New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-17
DR.. Wards Socialism
His Book Accused of Feeding
Radical Fire
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is possible to select one or
more paragraphs from any book, even
the Bible, which could be made to con-
tradict the purpose and intention of
that book. The context has all to do
with the sense of the paragraphs Sc
lected.
So when / read several paragraphs
taken from the Rev. Harry F. Wards
"The New Social Order" in letter by
A. j. K. in your issue of the 18th inst,
one of the following conclusions was I'M
ayoidable, viz, that A. j. K. had read
but small portion Of the book from
which he quoted, or he is believer in
the l. w. w. philosophy preached by
the Rev. DR.. Ward in his various recent
books and from the platform, both in
the Union Theological Seminary and
the public forums.
The insidious philosophy of anti
Americanism is breathed in every chap
ter Of DR.. Wards Socialist books. He
favors Bolshevism, I. W. W.ism and
every "ism" that has as its object the
destruction of our present system of
government and in subtle and devious
ways advocates the inclusion of
"force" as a means of securing free
dom for the down-trodden masses"
The following paragraphs from "The
New Social Order" express the thought
running throughout this book and
were selected at random. They show
that the entire volume Is permeated
with the I. w. w. spirit:
"Those who think to restore the
solvency of the present order by the
currency or credit of coercion had
better remember that the primitive
blood lust of the common people has
not yet retired into those dim and
secret caverns of their being from
which it was conjured by the recent
carnage they have been
taught that no hardship, danger or
sacrifice is too great to be endured
in defense or pursuit of an ideal"
page ~
Gas to their (the proletariats)
main direction, the choice is now
limited. 1t is either the beginning
of new order or general disaster"
page $50
There has recently been much
shouting for democracy, but, never
theless, it is evident that the Dec
laration Of independence is not SO
popular as it used to be in the Unit
ed States" page 49,
"If political democracy seeks to de-
rive its ultimate sanction from
force, it will have to reckon seriously
with this program of dictatorship of
the proletarat, secured and main
tanned by the force of arms" page
246.)
Does your correspondent know that
this clerical gentleman acted as chair
man of the "Red" Doran meeting in the
Rand auditorium on February 8 last
when ne discussed the I. w. w. as suf-
fering unfair persecution from our
government?
Does he know that this l. w. w. is
the organization that engineered the
present national railroad strike in an
HUO1LlVo dLtCuIpI 81 d HAtlOudl IeVOlu-
tion?
Does DR.. Ward Justify himself in his
attacks on the Church and society,
while at the same time he is accepting
money from theological seminary?
appropriation of private property
from those who have worked hard to
acquire it by those who have nothing Ia
according to this new social prophet, "
a real leveling up of the standard of
justice and democracy. (See page 264.
II there is any book anywhere Sc
bold and insidous by turns which Is
feeding the fires Of revolution more
directly and studiously than this and
kindred works Of the Rev. Dr.. Ward
professor Of social science in Chris.
ton theological seminary, position
which makes him prominent DANCE,