Evening journal., 1920-04-09
PUTS SOCIALISTS
in RED CLASS
No Difference In "Isms,"
Coldstein Says in De-
nouncing Radicals
SOVIET SYSTEM
is DENOUNCED

Any distinction between Bolshevism
and other forms OF Socialism was de-
MED last night by David Goldstein. OF
Boston, in an exposure OF radical prop
aganda made by him before a large
audience at the Wilmington High
School The meeting was held under
the auspices OF the Knights OF Colum-
bus.
Socialists IN America have argued
thsf their brand Is quite different
from the Russian. and without It's
evils. Mr.. Goldstein, who was intl-
mately connected with the Socialist
party In his earlier years. declared that
Bolshevism Is Socialism, any Socialism.
put into actual operation. He described
Socialists as unscrupulous ideslists
with no conception OF moral right or
economic justice.
Mr.. Goldstein cited the TERRIBLE times
endured by Paris while under Social
lst rule al the close OF the Franco
Prusslan war. He outlined conditions
which paralleled the present Trotzky-
Lenine regime In Russia, though on a
vastly smaller scale.
Describing Bolshevist Russia. the
speaker remarked the disruption given
to national progress by the fact That
genius, knowledge, private enterprise
are repressed and put on lower level
than ignorance In the soviet system
This system does not give equal rights
and powers 10 all mankind, said the
lecturer. citing the present mode OF
elections In Russia 10 show how the
few, chosen chiefly from the Red guard
soldiers. control The many, including
the great mass OF peasants.
Mr.. Goldstein asserted That one Red
guard has the voting power OF eight
ordinary citizens, and that one citizen
nas 1--WE times the voting power OF
peasant which gives the one Red guard
franchise power equal 10 votes OF forty
peasants.
He said that the mass OF people vote
only for a local representative, cleo
tIon OF government officials being
privilege reserved for workers In city
factories and Rid guards.
In the eyes OF the Socialists" Mr..
Golds;ein said, "every government
which does not fly the Red flag is
a capitalistic government. They re-
pudate In toto The natural rights OF
man and deny the existence OF God.
Should the United States ever fan into
such a oataclysm II would mean total
dismemberment Of It's united strength.
Free speech and free press. which
the Socialists In the United States
fought for during the war, and which
they claimed as constitutional right
is being denied the people OF Russia
today the speaker claimed. He related
this 10 show that the Bolshevisis In
the United States are preaching what
their brothers In Russia are not prac-
ticIng but prohibiting under penalty
Of Imprisonment.
The plank in the Bolshevists' plat
form favoring free love, was holly az
tackled by Mr.. Goldstein. This corrupt
practice which is being condoned In
Russia, was characterized as the dis
ease which will eventually eat away
the nations vltals. Th~, he divorce
mills IN Russia are grinding their
heavy toll. lessening the already lax
code OF morals, was one OF the asser-
tlons OF the speaker which produced
a mild sensation. He declared that d.
vorce can be granted only upon appli-
cation OF one OF tire parties and that
marriage can be contracted by YER
bal statement or In writing.
Judge George Gray presided at the
meeting and was one OF the many who
questioned the speaker after his ad-
dress was completed.