Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-08
(By G. S. strandvold.)

Copenhagen, June 1s.-Two of the
principal objects Of the European
Journey which 1 am about to end now,
were. first, an attempt to obtain a
close view Of the workings Of extreme
radicalism (Bolshevism or syndical-
ism) in the Old, World during the
postwar period, and. second, to try to
ascertain what is the general Euro
pean view Of America and the Amer
leans.
AS far as the hectic condition pre-
vailing W here have allowed, I have
made fairly accurate observations,
and some Of the conclusions reached
may be of interest because they are
based upon the results of a systematic
investigation, the objects OF which
were clearly outlined before I set out.
Your correspondents not habitual-
" an alarmist, and he entered Europe
with a notion in his head that things
over here were rather less serious thar
they were described in the United
States. In other words, he thought
there was some ~unintentional exag-
geration in the reports and comments
relative to what has become known as
Bolshevism.
He returns in a flew days, firmly
convinced TINT BOlshevism is far more
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has been believed in America.
1t has paralyzeds Russia completely,
iKrassin's attempted conferences with
Idwarfed the giant.Smade a cripple out
of a great and vigorous nation that
was just on the point Of asserting it.
self effectively.
1t has paralyzed social and CONNER.
ctal as we'll as industrial life in Fin
land. Lithuania. Litvia, Esthonia, Ru-
thenia and. to some extent, in Poland
It has created industrial stagnation
Throughout practically the whole OF
central Europe.
It has become the greatest menace
tries where It appears, in the form OF
rabid ~syndfcalism and sabotage.
It has undermined social life in Ger.
many where the effects just now are
merely sporadic. but where the ulti.
mate results will be apparent within a
few months.
It is back Of the constant industrial
unrest in France and Spain, and ever
in war-stricken Belgium 1t has work.
ed thoroughly. Great Britain has not
been able to prove herself immune
from the poison of Bolshevism, and
the cry for destructive Naturalization
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What all this has to do with the
United States?
The answer is becoming more and
more evident as the days pass by, 70,
there Is one feature Of peculiarly I'M.
canny importance.
Bolshevist leaders In Russia and
elsewhere emphasize more and more
openly the desire to ignore border.
lines; they want to get away from
wholly local effects, for they are 81 q
fed with nothing less than the whole
world.
II the fight were merely the old one
between socialism and capitalism. II
would not merit the attention It. nov
does. But It H. something .mort
sweeping:
The WA Il waged BY the pr,oletaria,
against the sD-called bourEolsie. thal
4, against III tbosc Rhol hsye no Carl,
tal, but meEely9 nxed eaxningA
II u 3truoEthats the great masses nov
led bltndf0lded into this Tight d 3 no
know what the whole thing IL about
All they do is to obey. to follow. The
are too ignorant and too Inert to tai,
any initiative themselves. but they fol,
low without dispute those who az,
skilled and trained mob leaderrthosl
whose native intelligence Tar surpassel
that Of the maasas..
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