The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-05
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CATION, which has been in progress for (
| several years. are:
| The !. w. w. aimed TO work its trick |
| on precisely the same lines as the Boishe<
| viki-sabotage, sedition and a reign OF |
( bloody terror.
! 6ousehoat found on the Sacramento |
| river in California was the home of a !
/ revolutionary arsenal, where bombs. tear |
gas, and horrible implements of destruc- |
| ton of Industrial commercial and human |
| life. was operated by the l. w. W, the
government charges.
Strikes in the northwest sabotage in
industrial regions and finally the reign of
| terror and chaos was the plan of the
e ms fG fields fs we're the Goal
j With control of these, the winning of war
by America would have been impossible.
for the fuel from these fields kept the
navy going and war plants running.
May 1 was the day, set for the beginning
I lead to the rebellion Thru recent con-
vietion of Socialist leaders for conspiracy.
its organization. and on May / the plans
were to. begin the revolution with an
| international Labor day.. -
Startling Disclosures.
In the indictments drawn at Wichita
by the federal grand jury are some
startling disclosures. Mr.. Robertson
says the trend of BolshevisTn and the
spirit of the 1. w. W. is clearly de-
fined in the evidence. revealed in the
indictment.
the gear of those machines. which.
like fabulous monsters, marks the ex-
ploitation of the workers, and they
will become palsied and useless, is
from a piece of I. w. w. propaganda
which will be used as evidence by the
government to prove charges of sabot-
age.
"'You are destroying civilization is
likewise hurled against US, to which
we reply in the language of the street:
We should worry. Civilization is
IieT"
Wrote Song.
The following song written to the
tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers,
will be read at the trial to prove the
I. w VS. sentiment toward the SOL
: diers who fought for America. and to
further prove the charge the organiza-
: ton is against civilization itself, Mr..
Robertson said:
Coward Christian soldiers! Duty's way
: Stay your Christian neighbors,- or by
Pulpiteers are sIIoutfng effervescent swfr,
God above is calling you to rob and rape
, All your acts are sanetified By the Lamb
If you love the Holy Ghost, go murder,
s Onward, Christian soldiers. rip and teal
l Let the. gentle Jesus bless your dynamite,
Splinter skulls with shrapnel. fertilfze the
Folks who do not speak your tongue de-
= serve the curse of God.
Smash the doors of every home, pretty
IS Use your might and sacred right to treat
L them as you please.
i Onward, Christian soldiers, blighting all
: Trampiing human freedom under pious
n Praise the Lord whose dollar sign dupes
d Make the foreign trash respect the bullion
d brand of grace.
n Trust in mock salvation, serve as pirates
/ History win say of you: That pack OF
: = FooIs."
n Ono Hundred Witnesses.
81 More than hundred witnesses and
thousands of pages of literature viii
present the governments evidence
Mr.. Robertson said he expected tbs
government would require ten day:
for it's side of the case. The 1. W. w.
represented by Henry Van de Veer OF
Chicago. who represented William D
(Big BID Haywood, "wobbly secre
tary," and ten other leaders now il
Fort Leavenworth prison, with Free
II. Moore, will defend the 1. w. w
at Wichita, itsis said
Judge John G. Pollock of the fed
eral district of Kansas will preside.
An important piece of evidence il
the governments victorious cas-
panions in Chicago will be used il
- the Kansas trial. 1t Is the now ia
fmous The Deadly Parallel in whicl
~ the government takes the pledges o
81 the L. w. w. and the American Fed
81 GRAFTON of Labor and compares then
81 The I. w. w. pledged itself to bloc
the war program, while the recognize
d labor body pledged it's heartiest SUP
81 port.