The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06


thai which IN now called 'b""h'.
,.sr,. The history ~ every moro
a., r... civilized people ic'N'cs INA.
rhsro has not been ih""IE, i'
fr.rn nr philosophy that h'H no.
nr,n dIsr4rIrrd mlh.n'rrpf' 'l''' -.
,,,n ebuaod. betrayed ia i's d''p""'
meaning and idoaL
rlrls,ianliy. ~ q teaching ana f'-
urIon existing for 20 c"n'"'N'. '.",
undergone mary distortions 'L'
,rIIfilnfIons has been transformed To"
the very n4ihtTrE one h'' "N'
a, recall the "chrisiiHul'y' "r sue
, ruler aH phltp in" second "'
gra.u. with his inVu 5i'"h, WI,
whole nations were d""ih'b '' '
burned and murdered Ih lhr u"I"' ''
,hriAra love fur humanity '" ,'"
not forget, too. tho JtHtso'n va.
Ivan the terrible, who, hilns'lI '"'
st,rrl innocent people. holding
-. d, one hand uud ulliE url d
hammer In tho oihcr. the whole IiNl'
t,.ng prnycr7, nddrcVod ~ lh' h
rirhiy gracious CHRIST was ih'' NOT
nnlrnayIsm In tho HphoI" OF i'|''.
and have NO not seen lnl a. 'l'
rc,prlr,iorp Of those rriwlnal d'''
were Themselves monsters uH W"I',
and mental charnCtcrH2 "hhf w""'"
hn,o hecome Of the world II Nl,"
"rcligion" had triumphod over al '"'
Othcrs2 ,
We see now mat tho harmonious
humane well shaped theory OF y"
rialfsm. founded on science. '"'
ihcory that teaches ua what i'I"i NV
and chatlgcS can bc "ur''S WV
made at this or that moment or ne
tory, cndchvoring to MAKE ''''a,
changes with HH Utlle dlr'i -" u"
possible, and conserving al lhR'
good from tho culture ar III" paS'
We sec this theory. tho theory "t 10
cta tiam perverted into an appear toi
defiance. vcnEcnce, robbery. deAtruc-
lion and the Immediate murder or
sryone resisting those atrocities. lH
thh bolsheyism not like that or
phlIIp II of gpain or that OF Ivan
the Terrible OF Russin2 And at what
n timoi II camo at the moment
when tho. true socialists. the real
workers for tho people were 40 near
their aim, when all the desired re-
forms could have been easily real
iEed, ms the people are prepared TOT
them
Two years ago we had In Ruasfa'
through ths legislation OF our pro
yisional government, tho beat laws
insuring political freedom; freedom
OF consolcnce, OF speech. OF press, OF
assembly. Wo had equality OF poll
teal rights for both seSoA. and auto
nomy for all tho nntionalitcs In q
hablting Russia. lf the consltueht
assembly had not been dispersed ny
the bolshovist bayonou. tho lana
would have been in tho poesci~ion
Of those who Till II. on the basis "
socia lixation. The worhlngmeh OF
R,Ia,sia would be living under the pro
lection OF tho most progressive no
clai Legislation. safegpar ding their
lives and health and giving them the
poesiblity, as far as possible. TO par
iinipate Ia tho management OF me
industrial life. Tho majority In the
constituent assembly was held by tho
party OF sociallst -revohI tionist. and
under the leadership OF this party
the constituent assembly would have
realized tho sacred hope OF tho Rus
sian people.
Hut there was plot against this
program, and aa II would have been
impossible to overthrow 1t by argu-
ments, the bolahcvdki made use OF
a ruse. by doubble-des they in
.slnuatcd to our ignorant and sS-
many-tlmes disappointed masses
that again they would be deceived,
and that tho only means TO assure
the success of the revolution was
TO act at once. Rob tho robbers
was the way Lenine put IT.
II was a match 10 tho dry fue,
accumulated during the many cen
turies OF despotism and suffering. OF
scrvltude and desohtion. For six
teen months Russia has been de-
voured by the firo OF inauisition. and
Ienine flaunts II as triumph or
socialism just ms Phlhp OF Spain. I'm
the name OF Christ. rejoicod In the
burning OF his victims ~ they cried
and writhed on the live Goals OF their
funeral-pilea. Philip or Spain and
l>enIne OF Rusda-both OF them
without any feeling for humanity,
without any sense OF Justice or re-
sponsiblity towerd God or man
kind
Such beings cannot be convinced
by anyone or anything. since their
fanaticism is based on selfishness
and obsunncy and they consider
themselves above all the laws OF God
and man. Even the results testify
ing to their mistakes and errors do
not change tho course Of their ac-
tiviueH, II the passion ,fas destruc-
liOn ana UlufuFf Gun w - 'hil'lH
Did we not see--tn Rome Nero
Caligula and their succcssors taking
pleasure In ruling people with iron,
fire aud blood? They were mad,
perhaps but who knows about Len
ine2 His policy Is not that of n
sane brain, and girding himself In
these policies Of incen'ant terror and
violence, II cannot be that he en-
ioNs a normal state OF mind and
spirit
The ahwrrCiity and criminsLity of
the bolshcvikist terrorism Is 40 evi-
dent that some MnCcre elements,
most of them very young people,
'NNhu Joined tho bolshcvild at the he
ginning, attracted by tho bolducss
OF their theory and by their dcmnE
oElc promises, have left them long
aEo. beninc's tyranny. trrt Ike the
tzar- tyranny. Is tho ruhc OF n very
small minority over a great people,
through armed force Rut, Ieninc' 8
tyranny is even wurpo-Rnd moro de-