The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-13

This Manifesto" has been sent all
over the world. It makes no bones
about the plan of the bolsheviks tc
incite the world to disorder. On the
contrary, 1t 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 Its
entire energies, namely, mass action
with dts logical resultant, direct con
fiict with the governmental machinery
In open combat. All other methods
such as revolutionary use Of bour
geois parllamentariSn, will be of only
secondary significance"
The manifesto" further proclaims
the the First International" foresaw
the future development pnd pointed
the way; the Second International"
gathered together and organized the
proletariat; the Third International"
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:
1.-THE task of the international com
must party is now to overthrow this
order (present governments) and &c
erect in its place the structure of the
socialist worlds order. We urge the
working men and women of all coun
tries 10 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 priv
legged classes, against the bourgeois
state and bourgeois property against
all forms and varieties of social and
national opprcsSion-UNITEl
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
nroletarians of all countries, UNITEn
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 "Manifcsto," the introduc.
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 cnveIop the workers of the
world.
comment on this manifesto would
he useless. superfluOus. Its magnifi
cent language speaks the message q
suffering world is eagerly waiting to
hear.
1T 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,
II the publication of this manifesto
and the Introductory comment to II
is not treason. then Benedict Arnold
was patriot. It is n conspiracy
against the peace, health nd happi
ness. as well MS the lives and property
the liberty and security, of every man
woman and child in the United States
II is call 10 lnwieSsnesS. organized
crime. II might he well for the peo.
pie to give less time and thought tc
partisan political wrangiing and sci
themselves TO silencing sedition. II
should he an easy matter to discover
the nuthOr Of this un-American, In
human and criminal foreword to the
Manifesto" The publishers and
distributors should he brought TO the
bar and made answer. Let us Kill
this menace by destroying the seed.
n we do. we will save ourselves much
trouble later. by such course we
will allay unrest.
Lenine has repeatedly said md
written that the bOlshevik government
cannot last in Russia alongside Of the
present governments Of the world. In
other words. bolshevism cannot Hive
in n world Of democracy. The greater
truth Is that democracy cannot live
in the same world with bolshevism
R0shevIsm in theory is based on the
ideal Of socialism. communism: in
methods Of the bolshevism Of Lenlne Is
Lrass violence. supreme autocracy.
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