Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-13
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j. 5. GOVT PLANNED
Russian Workers Plotted to Do
This by General Strike-Re-
vealed in Documents Seized in
Raids
RED HOT LITERATURE
Main Iden Seemed 20 he 10 Destroy
"CnpitnI and state" First. Then to
Establish "Communcs"-Everyb
TO He Equal and Happy

Washington, Nov. 9.-Plans OF the
union of Russian workers TO bring about
an overthrow of the government through
a general strike is revealed in docu-
ments seized in the nationwide raids
of federal authorities Friday and Satur-
day nights and made public tonight by
Assistant Atiorney-General Caravan.
With the government overthrown and
everything wiped from the earth that is
a reminder of the right to private owner
ship or property" the Russian workers.
according to their manifesto, looked for
ward to the magnificent beautiful form
of man without God without a master,
/ and free of authority"
The documents and publications OBJ
tanned in the raids. officials said to-day,
are of the most infiammatory nature and
make no effort to conceal the unions
program Of destruction and death TO
achieve its ends. Much of the material
made public tonight is of such nature
as to cause ordinarily any newspaper re-
printing it to be barred from the mails.
ALL PRINTED IN RUSSIAN
| Included among the documents seized.
all OF which are printed in Russian, is
Novomirksy-manifesto of anarchists
communists" This publication, the most
recent put out by the union, was said
by Mr.. Garvan to be the most dangerous
piece Of propaganda ever disseminated by
any radical organization in the United
States.
The manifesto outlines the purpose of
the movement inaugurated by the union
as complete destruction of private con.
troll of natural resources and capital and
complete destruction of power of rule and
the institutions invested with powers to
, enforce rule of one man over another"
| FIRST, A GENERAL REVOLT
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 consciously
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 laborng masses against capital
and state.
! 'At the time of this revolt we must At
the first favorable opportunity proceed TO
an immediate seizure 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
,
mains of governmental authority and
class domination. liberating the prisoners
demo.ish prisons and police Offices
destroy all legal papers pertaining to prt-
vate ownership Of property; all field
fences and boundaries. and burn al
certificates of indebtedness-in a word we
must take care that everything is wiped
from the earth that is "a reminder of the
right to private ownership of property:
to blow up barracks. gendarme and police
administration, shoot the most prominent
military and police officers. must be the
important concern Of the revolving work.
Ing people In the work Of destruction we
must be merciless, for the slightest weak
ness upon our part may afterward cost
the working classes a whole sea Of need
less blood"
| After capital and state" are DESTROYED.
the manifesto says the first duty OF the
union Is to start production 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
zone grand federation" follows, the
manifesto advocates as its program.
RECOGNIZES NO AUTHORITY
| xSocoBHiziH8 10 FellH!On, no authority, no
power other than its own, the me nifesto
says, alternatively, its members are aths-
lists, communists anarchists. 1t contin-
ues:
| I'VE go TRANQUILITY. cheerfuly not because
Il Is painful to Us eternally TO be calling
70 bloody combat--No. But because there
far beyond the corpses of heroes, beyond
the blood covered barricades. beyond all
| terrors OF civil war there already shines
for US the magnificent beautiful form OF
man without n God without a master.
and free of authority.
I'VE HATE RELIGION"
| I'VE hate religion because 1t lulls the
spirit with lying tales. takes away the
courage and faith in the power of men
faith In tie triumph of justice here on tho
real earth and not in chimerical heaven
Religion covers everything with fog; real
evil becomes visionary and visionary good
reality. II has always sanctfied slavery
grief and tears. And we declare war upon
all gods and religious fables. We are
| atheists"
| Mr.. Caravan called particular at
tention to statements in the manifesto
having a bearing on the governments
, activities In connection with recent
strikes The governments attempts to
| put uOWn TlOtS were attacked Nv
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 General Pershing as COM
mander-in- chief OF the American exc
peditionary forces in Europe
| Murder Is always murder and the
man who kills is always murderer.
| the manifesto asserts.
| THE only service OF this man has
been in fact that being a professional
Of his craft ne 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 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 because we ara
in an age of progress and civilization.
In an age OF altruism and humans
tartan Ideas"
! CLAIMS LOSS OF EYESICHT.