The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-10-21

about Russia was given greater prom
inence and publicity. l have talked
to many men who were bitterly Op-
posed to bolshevism. and In the last
analysis I found the only tangible
basis for their oppositionu was that
the program included national prohiDt-
ton. One insurance company IN Amer
lea used the Naturalization Of W0m-
en-" lie in Its nationwide Advertising.
OF course. 1t Is obvious to thtnkin9
people that the plan Of naturalization
OF women was Z falsehooA and the
workers concluded It was Designed to
poison the public against bolsheviAm.
Anyone who thinks Tor . minute VIII
realize. first. that the nationalixnticn
Of women II not . necessary parf o.
sny economic program. second. that
one could not get . hundred men -
women In any country Of the world.
who are not deGenerates, to subscribe
to 4 program which contemplated the
registration and promiscuous violation
Of their mothers. wives. daughters. and
sweetbearts. The Russians are human
beings; THAR women are their moth
ers. wives. daughters. and swect-
hearts,
Foundation for silly story.
This evil and unnecessary lie abouf
the boIsheviks grew out Of the fact
that In little city, Ufa, q drunken
man made the proposal that they
should adopt such plan A group In
the town Of Saratov. calling them
selves anarchists. issued 4 decree in
April, 1918. containing among other
provisions the following:
From March 1. the right to possess
women having reached the aGss OF
seventeen to thirty-two II abolished
THE husbands may retain the hight
to use their wives without awaiting
their turn.
In case Of resistance. the husband
shall forfeit his rights.
"AlI women according to this d.
cree, are exempt from private owner
ship and are proclaimed to be the
property Of the whole nation"
1t was unfair to charge this to the
soviet government It was never put
in practice. and II Is only fair to say
that with the exception Of the two
cases cited above, 1t was never even
contemplated by anyone. This libel Of
the bolsheviks strengthened their
cause in the allied world. Months at
ter 1t was exposed tho world
was swept with another evil, unneces-
sary and false bit Of propaganda It
was complained that this second piece
Of news was intended to corroborate
and confirm the naturalization of
women; its open object was to create
hostility for the boisheviks. 1t achieved
exactly the opposite result 1t was that
the bolsheviks had decided to sbolish
dren would be named by number. To
Illustrate the first born would be
Smith No. 1. the second child In the
Smith family would be Smith No. 2.
and so on. This was given first-page
space in the press Of the world 1t
was printed as serious news. as truth.
1t fell Of its own weight.
Summing up unrest IN Europe ana
in America, | have found that this
general course of conduct has caused
the people to increase their suspicion
OF the political governments, Of the
press. of the leaders Of business and
industry. These posed lies have mold
ed a Judgment In the general thought
Of the world. and that Is that bolshe-
vism Is being cried down. libeled and
slandered. starved assaulted. and
fought. because its success meant the
death OF special privilege and the
birth of the New Order" This judg-
ment has come TO pass because we
have not used our resources to bring
the real facts to the public mind: be-
cause we have injured our credibility
by unnecessary. evil and false charges
against the bolsheyik regime.
(copyr.sht, iS3s. western Newspaper Uassn)