The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-08-12

with the bolshsviks, saying that it,
object was to make restless the work.
ers BY denying them alcohol. hoping
that out Of this restlessuess would
come revolution.
Another appeal to prejudice per
mitted BY the allied governments. was
that the bolshevik movement was q
Jewish movement; that Lenine and
Trotzky were Jews and that the 20
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 bolshevism
by melting race prejudice.
A great crack was made in the cur.
tain Of silence drawn around Russia.
Through 1t came the startling news
that the bolshevik government planned
the naturalization Of women. No fact
about Russia was given greater prom.
inence and publicity. have talked
to many men who were bitterly op-
posed to bolshevism. and in the last
analysis found the only tangible
basis for their oppositionu was that
the program included national prohibit
ton. One insurance company in Amer.
lea used the Decentralization of Won.
en-" lie In its nationwide advertising.
OF course, 1t is obvious to thinking
people that the plan Of naturalization
Of women was falsehood. and the
workers concluded 1t was designed to
poison the public against bolshevism.
Anyone who thinks for a minute will
realize. first, that the naturalization
Of women Is not a necessary part Of
any economic program. second. that
one could not get a hundred men or
women In any country Of the world,
who are not degenerates. to subscribe
to a program which contemplated the
registration and promiscuous violation
OF their mothers. wives. daughters, and
sweethearts. The Russians are human
beings; their women are their moth
ers, wives, daughters. and sweet.
hearts,
Foundation for silly story.
This evil and unnecessary lie about
the bolsheviks grew out Of the fact
that In little city. Ufa, a drunken
man made the proposal that the!
should adopt such q plan. A group II
the town Of Saratov. calling them
selves anarchists. issued a decree IL
April, 1918, containing among othe,
provisions the following:
From March 1. the right to possess
women having reached the ages Of
seventeen to thirty.two is abolished
1.-THE husbands may retain the right
to use their wives without awaiting
their turn.
''In case Of resistance. the husband
shall forfeit his rights.
"All women according to this de-
cree. are exempt from private owner.
ship and are proclaimed to be the
property Of the whole nation"
It was unfair to charge this to the
soviet government. It was never put
in practice. and It Is only fair to say
that with the exception Of the two
cases cited above. II was never even
contemplated by anyone. This libel Of
the bolsheviks strengthened their
cause In the allied world. Months af.
ter II was exposed the world
was swept with another evil. unneces-
sary and false bit Of propaganda. It
was complained that this second piece
Of news was intended to corroborate
and confirm the naturalization of
women; its open object was to create
hostility for the bolsheviks. 1t achieved
exactly the opposite result. 1t was that
the bolsheviks had decided to abolish
Christian names. that hencefOrth chill.
dren would he named by number. To
illustrate. the first born would he
Smith No. I. the second child in the
Smith family would be Smith No. 2,
and 10 on. This was given hrst.page
space in the press of the world. It
was printed as serious news. a. truth.
II fell Of it, own weight.
Summing up unrest In Europe and
rs nuViNus uuNc loulIu tuut tuIH
general course Of conduct has caused
the people to increase their suspicion
OF the political governments. Of the
press. of the leaders Of business and
industry. These posed lies have mold.
ed judgment In the general thought
Of the world. and that II That bOlshe-
vism Ia being cried down. iibeied and
slandered. starved. assaulted. and
fought. because Its success meant the
death Of special privilege md the
birth of the New Order" This judg.
ment hns come to pass because we
have not used our resources to bring
the real fncts 10 the public mind: he
cause we have injured our crcdibiliiy
by unnecessary. evil and false charges
against the bolshevik regime.
Copyright 1890. Western Newspaper Union,
The Invitation.
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