Evening star., 1919-11-30

There followed speech from the
leader. low pitched. but every word
,, , biting. These men seated about
leaned forward, mouths relaxed. some
| Breath came in short. queer jerks,
some plainly audible. In every man
every musc.e seemed taut as they
literally and hguratively drank the
lips. Never had 1 witnessed such
absorbing interest. 1t was fasci-
mating. inspiring. closer study of
these men.
One there was who trembled as if
in anticipation of something long
Heavy lips sagged. showing two long.
ug.y and dirty teeth in the absence
of others. "Fangs" was the impress
sion. His narrow forehead was
scarcely discernible between bushy
eyebrows and touseled hair, whicn
fell forward as if to hide a pair of
pierc'ng but nevertheless bloodshot
eyes. He shrugged. then grunted.
more of snarl, as it were. as with
intensity the Russian leaned toward
them, now fairly Kissing the things
he was telling them. My eyes roved
to the others. But this one man was
typical Evil looking the most of
them were-the kind of men one can
best imagine stealthily lurking in
the dark places of unguarded streets,
ieduS 10 SlTlke uON II lnelT prey.
'Vu.tures." was the thing l thought
Ready to live on human carbon
Yet, as | was to learn, these were
men who hoped to govern for the
people: who. hoped to sit in the Won
derful old foreign office in the Quai
d'Orsay. to deal with the world at
large. who hoped to control the eco
nomic, financial and social life of the
nation. who through the force of
might would destroy the accepted
rules of government, of life, of order,
and implant in the fields of chaos
the seeds of eternal damnation for all
mankind.
| shuddered at the vision. pluck
ing at my sleeve aroused me from
my revery. I then listened, and as
] did so my companion almost in
audibly interpreted the things that
men. who. though they had little
ability to think clearly and accurate
ly for themselves, were ready to use
their strong bodies in carrying out
the material and physical measures
necessary to make possible the in
spirations of their leaders.
Russia will die if we do not un-
dermine allied pressure against our
glorious. sanity comrade and leader,
Lenin." said the speaker.
Calls American Money Mad.
France is an oliarchy." he contin-
ued. England is the tool of the rich
who are squeezing to death our COM
mad power that today is standing in
the way of realization of our COM
mon goal. We must wreck America.
We must grind down these money
barons who today suck the life's
blood from the proletariat. In Eng
Italy our forces are gathering
strength. Soon we will drive them to
their knees begging for mercy be-
meath the glorious red flag of the in
ternationale. The day is near. men.
Our vengeance soon shall bear it's i'm
press upon all.
I'VE will throttle the rich. Our An
gers will close around the throats of
those who have exploited US and these
fingers will close. close, until the
breath is forever crushed from their
damnable bodies-these leeches who
turies. The bourgeoise who snugly
live on the fruits of our labor and
spurn us shall pay the extreme pen
atty. Our communal bodies shall rule.
You shall rule. You shall share in the
wealth of the nation. You shall ride
in the carriages and autos of the rich.
You-you shall have their women
And as you pass you will turn to spit
upon those you once called master
Up with the proletariat. Down with
those who trample US into the dust
and will for eternal centuries. Broth
ers, our day is near. Near. l shout.
Near. We will take-take. l tell you.
am ready. So are you
Would my own America act In time
to stay and rout out seditious 1nhu-
ences." This l wondered as the little
meeting broke up and we arose to
leave.
Aroused by the things that l had
heard determined to endeavor to
impart to my country the feeling and
the spirit of these menacing lnhu-
ences. 1 turned with my companion
and left.
Tells Of France. Aims.
He told me of his work: how his
government hoped to clamp about
the wrists of these men the irons of
discipline, how they hoped that. when
the hour did come. the leaders OF an
archy all of them, and their dis. piles
would be gathered in and placed
where they no longer could preach
treason against law and order and
very life itself. He had pretended fell
low ship with them only to learn their
secrets. In all parts of France ultra
radicals such as these were looking
to this little group for guidance. They
were in close affiliation with the Rus
sian bolsheviks, the malcontents OF
Germany, Switzerland. Italy. Spain
and Portugal, as we'll as the United
States.
Another twelve months would tell
whether they were to win or lose.
And" he said. "a great, yes. very
great. percentage of the boldest agi-
tators in Europe today come from the
East Side of New York. The Ghetto.
, God. that your government would
crush this thing and them as snakes
in befouled den"
wondered if my government would
Or would it wait too long, as did
| Kerensky. fearing to expeditiously
separate the sheep from the goats.
failing to differentiate between the
honest worker and the agitator who
is sucking at the life of the nation?