The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-07
NO COMPROMISE WITH
TERRORISM.

A protest against the rccogni
ton of the Russian SOVIET govern
mcnt by America, signed b.
more than 1000 citizens, headcC
by DR.. Lyman Abbott, has 2e"I
presented to President Wilson
The paper submitted to the pres
ident gives clear outline o
what sovietism means and j.
therefore worthy of careful at
tention at the hands Of AL
thoughtful citizens. Sponsored BY
the National Civic Federation
the declaration in part is as fol-
lows;
We believe that recognition
Of Soviet Russia would be a re-
pudiation of all that our nation
al life has represented for a htm-
dred and fifty years, and of all
the spiritual ideals for which
modern civilization has strlveE
for two Thousand years.
" Aiming to destroy the bull
warks Of morality and social or
der, the soviets disfranchised the
clergy, made marriage mere
civil contract which may be
broken by either party and at
tempted to interdict the teaching
Of religion. It's system and fran
chise destroy representative gov
eminent, which, since the Mag
ua Charta, the world has come to
regard as the first essential po-
Iitical factor of the modern
state Its program breaks every
law Of economies and in practice
destroys production.
"The fundamental principle
and purpose of the Bolshevist
propaganda abroad is world rev
olution, whether that propagan-
da is carried on by official So
Wet representatives., by political
parties which belong to their
communist International or by
independent organization that
support sovietism because Of its
temporary ability to maintain its
power Bolshevism by all Of its
decrees, publications and ac-
knowledgcd acts, has demonstrate
ed that it is a destructive move
ment, depending for its success
in Russia upon terrorism and a
minority dictatorship, and in
foreign countries upon support
and sympathy obtained through
propaganda, Zinoviev himself,
while president Of the Pctrograd |
soviet, declared that the very ex-
istcnce of the SOVIET regime is a
menace to all other governments. !
Where government is most stable, |
as in America, every element Of |
disorder and discon-
tent is stimulated by this propa-
ganda. Where government is
as in Germany, revolu- !,
tionists are subsidized and aided,
and an early soviet revolution is
confidently reckoned upon. Even
If only temporarily successful,
such an oyerturn which might
become an upheaval in all Cen
tral Europe, would be world
calamity. Civilization must face
and meet this deadly challenge.
Concessions of any kind what
ever can only encourage the en-
envy.
With the recognition of the
soviet regime, the presence of an
and consular agents
enjoying immlmities (each a cen
Ter of intrigued, the propaganda
II the Lenine-Trotzky regime
against civilization. already
working through so many radi-
'al and pseudo-liberal organiza-
ions, and recently augmented by
IN endless stream of inspired
lress stories from Moscow and
'etrograd, would be further ra-
nified and dangerously extend
d. II is their deealred intcn-
ION first TO undermine and then
o gain control of the organized
abor movement in the intensive
promotion of labor unrest, the
tinulation of strikes of protest
into general political strikes,
nd then into revolutionary mass
elton for the conquest of the
tate. Thus we have in our own
ountry waging deadly and un-