The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-08-26

This Manifesto" has been sent all
over the world. II makes no bones
about the plan OF the bolsheviks ia
incite the world to disorder On the
contrary. II boasts that this is ita
mission. Under the caption 1.-The Way
to Victory" the manifesto declares:
"The revolutionary era compels the
proletariat TO make use of the means
OF battle which will concentrate Its
entire energies, namely, mass action,
with Its logical resultant direct con-
filct 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 InternationaT
is the international of open mass ac-
ton Of the revolution, the International
of Deeds. The work Of the Third
International" 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 It's place the structure of the
socialist worlds order. We urge the
working men and women of all coun-
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, against the bourgeois
state and bourgeois property, against
all forms and varieties Of social and
national oppressiOn-UNITE!
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 and
the dictatorship of the prOletariat,
proetarians of all countries, UNITE"
have quoted these excerpts from
an edition of the Manifesto" printed
in Chicago The copy in my possession
contains the name and address Of the
printing company. There Is an intro
duction TO this document. 1t is I'M
signed. A few extracts from this in
PRODUCTION are important. Comment
ing on the Manifesto" the introduce
ton says: at will soon become the
basis of international working class
action, and will become the lightning
that will rend the clouds and fogs
that now envelop the workers Of the
world.
comment on this manifesto would
be useless, superfluous. It's magnifi-
cent language speaks the message a
suffering world is eagerly waiting to
hear.
"It will assist the socialist move
ment everywhere into the path Of I'M
compromising, revolutionary action
that alone can usher in the triumph
of International Socialism"
If the publication of this manifesto
and the Introductory comment to It
Is not treason, then Benedict Arnold
was patriot. 1t is a conspiracy
against the peace, health ad happi-
ness, as well as the lives and property,
the liberty and security. of every man,
woman and child In the United States.
It is a call to lawlessness, organized
crime. 1t might be well for the peo-
pie to give less time and thought to
partisan political wrangling and set
themselves to silencing sedition. It
should be an easy matter to discover
the author Of this un-hmerican, In
human and criminal foreword to the
Manifesto" The publishers and
distributors should be brought to the
bar and made answer. Let us kill
this menace by destroying the seed.
II we do, we will save ourselves much
trouble later. BY such a course we
will allay unrest.
Lenine has repeatedly said and
written that the bolshevik government
cannot last In Russia alongside Of the
present governments OF the world In
other words. bolshevism cannot live
In world Of democracy. The greater
truth is that democracy cannot live
I'm the same world with bolshevism.
Bolshevism in theory is based on the
ideal of socialism, communism; In
methods Of the bolshevism of Lenine Is
gross violence. supreme autocracy.
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