Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-29
Bolshevisnl Is Not
for Americans.
Declares Gompers

W asstsIngton Jan .s-y, rtrl-ly II
the current number Of the Fedora
ZIONIST. official organ OF the Amer
can Federation Of Labor samnei
Goupe-s condemns Bolsaevisn1
completely. finally and fer ali time.
He declares he doubts whether tlaa
propaganda which euanares from
The BoishevfsL organization itself II
more effective than that conducted
by those who claim To be entirely ds-
tached from Russian influence an
Eussian bolshsvIsI agents have -
great al effect II America as tllos-
which Ike 10 De known as 1our
rals Of opinion, such as The Natiar
The Dial and The New E.epubhc"
Mr.. Gror1pers makes an cyten6ie.i
reference 10 the argument that the
An-ican people know little abou
what Is going or n Russia and TIL
argument that II Is unfair and IN
wise To pass judgment
II Is nor necessarX." says Mr.
Iorrpe-s. For Americans 10 know
at all times Just what were the ey
act conditions II Germany pefpr-
passing judgment on the form O.
government existing in German I
was necessary only TO know vha
was the form Of government and IN
der which II Operated
All The information necessary =,
the passing OF Judgment or Bol-
shevisrn and The system of govern
n1snI ana as state Of society is .
hand from sources that are auth.1
tic. The plea 81 those misguided
persons n America who say wa
Tor lac-s before passing judgment -
nothing more -.lan an excuse vh,c3l
Il Is hoped Will gain time for Eus-
sian experiment and enable II 10
spread 70 other countries"
N2aorlnE from the new BDlshevis-
constitution. Mr.. Gornpers points on
that while Ire fifth Pan Russian cor
gress declares for a Dictatorship OF
the proierar;at. and the poorest peas
au-ry great portion OF the pea sauf-
~ Is dtsfra-ncrIsed and the Iarr.s7
boishevlst estimate OF the poletariat
calculates that as only one fifth Of
rne number Of peasants Even a
fairly prosperous WORKING mar. by
this calculation, Mr Gonpers saws. j.
not 4 prOie-ariaI-
Quoting from BoIsherIst oficial
documents To show the exrart Of
DasseG terror by the Bolsheviili Nj
Gornpers declared that The econouit
condition in internal Russia az tn.
present Tine has absolutely nothinE
10 do with the merits or dement's OF
me BoisaevIst PHILOSOPHERS Of Eowerr
mert" and add that lis hDuld nav.
no influence II determining the JuGs-
ment OF any person. Epou II assu cl.
Ina i Concepts OF freedom within
the American nation" said NJ
Gempers. one fundamental prrnci-
pie is that any voluntary ss-vrtude
that's compulsory labor. snail not he
enforced upon the working people"
de quotes the amendment ro the
Federal constitution and ADDS.
That conception and the spirit OF
that amendment have been eu1iretr
reversed by the constitution of Boz
shevist Russia, which provides TO-
and e-forces compulsory labor -"
The plea 70 withhold Judgment is 4,
ias- desperate attempt TO vtrf aYpr
from the American peopief ora svy-
tem Of government which by the cor
fessio- of IT'S own defenders i for
eisn 70 every concept Of the Amer
can republic We know about EIrs
STA We know about Bolshevisnl.
We know the pIteoRs story Of cr-ueity
and Intolerance and VS. know the
aa-ocra-lc concept that Underiies tn
minority dictatorship wn1ch Is haIeI
70 the world By rs 6upes and cSve-
Gates. We know about Z ana cor
denim II finally and for at tine"