The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-21
1.-THE toiIing population see in the

The toiling population see in the
squandering of money right and left
by the commissaries and in their in
decent loudness and profanity during
their trips through the district, the
complete absence of party discipline"
Peoples COmmissar Lunacharsky,
according to the "Severnayna Com
muna" of March %, 1919, declared:
1.-The upper stratum Of the soviet rule
is becoming detached from the masses,
and the plumbers of the communist
workers are becoming more and more
frequent. These latter, according TO
statements by wOrkmen, treat the
masses in a high-handed manner aud
are very generous with threats and
represSiOns."
The soviet machine has had its run
in" with the workers. The factory
committees have been bulldoZed. The
soviets have been brutal in their treat
ment of the proletariat.
GaTha STRUGGLE between the SovietS
and the committee OF factory workers
Is an ordinary occurrence" according
to the bolshevik newspaper "EkOn-
omicheskaya Zhixn" Of April, 1919.
Workers Denied Right TO Strike.
The soviets have the whip hand In
their controversy with the workers
they are the government and the Red"
army backs their DEGREES. There is a
final court of settlement for all dis
agreements between the soviets and
the workers. It is the "walI'-and the
firing squad. The right Of strike is
denied the workers. Many Of those
who have dared to strike have paid
for it with their lives. The workers
are without recourse when commanded
by the soviet. Whether or not they
were the slaves of the machines be-
fore communism came, 1t is certain
that they are now the slaves Of the
'sOviets. Even as slaves Of the ma
chimes and the capitalists who owned
the machines, they had the right to
strike for their rights. The sOviets de-
prived them Of this right.
The bolshev1k Sosnovsky, reporting
on the condition in the Tver province,
In the "Izvestia" of the provincial so
Wet March 9, 1919, wrote: "The local
communist soviet workers behaved
themselves, with rare exceptions, in a
disgusting manner. Misuse Of power
is going on constantly"
The conduct of the soviet commits
saries is a general scandal in Russia.
Their conduct is described in No. y,
January 1S, 1919, of the '1zevestia" of
the provincial soviets: 1.-THE commits
saries were going through the Tar
itzin county in sumptuous carriages,
driven by three and often by six
horses. A great array Of adjutaRts
and a large suite accompanied these
commissaries, and an imposing num-
Der of trunks followed along. They
made exorbitant demands upon the
toiling population, coupled with as
saults and brutality; their way OF
squandering money right and left is
particularly characteristic. In some
houses the commissaries gambled away
and spent on intoxicants large sums.
The Woodworking population looked
uponithese orgies as complete democrat
lzation and failure Of duty to the
world revolution"
These pen pictures of life in Russia
under the soviet regime are not fur
nished by the enemies Of bOlshevism ;
they are the complaints of bolshevik
leaders. Do we need a greater warn
ing, Of the menace Of bolshevism?
Copyright, 1880. Western Newspaper Union>