Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-08-06
THE RED INSPIRATION

THE RED INSPIRATION
When Napoeon found the patriotic fervor of the French
revolution fading in his troops he provided SUBSTITUTE na'
never failed powerful inspiration to vlctory-loot.
The promise always followed by performance Inc COLI
country robbed Of its treasures and the soldiers
the grand army enriched by the spos OF the enemy AS
rope was by his conquerng forces France became
the the continent The accumulated wealth q
italy Germany Austria Spain and Russia that did not suffe
destruction successfully enriched the empire
Lenine and Trosky have evidently followed IN tne iooee
of Napoleon reported that the soviet
to halt it's advance Poland the loot OF warsaw mas pee
promised bolshevk armies no longer inspired oy tne ~
the Russian revolution the patriotism engendered
Russia from the foreigners as reward Of Vic'4ts M o t
There is nothing strange remarkable IN the actoi oou
has ever been the inspiration Of conquest The armies OF all the
worlds devastators and ravhes from remote anquiy
the present hour had the incentive held out TO
Of distant equally the inspiration OF the Asyrah
hordes the Roman egions OF Aas raiders OF Napoleon
GRAND armies of the invading hostand now that the
boshev turned must be their star Oh
War ever destroyer living ON the producer
The Industrious country the greater producer 49,
greater the accumulated wealth. the greater the incentive Tor
cono,estthat is the greater opportunity offers for loot
Poland looted exploited already by Germany famine stc
en- and disease ravaged doesn't offer very tempting eo o
any one but boshebut compared to Russia IN It's
present chaotic condition it seems rare prize. 4
There is nothing surprising the avowa of the intended
oong of Warsaw for lootng has been the main INSPIRATION
the soviet state and by it has sustained itself First the
mobility then wealthy then the bourgeouse IS all
who had ANYTHING looted and that the accumulated
wealth Of producing Russia has devoure the consuming
red armies longngy upon the outside world as fertile
field for exploitation and loot. .
simply an appeal the eroyers to loot the producers can
to those loot those who have Inc appear
of destruction caoufaged rdescent Utopan cream
of equality that does not and cannot exist unless
nature which hasn't changed recorded history Dega Is
remodelled and greed eliminated
Having once got the habit of ooting conquerlng army
develops an Unsuitable appetite 1t easier to destroy tan
easier than to produce easier to rop han 70
work the danger of the world In the present crss
Poland is the buffer state between boshevlsm and democracy
and it's conquest means the invasion of western Europe by
armies and boshevist theories Tor te ceato VI
chaos by the destruction OF society ,
Germany undoubtedly played sinister part IN the trag
edy of Poland The immense supplies OF munitions ana
armstice signed, nave outltteo ah'
strengthened the soviet armies which German Officers nav
Eheped train Every effort of England and France TO ass
Poland is thwared far possible 1t is the German neno
to permit destruction of Poland and then annex part OF ina
unhappy open the for the eventual feaho
of German dreams of empire But before Germany ma
probably ovepayed her hand and Tor her perioy wa" o
: the bolshevist invasion. , !,
While Boshvsm endure, in Russia, though IT.
people with oriental temperament and their oppression
and serfdom centuries peculiarly adapted Tor the e
perment much to destroy civilization with te CIV
wars engenes and is entirely with the limits OF possl
that Europe period of anarchy similar to that experience
: by Germany after the thirty years war
For present crisis the United States can not eVaoe
moral responsibility Had the senate ratified the peace treat
and made the League Nations avta force neither RUSSIA no
anv other nation would dared to naugurate war OF con
est By becoming Stacker in the affairs of the world,
shrking world reconstruction, by evadlng ou
RESPONSIBILITIES for world peace the United States senate ma
thrown fruits of victory by American soldiers on Tn
kbattees and opened the door Tor coagrato
q that menaces civilization including our own land
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