New-York tribune., 1919-05-05
BOlshevism Fl0rlrishes
In City's Alien Quarter

Z foundation of capitalism is crumblng
beneath the mighty strokes of the
European proletariat? Just when the
world is being swept by the flame of
revolution started by Russian, Ger
man. Hungarian and Austrian work
ers ?"
In a department of the paper headed
"The international Revolt" the semi
weekly periodical subdivides its COM
ment on world troubles instituted by
the Bolsheviki into paragraphs on Aus
tria, Serbia, Rumania, Poland, Bavaria,
Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Egypt and Corea. The paragraph on
Belgium says:
with 100000 unemployed in Bel
gium, this country should be sending
in good news shortly"
Hope" Held Out for Serbia
The paragraph on Serbia reads:
Encouraging rumors are leaking
out as to serious disorders in Ser
bia. The troops are said to be fra
ternizing with the Hungarian Red
Guards Which is most regrettable
from the point of view of the Ameri-
can Defence Society ct all
The paragraph on Egypt reads:
"While the English hypocrites are
talking in Paris about the tights of
small nations, riots are breaking out in
Egypt and India in the struggle Of
these countries for freedom from the
yoke of the British Empire. Troope
are being used to shoot down those
who oppose the benefcent rule of the
English Lion"
Referring to Bavarians as "our
friends,' the paragraph on Bavaria
says:
"Meanwhile our friends in Munich
o. oil II 4t,ai,
tending the revolutionary movement to
other centres"
Editorial Assails Gompers
An editorial from this same paper
reads:
"No wonder the returning soldiers
complain of unnecessary hardships.
Two thousand seven hundred of them
came home on the Rotterdam with
the patience of the meek and lowly
Christ"
Another editorial champions the
cause of Lenine and Trotzky. Yet an
other paragraph headed "Deportaton,
Eh?" says "There is no great danger
of wholesale deportation. Labor is
needed in this country for capitalist
purposes"
The reporter stepped into dingy
little print shop at 4S9 Sutter Avenue
and asked a clerk If the shop were
printing any "literature" for the Boil
sheviki. He declined to talk. Present
ly he asked the reporter what was up.
The reporter told him that he was a
reporter and interested in following
up the propaganda. Before he could
reply the proprietor, we'll dressed
young man, stepped up and volunteered
the information requested He said he
did not handle any Of their (the So
cialists) work because his was nom
union shop.
The reporter asked him what he
thought of Bolshevism. and he said
with smile that he believed in it.
The reporter asked him why, and he
said because in Russian "Bolshevik"
meant "more" He displayed unusual
familiarity with Russian affairs, par
ticularly the Russian revolution. The
reporter asked him which he preferred
to be called, Socialist or Bolshevik.
"Why, Bolshevik," he said, laughing.
The proprietor of the print shop is
Russian Jew and talks with evident re-
tinement and education. He volun-
teered the information that the fac
tory workers in Brownsville who
struck recently for several weeks got
what they demanded-that they were
working now but forty-four hours a
week and were making more money
than before Asked why they were so
bent on Bolshevism if that were the
case he said the cost of living was
such as to keep them discontinued, and
instanced the higher rents levied by
the tenement owners.
Low Prices No Difference
The reporter observed that prices
we're much lower in Brownsville than
in some other sections of the city.
"But they are not told anything
these people" the young proprietor re-
plied NOR are they given any ex-
PLANTATION for high prices"
'Do you read The New York Call q"
the reporter asked.
Yes" he replied, 81 read it thor
oughly."
The reporter asked him why, and he
said because it told "the truth"
Asked if he were familiar with "The
Rebel Worker" he said "Yes," adding
that "The Revolutionary Age" sold
like hot-cakes" in that section.