The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-12
MURDER AND RAPINE
INCLUDED IN PLANS
The Arrest Of Alien Enemies
Uncovers Dangerous Plot
Against America

Friday and Saturday nights and made
public tonight by Assistant Attorney
General Garvan.
8 With the government overthrown
and everything wiped from the earth
as a, reminder Of the right to private
ownership Of property the Russian
looked forward to .tile magnificent
beautiful form o! man without god,
without master and free Of author
ity''
The documents and publica tons oh.
tained in the raids, officials said today,
are Of the most infammatory nature
and make no effort to conceal the
unions program of destruction and
death to achieve its en- is. Much of the
material made public tonight is Of
such a nature as to cause any news
paper reprinting it ordinarily to be
barred from the mails
Included among the documents
seized. all Of which are printed in Rus
sian, is .Novomirisky" ky"-nanifesto Of
rchists-connaunist. This publica-
fion, the most recent put out by the
union, was said by Mr.. Garvan to be
the most dangerous piece Of propa-
ganda ever disseminated by any radi-
cal Organization in the United States.
The manifesto outlines the purpose
sof the movement inaugurated by the
union ..as complete destruction of pri-
vates control OF natural resources and
capital and complete destruction of
poMer of rule and the institut tons in
vested with power to enforce rule OF
one man over another
Under the caption of What Should
9Be Our Means Of Carrying On the
Fight ?" the manifesto says:
taWhat must we do, the vanguard of
the proletariat? We must conspicu-
ously hasten the elementary move
ment OF the struggle Of the working
class; we must convert small strikes
into general ones, and convert
the latter mo armed revolt OF the Ia
boring masses against capital and
state.
4At the time Of this revolt we must
at the first favorable oportunity, pro-
ceed to an immediate seizure of all
means of production and all artices OF
consumption and make the working
classes the masters in fact of all OF
general wealth. At the same time we
must mercilessly destroy all remains
of governmental authority and class
domination, liberatinG the prisoners,
deinolish prisons and police offices,
destroy all legal papers pertaining TO
private ownership Of property, all field
fences and boundaries and burn al
certificates Of indebtednesS-ln word
we must take care that everything IS
wiped from the earth that is a re-
reminder of the right to private own
sership CT property; to close up bar
racks, gendarme and police admins
tration and shoot the most prominent
military and police officers, must be
the important concern OF the revolt
ing working people. In the work OF
destruction we must be n1erclless, for
the slightest weakness on our part
may afterward cost the working class
"a whole sea of needless blood
After capital and state" are de-
stroyed the manifesto says. the first
duty of the union is to start produc-
ton on a new foundation. Existing
labor organizations should be extended
and production should be given over
entirely to them. it argues. Then each
"village commune" should unity with
all other communes and "the one
grand federation" follow. the mani
festo advocates as its program.
Recognizing no religion. no author
ity. no power other than its own, the
oil FOL ~
bers are atheists. communists, anarcn-
lists. 1t continues:
r"Religicn covers everything with
fog; real evil becomes visionary. and
visionary good reality. 1t has al
ways. sanctifed slavery. grief and
t4ars. And we declare war upon all
gods and religious fables. We are
atheists
The governments attempts to put
down riots were attacked as nothing
short of murder where such attempts
to end trouble had resulted in death
for anybody.
In its discussion of war. the mani
festo indicts the American people for
honoring Genera! Pershing as Com
mander in Chief of the American eN-
peditionary forces in Europe.
Murder is always murder and tee
man who kills is always a murderer,
the manifesto asserts.
"The only service Of this man has
been in fact that, being a professional
in his craft, he came to be by simple
chance at the head OF the American
armies which fought in Europe There
obedient to the commands OF those
who sent him. he. with ability ana
brains. led the work OF murder of men
by me:a. For this they raise him to