Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-20

resentatives of the American People,
u piseIoses the Extent of the Cata-
cIasm Into Which the World Re-
formers Would Throw the Existing
System.
New York Times. Sunday.
The senate judiciary committee Will
submit this week its report on Ger
man propaganda and Bolshevism. The
report has been compiled after an in
investigation extending over more than
eight months and it is the first of1cial
limited States government report on
Bolshevism.
That part which deals with German
propaganda is a resume OF the various
activities directed by Boy-Ed, Won
Papen, and other plotters. The report
on Rolshevism deals with the subject
from a new angle. After telling wnat
Bolshevism, is it applies the system,
theoretically, to the United States ana
points out what would happen If the
American government were replaced by
one patterned after the 'red terror OF
Russia.
In compiling the report Mayor 4.
Lowry Humes. counsel for the commit
tee had at his disposal the diplomatic
and other information on Russian con-
ditions in the archives of the Ameri-
can and British governments.
PROGRAM of Bolshevism.
"The salient features which consti-
tute the program of Bolshevism as II
exists today in Russia and is presented
to the rest of the world as panacea
for all ills may be summarized as fol-
lows:
aD The reputation of democracy
and the establishment of a dictation.
(2) The confscation of all land ana
the improvements thereof.
(SD The confiscation of all forests
and natural resources.
41 The confiscation of all live stock
and all agricultural implements.
(5) The confiscation of all banks
and banking institutions and the es-
tablishment of a state monopoly OF the
banking business.
co. The confiscation Of all factories,
mills, mines, and industrial institu-
tions and the delivery of the control
and operation thereof to the employees
therein.
a. The confiscation Of all churches
and all church property real and per-
sonal.
(s.) The confiscation of all newspa-
pers and periodicals and all mechan-
ical facilities and machinery used In
the publication thereof.
(s) The seizure and confiscation of
all public meeting places and assembly
halls. -. ---.-s---s-..--.----
QO1 The confiscation of all trans
portation and communication systems.
OLD The confscation of the entire
estate Of all decedents.
Q2.) The monopolizing by the state
of all advertisements Of every nature,
whether newspapers, periodicals, hand
bills, or programs.
Q3) The Reputation of all debts
against the government, and all obli-
cations due the nom -Bolshevist ele-
ments of the population.
(14.) The establishment of universal
compulsory military service regardless
of religious scruples and conscientious
objections.
Q5) The establishment of universal
compulsory labor.
Q6) The abolition of the Sunday
school and all other schools and insti-
tutions that teach religion.
Q7) The absolute separation of
churches and schools.
QS) The establishment, through
marriage and divorce laws, of method
for the legalization of prostitution.
when the same is engaged in by con-
sent of the parties.
Q9) The refusal to recognize the
existence of God in it's governmental
and judicial proceedings.
(2O) The comforting of the rights
of citizenship on aliens without regard
to length of residence or intelligence.
(2l.) The arming of all so-called
"toilers," and the disarming of all per-
sons that had succeeded in acquir-
ing property.
(22) The discrimination in favor of
residents of cities and against resi-
dents of the rural districts through
giving residents of cities five times as
much voting power as it accorded to
residents of rural districts in such
elections as are permitted.
(23) The disfranchisement of all
persons employing any other person
in connection with their business
(24.) The disfranchisement of all
persons receiving rent, interest, or
dividends.
(25) The disfranchisement of all
merchants, traders, and commercial
agents.
(26) The disfranchiscment of all
priests, clergymen, or employees or
churches and religious bodies.
(27.) The denial of the existence Of
any inalienable rights in the indivi-
dual citizen.
(2SD The establishment OF a Judlciai
system exercising autocratic power
convicting persons and imposing pen
alties in their absence, and without
opportunity to be heard, and even
adopting the death penalty for numer-
Gus crimes and misdemeanors.
(29) The Inauguration of reign of
fear, terrorism, and violence.
What it Would Mean.
With view, therefore, of concretely
illustrating just what this new social
order would accomplish if transplanted
into the political, educational, indus
trial, and religious life of the United
States, attention is invited to the fol-
lowing unavoidable consequences:
H.; The application of force and vio-
lence. the shedding of blood and the
destruction of life and property, the
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