Arizona republican., 1919-11-10
Papers Seized in Raids Radicals Reveal Plot of Rus
sian Workers to Overthrow Government and
Every Heritage of Civilization by Fos-
tering Strikes and Unrest
WOULD WIPE OUT ALL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
Plotted Wholesale Program of Death and Destruction
Seek ObIiteration of All Religion, All Personal
Rights-Deny God and All That
Government Stands For
Republican A. p. leased wIrel

Republican a. p. Leased WireI
WASHINGTON, Nov. - Plans of
the Union OF Russian workers to bring
about an overthrow of the govern
ment through a general strike is re-
Vealed in documents seized in the ma
tion-wide raids of federal authorities
Friday and Saturday nights and made
public tonight by Assistant Attorney
General Garvan.
With the government overthrown
and everything wiped from the earth
that is a reminder of the right to
private ownership of property" the
Russian workers, according to their
manifesto, looked forward ito the
magnificent beautiful form of a man
without a God, without a master and
free of authority.
Program of Destruction
The documents and publications OBJ
tanned inf the raids, officials said to-
day. are OF the most inflammatory ma
ture and make no effort to conceal
the unions program Of destruction and
death to achieve its ends Much of
the material made public tonight is
of such a nature as to cause any news
paper reprinting 1t ordinarily to be
barred from the mails.
Included among the documents
seized, all of which are printed in
Russian, is "Novomirsky - Manifesto
Of Notwithstanding
This publication, the most re-
cent put out by the Union, was
said by Mr.. GarVan TO be the most
dangerous piece of propaganda
ever disseminated by any radical
organization in the United States.
The manifesto outlines the pur-
af kha K,oUap,apt ipauuura%ed
by the union as Complete de-
struetion of private control of
natural resources and capital, and
complete destruction Of power OF
rule and the institutions invested
with powers TO enforce rule OF one
man over another"
Under the captain of what should
be our means of carrying on the
right" the manifesto says:
Advocate Armed Revolt
What must we do the vanguard OF
the proletariat? We must consciously
. hasten the elementary movement OF
the struggle of the working Glass; we
must convert small strikes into gem
eral ones and convert the latter into
armed revolt of the laboring masses
against capital and state.
cat the time of this revolt, we must
at the first favorable opportunity
proceed to an immediate seizure of all
means of production and all articles
OF consumption and make the work
ing classes the masters in fact of al
general wealth At the same time We
must mercllessly destroy all remains
OF governmental authority and clas:
domination, liberating the prisoners
demolish prisons and police offices
destroy all legal papers pertaining t.
private ownership of property; al
field fences and boundaries and burr
ali certificates of indebtedness-in {
word, we must take care that every
thing is wiped from the earth that is (
remainder OF the private ownership o
property; TO destroy barracks anS
shoot the most prominent military ant
police officials. must be the most con
Germ of the revolving working people
In the work OF destruction we mus
he merciless for the least weakness
on our part may afterward cost tn
working classes a whole sea OF need
less blood"
After capital and state" are de
stroved the manifesto says. the frs
duty OF the union is to start produc
tion on a new foundation. Existin
labor organizations should be extende
and production should be given owe
cntiTelY 10 lHtil, u dIButS. lHcl cat
"village commune should unity wit
all other communes and the zone gran
federations,' follows, the manifest
advocates as its program.
Destroy All Authority, Belief
Recognizing no religion, no authority
no power other than its own the mani
festo says alternatively, its member
are aetheists, communists, anarchist
il continues:
1--WE 90 TRANQUILITY, eheerfuIIy,
not because il is painful to us
eternally to be calling to bloody
combat-no; but becouse there far
beyond the corpses Of heroes, be-
yond the blood covered barbados,
beyond all terrors of civil war,
there already shines for US the
MAGNIFICENT beautiful form OF man
without a God, without a master
and free Of authority.
I'VE hate religion because il lulls II
spirit with lying tales, takes away Il
courage and faith in the power of ma
faith In the triumph of justice here {
the real earth and not in a chimeric
heaven. Religion covers everythir
with fog; real evil becomes visionar
and visionary good, reality. 1t h;
always sanctified slavery. grief ar
tears. And we declare war upon 6
gods and religious fables. We a
atheists
Mr.. Garvan called particular attei
tion TO statements in the NANTES
having a bearing of the government
activities in connection with rece
strikes. The governments attempts
nut down riots were attacked as not
ing short OF murder where such a
tempts TO end trouble had resulted
death for anybody.
"Man Who Kills Always Murderer
In its discussion Of war, the mar
festo indicts the American people
bonoring General Pershing as cor
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