El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-13
BOLSHEVISM, IF GUARANTEED
AND LEFT ALONE. WILL DIE QUIZ

ADVOCATES Of policy toward Russia which VIII per
NIT her TO solve her problems point to the lesson
o. Hungary to show that Bolshevsm will run its course
N due time -Four months only required to complete
the process there longer time viii be required Rus
sa because IS richer than Hungary and the loot viii not
be exhausted soon, but the things which wrecked
communism II the one case VIII eventually cause its down
fail IN the other
The Economist London, publishes the following ae-
count Of the rise and fail Of Boshegism IN Hungary:
l1l Decline in purchasing power Of Austria Hun
gary bank notes led TO eser-increasing demands for
higher wages.
l2l Bolshevist agitators made all possible Of this
situation melting workmen TO make impossible de-
mands which Socal-Democrat party then in power
was forced to refuse, and worlmen became Bolsh-
81 As soon as soviet republic was established,
wage demands were met by avalanche Of paper
money, which soon lost its purchasing power
"a SoViets then began propaganda to stem tide
Of workmen's demands ground that "they stood
longer opposed to capitalists, but TO al the work
Of the soviet republic"
This was followed BY efforts Of separate organi
cations Of trades to special advantages for
themselves at expense Of other syndicates.
lsl These efforts finally took form Of refusals
10 accept payment Of wages in soviet money.
60 Soviet government forbade any one to &C
cept "blue money" (old bills.
49, This law was not obeyed, the soviet money
became worthless, and the government fell into ab-
soute bankruptcy.
No government can survive the blight Of CHEAP money
Unless its exchange be stabilized soviet Russia is
doomed and any student Of economics must know that
Lsnne faces impossible task attempting bring
markets.
Just as rapidly as the purchasing power Of money
precistss workers demand increased wages and unless
nations business well established that these demands
met industrial stagnaion is certain Russia in
charge Of its industry It has private capital to
cal to the
And when the shrnkage 4 her money value reaches
the limit and the nations workers demand relief the gov
VIII be unable to the issue Then when the
money system Of the country wrecked the fall Of soviet
Russia VIII be at hand.
Boshevism If suppressed by outside military force,
would not be dead Its sdhsrsnts would always claim
would have succeeded II left alone But If given
its chance Russia where should succeed If anywhere
the worlds workers VIII the utter impossby Of such
4 system CO government.
Meantime quarantine It and keep It within the Dor
dsrs Of Russia until ike any other epidemic, It its
and dies cut
Some lecturers tells things did not know about
our private lives and others discuss things al know
Of the delight they to get OFT Of discussing
them
After looking at the photograph Of Mrs OFT in The
Herald the poet said he would not only not convict Mrs
OFT, # he were juror, but would propose to her
young who live at homo and raise their babies
Tie Irshmen Who took police station in Cork were
merely initiating their American kinsmen-
Hoover is for the sagus Of nations party" 50 long
Herb, take keer yo'sef-
Tie king of England did something the other day He
ouened uarliameut