Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-11
PLANS TO OVERTHROW
GOVERNMENT ARE FORMED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Plans OF
the Union of Russian Workers to
bring about an overthrow of the
American government through a gen.
eral strike are revealed in documents
seized in the nationwide raids of
federal authorities Friday and Satur-
day nights and made public by AS
sistant Attorney General Garva1.
With the government overthrown
and everything wiped from the
earth that is reminder of the right
to private ownership of property"
the Russian workers, according to
their manifesto, look forward to
the magnificent beautiful form of
man without a God without, a mas
ter and free of authority"
The documents ard publications
obtained in the raids, officials said.
are of the most infiammatory nature
and make no effort to conceal the
unions program Of destruction and
death to achieve it's ends. Much of
the material made public is of such a
nature as to cause ordinarily any
newspaper |eprinting it to be barred
from the mails.
Included among the documents
seized, all of which are printed in
Russian, is mirsky-Manifesto
of sts-Communists." This
publication, the most recent put out
by the union, was said by Mr.. Gar
var to be the most dangerous piece
of propaganda ever disseminated by
any radical organization il the Unit
ed States.
The manifesto outlines the pur-
pose of the movement inaugurated
by the union as complete destruc-
ton of private control of natural re-
sources and capital and complete de-
struction of power of rule and the
institutions invested with powers to
enforce rule of one man over an
other''
Under the caption of What Should
Be Our Means of Carrying on the
Eighth the manifesto says: What
must we do, the vanguard of the
PAOAObeAI ia w IIldoL CONSCIOUSLY
hasten the elementary movement Of
the struggle of the working classes,
we must convert small strikes into
general ones and convert the latter
into armies of revolt of the laboring
masses against capital ard state.
eat the time of this revolt we
must at the first favorable opportu-
:lity proceed to an immediate seizure
NJ al Of nrn1In1i oil
articles of consumption and make the
working classes the master in fact
Of all general wealth. At the same
time we must mercilessly destroy all
remains of governmental authority
and class doninat ton, liberating the
prisoners, demolish prisons and po-
lice offices, destroy all legal papers
pertaining to private ownership OF
property, all field fences and bound
aries ard burn all certificates of in
debtedness-i1 word, we must take
care that everything is wiped from
the earth that is a reminder of the
right of private ownership Of prop
erty; to blow up barracks, gendarme
and police administration and to
shoot the most prominent military
and police officers, must be the i'm
portrait concern of the revolving
working people. In the work of de.
struction we must be merciless, fol-
the slightest weakness upon our part
may afterward cost the working
classes 81 whole sea of needless
blood"
After capital and state" are de.
stroyed, the manifesto says the frs
duty of the Union is to start produc
ton On a rev foundation. Existing
labor organizations should be ex.
tended and production should b.
given over entirely to them, it ar.
CUES. Then each village commune
should unity with all other com
munes ard the ''one great fedora ton
follow. the manifesto advocates as
its program.
Recognizing no religion, no author
ity, no power other than its own. the
manifesto says, alternately, it's mem
bers are atheists, communists, al
archiStS