The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-02-13
YARNS nation
OF RED PERIL
U. S. Department of Justice Urges
Anericans to Guard Against
BoIshevism Menace,
CALLS RED PLANS CRIMINAL
Prssa. Church. Schools, Labor Uaieae
and Civic Bodies Called Upon =
Teach True Purpees Of Bel
shsvist Propaganda

onOVoS Pr0pAoanoA
Washington.-Calling for TIE patTs-
otto support Of all true Americans h
Its fight to protect their homeA ~
ligion and property from the spread
ing menace OF Bolshevism, the United
States Department Of Justice has T.
sued a warning against the insldious
propaganda Of the Reds" during the
new year. 1t reads:
TT would be extremely helpful - the
cause Of good government, the main
tenance Of law and order and the pres
srvation Of peace and happiness In our
country II the people on this New
Years day would resolve to study, I'M
derstand and appreciate the so-calls1
Red movement They can counter
act 1t most effectively BY teaching tn
purpose through the press, the church.
the schools, patriotic organisations and
labor unions, all of which are within
tho range Of it, insidious attackA
"Red" Theories Criminal.
The Red movement does not mean
IN attitude Of protest against alleged
defects in our present political and
economic organization Of society. Il
does not represent the radicalism Of
progress. 1t represents q specific doc.
trine-namely, the Introduction Of die
tatorships the world over BY force and
violence II ID not q movement Of lib
erty-loving persons, but q distinctly
criminal and dishonest movement
Lenine himself made the statement at
the Third Soviet Conference, Among
one hundred so-called Bolshsvists there
il ono real Bolshevik, thirty-nins GRIM
mails and sixty FOOLS II advocates the
destruction Of all ownership in proper.
u, the destruction Of al religion and
belief in God. It 10 asmovement or.
ganised against Democracy and in n
vor Of the power Of the few built BY
force. Bolshevism syndicalism, the
Soviet Government, sabotage. etc, aro
only names for old theories Of violeacs
and criminality.
Russian, Labor Crushed
Though their adherents in this
country are advocating and fomenting
strikes, Lenine and Trotzky forbid
strikes, and trade unions are being
broken up and completely sub0rdin-
ated to the will Of the few. demagogues
in control Of Russia. This Bolshevist
experiment on the living body Of the
Russian people has not proven In any
sense of the word an experiment In
Democracy. The Bolshevist leaders
frankly repudiate democratic princi-
pies a. We understand them. It has
been a gamble which meant for Rus
Sia, and, indeed, for the whole of hui
alanity, enormous losses in lives ~
well as in material resources. The
Bolshevists have run up q colossal bill
which the Russian workmen and peas
ants will have to pay.
"Reds" Menace America.
sHaving lived at the expense Of the
Russian people for two years, These
SPECTATORS in human lives and other
peoples earnings are trying to move
to new fields to the east and to thu
west, hoping to take advantage Of thu
economic distress and confusion o.
mind In which humanity finds itssll
after the terrific strain Of five. year,
Of war.
ats sympathizers in this country art
composed chiefly Of criminals, mis-
taken idealists, social bigots and man!
unfortunate men and women suffering
with varying forms Of hyperesthesia
They are enemies Of the government
: Of the church and Of the home and ad
vocate principles which mean the abol
ition Of Ill three Of these safeguard
Of civilization.
Would Rob gvsrybedy.
Twenty million people b this coun
6y own Liberty BondA These tn
Reds propose 10 take away; o.s3o,0o
people IN the Unitsd States own farm
and 8,oS0, 900 more own homes. which
they would forfeit; 1900, 900 odd pea
pie have savings accounts In saving
banks and 100000 people have d
posts In our national banks. at whicl
they aim. There ART hundreds Of thou
sands Of churches and religious inst
buttons, all Of which they would abol
ish. In other words, 10000, 900 hard
working and saving people who ow
property, love liberty and worship Go
are asked 10 abandon all the ideals Q
religion. liberty and government while
are the outcome Of the struggles
their fathsrv and their own develop
ment, and 10 place themselves, thei
homes, their fpmily and their religion
faith In the keeping and their propert
under he domination Of small grou
e Laninoo and TrotSkyA
Protsctien Promlssd.
-TAis department, - far - sxisdn
lsWs allow, intends during the foed
coming ysar to keep up IN unninchin
persistsnt aggressive warfars again
any movement, no matter how cioakt
,>r disssmbled, having for its purpo'