Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-05
No. 21

Z In 0rddF 10 ugNL your bFotneTS, as Is
the practice I'm this war of plumber,
but in order to fight the bourgeois of
your Gown" country; I'm order to put
an end to misery and wars, not by
means of kind wishes" but by over
throwing and disarming the bour-
geoiSie.'"
The third international" was called
together to organize the movement
against the peace of the world. 1t
met at Moscow from March 2 to March
6. 1919; it adopted a manifesto"
which was signed by Lenine and
Trotzky. the leading spirits of the con-
gresS of the communist International.
This Manifesto" has been sent all
over the world. 1t makes no bones
about the plan of the bOlshevikS to
incite the world to disorder. On the
contrary, it boasts that this is its
mission. Under the caption "The Way
to Victory" the manifesto declares:
"The revolutionary era compels the
prOletariat to make use of the means
of battle which will concentrate It's
entire energies, namely, mass action,
with its logical resultant, direct con-
fiict with the governmental machinery
in open combat. All other methods,
such as revolutionary use of bour-
geois parliamentarism, will be of only
secondary significance"
The manifesto" further prOclaims
the the First International fOresaw
the future development and pointed
the way; the Second International
gathered together and organized the
proletariat the "Third International
is the international of open mass ac-
tion of the revolution, the internat'onal
of Deeds. The, work of the Third
Imernational' is mapped out In the
Manifesto" in these Words
The task of the international COM
muiSt party is now to overthrow this
order present governments) and to
erect in its place the structure OF the
socialist worlds order. We urge the
working men and women of all c0un-
tries to unite under the communist
banner, the emblem Under which the
first great victories have already been
won.
'Proletarians of all lands! In the
war against imperialistic barbarity,
against monarchy, against the privi-
legged classes, .agsdnst the bourgeois
state and bollrgeois prfsperty, against
AaM forms ald vssiafi e and Z
national oppression-UNI
All Urged to Unite.
"Under the standard of the Work
ingmen's Councils, under the banner
of the Third International. In the
revolutionary struggle for power ana
the dictatorship of the proletarlat,
proletarians of all countries, UNTTEF'
I have quoted these excerpts from
an edition of the "Manifesto" printed
in Chicago. The copy in my possession
contains the name and address or the
printing company. There is an intro
duction to this document. lt Is un-
signed. A few extracts from this IN
PRODUCTION are important. Comment
ing on the "Manifesto," the introuuc-
ton says: ait will soon become the
basis of international working class
action. and will become the lightning
that will rend the clouds ana logs
that now enyelop the workers OF the
world.
comment on this manifesto would
be useless, superfluOus. Its magnln-
cent language speaks the message
suffering world is eagerly waiting TO
hear.
ut will assist the socialist move
ment everywhere into the path of un-
compromising, revolutionary action
that alone can usher in the triumph
of international Socialism"
If the publication of this manifesto
and the Introductory comment to IL
is not treason then Benedict Arnold
was n patriot, 1t is a conspiracy
against the peace, health ad happi-
ness MS we'll as the lives and property,
the liberty and security, of every man,
woman and child in the United States.
If Is n call to lawleSsness, organized
crime. II might he well for the peo-
pie to give less time and thought 10
partisan political wrangllng anu hel
themselves TO Silencing sedition. IL
should be an easy matter to discover
the author of this un-American, In
human and criminal foreword to the
"Ianifesto." The publishers ana
distributors should he brought to the
bar and made answer. Let us Kill
this menace by destroying the seed.
If we do, we will save ourselves much
trouble later. BY such a course we
will allay unrest.
Ienine has repeatedly said and
written that the bolshevik government
cannot last IN Russia alongside of the
present governments Of the world. In
other words. holshevlsm cannot live
In n world Of democracy. The greater
truth Is that democracy cannot live
IN the same world with bolsheviHm.
Bolshevism in theory IS based on the
Ideal of socialism, communlsmg In
methods of the bolshevism of Lenine Ia
. ross violence. supreme autocracy.
1920. Western Newspaper Union)