The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-27
RED PAMPHLETS
YANkS SPuRNED
Poison Propaganda to Russian
A. e. E. Revealed by U. S.
Secret Service.

Extracts from pamphIets, published
by the Enulish-speakins Communities In
Russia, and distributed among the
American troops In the North-noW
In the possession Of the y. 8. Depart
ment Of Justice.
Comrades! Drop this dirty work
Turn your guns on your real enemies.
the sweaters and capitalists.
"Come with Us In the far nobler
struggle to establish the triumph Of
labor the world over.
(Signed) N. LEN1N."
EAST and Central Europe u
aaame with the revolt. The exploiting
class has in some countries fallen. and
In others are on the point of falling.
The dawn Of the day Of Labor's eman-
cipation has comet"
"You have arms. You know how to
use them. Will you, like slaves. use
them in defense of your master, or
will you use them to help your class
be free? II the former, then you
know that you will meet with deter
mined resistance of the united revolu-
tionary people Of East and Central
Europe, and History will be your
Judge. II the latter, then here's a
hearty welcome into the ranks of In.
ternational labor"
"We want you to understand that
every country in the world-including
your own-can become q socialistic
state, q workmen's country, II only It
follows the Russian example. Every
nation in the world-including the
yankee race'-can become a really
free nation. II It only does away with
the trusts, the money lords and the
bloodthirsty exploiters. It 10 up to
you American soldiers to do til It 10
up to you to bring the great lesson Of
the Russian Revolution home to your
toiling and suffering brothers. It's
up to you to start 1t therein your
own America, you Just start it-and
your brothers will follow youi You Just
dare! You have nothing to lose but
your chains. You have . world to
gain.
"You Just dare to take home with
you the Red Banner Of the Revolution
and inscribe upon 1t:
"Down with capitalism
"Long live Industrial Freedomt
"Long live Socialism I"
"You probably would let US alone
and 60 home, IL your officers would let
you. But they do not intend to let
you do 50. You are under their orders.
and they are under the orders of "high-
er ups" and those are under the orders
Of "still higher ups" etc. At the top
Of the whole pile are the wealthy
capitalists who want to get their
greedy hands upon the mines and
factories. railways, ETC., Of Russia.
That Is the reason you are here to rob
workingmen and make millionaires
richer.
"We know that you are bound, hand
and foot by discipline and have been
in blind ignorance Of what you were
doing here or why you came. The only
: way that you can do the decent thing
IL by breaking the discipline that
drives you to this crime against yOuI
| own kind. the working class.
|. ."The war 10 over. There II NO hon
> est reason for you to submit to mill
tary orders. You are not fighting
German militarism.' You are sub
hitting TO It when You obey the com
mands Of your own officer.
"You ran break away. We know
that you can. for we did. You ar,
powerful enough and numerous enough
to arrest the officers OF to do Wit
them what you please. Or you CO,
n come ove to w."