The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-14

"a matter Of time until It does faii--utterly and
nbjectly. For It has from the first been filled
with the seeds OF disaster. There is not an
enduring thought or act or doctrine In the
entire eoviet-socalistic creed.
Sovctsm, like most OF the other isn1s of the
present-day world. Is a revolt against tho laws
cioty. counting only on numbers respond to
The suggcstions OF political adventures that they
throw off all discipline, disregard the laws Of
nature ana economies and make OF their world
what they most desire II shall be.
There IL not In the entire lengths and breadths
Of sovietism or any Of the other isnis the slight
cot element Of solf.rcstraint or self f-dsoipilne
Al ism Ia a revolt agains these And yet with.
out them, recognized and practiced, no social
or governmental movement can be maintained.
The very first law OF Nature and Natures
God Is law and order. Everything move. in
accordance with laws--ordory, Just and equit-
able laws There is. there must be, In every
thing that lVcs and moves supreme author
i'y II is essential to orderly existance. And
that supreme authority IL exertcd to restrain the
radical. irresponsible and destructive elements
There can bc no dispute Of the fact that mere
numbers, acting for the moment In defiance Of
social structure under certain favorable condl-
lions. Nor can there he any dispute OF the
fact that after the overthrow is complete and
the destruction utter. the first task OF the VIC
torious forces must be the reconstruction OF
precisely the same thing they have destroyed.
Sovcusm destroyed the governmental ma
chincry OF Russia. Its promise was the i'm
posnblo 1t has gone on and on In It's career
any laws those OF it's own making The
accumulatons OF Russian society for centuries
have been all but dsspated. But there has
been no production. no commerce, no indus
try.
Nor can there be. The workmen, lead to
accept the soviet system under promises that
their day had at last come. have found them
selves working longer hours and for "a less wage
than even under the government OF the czar
II they complained or refused to do what they
were bidden to do. they we're murdered sum-
marly. To maintain itself at all sovictism was
carly in Its career forced to adopted the tyran-
nous practices Of the system Il overtnrew. ana
without extending to It's minions even the ad-
vantagos of the impossible czaristlc system.
II will fall II 1t mas not already fallen. Then
whatf Possibly other Adventures without abn-
ity or scrupe. will hold sway for time. be-
cause there is no central authority capable of
dominating the state ana extending safety to
The iaw-abiding or infctng punishment on
those who defy the common good.
But eventually. out OF the turmoil. there will
arise state In which there is an authority tnat
all OF Its citizens are forced to respect and obey
And when commerce. and industry and produce
ton go on In Russia, whether under new car
or "a new republic. the supporting structure will
be law and order, under which the citizen will
be required to practice elt-restraint and Impose
+eif'diseipne. and respect honorable obliga-
lions
There are many formulas that fit the require
ments OF the destructionists. There is only one
that meets the needs OF construction.