The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
DIXONSAYS RUSSIAN
FATE MENACES j. S.

al believe Bolshevism is the great
est peril with which this nation has
ever been confronted" said Thomas
Dixon, author and playwright, yes
terday. who is in this city to wit
ness the premier Of his newest drama
The Red Dawn" which is to open
at the Belasco Theater tonight.
Before this year draws to it's close,
Mr.. Dixon believes the country will
have to cope with a condition anal
agous to that in Russia, Germany,
Austria. and Hungary. Red Com
munism which has paralyzed half of
Europe is "a form of mental leprosy,"
said he. (which should be handled by
isolation and surgery"
Studied With President.
Mr.. Dixon has been a student of
Socialism for many years. in fact, he
studied economy and sociology with
Woodrow Wilson at Johns Hopkins
University some years ago. Ever
since he has been interested in the
principles of the Bolshevist and So
cialist. THE Red Dawn" is the
elimination of his writings on politi-
cal unrest, and in it he brings to the
attention of those scoffers and dis
believers who will not be convinced
this country could ever harbor con-
ditionS found in Russia. a crushing
truth.
Washington was chosen for the
opening of the drama" he declared,
because with its lack of the unquiet
foreign element so prevalent in large
industrial cities, there is little of the
Red movement seen here. 1t is in
cities like New York where the
preach their tenets from soap boxes.
If we can convince the Washington
audience of the truth of the lesson
/ have attempted to show, we are
assured of convincing any other city
in the country"
SOViets Organized.
That there are more than a quarter
of a million working men in New
York, now organized in Soviet coun-
ellis. to seize the property of their
employers when the time is ripe, was
his declaration. I'VE know that they
have trained men ia take over every
executive position in the industries
around New York" he said. And
this is only a sample of what is
going on in the great cities of Amer
lea"
The people did not believe five years
ago that such a thing as a general
European war was a possibility, and
many did not believe after hostilities
had commenced. A prediction five
years ago that this country would
suffer complete prohibition. or that
women would have the vote in so
short time would have been ap-
nj al
things have come TO pass, Thomas
Dixon declares the country will wake
up some morning and find newspapers
blown up, railroad lines wrecked, !
wires and other communication con-
nections cut and the reds in possess
sion Of whole cities and industrial
centers.
Warns Time Is Near.
"And it's not far off," he continue, !
conditions ALL over the world have
been favorable to the spread of Boil
shevism. and action is absolutely |
necessary. These scoffers, the aver |
age men, must be Weakened. Propa-
ganda can be used very effectively /
against the insidious red workings /
ana The Red Dawn" is just such !
propaganda"
-0''--'N ''7iiA - lhF Tttly ltII "lHE |
OF socialism, he said. while conserva-
usm is the right wing and the left |
IS getting away with the right, ac-
cordinG TO Mr.. Dixon, who said:
'BOlshevism attacks in this hour. OF |
mental crisis the foundations of all |
laws and seeks to organize into SUI !
preme power the impulse to crime. |
This impulse is universal.
The people who ought TO nip this !
movement of rebellion in the bud are |
not awake to its gravity; they have !
a foolish fatGlistic idea that this
country is immune from such !
troubles. This is the class in !
America, that will not believe in !
thing or condition until they actually |
see the results of its activities. and |
this is the class that must be brought |
to life"
Should such an uprising as he be- |
lieves in, occur, it would undoubted-
ly be crushed, he said. but it will take |
this country twenty years 10 recover. |
Europe will be fifty years coming |
back.
The Red Dawn" is publicity against |
the BoIsheY.k propaganda The !
characters repeat words and speeches |
known 20 have come from some of |
the worst agitators, and the crisis |
comes just as he has foreseen long
since.
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