The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-02-26

erty-lovlng persons, but distinctly
criminal and dishonest movement
Lenine himself made the statement al
the Third Soviet Conference. Among
one hundred so-called Bolshevlsts there
is one real Bolshevik, thlrty-nlne Grim
lnals and sixty fools Il advocates the
destruction Of all ownership in proper.
~, the destruction OF all religion and
belief In God II Is a movement or.
ganlzed against Democracy and IN ia.
vor Of the power Of the few built By
force. BolshevIsm. syndicallsm, the
Soviet Government, sabotage, etc, are
only names for old theories Of violence
and crimlnality.
Russian Labor Crushed.
Though their adherents in this coun.
try are advocating and fomenting
strikes Lenlne and Trotzky forbid
strikes, and trade unions are being
broken up and completely subordinated
to the will Of the few demagogues in
control In Russia. This Bolshevist ex.
pertinent on the living body of the
Russian people has not proven In any
sense Of the word an eriment in
Democracy. The Bolsheyst leaders
frankly repudiate democratic prlnci-
pies as we understand them 1t has
been a gamble which meant for Rus
sia, and, indeed, for the whole of hu.
manity, enormous losses In lives as
well as In material resources. The
Bolshevists have run up colossal bill
which the Russian workmen and peas.
ants will have to pay.
"Reds" Menace America.
Having 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 the
west, hoping to take advantage of the
economic distress and confusion Of
mind In which humanity finds itself |
after the terrific strain OF FIVE years
Of war
ats sympathizers In this country are
composed chiefly Of criminals, mis-
taken ldealists, social bigOts and many |
unfortunate men and women suffering
with varying forms Of hyperesthesia |
They are enemies of the government, |
Ct the church and of the home and ad- |
vocate principles which mean the aboli-
ton OF all three Of these safeguards Of |
civilization
Would Rob Everybody.
Twenty million people In this coun-
try own Liberty Bonds. These the
Reds propose to take away; 9,S30,OO0
people in the United States own farms
and 3,S3S000 more own homes, which |
they would forfeit; II 100000 odd peo-
pie have savings accounts In savings
banks and 100000 people have de-
posits in our national banks at which
they aim. There are hundreds of thou
sands Of churches and religious lnsti-
tutlons, all Of which they would abol-
ish. In other words, 100000 hard
working and saving people who own
property, love liberty and worship God
are asked to abandon all the ideals Of
religion, liberty and government, which
are the outcome Of the struggles of
their fathers and their own develop
ment, and to place themselves, their
homes, their family and their religious
faith In the keeping and their property
under the domination Of a small group
Of Lenines and Trotzkys
Protection Promised.
This department, as far as existing
laws allow, intends during the forth
coming year to keep up an unflinching,
persistent aggressive warfare aganN
any movement, no matter how clOaked
or dissembIed, having for Its purpose
either the promulgation Of these ideas
or the excitation Of sympathy fer
those who spread them. The move
ment will not be permitted to go fAr
enough in this country to disturb Ur
peace and well-being or create any
widespread distrust of the peoples
government. 1t will fall away before
the light Of popular knowledge and |;
appreciation of its aims and purposes.