Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

coed to an immediate seizure of all
means of production and all articles OF
consumption, and make the working
class the masters, in fact. of all general
wealth. At the same time, We must
mercilessly destroy all remains of gov
ernmental authority and class distinc
tion, libcrating the prisoners, demolish
prisons and police Offices. destroy all
legal papers pertaining to private own e
ership of property all field fences and
boundaries. and burn all certificates of
indebtcdness-in word, we must take
care that everything is wiped from the
earth that is a reminder of the right to
private ownership Of property: to blow
up barracks, gendarms and police ad-
ministration. shoot the most prominent
military and police officers, must be the
most important concern of all the re-
volting working people. The work Of
destruction must be mercilcss, for the
slightest weakness on our part may
afterward cost the working class n whole
sea of needless blood"
This doctrine is made easy for the
followers of the Russian Workers, for
the manifesto says further:
1--WE are atheists. We are com.
munists. We are anarchists"
Worker Is Attacked
The worker today is attacked in the
manifesto for the Quiescent attitude that
he has assumed toward the wrongs in
fliCted upon him.
ut is quite clear" says the mani
fcsto, that the idea does not enter
their heads Of forming any sort of labor
organizations to protect their interests ;
YOU see, they have the hazicst sort OF
conception of these interests. In order
TO remove this or that abuse by the
master it seems sufficient to punish well
the guilty party, the factory must be
burned, machines broken, the master
murdered, but a permanent organiza =
ton is supcrtluous.
'The time has come tOr mass strikes
or partial ones. Then will be buried
the naive. Ttopan view of capitalism
and social conditions; then for tie first
time will mature the idea of the soil
daritv of the workers. or at least OF
their professional solidarity. Elemen
! tnry strikes will give way to thorough
ones. Workmcn's battling professional
| Examinations will be created"
The argument leads on from this
theory to that of the universal strike,
which will bring together the workers
of all the world for the ultimate revo-
luton.
State Bitterly Denounced
The most vltupcrstive chapter of the
manifesto il devoted to the state.
"The crowning feature of the state, y
! it says, lis its executive authority in
which is vested the material power
which, day in and day out. forestalls,
fights off and Furnishes. 1t is govern :
ment with police, spies, gendarmes and
! armies
THE history of the state is the his
! tory of the enslavement of the toiling
masses the history of oppression,
plumber and violence. The state has
always crushed every phase of human
activity with its heavy paws. Under
| it's poisonous breath, art has withered.
poetry has died, and noble aspirations
TO liberty and light have fruitlcssly
perished
Examine the history of mankind
! il you come upon some bright oasis you
are at once convinced that it was a
time of the absence or weakening Of
the state authority.
'"The state kills human personality
and thereby tears up the noble roots