The Arvada enterprise., 1920-04-15
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War;
SOME LIGHT ON BoLsHEvIsM
Movement Net Anarehistle. a. 80
Many Seem to Enthusiastically
10 Best Described ~ "con-
sistsnt Socialism,"
Article XIII.
" FRANK coMtRFoep,

pal cause for the growing unrest my
answer would be bolshevism. The al
most universal attitude Of big business
toward Russian b0lshevism-an atti-
tude adopted by most Of the govern
ments Of Europe-has been, and Ia,
Kill It; don't waste time examining 1t
1t isn't worth trying to understand; no
good can come out OF 1t; 1t must be
fought; 1t isn't entitled to trial.
Reams Of paper have been used to as
sail II. Captains Of industry and gov
eminent officials have We'd with each
other In making assault on it, Many
Of those who oppose bolslievism are
Indignant II you nsk them what 1t is
and why they oppose 1t. They charac-
terize 1t, attack 1t, resent 1t. Great
heat has been shown In discussing 1t.
without throwing any light on the sub
ject. Absurd lies have been told
about bOlshevisin. Later these unnec-
essary and stupid lies have been eX-
posed, with the result thut suspicion
has been bred, unrest fed. The effect
upon the workers has been to Increase
their hate for their employers and de-
strOy their already weakened faith In
government.
Whether bOlshevism IL right or
wrong. whether 1t IL a good thing or u
bad thing. 1t is at least definite pO-
litical plan. capable Of being examined,
measured, weighed and tested. 1t IL
few Of the things 1t has been called.
It is entitled to u hearing on Its mer-
its. 1t cannot he hOwled down In
abuse.
0elshsvtsm Not Anarchy.
Those who lead the campaign
against 1t frequently and cOnfusingly
define 1t as anarchy. II there Is one
thing that bOlshevisln In not, 1t Ii an
archy. Much controversy will lie
avoided. many differences Of opinion
dissolved II we come to fair and
open understanding Of the bolshevik
program. One Of the great misfOr-
tunes Is that We form opinions without
information. rush to Judgments with
out understanding. then stubbOrnly
close our minds. Much Of the dIscOrd
and strife Of life In big things. ~ well
~ In little matters, Is due to this
habit. Anarchy IL not criminal law
lessness. Notwithstanding the fact that
this IL the popular misconception Of
the term. Say anarchist" and the Nv
erage man or woman to whom you say
It looks frightened. thinks Of bomb.
thrower. dynamiter. q hrebrand.
Such man 10 not an anarchist he ~
q terrorist. . criminal. . destruction
ist. a murderer. Let us call q spade
q spade and he sure We know what u
spade IL. and we will understand each
other better.
Anarchlsm II nm old aud respectable
philosophy. The anarchist Ii Nm indI.
vidualist. He IL In favor Of free life
for the Individual. He IN opposed to
turning over the individuals power TO
the state. He argues that great
power delegated to government limits
the growth and freedom Of the indi.
vidual. He dreams Of an ideal state In
which human beings will he 70 perfect
they need no law. His doctrine Is an
enlargement. an exRggeratiOn Of the
Idea that the government which gov
ems least governs best. He Isn't 4
lawbreMker. He II . law abOlIsiier. lie
reasons that when murder leaves the
human heart there will he no occasion
for laws against killing; that the
statute against murder In only printed
words on the pnge Of law book. ut.
terly and entirely without meaning, or
existence. to the man who Ii incapable
OF killing his fellow nun. lie says
that We should develop our artistic
and moral sides and by evolution
gradually repeal one law nfter an.
other until all law disappears. 1t IL
pure i,lemlisni-It II a movement to-
ward perfection. II IN the millennium
II In poetry. kIpling wrote its CON
xtitutiOn when he wrote:
And only the Master shall praise us.
And only the Master shall blame.
And no one shall work for money.
And no one shall work for fame.
But each for the Joy Of working.
Each n his separate star
Shall drnw the Thing ms he sees II
For tho God Of Things ms They Are.
Merely q esautifui oream.
Few people viii contend that this
theory Is nnyihIng more than y benu,I.
full dream. Probably the first mud
greatest ~ the anarchists was tln
grcni Greek philosopher Ieno. from
Crete. the founder NJ the stole philOsO.
ply, who died 30 years Is. e. II Is