Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-09
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BOlsehuiki to
Sh0w DupHcity
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that the method OF clearlne UP ~
entire situation with regard TO tus
truth Of the Bolsheyist propaganda
~ publish the statements OF the Do.
sheyists themselves which tney 90 nv
den This he proceeds to 40; quos1
,M Gorky, Trotzky, Lenine. n
n,hers including German Socialists.
The article concludes with a DEFENSE
~ the documents recently made puo-
liz Nv the Committee on Public lntor-
nation. which Mr.. Walling says are az
Arnolv esta blished as the Declarat@on
Of Independence.
"In America the Russian Boishevtn.
are represented as being emocrats
n russia. Lenine and his followers
iose no occasion to repudiate democ-
~ Nv both in word and deed" MT.
waiting "Our quotation Will
show that the very basis Of Bolshe.
sisn, consists in the Reputation OF
democracy.
I'm America the Bolsheviki are
represented as having given land 20 a
kandless peasantry; in Russia the Dol
sheviki attribute nearly all OF tne'r
TROUBLES to the fact that there mas
been very little land tnot IN peasant
hands before the revolution) to give
a fact which will also be
ed later by quotation from the 6es-
| sheviki themselves.
I'm America the Bolsheviki arr
represented as being paciflsts; Len'ne
and Trotzky have neglected no oppor.
tunity to denounce bourgeois pacinsa
| and to assert that they are in OF
a holy war against any and all non"
Bolshevist governments wherever
such a war has a chance OF success.
"In America the .Bolsheviki are
represented as favoring individual lib
erty as being a bourgeois doctrine
and practice
"In America Lenine is represented
}as being 100 per cent Socialist; in
Russia Lenine presents himself as be-
ing 100 per cent anti-Socialist; thai
is. a communist opposed to the So
cialist International"
Mr.. Walling quotes the following
definition of the new Dictatorship
made by Lenine and published in
1.-THE New International" an Ameri-
can Bolshevist publication: Just as
10000 lordlY landowners under
Czarisn dominated the $50. 900, 900 of
Russian peasants. so 100000 members
Of the Bolshevist party are imposing
their proletarian will on the mass, but
this time in the interest of the lat
ter"
,"Nikolai Lenine is the Kaiser. the
pope, and the Karl Marx of the Boil
shevist movement" Mr., Walling says.
His doctrines and ukases are abso-
lutte. No instance is on record where
his doctrine or authority has been inn
pugned. In his works Lenine de-
tends not only a dictatorship OF, the
2roletariat, but a hiahly centralized
revolutionary movement with n
man at the top. Gorky's description
of Lenine, therefore, becomes X
tremely important. We see him from
the point Of view Of the great Russian
Bolshevist writer as a sort of Calvin
or Loyola, a fanatic. a man who Is
willing to put his theories into effect
regardless of the cost in human life
and regardless of the opposition Of
the overwhelming majority of tho
population" Is,
Is Here is Gorky's description Of Len
inc as quoted by Mr.. Mailing: gsFi
.:"Lenine is one Of the most remark
able men Of the Socialist .Internation-
al He is very intelligent. and pos
sesses all the qualities of a chief in
Guiding the absolute moral indiffer-
nee which lis often necessary for such
a, part. On occasions he does not lack
a certain sentimentalisn,. but. at the
same time. he has no pity for the
mass of the people. And he believes
that he has the right to make this
terrible experiment on the Russian
people. Weary of'tho war and Very
unhappy, this people has already paid
for. Lenine's experience with. thou
sands and thousands Of lives. twill
still cost it tens of thousands more.
But this atrocious tragedy never
makes Lenine hesitate. for he is the
slave of dogma, and his partisans are
his slaves. =
"Lenine does not know the people.
But he does know-from his. books
how to arouse the masses and how to
excite their worst instincts. The
working classes are to Lenine what
minerals are to the m~etallurgist.
Can a Socialist National State be
made of this mineral? Indeed, no
and Lenine doubts it. But why not
try? What does Lenine risk IL the at.
tempt does not come OFF, Nothing
much" !.
Gorky gives it as his opinion that
the Soviets are undermining and de-
stroying the working class of Russia.
Referring to the DEGREES Of the "Gov-
eminent of Peoples Commissioners
Gorky asserts they are no, more than
newspaper feuilIetons. written in wa
ter" For the period of the revolu-
ton. up to h time of writing, said
Gorky, 10000 lynchings were account
ed for with theft and robbery in
%creasing every day.
Mr.. WaIling quotes the words Of
Oskar Tokoi. formerly Socialist Prime
Minister of Finland. who said that, in
comparison with the entire popula-
ton. only a small minority supports
the government, and. what is worse,
to the supporters of. the government
are rallying all,the hooligans. robbers
and others to whom this period Of
confusion promises a good chance Of
individual action"
Defending the 'Bol7hevist docu-
ments issued by the Creel committee,
Mr.. Walling declared that he was
personally acquainted with n of the
individuals chiefly. responsible for the
gathering Of the Documents; that the
man was not an Official Of the United
states, government, but one who had.
spent. years in Russia. where he be-
came thoroughly familiar with the
Russian Socialist movement, includ-
Ing the leaders of the Bolsheyiki.
After calling the criticism OF the
documents absurd, MI. wallinr a.
serted that they are just about a
firmly established as the Declaration
of Independence"
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CURRENCY BLAMED