The Washington herald., 1919-03-02

from the historic cabinet chamber at
Ten Downing street.
They Hate Dtnserney.
These men care less than nothing
for the workers AZ men ana women.
whatever their theories in the alb
stract. They hate democracy and
the rule Of the majority. not only
opposing the rule Of the majority
Of the country. but even the rule Of
the majority OF the working class
itself. This is the dominant char
acteristic Of true Bolshevism here as
In Russia--the doctrine that the
masses Of the people, enslavsd and
brutaiiked by capitalism, are mere
apes" as I once heard the INTEL
lectuaI leader Of fsolshevism ia Eng
land char6cterize them.
British Boishevisni is out to set
up an ebligarchy, a dictatorship Of
few men, supported by subservient
soviets, guarded by highly paid and
privileged "red guards" Two years
ago such a theory of government
could only have been characterized
as an attempt to return to the
period OF the degenerate Caesars of
Rome. who owed their thrones and
ability to tyrannize to their Pre-
torian Guards, but' today a nearer
parallel il at hand. and the rule Of
Lenine and Trotsky In Moscow
through their red armies is the
model and aim OF the Bolshevlks OF
Britain.
REGARDED as aApes."
Since the mass OF the workers, who
won't "bolsh." are to be regarded as
APES" by the would-be tyrarits, the
Bolsheviks doctrine is that power be-
longs. not TO all the workers, but to
the most .class.eonseious section OF
the proietariat, BY .'most class-eon.
sciogs" they mean most discontented
and most ready to support the reve-
luton and best organized to make
trouble
Accordingly, in effect. McManus and
Watson and MacLean and the others
plan to run the country by means of
the coal miners, the railwaymen, the
engineers, the shipbuilders, supported
by a red guard composed of dis
charged soldiers. The rest OF the "op-
pressed preietariat." not being ''class
conscious" would probably fare little
better than the hated "'bourGeoisie"
under the new dispensation. No fur
ther proof that MacLean Is not ap-
pealing to the majority of the work.
ing clasS need be cited than his sworn
statement given above-''with a deter
mined revolutionary minority. we
shall be able to take control of the
county
How is the revolution to be finally
brought sbout7 That is the secret
OF the leaders. II they know the an
swer themselves. which I doubt.
What think is in their minds is
something like this. During the
period OF demobiliEation and indus
trial chaos, they plan to spring
strike after strike, disorganizing the
great industries of the country,
forcing lockouts and suspensions Of
work. creating temporary anarchy
In large cities from which they
themselves will rescue the popula-
tions by running, through workers
committees, the public utilities and
bakeries, thus demonstrating by de-
grees their ability to control where
the ordinary forces of society are
powerless.
strike of All Industries.
The Anal coup that Ia to bring So
ciety crashing to the ground will be
the slr1ulta neous strike OF all the
bolshevized Industries, including the
railwaymen. a strike that will not
be declared at an end until the
starving and disheartened oppon-
ents of the red chiefs hand over the
reins of governments.
schemes would sound like
the rawlings of IN asylum but for the
menacing facts of the moment, and
their success in Russia. Whether
they can be defeated depends upon
the constancy of the soldiers and
the police, upon the political wisdom
of the government as shown in its
ability to mix conciliation with
hrmness when necessary. ana, most