Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-14
ShaH Chaos or Reconstruction in
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
WHY BoLSHEVISM IS MENACE
Governments and Men In High Place
Have Erred From the Beginning in
Thar Methods Of Fighting
IT'S Propaganda.
Article Xxx.
BY FRANK coMERFoRD.

BY FRANK cOMERFORD.
The bolshevik government launched
great propaganda drive TO bring
about disorder. 1t was, and is. a Grim
inaI conspiracy to destroy the peace
Of the world. It is an appeal to the
discontented. an effort to mobilize the
unrest Of the world under the red flag
Of violence. In cunning and completes
ness bolshevik propaganda is in a
class by itself 1t is poisoned publicity.
The b0lsheviks carefully kept their
methods out Of their propaganda.
They emphasized the poverty of the
world. They pictured conditions. al
ways charging these conditions to the
inequality of distributing and laying
the blame at the door Of the capitalist
system. They invented fine-sounding
phrases in which they concealed the
seeds Of hate. They quickened the pref
udices Of the people; they pretended
TO sympathize with the poor They
urged men to unite and strike for free
dom. Had the governments OF the
wrold met this propaganda with the
truth ana common sense, they would
have used every available agency to
tear the mask from the bolshevik gov
eminent and show the working people
Of the world the true character Of that
government and the methods by which
It sustains itself The allied govern
ments contented themselves with tell
ing the people that bOlshevism was
bad. dangerous thing, a pitfalI. In
stead, they should have thrown search
light on II and let the people see its
rOttenness and It's danger Instead of
fighting propaganda with propaganda,
falSehoOd with abuse, fire with fire,
they should have fought fire with wa
ter propaganda with truth. cunning
with frankness and an enlightened
and educated populace would have
turned deaf ear to bolsheyik propa-
ganda. The Red" peril IN the world
would not be the dangerous menace
II Is today.
Working People Took Alarm.
The working people noticed that
portion of the press previously allied
with the Interests" and against the
right Of the people. Numbered most
bitterly against the bolshevik govern
went This class of papers denounced
'bolshevism. called It names. but gave
little space 70 the calm. cool. plain
statement Of the truth about bolsh e.
vism. They were as red" In their con
servatism IS the Reds were false in
their propaganda. The newspapers Of
This class have not the confidence of
the general public; they have long
been under suspicion. The bolshevik
propacaudists were in better posi-
tion TO get results than the conser-
vative press, and for three reasons;
first, the bolsheyiks had the sympathy
OF the workers Of the world because
of their connection with the liberation
OF Russia; second, the bolshevike an
reared as the under-dog in the fight.
third, the conservative press suffered
from its past reputation as the mouth
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''Iv'' ~ 'i,'.S u INDUSTRY. Followed the
' :, ''''e % ne CONSERVATIVE press and
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''''S - ''.Se ''tu were uhoer suspi-
cion and their attitude confirmed the
belief growing In tbo ,n,nds 80 th h
workers thar bolehevisn would benefit
them. These same men denounced the
workers in their own countries when
they sought better conditions. Working
people remember that most OF the re-
forms Tint has come has been wrupg
from the same conservative class. sell
dom, II ever. b6s a right been con.
coded TO the working class. Th5v have
had to fight strike for Il. and even
IN this hour some OF the leading fe-
ures of fhe employing minority can
men bn'>heviEs who are not commen.
lists. vto are not ho1shevfks. on the
contrary they are good citizens. SOCK
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