Evening star., 1919-09-21

In Princeton University, spent
many months In Europe during
and after the war on the STAFF Of
the American Red Cross.
A LII socialists are not bolShe-
~ visits. but all boishevists are
~ socialists. The bolshevist is
an impatient socialist who
wishes to impose his ideas by vio-
Hence. He has no faith in the power
of democracy to solve social ills. He IS
the sworn enemy of democracy ana
the avowed advocate Of bloody tyr
any. He believes in a literal "dicta-
torship of the proletariat," in the re-
lentless rule of his own privileged
class. In Russia he is known as
bolshevist; in Germany as spar
ticist; in Hungary and elsewhere as
communist. BY whatever name he IS
called, he is always the extreme So
cialist, who has no faith in democracy
No wonder that many socialists VINO
are loyal to the principles of democ-
racy refuse in any way to be classlneo
with comrades" of this red character.
who. by their discreditable metnoos'
have become the worst enemies OF So
cialism itself.
We have had vivid object lessons In
Bavaria and Hungary, as well as In
Vavaria and Hungary, as well as In
Russia, to warn US of the unutterapie
horrors of bolshevism. And yet there
are a considerable number of intel
lectuals" and others who have not
been able to visualize bolshevism In
Its crude reality. A lively sense OF e1-
istine wrongs inclines them to judge
the bolshevists with sympathy not
really deserved.
1t is plainly the duty of every
American to try to understand tnis
great peril which threatens Europe
and even would invade ou, ow we
shores We must be sure that we
weigh the ideals of bolshevism as
| we'll as its defects. 1t is well to sum
| marize the aims and the metnoas "a
these radical revolutionary SOCIALISTS
States Fundamental Aim.
First of all. their fundamental aim
| is the economic freedom OF all worH,
| men. particularly of those employeu.
| in factories, mines ana otner s.e".
| Industrial enterprises. The tarHiS -,
| it should be noted at the starts py
nature so relatively free and inde-
pendent that he has little interest IN
nure socialism. Though not aVerse
to reasonable methods Of CO opera
ton, he is conservative IN temper
and firmly attached to MS acres
The socialistic idea of economic
freedom is contained in the formula
that -every man is entitled TO tne
fruits Of his own labor" and In ITS
corollary that mo man should I'VE
| by the labor Of others" All socaaHs.s
| are agreed on these basic pinnc,Ph;H. the;r
but differ profoundly concefne
N Ordinary affairs it is difhcult TO
determine lust what constitutes tine
fruit of ones own labor, or 10 Wa.
| extent one may be said to De p',t pro xse
m1st recoenize that ones whole atti-
tude toward socialism in genera Is
/ determined in the main by MS IN
[ ternretation Of these principles. Ac-
| cordine as one has property, OF
| liked income. or no property, or even.
M STEADY employment, will his judg-
| ment of socialism be aneceeo.
| cannot escape the personal eQuatiot.'
IN snch vital matters, and we must
therefore, make the greater enort "
| attain a fair point OF view; .,,s.
II should be recognized that those
| socialists who believe in democracy
aim to bring about the economic ires-
dom of the workingman by SLOW, of
derlv processes, through the iofce oa I
| EDUCATION and moral suasion; ine .e
bolshevist, however I Is ,aersI oersi Coercion
| accomplish this eno Dy Hiof@i
Ne does not shrink at terrorism;
| .rneltv or murder. He is controileo
| by fanaticism and fury.
po1shevist's Class Hatred.
| The fanaticism of the bolsheyist
springs from his class na.reaAhs .hnrs
cnnte1,pt and venom for the memoeI
~ the ehourGeoisie-those benenciar1es
~ canitalism and industrialism wnom
be clairns are carried on the shoulders
| ~ the proletariat. And by TINS Tern
he denotes all who In any way are uS
pendent on the labors OF others! VIZ
the fervor of q bigoted Mosiem ne pe
i;syes In the divine right Of the pro
iletariat to rule. .4,..-
me bolsheyist makes no distinc'
l+,ons between good and bad mempers
NJ the bourgeoisie; between pnLSn'
thropists and human vuieuies' ~
those who pander to human vices ano
Yea aknesses. All are grouped To-
gether as members of a hated class.
when socialists like Karl Marx SPEAK
of the necessity of the 'el1minat1on oi
the bourgeoisie as a class sS .nsy s.ate e
thinking in terms of an altered staIe
~ society where such class VIII
have no place. When the boisneVis'
sneaks of elimination" however, ne
means a swift elimination, lnvolving
lcrueIty. violence and bloodsneo, II
necessary. He draws no su1.,e t3oe of uis, J
class and the elimination OF the inai-
viduais Of a. class. His object is 10
laccelerate the tempo; to put an enc
to "ca apitalism" and "industrlahsm
with the utmost speed and tnorougn
ness. Dispassionateiy ana coiasoi4oI; ~ =
| edly he argues, with Lenine, tnat II Is
necessay to efface-to destroy-be1ore
he can build his socialistic edifice.
Having no faith in the slow, ORDERLY
processes Of democracy, the ooisneVis.
is the frank partisan OF autocracy. Q, o,
| The tyranny Of a real dictatorship OF
the nroletariat''-a term he has bor-
rowed and perverted from Marx. He
helieyes that the workmen themselves
| must be coerced into an accepeanee El
bolshevist ideas and methods. OnIy
trusted extremists are perms.SH inu;t,, ~ ~
the population happen to be farmers
and are by nature antagonistic to So
lcialism-as in Hungary-au the more
| reason for q Dictatorship! Not per
suasion, but coercion. Is the weapon
of the bolshevists; not democracy, but
tyranny.
Terrorism Natural Weapon.
Terrorism is the natural weapon OF
| tvrants. The bolshevistS have culti-
yated terroristic methods as a fine art.
The members Of the bourgeoisie must
he oowed and conquered by threats
and violence! Their property conhs-
Gated; their means of a livelihood or
Of defence taken away! They must
he rendered impotent at a stroke!
mat this is no mere rhetorical charge.
LET one recall the procedure adopted