Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-10
PAPERS REVEAL
PLOT OF REDS
Plans of Union of Russian
Workers Seen in Seized
Documents

Washington, Nov. 10.-Plans of
the Union of Russian Workers to
bring about an overthrow of the
government through a general strike
Is revealed in documents seized in
the nationwide raids of federal au-
thorities Friday and Saturday nights.
With the government overthrown
and everything wiped from the
earth that is a reminder of the right
to private ownership of property"
the Russian workers, according to
their manifesto looked forward ito
this magnificent beautiful form of
man without God, without mas
ter and free of authority"
The documents and publications
obtained in the raids, officials say,
are Of the most inf1ammatory nature
and make no effort to conceal the
unions program of destruction and
death to achieve its ends. Much of
the material made public is of such
q nature as to cause any ordinarily
newspaper reprinting it to be barred
from the mails.
Included among the documents
seized, all of which are printed in
Russian, is "Novomiresky-man
of anarchists This
publication, the most recent put out
by the union, was said to be the
most dangerous piece of propaganda
ever disseminated by any radical Or
ganiZation in the United States.
Outlines Purpose
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 IN
stitutions invested with powers to en-
force rule of one man over another"
Under the caption of What Should
Be Our Means of Carrying on the
Fight?" the manifesto says:
What must we do, the vanguard
of the proletariat? We must con-
sciously hasten the elementary
movement of the struggle of the
working class; we must convert
small strikes into general ones, and
convert the latter into armed revolt
of the laboring masses against cap
ital and state.
"At the time of this revolt, we
must at the first favorable oppor-
tunity proceed to an immediate seiZ-
ure of all means of production and
all articles of consumption and make
the working classes the masters in
fact of all general wealth. At the
same time, we must mercilessly de-
stroy all remains of governmental
authority and class domination, lib
Grating the prisoners, demolish pris-
ons and police officers, destroy all
legal papers pertaining to private
fences and boundaries, and burn all
certificates of indebtedness-in a
word, we must take care that any
thing is wiped from the earth that is
a reminder of the right to private
ownership of property; to blow up
barracks, gendarme and police ad-
ministration, shoot the most promi-
nent military and police officers.
must be the important concern of the
revolving working people. In the
work of destruction we must be mer-
ciless, for the slightest weakness
upon our part may afterward cost
the working classes a whole sea of
needless blood"
"One Grand Federation"
After capital and state" are do
stroyed, the manifesto says the first
duty of the union. is to start produo-
ton on new foundation. Existing
labor organizations should be ex-
given over entirely to them, 1t argues
Then, each Village commune"
should unity with all other COM
munes and the zone grand fedora
ton" follows, the manifesto advo-
Gates as its program.
Recognizing no religion. no author
fty. no power other than its own, the
manifesto says, nlternatively, its
members are atheists, communists,
anarchists. Tt continues:
I'VE 20 TRANQUILITY. cheerfully. not
because It is painful to us etcrnally
to be calling to bloody combat-no!
but because there, far beyond the
corpses of heroes. beyond the blood
covered barricades, beyond all ter
rors of civil war, there already shines
for us the magnificent beautiful form
of man without a God, without n
master and free of authority.
We hate religion because It lulls
the spirit with lying tales, takes away
the courage and faith in the power
of man. faith in the triumph of JUS
ttce here on the real earth and not
in q chimerical heaven. Religion
covers everything with fog; real evil
becomes visionary. and visionary
good reality. Tt has always sancti-
fled slavery, grief and tears And we
declare war upon all gods and re-
ligious fables. We are atheists"
Pershing Criticised
In its discussion of war, the mani
festo indicts the American people for
honoring General Pershing as COM
mander-in-chief of the American
expeditionary forces in Europe.
Murder Is always murder and the
man who kills is always a murderer"
the manifesto asserts.
THE only service of the man has
been in fact that. being professional
of his craft, he came to be by simple
chance ct the head of the American
armies which fought in Europe.
There, obedient to the commands of
those who sent him. he with ability
and brains led the work of murder
of men by men. For this they raise
him to the skies and honor him in
every way. All this is done only be-
cause we are in an age of progress
and civilization, in an age of altru-