The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
BROTHERHOOD IDEA
SPREADING RAPIDLY
Tnrc-s to Continue. nritIah Parlia-
mcnt Member Relieves, Jnul
Proflteera Quashcd.
ALL THE NATIONS SUFFER
Soviet System Gahis Converts, De
spite Inconsistency Of Russian
ID IDishcyistH.

recently re elected TO British parlia-
ment)
TO thoughtful observer organized
society today appears tO be undergo
hH "A process of dissolution. Unrest
iH literally worldwide, every people
being disturbed and unsettled TO "A
deEroe hitherto unknown.
lu some parts OF tho world or
dtrcd Tovc m mcnt IN al an end In
western Europe. IN France. Belgium,
Scandinavia Italy. Spain and fortu-
Rai and not iesH IN lritnin, the
ma@oS have f,lt the impact OF the
revolutionary NOV meut that orTi
mated in Russia
In different countries unrest has
found expression In various forms,
On revolution, In riot strikes md
threatened strikes, IN political propa-
gauda, in mass action OF organized
workers. All these have contributed
90 the feeling that tho world unrest
g. tho signal OF tremendous changes
ia Tho organization and control or
the affairs of mankind Tho war has
brought about a total crisis In hu-
man affairs, and since the armlstice
tho crasis has developed rapidly
brotherhood Idea spreading,
These revolutionary manifesto
lions, universal IN their range, lndi-
cate ths presence IN society ot funda-
mental OWLS with which the brother
hood movement, II ~ IN to give ef-
feet 90 tho inspirations OF Str demo
cratic gospel, Ia vitality concerned,
The development OF political insu-
tutions have not kept pace with the
growth of democracy. Much bf the
unrest In the moro highly organized
countries IL attributable 10 this fact,
Democracy. CONSCIOUS OF its power,
found itself unable to obtain any
real control OF the machinery in gov
ernment Class rule In politics, not
a withsta ndfng the existence 6 a
broadly democratic franchise. In still
a reality; what wero called the pos
sessing classes, through social influ-
cnoe the power Of money and their
political monopoly OF tho higher
branches Of education and their con
troll OF tho press. oontrive repeated
ly TO defeat To- popular will on al
most every first-claas political h-
sue In which the rights ana liberties
OF the common people are involved, |
In countries still In a state OF pollti- |
cal pupilage. like Egypt and India, |
political discontent has produced a
vigorous nationailstic movement. |
which In becoming more and more |
difficult 10 keep In the path of con. |
stitWional agitation. some tommunl- |
ties claimed The right Of self-dcterpl- |
nation. and are prepared 10 assert II
by methods OF bloodshed and uo-
lonoe
a. Tho Soviet Experiment.
Constant illustration of democratic
demands for real share In the
business OF government and genuine
popular control over national policy
has produced two serious resdlts. one
result In an attempt to substitute
for the parliamentary systom "A pew
political method.
In Russia and (for a tlme) In
Hungary ana even IN Germany. po-
litical democracy as understood In |
western Europe, has been suppressed
ed by soviets or workers councils |
z With parliamentary SYSTEM theso |
councils have nothing in common |
They are based on restricted fran |
chise, and are avowedly In the inter- |
est or GLASS Dictatorship. 4
II would be n mistake TO think that |
the soviet method OF government Ia |
n Russian invention which has no al |
traction for workpeople Of other |
countries, The soviet experiment |
has captured the Imagination OF a |
much greater number OF people than |
IL commonly realized, Another re, |
suit 10 an attempt TO substitute for |
parliamentary action, and the peace. |
ful proceeding OF the ballot box, di- |
rect Industrial action by the organ
iEed masses Those reEu lta are OF |
immense Significance, They mean |
that large masses OF the people, even |
in countries that are highly devel-
I oped politically, have hegun 10 lose
faith In the parliamentary system
and the ordinary machinery OF rep
I resrntatiye govaInment
rflta 4 10
disappear. That II as certain M to-
morrow's sunrise nut Il In sul
doubtful whether the Ideal OF true
political liberty would be realized
in thh and othsS countries without a
violent convul lsion OF society, The
national history OF tho last half cen
fury and longer IL largely story "
efforts OF the-unenfranch ssd classes
60 obtain the vote. but the winning
OF the vote has not yet given the
people real control OF their own nf-
falrs; they have no effective voice
IN the making Of the national policy
or real knowledge of the principles
upon which their rulers conducted
the national policy, no determining
influence upon government decisions
which might be for them literally |
1natbars OF lie and death The |
problem IL 90 restore popular con- |
fldenCe IN rcprenf n tAtlNe inNuiWIloNh /
and 10 guide the mass movement /
along tho path OF constitutional !
change and enable democracy 20 be- I
come master in its own house with /
out violence and without disorder
In essence this unrest is a demand 4
Tor thorough revolution IN tho eco /
nomlc organization ~ focisty Tho |
auarchic individua' liam ~ tho nrof 4
i'rerinE capitals, system Qf nroduc- |
tion and distribution nae produced u I
state ~ society in Wnich hiieoHs .
inequalities of weS't1 Und emporium /
ttv exist "a society based upuu tho .
exploitation ~ No sIN'..t rItfq p /
subject sex. and rrbie rsrrr or
ranircd labor believes that most ur /
the social evils which dBrben ne /
for tho majority o. people r.me 7
from the TNFiuw ~ rar.fs $50 indus. j
try n ig no longer content tl .
nrru' esce FIJI Tho sv tenn under which +
industry iE conducted q for tho benefit b
OF me few. nrd which Involved se-v. .
Uude. exploitation. ard .uhcr1ina- .
ZION fn- the mass ~ fHc w0rEIrE nH.- .
pIe The workers Lsm n1 NiF or
standard ~ ufe ana IN al'ors'he-
higher status in industry The de-
m M FOR the nntiNnnlirau0u ~ vital
Industries and services like the
mines and the railways. ia accom-
panied nv a demnnd fr democratic