The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-24
PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World WARP
SOME LIGHT ON BoLsHEWsM
Movement Not AnsrchlrtIe, az SO
Many Seem 10 Think-Probabiy
10 Beet Described a. Con
sisisn, Socialism,"
Article XIII.
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Article XIII.
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II were asked to name the princi
pal cause for the growing unrest my
answer would be bolsheyism The al.
most universal altitude OF big business
toward Russian bolsbevism attn.
tude adopted by most OF the govern.
mens Of Europe--has been and IL,
MI IL {; don't waste time examining II /;
it isn't worth trying 10 understand no
good canseome out OF q; II must be
fought; Il isn't entitled TO trial
Rehms ~ paper have been used to us
sail u. Captains OF Industry and gov.
ernment officials have Wed with each
other " making assault on Il. Many
OF those who oppose bolshsyIsm are
Indignant n you ask them what II n
aud why they oppose IT, They chRrnc
terike Il. attack Il. resent IT, Great
hea, has been shown In discussing II.
without throwing any light on the sub
tect Absurd Hes have been told
about bolsheylsm. Slater these unnec.
essary and stupid lies have been ex.
posed, With the result that suspicion
has been bred, unrest fed The effect
upon the workers has been 10 increase
their hate FOR their employers and de.
stroy their already weakened faith In
government.
Whether bolshcylsm Is right or
wrong, whether II Is good thing or
bad thing. Il is a, least definite po.
i.tleai plan, capable OF being examined, |
measured. weighed and tested. II is |
few OF the things Il has been called |
II is entitled to hearing on rs mer. |
is. II cannot be bowled down ia
abuse
Bolsbsvism Not Anarchy
Those who lead the campnlgn
against II frequently aud confuslngiy
define II as anarchy. II there Is one
thing that bolshevlsm Is not. Il is an
srehy. Much controversy will be
avoided. many differences OF opinion
dissolved II We come 20 fair and
open understanding OF the bolsheylk
program. one Of the great tnlsfor /
tunes Is that NC form opinions without
Information. rush 20 judgments with.
out understanding then stubbcrnly
close our minds Much OF the dlseord
and strife OF life In big things. as well
as Ia little matters. Is due 10 this
habit. Anarchy Is not criminal law.
lessness. notwithstanding the fact that
this Is the popular miscoaceptlon OF
the term. Say anarchist" aud The nv.
erage man or woman 10 whom you say
. 81 "a 1
thrower dynamlter. nrcbrand
Such a man Is not an anarchist: he i
terrorist criminal. a destruction,
list. murderer. Let US call spade
spade and be sure We know what
spade Is, and We viii understand each
other better.
Anarchism Is an old and respectable
philosophy, The anarchist is an ind
yiduells,. lie Is In favor Of free life
for the individual lie is opposed TO /,
turning over the individuals power To-
the state. lilo argues that gfcui /,
power delegated 10 government limits :
the growth and freedom OF the indt \
yidpai. He dreams OF an ideal state IN
" hlch human beings viii be So perfect
they need no law. His doctrine Is an
an exaggeration OF the
dea that the government which gov
rrns least governs best. lie Isn't a
awbreaker. He Is law abollsher. He /"
reasons that when murder leaves the ;,
lumHn heart there VIII be no occasion y
'or laws against killing. that the :
stntute against murder is only printed y
words on the page OF a law book. ut. :
eriy and entirely without meaning. or y
existence, 10 the man who is incapable
n killing his fellow man. lie says
hat We should develop our artistic
Ind moral sides and by evolution -
repeal one law after an. ~ ~
'ther until all law disappears. II is -
,ure ideaiism--it Is a movement 20. ''
fard perfection. II Is the millennium ~
I Is poetry. klpllng wrote lis con, :"
u,utlou when be wrote. ~
Ins only the Master shall praise us. fei
And only tbs Master shall blame Sit
md no one shall work for money. m.
And no one SHAH work for fame. ~
lat each Tor the Joy OF Rorkinx. ou
Each Ia his separate star ! 20
hail draw the ThIng as he sees Il foi
FOR the God o. Things as They Are. yo
Merely a Beautiful pream. 10y
Few people VIII contend that this ers
heory is anything more than a beauti,
ul dream. Probably the FIRST aud
reatest OF the anarchists was the
reat Greek philosopher Zeno, from Lo
rete, the founder of the stole phlloso on
by. who died 2To years b. c. It is frc
20 tnd dynamIters called ne
anarchists, and in the same breath M
ear included some u the greatest I'm
iealists tina; have ever trod the TIN
arth. The very mention OF the two eel
pes In the same class gives respec- FOR
billy 10 the totally ugly, deprayed be.
nornDt. lawiess criminal. In
went 10 standard authority for hla