New Britain herald., 1920-01-03
ARREST OF THE ANARCHISTS.

Despite the fact that the Russian Bolshevik Government has semi officially promised us. in New ! Years message, that the Governm cnt at Washington would be Soviet ill 1920 or 1921; even though we have been warned of what is coming to us, what we have to expect from the free thinkers of Russia. authorities are proceeding with vigor in tho rounding up of disciples of Leninc and pre- pairing them for deportation. With the score still incomplete, we have a total of 1000 Reds reported to be irt the hands of the police, local and federal, in thirty-three cities of the country. We take it that the greet ing from abroad is of the same rela- tive merit as the warning that the end of the world was coming several weeks ago. At least, we arc pro- cecdinS upon the assumption that there is no truth in what is promised.
 Somehow the conviction grows tha we are not yet ready for the blood and thunder plans Of the par1or boi- shevists and that we arc getting fur ther and further from adopting their scheme of life and government. De- spite their assurances of the justice of their cause, their blind confidence that their beliefs will prevail, we ako feel that mem bers of the clan anar- chistic-in this country, al lSast-are going to desert their brethren and come down 10 earth from the higher plane upon which their thoughts have been wandering. We feel that few wholesome demonstrations of the Americanism of this country such as took place last evening arc going to convert those of the fanatics who have any cerebral capabilities whatsoever to a better way of think ing. The eradication by deportation Of those whose zeal is too infiamma- tory also will help in stamping out tho disease.
 AgHators of glib tongue and per- vcrted intellect, possessed of the gift of speech and having a certa in enough to sway the individual wilo wishes something but does not realize
 what it is, find an easy mode of live lihood in the exercise of their powers.
 They are exploiting the masses whom they influence; they are assum-
 ing the destiny of their lives nd deaths, their cash and their future, as truly as did the Czar of old By
 they are obtaining the public funds;
 much of the money is going into their
 own pockets; these gentry live well,
 indeed: by melting to revolution and
 deeds of violence they are controlling
 the dcstinies of their fellows. Who
 can say that they ire not? They are
 living refutations in a slightly differ . ent manner of the very thing they are preaching against.
 There is an appeal to their doc
 trines-an appeal to the desire of
 adventure in most of mankind.
 Beyond that the appeal dies out. i Rovulsion takes it's place. Most men nave an attraction far a fight, with
 eapons or without and have the
 sneal1ing desire to try their powers
 upon someone. Let those who wish
 to fight, hoWeN CT, consider what they
 are lighting for when they adopt
 Sovietism and all that it implies. Let i the married man consider sharing his l wife or the single man his sweetheart i with the rest of mankind for the in- | tereSts of the Government" But We
 will stop-4America needs no warning 1 against the Reds-she is acting upon l her knowledge now.
 { The will of the late Mrs. Hope M 1 S,rasey proved to be one which dem