The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-12-18
THE RED PROGRAM


means of production and all articles of
consumption. Mercilessly destroy all re-
mains of government authority and class
domination. Free prisoners, demolish
jails. Destroy all legal papers pertaining
to ownership of property. Blow up bar
racks shoot military and police officers.
DESTROY State, eXtirpate religion"
We clip the above from one of about
million similar sheets which were intend
ed for covert circulation in the United
States, but were seized in New York
city about three weeks ago. These sheets
were filled with indictments against law
and order, but the quotation given above
sufficiently shows the purposes OF the
soviet. These general orders of the REDS
are so laconic and brutally explicit that
any intelligent person can understand
them. Consider for moment what the
order to "extirpate religion" means. IL
means the destruction of every churcn
building in this country; 1t means that
every Protestant clergyman and every
Catholic priest is to be treated as Turks
treat Armenians; that all religious teach
ing is to be vigorously suppressed; that
death is to be the penalty for prayer
that there is to be no law and that per-
son SUSPECTED of worshipplng GOD Will
have no hearing in soviet tribunal
which considers that to extirpate means
to murder. "Seize all means OF produc-
fion and all articles of consumption"
This means rob the banks, loot the Stores
take the farmers live stock, the nay
from the barn, the potatoes from the
cellar the food from the pantry IL
means stealing till nothing remains to be
stolen.
"Destroy all legal papers pertaining to
ownership of property" This means that
the volumes of records in the offices OF
the Registers of Deeds are to be burned
and that YOU and your family are to be
turned out of your home at the point OF
bavonet. Anarchy means all this and
more. 1t means an orgy OF blood ana
ust 1t means reversal from CIVILIZATION
Ito barbarism. We can no longer REGARD
the anarchists as being but an ASSOCIATION
of cranks. They have become numerous,
hold and insolent. They have pla My
told US what they intend to do. In Rus-
STA the world is being shown picture OF
anarchy and the Reds hope to duplicate
that picture in the United States. Alex
ander Bergman and Emma Goldman have
been preaching this doctrine of hate,
theft. extirpation and murder, in our
midst for more than Is years The fol-
lowers Of these arch anarchists are num-
barred by tens of thousands who are eager
to steal, to destroy and to kill, Thou
sands are known to the authorities. One
would suppose that something would be
done to rid the country of these pests.
The House Committee on immigration
has made an investigation of conditions
and has reported that the immigration
gates are wide open, and THAI 'lmml-
grants file past the examiners in whole
sale numbers, they are asked few
questions and are permitted to enter the
country to do as they please. The whole
performance is perfunctory and casual"
Not only are the undesrables OF Europe
pouring into the United States through
our great Atlantic ports, but they are
leaking in from Mexico and Canaca. The
immigration committee also reported to
the effect that deportation, as at present
managed was a farce Unless tie Gov
eminent deals vigorously and drastically
with the reds, some Gay, in the not dis
tant future, the people of this country
must fight for their homes. for their
religion and for life itself.