The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-22
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In mo newspapers and IN period
Gals ,ud oven In leaflets. tho word
~ "bolshoNiHm got 80 popular
among tho people lhpt oven - cor.
tain class Of people are trying to
knock some money out ~ their re
HpsCtiyc goods by uslnE tho re-
epcotiye word Of "hulHhtyWu' In
their attractive and loud speaking
Advertisements But rtIll the mpin
idea and tho essence Ot that par
iirular movement ls Htill remaining,
Kind OF a mystery ito lha huJorly
~ the people of THIS country par
ticulArly, although th" movement
aud the follower ~ lt IA mcu' lOueh
In every daily ucwapnr"r quito ir"-
quently. The majority ~ IN" uoWS
papcr articles and stories are hl-
tackinE. Eomu ~ them even 10
great extreme ARE allowing them
selves FOR arguments sake, 90 use
various ulrkUuWcN and romhrkg or
n very luw nature in order 20 crit
iriae and 90 prove the fu'all4w ana
the absurd ideas of the prospective
bolghcvlks. by calling them uuar-
chistH. tcrrorists, bump throwcrA
and some uf them are even going
that FAR hy calling them burglars.
And there lH no wonder why mo
masses are getting preJudiCcd ana
oven supCrstltuous 10 that particn.
lar movement We hear quite often
how some ~ our law makers iu thlH
country ARE trying their bost for tho
good Of the country 90 stop the
spread OF the bOlshoyiSm. and thoy
are trying 20 enact. various laws
and regulations, and II doesn't maj
ter how brutal they may be. or II
doesn't matter n those regulations
arc In a perfect discord with the
fundamental principles 81 our 80
highly respected democracy,
on tho other hand we hear re-
marks Of a very dangerous nature
like limiting tho immigration "a this
country OF aliens. who. they claim,
are tho spreaders ana the banner
carries OF that RuWlan bolshevlsm.
IL ia an absurd ana easy mindedneas
80 show or to blame tho various
Aliens OF spreadinR this 10 claimed
dangerous idea IN this country First
of all the Majority NJ the aliens are
living and settling themselves In
their own quarthlH and districts OF
the largo Industrial cities ot this
country. and they have very little
20 do, or To say or TO influence, In
any shape or form, tho American
laboring people on bolsheyist IDEAS
for the simple reason as most OF
them don't oven know how 10 read
and write the English language.
Some OF our lawgivers and various
politicians OF different cRllbers are
oven making tho attack 30 strong as
they wouldn't stop for "A momont
and think ot their valuable" Rd-
vices and suggestions hod 10 rid this
country OF that dangerous idea by
influencing the people and melting
the masses 10 make various laws and
prosecutions against anybody or any.
one who expresses himself In sym
pathy with the bolsheviKt idea II
IL true that the holsheVlst Idea iS
In perfect diHharmony with the pres
ont state of capitnlistlc form OF hu-
man society II is also true that the
methods and the various ways and
means how to enact tho new form
OF tho state and To destroy the old
forms Of society. are very extreme
and 10 n certain extent they hav,
no ground or economic basis by uslnl
their keen and antasonlstic ways foi
the SUCCESS and the spreading and
the enacting OF their ideas In the
civilized world.
But Jet us not fool ourselves. the
movement OF bolshcvism was not in-
vented and carried on by Lonine and
TrotBky only az II will be false
statement to do Il: the bolsheyisl
government or sovicts have been In
existence In the great country OF
Russia for tho past two years, and
are supported by tho millions OF
Russian people. The holshcvisn
which was originated In the coun'
try OF Russia was not the result OF
the invention OF the brains of Len
Inc. TroEky and others This idcn
was created by the history OF Rus
Eia. by the conditions economic so
ciAl and industrial Of that particular
land. Tho Russian people M "a whole
are by nature not anarchists or tor
rorists like somo OF them claim. Al
they nre TO n great extent civilized
intelligent and industrious as an
other people of the European ant
American countries They are no
looking and digging Tor troubles ant
eavil wars because they are nnturall'
Inclined to do 80. but Hs "A matter q
fact, the conditions Of RusiLa for IN
past four years have been very dan
gerous and abnormal to the RUSSIAN
people by exercising their life per
gonal and communal to the sharl
and bloody circumstances OF the ar
fcrent ,fpvolutiona they have mad
through for the time past In ordc
10 understand and 10 Judge the III
and movements ~ tho present Rus
Hia it IL not enough 10 observe an
90 criticize that great nation h
newspaper clippings or some doubt
fui statements OF various statesmc
and delegates. who were luck
enough to escape from Russia an
90 come to this country and 10 MAX
statements Of a very critical natur
by not having any real convincin
facts or reasons for their criticism
II takes a person 20 live and 10 sui
fer for a certain period ana {
mlnCle hy direct relations with IN
Russian masses IN order To- under
stand the real salvation for the un
fortunate Russian people.
| Intend 20 cali your particular n
tention to the fact that I am not de
Tending the position ~ the holThC
viks or the supports ~ their idea
for the rcs, of tho civilized work
but am trying my hest as a ma
who has lived and raised and grow
up in that marvellous country tor
years TO explain and 'o give n NOR
proper definition ON tho labor QuC'
ton IN general and ON the holsho,ik
idea OF Russia particularly u ism
n policomau'N Job 90 do n. as N
Jail bars and pcuitcnunry walls wi
not stop or root ont AN idea that
brought M into iifo boy history 1r