Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-13

food in their stomachs and clothes on
their backs are sufficient sops to
check the appetites of the proletariat
is daily being proved dangerous fall
lacy.
Political Evolution Their Aim.
The workers insistence is laid up
on their participation in and direction
of affairs in which their interest in
paramount, They decline to he ths
base of the pyramid, and seek to
bring about a new structU.e in which
class stratification shall be absent,
all being called on for equal effort,
sharing equally the gains.
Apostles of the movement see in
1t play for political evolution Ac-
cording to their precepts. civilized
man has passed through three stages,
ana is now ready for the fourth The
first was feudalism. when small
number of powerful self-created
mobiles held the rest In serfdom: tho
second was monarchism. with autoc-
racy holding sway; the third was de-
mocracy. with theoretical individual
ism eliminated in practice by wage
slavery, and now comes what tina
Bolshevists proclaim as The true So
cialized state. based on collectivism.
with all wealth eemmunistic and the
abolition OF what the extreme So
cialists regard MS the tripod upon
which rests the modern structure of
society, namely, rent, interest on debt
and profit.
These three points are the bette noir
of the communism presaged by tho
holshevist supporters and toward
winch Their antagonism is mainly di-
Even President Is silent
curious ostrichlike policy Is be-
ing maintained by most leaders of
public opinion on the question of
social uprising evidence of which is
seen on all sides but which seeming
ly is to be checked by the mere de-
nial of its existence. Nor is the pres
ident himself free from the criticism
OF Ignoring the situation. He breaches
vast political reform, and is sue
ceeding in substantiatng his words
ny his practice; but he is silent upon
inc bigger social questions, which are.
after all, the tap-roots of world poll
tics.
IN pursuit of a policy of silence,
little or nothing has been permitted
to come from Russia, so Judgment
must be formulated on what the RUS
sian spirit is able to do within her
own limits and the Influence exerted
upon other lands.
To guard effectively against tho
spread of the insidious proselyting,
with rainbow promises to the sub
merged human element the act of
wisdom Is to examine the subject OBJ
lectlvely and 10 plan accordingly.
The widest publicity is more effica-
ha In
put on rose e-colored spectacles and see
nothing black.
1t is actually difficult to get any
political leader to discuss the matter
even
Their attitude Is quite Mica ber-
like waiting for something to turn
up. The aetuality of the menace and
the demonstration of its strength is
afforded by Russia, where the move
ment has held sway for longer than
"A year and has steadily grown in
power
Can't Use Conscriptcd Armies.
They are shortsighted persons who
believe that force is the only method
of dealing with the condition and
who would send armies into Russia
upon the assumption that thev would
form basis for reconstruction. not
realizing thai the very armies them
selves form the most fruitful soil in
which to plant the seeds of protest.
II can be said definitely that this plan
Will not be executed due to the depth
OF opposition TO the use of conscripted
armies for such purpose
To obviate this objection, the alter
native Is now suggested to raise vol
unteer armies for Russian expedi-
ton Against that plan America
stands opposed. We are committed by
the words of the president regarding
the aspirations and right of expression
on the part of the Russian peoples. In
addition to that reason, volunteer
armies would come as shock to the
sensibility of public opinion for 1t
would be easy to make it appear that
they had Eeen raised for the defense
of capitalism and lured by the prom
ise of loot and plumbers
Those who have studied the subject
believe that an active propa ganda
must be set afoot similar to that used
by President Wilson with success
against German militarists The
unqualified success OF this measure is
proved by the fact that the civilian
morale cracked in the kaiser's en-
pire. while The military remained rea-
sonably firm
The subtleties of Botshevist philoso-
phies must be exposed by appeals to
reason instead of force yet this prin-
cip!e Is being steadily ignored and in
the very centers OF the movement
militarism Is being countenanced by
those who have the strength to check
1Cos,finned IN s. - 1rwc