The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-02
RED PAMPHLETS
YANKS SPURNED

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Poison Propaganda to Russian
! A. E. F. Revealed by U. S.
Secret Service.
! Extracts from pamphlets, published
by the EngIish-speaking Communists in
| Russia, and distributed among the
American troops In the North--now
In the possession of the U. S. 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. LENIN."
East and Central Europe is
atlame 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? If 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. If 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 Notwithstanding
your oYn-can become SOcialistic
state, workmen's country, If only it
follows the Russian example. Every
nation in the Notwithstanding the
yankee race'-can BECOME a really
free nation. If 1t only does away with
the trusts, the money lords and the
bloodthirsty exploiters. 1t is up to
you American soldiers to do It'll 1t is
up to you TO bring the great lesson of
the Russian Revolution home to your
telling and suffering brothers. It's
up to you to start it therein your
own America, you just start it-and
your brothers will follow you! You just
darer 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 it:
"Down with capitalism
Long live Industrial FreedomI
"Long live Socialism I"
"You probably would let us alone
and go home, If your officers would let
you. But they do not intend to let
you do so. You are under their orders
and they are under the orders of high
err 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 milllonaires
richer.
1--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
is by breaking the discipline that
drives you to this crime against your
own kind, the working class.
"The war Is over. There Is 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 can break away. We know
4. that you can, for we did. You are
powerful enough and numerous enough
TO arrest the officers or to do with
them what you please. Or you can
! cone over to u.s."
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