Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
REVEAL Reds
PLAN TO SET
Up REPUBLIC
Seized Documents Show
Radicals Join for Bol-
shevism in America.

Washington, March Il.-Evi-
hance gathered by the pOstOftice
department. and the department
Of Justice showing country
wide radical propaganda urg-
ing overthrow OF the United
States government by violence
and the setting up of bOlshe-
vlsm. YVES put into the senate
- propaganda Investigating COM
<aittee's record today by Major
+. Lowry FIumes. counsel for
the committee.
The documents Included a mem
orandum submitted yesterday by
solicitor Lamar of the postofiice de-
partment. asserting that the !. ".
", Socialists and other radicals In
this country had found a common
cause for the first time IN bOishe-
Nlsm. With the memorandum were
excerpts from radical publications.
which MIR. Lamar said demonstrate
Ai bloody revolution and T. reign
Of terror were contemplated.
The memorandum, which was
mads public by the committee late
yesterday, asserted that tho radical
elements OF the country had for the
first time found "A common cause
upon which they can unite" In boil
shevism. The !, ". W, Solicitor
Lamar charged. were active In the
support OF thia common cause"
through the organlzation'a field
forca of recruiting and subscrIp-
tion agents. He said the excerpts
submitted would show that the
propaganda had as one OF its OBJ
jects nationwide reign of ter
ror."
Mr.. Lamar said this propaganda
was being conducted with such
regularity that its magnitude can
bs@neasured by the bold and out
spoken statements contained IN
these publications and the efforts
made therein to inaugurate ma
tion- wide reign of terror and over
throw the government"
One OF the department OF Justice
exhibits was an anarchist poster
Y hich appeared recently through
out New England. II was describ-
ed az Il typical piece OF red propa-
ganda. Ii denounced the proposed |
alien enemy deportation law and |
said among other things:
Deportation will not stop tha !
storm from reaching these shores. !
The storm Is within and very soon |
will leap and crush end annihilate |
you in blood and FIRE"
Another piece OF propaganda de- |
clared: Every strike is n small |
and a dress rehearsal for |
the big one"
Names Nine Chicago Papers.
Lamar gave a list Of newspa-
pers published by the boIshevik or
gsnization. This list. he said. did .
not include "a large number of free
lance papers published in the in
terest of the organization" The
list OF official boIshevik" papers
included nine published in Chicago.
They are:
The New Solidarity English
weekly.
One Big Union English month
lyl.
La Neuva solidoridad tspanish
weekly
Golos Truzenta CRussian week
Iy).
Ii Nuovo Proletario Gtalian
weekly.
Nya Warden Swedish weekly.
Der Industrialer Arbiter Gewish
weekly.
Probuda bulgarian weekly.
A Feis Badulas Hungarian
weekly. !
The official papers" outside of
were named as follows:
Industrial Union (English week
y, Seattle.
California Defense Bulletin eng
ish weekly, San Francisco.
The Rebel Worker English bi-
New York
Papers Are Quoted.
The Liberator. the International
Socialist review. the Red Dawn and
he Glass Struggle were quoted I
rom at some length by Major I
fume% in completing the record.
Iasr bills said to nave been dis
%buted by the l. ". W. during the ,
eceut strike in Seattle were among
ne exhibits as were recent pamph-
cts written by various agitators I
those names have been associated ! f
With various disturbances in the {
nited States during the past few
ears Upton Sinclair. Elizabeth
TIynn and a dozen Othp%s were
iuOted from.
Among editorials put into the /
ecord was one by Arthur Bris- t
ane in the Washington Times, dis !
ussing photographs Of Russian |