The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
RED PAMPHLETS
YANKS SPURNED
Poison Propaganda to Russian
A. E. F. Revealed by U. S.
Secret Service. :,

Extracts from pamphlets, published
by the English-speaking Communists In
Russia, and distributed among the
American troops In the North-noW
In tho possession of the U. S. Depart
naent Of Justice.
Comrades Drop this dirty work.
Turn your guns on your real enemies,
the sweaters and capitalists.
"Come with us in the far nobler
struggle~to establish the triumph Of
labor the world over. Nfy% Y
tsigned, N. LENIN.""
"East and Central Europe ii
aflame with the revolt. The exploiting
class has in some countries fallen, and
in others are on the point Of falling.
The dawn Of the day Of Labor's eman-
cipation has come r. IN
e"You have arms. You know how to
use them. VIII you, like slaves, use
them in defense Of your master, or
viii you use them to help your class
be free3 II the former, then you
know that you will meet with deter
mined resistance Of the united revolu-
ttonary people Of East and Central
Europe, and History win be your
Judge. II the latter, then here's q
hearty welcome into the ranks Of in
ternational labor"
I'VE want you to understand that
every country in the Notwithstanding
your own-can become q s0cialistic
state, workmen's country, If only 1t
follows the Russian example. Every
nation in the world Including the
yankee raee'-can become really
free nation. If it only does away with
the trusts, the money lords and the
bloodthirsty exploiters. It IL up to
you American soldiers to do It'll It 10
up to you to bring the great lesson Of
the Russian Revolution home to your
telling and suffering brothers. "a It's
up to you to start It therein Jour
own America, you just start it-and
your brothers will follow youl You Just
darel You have nothing to lose but
your chains. You have q world to
gain.
"You just dare to take home with
you the Red Banner Of the Revolution
and inscribe upon It,
~Down with capitalism
"Long live Industrial Fresdomi
Iong live Socialism
~You probably weuld let us alone
and 60 home, II your officers would let
you, But they do not intend TO let
you do 20. You are under their orders,
and they are under the orders Of high
er uns," and those are under the orders
Of "stfll higher ups" eta AZ the top
Of the whole pile are the wsalthy
capitalists who want 10 Sst their
greedy hands upon the mines and
factories, railways, etc. Of Russia.
That ID the reason yoa are here 10 rob
workingmen and make indllionairss
richer.
eve know that pa aIs bound. hand
and foot by discipline and have been
IN blind ignorance Of Whist you wefe
doing here or why ycu casAe TIE only
way that you can DO the deesnf t1aing
ID By breaking the discipline that
drives you to this crime against your
own kind, the working clasA
THE war Il over. There II no hon
est reason for you to submit to mill
tary orders. You are not fighting
German militarism.' You are sub
hitting to It when you obey the COM
mands Of your own ohlceE.
"You can break away. We know
that you can, for we did. You are
powerful enough and numerous enough
70 arrest the officers or % DO with
them what yeu pleasA g yol 90
coms ovef e uG.