'm
portant than this from political
point of view, and the fact that Pres
ident Wilson was the leading spirit in
it, gives our beloved country place
In the eyes OF the world that nothing
else could; an influence for all time,
SO great and far-reaching that it
should make US tremble at the respon-
sibility involved. It may take many
years to perfect this momentous IN
dertaking, but that it finally will fur
nish working basis for cooperation
between the nations for settling
great questions without war, is quite
certain,
IL is almost amusing to see how
different nations, and even Germany,
are now begging President Wilson to
settle their differences. Hedjaz, a
rim of desert land around Arabia,
wants to come under bis protecting
wing; Jugoslavia, the newly-formed
Southern Slav republic carved out of
Austria, wants him to settle It's dis
pute with Italy, and SO it goes. They
want him to be mandatory" or de-
Gliding voice in their councils. How
will he ever get down to appointing a
postmaster at Jackson or Selmer after
such lofty flights as that?
The geography Of the world will
have to be learned over again pretty
much, especially that of Europe, and
the map-makers will soon be busy.
Austria Hungary will be strange
patchwork Of new republics, and SO
will Germany, perhaps. as we'll as 9TH
er countries. 1t may be several years
before the lines are adjusted, but the
work is going right ahead. Germany
calls herself republic now; Russia
is a bowling chaos, a caldron with
witch's broth boiling over. and no.
body can tell when it will cool down
into peaceful pursuits. The Bolshevi-
XII are violating nuns and women and
girls of all ages, and are preparing to
make women the servant Of the state
so that she will bear children for the
stat. but they will be taken from her
and raised by the government, and
she win know as little Of them, or
they Of her. or their father, as the
beasts Of the field do their ancestors.
Schools Of atheism are being estab-
lished, the Bolshevik theory being
that belief in God is the cause of
all human evil. They are numbering
or starving to death the intelligent,
God-fearing people who disagree with
them. Now it is claimed by witnesses
who have just come from Russia and
have appeared before the Senate in
Washington, that the Bolsheviki are
greatly in the minority in Russia; that
they are mostly Jews, and are led by
smart Jews who up to year or two
ago we're in business on the East Side
in New York City. They aim to DOM
mate the world, to kill out Christianity
and spread their abominable rule
everywhere. They have big Job on
their hands, but are quietly establish
ing their "Soyiets0 pronounced saw
yett) 10 the principle cities Of this
country, and demand that all their
members work for the establishment
Of Bolshevik government,in the United
States.
Bolshevism is like mould or fun.
gus which thrives only on decay
and filth. The sunshine Of common
sense and prosperity is fatal to its
growth. But the demands Of labol