Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-03-15

The Russians have thrown off the Romanoff dynasty. the Germans have apparently got rid of the Hohenzol-
 ern rulers. and have deteated the mil itaristic regime that has so long ruled the Central Empires. And we find
 somewhat similar conditions of mind on the -or+ of those in authority, as prevailed at the time of the civil war In the time of Charles the First of England. There the respectable ele- ment, or in other words, the rulers, and their ..adherents, were loud in. their denunciation of any act of vio- lence, and. of the methods that were necessary at the time to do away with the then reigning head of the. country; At. this time. we find that ,ths bourgeoiss element in all lands is raising protest against what they call anarchy in Russia. and at the- sams time expresses fears as to the outbreak of anarchy in other lands. It has repeatedly been stated in the Federationist, that repressive and au- tocratic+ methods of government in- evitably result in violence when the people. first obtain their release from autocracy. This is practically appli- cable to Russia. which was govern ed by the most despotic government on the fact of the earth prior to the revolution. The following extracts from an essay by "Macaulay" pub lished in the Edinburgh. Review. Au- gust, 1925. are particularly applica- hle at the present time. 1.
 ''If it were thought that a peoplet brought up under an intoieTant ana --ai--.+fy sysu~-- aanlh ~->.b~ert tlAnt system without acts sot cruelty and folly, half the objections to despotic power would be removed. We should in that case, be compelled to acknow- ledge that it. at least produces no pernicious effects on the intellectual and normal character of a nation
 But the more violent the Outrages. the more assured we feel that a revo- lution was necessary. The violence of those outrages will be proportioned to the oppression and degradation unler which 'N~'- r""a been accustom- ed to live. Thus it was in our civil war. The heads of the church and state reaped only that which they had sown. The government had pro- hibited, free discussion;N it had done it's best to keep the people unacquaint- ed with their duties and their rights. The retribution was just and natural. If our rulers suffered from popular ignorance. it was because they had themselves taken away the key of knowledge. If they were assai)ed with blind fury. it was because they had eXaGted an equally blind submission.
 Tt is the character of such revo- lutions that we always ses the worst of them at first. Till men have been some time free they know not how to ase their freedom. The natives of wine countries are generally sober. In climates where wine is a rarity, incompetence abounds. A newly lib
 northern army camped on the Rhine or the Xorns It is said that when soldiers in such a situation first find themselves able to indulge with out restriction in such rare and ex- pensive luxury, nothing is to he seen hut intoXication. Soon, however. plenty teaches discretion, and after wine has been for months their daily fare. they become more temperate try. In the same manner, the final and permanent fruits of liberty are wisdom, moderation and mercy It's immediate effects are often atrocious crimes, conflicting errors, scepficisn on points the most clear, dogmatism on points the most mysterious. IL is just at this crisis that it's enemies love to exhibit it. They pull down tho scaffolding from the half-finished edifice: they point to the flying dust. the falling bricks, the eomfortless, the frightful irregularity of the whole appearance; and then ask in scorn where the promised splendor and comfort is to be found. If such mis- erable sophisms were to prevail there good government in the world.
 Aristotle tells pretty story of 2 fairy who, by some mysterious law