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

propagandists were in q better posi-
tion to get results than the conser.
vatiye press. and for three reasons !;
first, the boIsheviks had the sympathy
Of the workers Of the world because
Of their connection with the liberation
Of Russia second. the boIsheviks ap-
peared as the under-doG In the night !;
third. the conservative press suffered
from Its past reputation AZ the mouth
piece Of those who stood In the way
Of better living conditions for the
great majority. Many leading business
men. captains Of industry. followed the
example IT the conservative press and
denounced bOIshevism instead Of ex-
posing 1t. These men were under suspl-
cion and their attitude confirmed the
belief growing In the minds Of the
workers. that bolshevfsm would benefit
them. These same men denounced the
workers in their own countries when
they sought better conditions. Working
people remember that most Of the re-
forms that has come has been wrung
dom, II ever. hds q right been con-
coded to the working class. They have
had to fight, strike for It. and even
In this hour some Of the leading fig-
ures Of the employing minority call
men boIsheviks who are not commun-
lists. who are not bolsheviks. On the
contrary. they are good citizens. seek
ing, as they have q right TO seek.
larger share, a fairer measure of the
things they produce. These methods.
these attitudes. have reacted in the
minds Of men who toll. and I have
heard many Of them accept the chal-
lenge and proudly boast that they
were bolsheviks. although In truth
they were not.
Investigators Unfairly Treated.
Someone drew . curtain Of silence
around soviet Russia. At least so 1t
seemed to the people. Men who came
ont Of Russia and brought with them
reports which displeased their govern
ments were abused, their reports sup
pressed. Built. Robins and Steffens
are examples in America. The public
at once came to the conclusion that
these man had found conditions In
Russia good that bolshevism was a
safe. sane plan of government: that
It was succeeding. OF course. this is
not the real story these men brought
out Of Russia. but the abuse, hesped
on these men. the silencing of these
men. spoke louder and more eloquent
" than any report could have done.
An English paper went so far as to
charge the prohibition movement OF
the United States with being in league
with the bolsheviks, saying that its
object was to make restless the work
ers by denying them alcohol. hoping
that out Of this restlessness would
come revolution.
Another appeal to prejudice per
mitted by the allied governments. was
that fhe bolshevik movement was
Jewish movement; that Lenine and
Trotzky were Jews and that the so
Wet machine was Jewish from begin
ming to end. What difference could 1t
make to freeminded people whether
the leaders of the bolshevik 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 bolsheyism
by melting race prejudice
A great crack was made in the cur
tain Of silence drawn around Russia.
Through It came the startling news
that the bolshevik government planned
the naturalization Of women. No fact