Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-14

| the UuifN5 States with being In league
with the bolsneylks, saying that Its
object was 10 make restless the work,
ers by denying them alcohol, hoping
| that out of this restlessneas would
come revolution.
Another appeal to prejudice per
mtted by the allied governments. was
/ that the boIshevik movement was q
| Jewish movement; chat Lenne and
| Trotzky we're Jews and that the So
Wet machine was Jewish from begin
ming 10 end. What difference could II
make to freeninded people whether
the leaders Of the bolsheyik movement
were Jews or not? While the mass of
the people are thought not to be edu-
Gated, they have the common sense
to see In such propaganda an effort
to make them hostile to bOlshevism
by melting race prejudice.
A great crack was made Ii the cur
tain Of silence drawn around Russia.
Through 1t came the startling news
that the bolshevIk government planned
the naturalization Of women. No fact
about Russia was given greater prom
tnence and publicity. | have talked
10 many men who were bitterly OPP
posed to bolshevism and in the last
analysis l found the only tangible
basis for their oppositlonu was that
the program included national prohbi- |
ton. One insurance company In Amer |
lea used the "Nationalization Of Wom- |
en- lie In its nationwide advertising. :
OF course, 1t Is obvious TO thinking |
people that the plan Of naturalization |
Of women was falsehood. ai@ the |
workers concluded It was designed 10 !
poison the public against bolshevism. |
Anyone who thinks for a minute will |
realize. first, that the naturalization !
of women is not a necessary part Of |
any economic program, second, that |
one could not get a hundred men or |
women in any country Of the world, |
who are not degenerates, to subscribe |
to a program which contemplated the |
registration and promiscu0us violation !
of their mothers, wives. daughters, and i
sweethearts. The Russians are human |
beings; their women are their moth |
ers, wives, daughters, and sweet
hearts.
Foundation for silly Story.
This evil and unnecessary lie about |
the bolsheylks grew out of the fact |
that In q little city Ufa, a drunken |
man made the proposal that they
SHOULD adopt such a plan. A group in
the town of Saratov. calling them
selves anarchists, issued a decree in |
April, 1918. containing among other
provisions the following:
From March l, tie right to possess
women having reached the ages Of |
seventeen to thirty-two is abolished. |
THE husbands may retain the right |
to use their wives without awaiting
their turn.
I'm case Of resistance, the husband |
shall forfeit his rights.
"All women according to this de-
cree, are exempt from private owner
ship and are proclaimed to be the /
property Of the whole nation"
It was unfair TO charge this to the |
soviet government. It was never put |
In practice. and it is only fair to say !
that with the exception Of the two
cases cited above. il was never even |
contemplated by anyone This libel OF /
the bolshevikS strengthened their
cause in the allied world. Months az
ter IL was exposed the world
was swept with another evil. unneces-
Sary and false bit of propaganda It
was complained that this second piece
of new was intended to corroborate
and confirm the naturalization of |
women its open object was to create |
hostility for the bolsheyiks 1t achieved |
exactly the opposite result 1t was that !
the boiSheviks had decided to abolish
Christian names, tha.s aenceforth chill
dren would be named by number. To
Illustrate, the first born would be
Smith No. l, the second child in the
Smith family would be Smith No. .,
and so on. This was given frst-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 and
III RHleflCa / nave TOund rhat thlS
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 Hes have mold
ed q judgment In the general thought
of the world. and that is that b0lshe-
vism is being cried down. Iheled and
Slandered. starved assaulted. and /
fought because its success meant the
death Of special privilege and the
birth Of the "New Order This iudr-
ment has come TO pass because we /
have not used our resources to bring /
the real facts TO the public mind: he /
cause we have injured our credibuity /
by unnecessary. evil and fajee charges /
o-aiust the bol~hevik regime /
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The Invitation.
Two VCralts iD a Scotttsh regiment /