Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-06-27
a STUDY oFBoLSHEvISM.

THE YALE REVIEW for July brings an
informing article by Henry c. Emery, who,
resident in Russia at the time Of the revolu-
tion as financial agent of the Guaranty Trust
Company Of New York, had peculiar opportu-
mites for the sutdy Of Boshevism. He dis
cards the idea that the Boshevik leaders ever
thought Of themselves as German agents,
though the German authorities thought they
were using them such. Lenine, who, Mr..
Emery says, is both an ADLER and more dan
gerous man than most German statesmen,
smiled grimy at the short-sighted folly Of the
German government in aiding in the turning
loose Of such force as Bolshevism upon the :
world For the Russian embassy in Berlin be-
came hotbed of revolutionary conspiracy and
the very propaganda prepared in Berlin for
dissemination in Russia made it's way back in
: various ways into Germany - German troops
] Of occupation in Russia became infected and
J. German prisoners in Russia took it back into
the ranks on the Western front and elsewhere,
until it became, in Mr.. Emery's opinion. one
Of the important factors in the collapse Of i'm
perial Germany.
/ On the charge that~the sBolsheviks are
!. bent chiefly on robbery and murder, Mr.. Eme-
/ ry says that it. is both true and false. While
{ majority Of the people are privileged he says,
! to go about their business, nevertheless a
:; reign of red terror exists and the. Bolshevik
leaders intend that it SHALL Theyare as firm be
] levers in frightfulness as. the Germans when
i ever they conceive it to be to their advantage,
/ and those who come under their suspicion are
/ dealt with without trial. Anything that savors
! Of the forms Of law and order they discard.
/ All they want to know is whether there is
I loyalty to or opposition to Bolshevism. Oppos
! ition is treason and treason is punished with !
4 death It is for an understanding Of the situa-
y tion, unimportant whether 1000 or $4,000 have
Ebeen sacrificed to: this theory Of Bolshevism
I what is aimed at is terrorism and subsection.
{ It is quite natural therefore that condi-
! tions should vary in different localities accor
sding to whether Bolshevik ideas - the expro-
\ priation of land for example - We're carried
q out with. ready ecqniescence. and moderatlon
s or against resistance and by violence. Fhe
& Bolshevik banner it is asserted, has been used
= as cloak for the operations of predatory
.Ibands who probably had little il any know
,$$ledge Of what is stands for. =. IS.
I. And that brings up the question - What
! does it stand for? j: 81 @
!. It stands, according to Mr. Emery, for the
extreme form Of MARKHAM Socialism, its funda-
mental conception being reorganization Of
$ society on basis where there shall be mo
s private or Individual property IN land or in
4 any Of the means Of production and no other.
J, form Of income than that paid by the state for
!, productive services rendered to the state. IS
!, But what is distinctive IN Bolshevisn is that
this system is not to be brought about by eco..s
,-nomic evolution in the course Of time, but now
...by force; That is not only the theory of the i
!. Bolsheviks but their practice; they are already
!. at It !; they are the IWW.' Of Europe That.
they are operating so extensively in Russia is
.. only a circumstance due to peculiar conditions