The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-04-16

instead oil COndemnlng them We should
be very sympathetic with them. Fol
centuries they have been under the
most brutal autocracy hat the world
has known in modern times. There
was no constitution, the car was the
absolute ruler, with the power of life
and death over the people; and we
know how he used it, and we know
that Russia has been one of the dark
spots in the world before the present
war.
And these people have been looking
Forward for years to the time when
they might throw off the yoke and
establish a democracy; and they look
ed to America as the golden land, be-
cause here we had freedom; and since
these people have been taught violence
being the victims of it, is it any Won
der they have risen and thrown off
that oppressive government and carri-
ed the revolution by force of arms ?
Would it have been possible for human
beings, to have gone through what
the Russian people have gone through,
and having power in their hands with
cut Wrealing vengeance? There was
wholesale slaughter when the United
States was founded, and wholesale
slaughter when the Union was main
tanned in 1861. And if Russia can
bring together these nations in
Europe and establish a government
of more complete justice than any
that has taken place, she will merit
the appreciation of the whole world.
DR.. Scudder has it on good authori-
ty that they have abolished already
| tho 1nath nnro1ty. 1p1 Vrn chn1t11 80
joicc that Russia has taken such a
step.
History will show that it is 4 revOlu.
ton n which the whole world should
be concerned. DR.. Scudder says it is
altogether possible that Russia will
evolve something that will be of bene-
fit to the rest of the world, that she
will succeed in her effort to establish
a democratic government, and that
she will, in so dong, teach a lesson
to the rest of the world.
Can any good thing come out of
Nazareth. the Jews asked. Can any
good thing come out of Russia? Very
many good things have: Tolstoy has
come out of Russia, and a good many
fond ideals of men; and it is possible
Russia is going to make a demonstra-
t'on of a new order OF things that will
benefit all mankind! We all should
watch Russia's great experiment
sympathetically and keenly, for if it
turns out to be true that the people
of Russia actually do establish. q
social economic order which n -
greater happiness, insure. sleater
justice and greater well being for the
population, then all the world will
certainly profit by it; and if we refuse
TO profit by it, we merely cut off our
nose to spite our face!
l think BOlshevism is an application
or special form of what we have
known for decades as socialism. Many
hDf us have tried to understand the
socialistic doctrine, because we have
so earnestly desired the things which
the socialist has formed as a theory,
and of devising something that will
put an end to bitter disputes between
men and classes. The socialists say
they can bring that about.
The clinching argument used
against socialism is this: 1T may be
al right but it won't work" Now, l
say it is just possible that socialism
may work, and it is being tried on a
national scale in Russia, though l
confess l would rather see socialism
tried in Russia than in America. But
if Russia proves socialism will work
we will see the benefits of it; and if
it will not, the world will learn it's
lesson. But l think, and my opinion
is shared by many people, that the e
IRENE views and theories will be
modified; and they say the Bolshe-
visits are modifying their extreme
ideas, and are sending to this country
for mon to take high positions at
high salaries in their work of econ
struction.
Many changes are now here. There
is our system which we call capitalism
and many people know there is some.
thing wrong with our country. How
are we going to set it right? Is it
not possible that capitalism, which is
not satisfactory, may be modified UNI
til it becomes satisfactory; and if
Bolshevism in Russia is modified un-
til it is satisfactory, is it not possible
by going in different directions to ar
rive at the same place?
Anoth ng: A lot of people have
been Nhat thege are atheists
among nd that they
ITepuuli Ie Church Ill l(us Inc
ortho| rreek Church vas the '"
Chri ty the people knew, and the
head ii that church was not a church.
man, but a layman, al appointee of
the car, as his personal representa-
tive, with a controlling voice In the
church. In other words the Greek
orthodox church was one of the chief
instruments against the people, and
the people knew it, so they overthrow
the church with the car. l have read
the soviet constitution, and it provides
for religion. There is no established
church, but all religions shall have an
equal footing and in Russia, as in
America, you can get married by the
church or a justice of the peace as
you see fit, So don0 be shocked that
Russia has overthrown the Greek
church; that was a necessity. And
don't make the mistake also of say.
ing that Christianity is comprised in
the Greek orthodox church, the Roman