New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-13
The prohibition movement OF

charge b prohibition movement OF
the United States with being in league
with the bolsheyiks. saying that Its
object was to make restless the work
ers by denying them alcohol. hoping
that out of this restlessness would
cOme revolution.
Another appeal to prejudice per-
mitted by the allied governments. vas
that the bOlshevik movement was a
Jewish movement; that l.enine and
Trotzky we're Jews and that the So
VIE machine was Jewish from begin
ming to end. What difference could It
make to freeminded people whether
the leaders Of the bolsllevik 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
10 make them hostile to bO~lslievism
by Inciting race prejudice.
A great crack was made In the cur.
tain Of silence drawn around Russia.
Through 1t came the startling news
that the bolshevlk government planned
the naturalization OF women. No fact
inence and publicity. | have talked
to many mel who were bitterly Op-
posed to bolsheyism, and In the last
analysis found the only tangible
basis for their opposition was that
the program included national prohlbi-
tlon.H One insurance company In Amer
lea used the Standardization of Wom-
n lie in its nationwide advertising. |
or course. 1t Is obvious to thinking
people that the plan Of naturalization
of m was a falseho0d. and the
workers concluded it was designed to
poison the public against bolsheyism.
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
r program which contemplated the
registration and promlscu0us violation
Of their mothers, wives, daughters, and
The Russians are human
their women are their moth
ers, wives, daughters. and sweet.
hearts.
Foundation for Silly Story.
This evil and unnecessary lie about
he bolsheviks grew, out Of the fact
hat In a little city. Ufa. a drunken
nan made the proposal that they
should adopt such a plan. A group in
he town of Saratov. calling them
anarchists. issued a decree in
April, 1918, containing among other
provisions the following:
"From March /. the right to possess
women having reached the ages of
.cventeen to thirty-two Is abolished.
''The husbands may retain the right
o use their wives without awaiting
heir turn.
I'm case Of resistance, the husband
hall forfeit his rights.
".All ONE according to this de-
rec, are exempt from private owner
hip and are proclaimed to he the
ropcrty of the whole nation"
II was unfair TO charge this to the ,
oyiet government. 1t WAS never put
l practice. and 1t Is only fair to say
hat with the exception OF the two t
nses cited above. It. was never even /
D~ntemplated by anyone. This libel of d
he bolsheviks strengthened their |
luse In the allied world. Months af- I
ar 1t was exposed the. world
swept with another evil. nee +
Try and false bit of propaganda. II
as complained that this second piece 8
news was intended to corroborate
confirm the naturalization Of
omen Its open object was to create
for the ~bolsheviks. It achieved
,actly the opposite result. II was that p
'e bolsheviks had decided to abolish IA
l~ristlan names. that henceforth chill. l.
would be named by number. To :,
the first born would be a
NTH No. !. the second child I'm the =,
NTH family would be Smith No. Q, a.
d SO on. This was given first-page n
ace In The press of the world. II =,
as printed as serious news. as truth. m
fell Of its own weight. .,
Summing up unrest In Europe and q,
America. | have found that this
neral course Of conduct has caused n
. people TO Increase their suspicion w
the political governments. Of the
ess. OF the leaders Of business and y
iustry. These posed lies have mold
D Judgment IN the general thought
the world. and that Is that bolshe-
Sm Is being cried down. libeled and .
indered, starved, assaulted. eni VI
lght. because Its success meant the CO
aih Of special privilege and the ID
rth of the "New Order" This tudg. Id
mt has come to pass because we All
We not used u TO bring ia
: real facts to the public mind be- Sc
use we have injured our credibiiity tel
unnecessary. evil and false charges co
linst the bolshevik regime.
'pyrlght. 1920. Western Newspaper UnIon) w
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