New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-30

This Manifesto" has been sent all
over the world. 1t makes no bones
about the plan Of the ~bolsheviks to
incite the world to disorder. On the
contrary. 1t boasts that this is Its
mission. Under the caption 'The Way
to Victory" the manifesto declares:
The revolutionary era compels the
proletariat to make use Of the means
Of battle which will concentrate its
entire energies. namely. mass action.
with It's logical resultant. direct con-
fict with the governmental machinery
In open combat All other methods.
such as revolutionary use Of bour'
geols parliamentarism. will be of only
secondary Significance"
The manifesto" further proclaims
the the First international" foresaw
the future development and pointed
the way; the Second International"
gathered together and organized the
proletariat; the Third International"
Is the international of open mass &C
ton Of the revolution. the international
Of Deeds The work OF the Third
International" is mapped out In the
Manifesto" In these words:
THE task Of the international com
muist party is now to overthrow this
order (present governments) and to
erect In its place the structure Of the
socialist worlds order. We urge the
working men and women Of ell coun-
tries to unite under the communist
banner, the emblem under which the
first great victories have already been
won.
"Proletarians of all lands! In the
war against imperiallstic barbarity.
against monarchy. against the privi-
legged classes. against the bourgeois
state and bourgeois property, against
all forms and varieties Of social and
national oppression-UNITE!
All Urged TO Unite. T..
"Under the standard Of the Work
ingmen's Councils. under the banner
OF the Third International. in the
revolutionary struggle for power ana
the dictatorship Of the proletariat.
proIetarians of all countries, UNlTE!"
I have quoted these excerpts from
an edition of the Manifesto" printed
in Chicago. The copy in my possession
contains the name and address OF the.
printing company. There is an intro
ductiou to this document. 1t is IN
signed. A few extracts from this In
PRODUCTION are important. Comment.
ing on the "Manifesto," the .introduc-
ton says: sit will soon become the
basis OF international working class
action, and will become the lightning
that will rend the clouds and fegs
that now envelop the workers Of the
world. .
Comment on this manifesto would
be useless. superiuous. Its magnin-
cent language speaks the message a
suffering world Is eagerly waiting to
hear.
st will assist the socialist move
ment everywhere into the path OF I'M
compromising, revolutionary action
that alone can usher In the triumph
of International Socialism"
II the publication Of this manifesto
and the Introductory comment to II
Is not treason. then Benedict Arnold
was a patriot. II Is a conspiracy
against the peace, health ad happi'
ness. as well as the lives and property.
tn. liberty and security, of every man.
woman and child IN the United States.
It Is a call TO lawlessness, organized
crime. II, might be well for the peo-
pie to give less time and thought to
partisan political wrangllng and set
themselves to sllencing seditjon.' 1t
should be an easy matter - discover
the author Of this un-Ameriran. In
human and criminal foreword to the
"Manifesto." The publishers and
distributors should he brought to the
bar and made answer. Let us kill
this menace by destroying the seed.
II we do. we will save ourselves much
trouble later. BY such a course we
will allay unrest.
LenIne has repeatedly said and
written that the ~boishevik government
cannot last In Russia. alongside, OF the
present governments Of. the world. In
other words. bolshevlsm. cannot live
in a world of democracy. The greater
truth IL that democracy canpot live
In the same world with ~bo)shevism.
Bolshevism in theory Is based on. the
ideal Of socialism. communism In
methods of the b~olshevism Of Lenlne Is
xross violence. supreme autocracy.
Copyright, 1920. western Newsps per union)