Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-05-22

any state or country. He has no
love for it, no patriotism. intro
duce this right here because 1t comes
In place, but l shall enlarge upon It
later. To him the International
Brotherhood with its red flag, means
more than America, with its stars
and stripes. Above this banner he
puts the red flag. His supreme al
legiance is to the socialist of the
world, the ultimate aim for which
he works and votes is to destroy
the republic which has given him the
rights of a man and field for their
exercise; and to build upon its ruins
an undefiled something of social
lists. for socialists, and by the social
lists. say this not to place political
socialism in false light; say it be-
cause they say it, because they pro-
claim it in their platforms and glory
in the proclamation.
ment of the socialists that the man
ual tOilers are the only useful class
in society and that their labor Gre
ates all values. Brains, he declared,
are responsible for every industry on
the face of the globe today, and that
every task that calls for labor and
supports it is due to the fact that
some one saw and improved an op-
portunity.
1T was as open to Mr.. Debs as 20
the Swifts to invent the refrigerator
car; to Mr.. Hilquit as to the Pull
mans to invent the sleeper; to any
socialist of his time as to Morse, to
send the lightning along the wires;
to any one equally with Watt to see
the power and application of steam"
Asserting that the employer, un-
der the present conditions, has even
fewer liberties than the employed,
DR.. Shutter declared, mo matter
what the employer does, in the eyes
Of the socialist, he is wrong. 1t re-
minds US Of the old rhyme:
You can and you can't,
You will and you won't,
You'll be damned il you do,
You'll be damned il you DON'T
DR.. Shutter showed that it was i'm
possible1for political socialist 20
be patriotieazbecause the socialist
platforms stand opposed to every
thing in the way of military or naval
forces. Article IL, Section Z, of the
constitution. of the socialist. party
Amy member Of the socialist
party, elected to an Office. who shall
in any way vote to appropriate mon
eys for military or naval purposes,
or war, shall be expelled from the
party
This is why the political socialist
is not and cannot be patriotic; why
he will not sustain his country in
war; why he objects to everything
military
1--WE have heard much about So
cialism as a force for peace. Why?
Not because the socialist is opposed
to bloodshed and destruction. He
believes in both, when they can I've
made of advantage to himself. Vic
tor Berger, now on trial for sedition
with 100000 votes behind him
advises every workingman to keep
rifle and the necessary rounds Of am
munition to back up his ballots. The
Bolshevik socialists in Russia have
ben rioting in an orgie of massacre,
compared with which the French
spot on the page of history. Will
they do less here than they have
done in Russia, If they and their
sympathizers-and Mr.. Berger says
that all socialists are pro-Bolshevik
today-ever become sufficiently
strong to start their revolution?
What do the vast gatherings III
New York and Chicago, where the
red flag is lifted, mean? What did
the defiance of Sheriff Langum and
of Governor Burnquist mean, in
Minnesota, a<short time ago? What
do our Minneapolis aldermen mean
who bar the way to an ordinance for
bidding the red flag of murder and
anarchy to he displayed in our
streets?"
THE SOCIALIST AND THE Ma
TIONALIZATION OF WOMEN
After showing that the 1. w. W.
and other socialists of America have
perfect understanding with the
Bolsheviki of Russia, that their OBJ
jects and ideals are the same, and
that the results ir, America would he
similar, should the socialists gain
control NJ the country Or Shutter