Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-10
WARNS NATION
OF RED PERIL
U. S. Department of Justice Urges
Americans to Guard Against
BoISheviSm Menace.
CALLS BED PLANS CRiNlNkL
Press, Church, Schools, Labor Unions
and Civic Bodies Called Upon .
Teach True Purpose Of Eoi-
ohevist Propaganda.

NGSaimgt0n.- Calling Tor fiic p3iGi-
otic support III sli tree Americans N
rs fight 10 protec, their homes. re-
ligion and property from the Spreal-
ing menace az Bal heyi>;n, the United
States Department Of. Justice h"~ Is
sued q warning against the in>idi,uS
propaganda ~ the Reds" during the
new year II reads:
1T would he extremely helpful 10 The
cause &c good government, the ma.n-
tetancc of law and order and 1ise pres
crvation &c peace aud happiness in our
country if tie people on thS New
Years day would resolve 81 study uu
dcrstand and appreciate the Sa-ca!Ied
/ Red movement Ihey can counter
act il most effectively by teaching is
purpose through the press, The clurch
the schools patriotic organizations ANA
l9hor unions. all OF which are within
the range OF its insdiouS attacks
"FcIv Theories Criminal.
"The Red movement does not mean
an attitude Of protest against alleged
/ defects in our present political and
economic organization OF society II
does not represent the radicalSm Of
progress. 1t represents q specific doe
trine- namely, The Introduction OF die
tatorships the worlt. over ny force and
violence II is not q movement Of lib
! egtylovns persons, bot a distinctly
criminal and dishonest movement
Lenine himself made the statement n
Tie Third Soviet Conference, Among
one hundred So-called BoShcyists there
is ore real Bolshcvik, thirty-nne Grim
inals ANA sixty fools 1t advocates the
destruction OF al ownership in proper
~, The destruction of al religion ana
belief in God II is movement or
ganized against Democracy and in IA
vor of HE power of The few built hy
force. Bolsheviem, syndicalism, the
Soviet Government, sabotage, etc. are
only names for old theories Of violence
and crim.nality.
Russian Labor Crushed
Though their aaheronts ia This coun-
try are advocating and fomentiug
strikes, Icnine aud Trotzky forbid
strikes. and trade unions are being
broken UP and completely subordjaated
10 the VIII Of the few damago@ucs in
control IA Russia. This Boisheyist ex-
pertinent Oh The living body of the
Russian people lats rot proven in any
sense of he wurl an teriWeuJ in
Democracy The BulSheyist leaders
fruulIy regulate Democratic princi-
pies rs we understand diem /, has
been Il gamble which meant for Rus
So. and, indeed. for l5e whole nf hn-
nanity, enormous losses III lives rs
well as IN material resources. The
Npl7hevi~ts have run up q colossal bill
which The RUSSIAN woramen uid peas
ants viii lave 10 pay
"Reds' Henace America.
"IEaviug lived NJ the expense of TIE
Russian people tor two years. these
Spectators in human lives and o;her
peoples earnings are trying To move
10 Rev fields 81 tie cast ANA 10 the
west, hoping TO take advantage Of The
economic distress and confusion Of
mind in which hnganity fnds .self
after the terrific strain Of Eve years
OF war
us sympath.zerS in fhI> country are
composed chiefly of criminals, mis-
taken iaealists. social bjeots aud many
unforTwate mcn and women suffering
With varying ferns Of hypcrcS;hcsia
They are enemies Of the government,
cf the church and Of Tie home aud ad-
yocatc principles which mean the aboli-
ton of all three of these safeguards Of
civilization
Would Rob Everybody.
Twenty million people in this coun-
try own Liberty Bonds These the
Reds propose to take away 9.S&0010
people in the United States own farms
aud 3.S3S0G0 more own homes. which
they voald forfeit; II .o6D.oe0 odd PEG
PIE have savings accounts in savings
banks and 1So0,0G1 people have de-
posts in orr national banks. at which
they aim. There are hundreds OF thou
sands of churches and religious insti-
tnJionS all OF which they would abol-
ish In other words, 1l0,000e10 hard
working and saVing people who own
property, love liberty and worship God
are asked 10 abandon all the ideals Of
religion, liberty and government. which
are the outcome of the struggles OF
their faihers aud their own develop
ment. and 10 place themselves. their
homes. their family and their religious
faith in the keeping and their property
under the domination Of Il small group
1t I.enines ai.i TrotzsyS.
Prc.ectica promised.
This department, rs far as existing
laws allow. intends during the forth
coming year to keep UP an untinching,
persistent. aggressive warfare against
any movement. 10 matter how cioaked
or dissembled, having for its purpose
either the PRONUNCIATION OF these ideas
or tl447 excitatiun of sympathy for
those who spread them. the Move
meat viii not he permitted 10 90 far
enough in this country 10 disturb orr
peace and well-5elng or create any
widespread dlSirust 0f the peoples
government II viii fil awar before
iie light II popular knowledge and
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