The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-24
he is Enthu3ed with the Idea OF
Annihilating the Power Of Money
In The World.

Geneva, April 22.--According to an
authoritative report, Vladimir Lenine,
the high priest of Bolshevism has
disclosed his policy in the following
terms: n
"The first aim of every political
party must be to convince the MAORI
ty of people that its program is right.
This task. although Car from being alb
solutely achieved, is now in great
measure solved, for the majority OF
the Russian workmen and peasants
today consciously adhere to the prin-
ciples OF Bolsheyism.
The second problem Is the con
quest of political powerjand the sup
preston OF resistance on the part OF
the, capitalist classes. This problem
could only be solved by means Of a
Dictatorship OF the pf6ietariat, which
consists, so to say, In d permanent
state OF war against9 the bpurgeoisle.
The people who protest against acts
OF terrorism committed ebys the Com
munists entirely forget what the term
j = l.. Z e.
dictatorship means. Revolution is in
itself an act OF terrorism. The word
dictatorship in all languages means
simply the rule OF terror 1t is like
wise evident that when the revolu-
ton is most in danger the dictator.
ship must be most pitiless.
Il "At first the danger was very great
in Russian and the dictatorship gro-
portionately severe Today II is con.
slderably less and VIE can almost dis.
pense with terrorism. We have com
mitted many errors in the past. but
our disappointment and difficulties
were inevitable, for II was Impossible
to foresee how the social philosophy
of Marx which had never been puG in.
to practice before, would work oul
in actual government"
Lenine is obsessed at present by a
plan for the humiliation of'the power
OF money in the world. He outlined
his ideas on this subject thus:
Hundreds of thousands OF robbie
notes are being issued daily by our
Treasury. This Is done not in order
to I'LL the Golfers OF the State with
practically worthless paper but with
the deliberate intention of destroying
the value OF money as means OF
payment. There Is no Justification
for the existence of money In Boil
shevist States, where the -necessities
OF life shall be paid for by work
alone.
Experience has taught us II Is i'm
possible to root out the evils of Lapi
talism merely by conhscation and ex
preparation, for however ruthlessly
such measures may be applied .sastute
spectators and obstinate survivors
Of he capitalist CLASSES will always
manage to evade them and continue
to corrupt the life OF the community
The simplest way to exterminate the
very spirit Of capitalism is, therefore
TO food the country with notes OF
high face vaue without financial
guarantees of any sort.
Already even the hundred rouble
note Is almost valueness In Russia
Soon even the simplest peasant will
realize that It is only scrap OF paper
not worth more than the rags from
which II is manufactured Men will
cease to covet and hoard 1t so soon
as they discover II will not buy any
thing, and the great illusion OF the
value and power Of money on which
the capitalist state Is based will have
been definitely destroyed
This is the real reason why our
presses are printing rouble bills dag
and night.