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the family. With the abolition of
private property, marriage in it's
present form must disappear. This
is part of the program"
The relationship of Socialism to
religion must be taken out of the
same mouths. Karl Marx stated in
1845: eve cannot know anything
about the existence of God.
For practical materialists, atheism is
but an easy way of getting rid of
religion" Communism abolishes
eternal truths, it abolished all re-
ligion and all morality, instead of
constituting them on new basis. !"
August Bebel, one of Karl Marx
disciples, says: "Christianity is the
enemy of civilization
Christianity and Socialism are like
fire and water"
Socialism in Russia.
The greatest experiment in Gov
eminent known to mankind was the
experiment in 1875, when for this
Republic the Constitution was adopt
ed which guarantees private right in
property. Under this form of gov
eminent the greatest nation ever
known to mankind was developed,
the greatest of all because it has CIV
en- the greatest happiness to the
greatest number of it's citizens. There
is today another experiment in gov
eminent, and one of far wider scope
than that of the United States. In
stead of involving three millions of
people, it involves in Russia $50 mill
lions of people. Instead of having
for it's objective the establishment of
government of the people of Rus
STA, it has the audacious program of
forcing it's form of government on
every country on the earth.
Article of the Russian Constitu-
ton, adopted on July 10, 1918, in
dealing with the franchise, reads as
follows: "The following persons en-
Joy neither the right to vote nor the
right to be voted for, even though
they belong to one of the categories
enumerated above, namely
a. Persons who employ hired la
Dor in order to obtain from it an in
crease in profits.
b. Persons who have an income
without doing any work, such as in
terest from capital, receipts from
property, etc.
C. Private merchants, trade and
commercial brokers.
d. Monks and clergy of all denomi-
nations.
In dealing with the farmers and
means of production, the same So
cialist Constitution says in Article 1,
Chapter 2: "a. For the purpose OF
realizing the specialization of land, all
private property in land is abolished,
and the entire land is declared to be
national property and is to be appor-
toned among husbandmen without
any compensation to the former own
ers, in the measure of each ones abil-
ity to till it.
,"b. All forests, treasures of the
earth, and waters of general public
utility, all implements whether ami.
mate or inanimate, model farms and
agricultural enterprises, are declared
to be national property"
The Socialists in Russia have taken
the farms from the farmers; why
may we not expect them to do the
same in Minnesota?
Socialists IndOrse Soviet.
Again, you ask me why I discuss
Russia and it's Constitution, in con.
nection with Socialism and the Non.
partisan League. The Socialist Party
in the United States has issued q
proclamation, part of which reads az
follows:
Long live the Russian Socialist
Soviet Republic"
Proclamation by the Socialist
Party"
''On the second anniversary of the
establishment of the Socialist Soviet
Republic of Russia the Socialist Par
ty of the United States sends it:
hearty greeting and reaffirms it's sol
idarity with the workers and peas
ants of Russia. In all the annals o.
history there has never been a more
heroic struggle of the masses agains
such tremendous odds as that wageC
by the revolutionary republic O.
workers and peasants"
Greetings of solidarity and inter
nationalism to the tired and suffer
ing workers and peasants of the frs
Socialist Republic in history. Ions
live the Russian Socialist Soviet Re
public. Long live the internationa
brotherhood of the workers of the
world. National Executive Commit
tee, Socialist Party"
On March 10, 1918, the State Con
vention of Minnesota Branch of the
National Nonpartisan League placed
these words in the platform adopted
I'VE extend greetings and pledge oul