Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-06-24

over the world. 1t makes no bones
about the plan of the bolsheviks to
incite the world to disorder. On the
contrary, it boasts that this is It's
mission. Under the caption 1.-THE Way
to Victory the manifesto declares:
1.-THE revolutionary era compels the
proletariat to make use of the means
of battle which will concentrate it's
entire energies, namely, mass action,
with it's logical resultant, direct con-
fict with the governmental machinery
In open combat All other methods,
such as revolutionary use Of bour-
geois parliamentarism, will be OF only
secondary significance"
The manifesto" further proclaims
the the First International foresaw
the future development and pointed
the way; the Second International
gathered together and organized the
pYoletariat; the Third International
is the international of open mass &C
tom of the revolution, the international
of Deeds. The work of the Third
InternationaP' Is mapped out in the
"Manifesto' in these words:
1.-THE task of the international COM
npust party is now to overthrow this
order (present governments) and to
erect in its place the structure of the
socialist worlds order. We urge the
working men and women Of adj coun-
tries to unite under the communist
banner. the emblem under which the
first great victories have already been
won.
"Rroletarians Of all lands! In the
war against imperialistic barbarlty,
against monarchy, against the prlvl-
legged classes, against the bourgeois
state and bourgeois property, against
all forms and varieties Of social and
national oppression-UN1TE!
All Urged to Unite.
'Under the standard Of the Work
Of the Third International, in the
revolutionary struggle for power and
the dictatorship Of the proletariat,
proletarians Of all countries, UNTTE!
I have quoted these excerpts from
an edition Of the "Manifesto" printed
in Chicago. The copy in my possession
contains the name and address of the
printing company. There is an intro
duction to this document. 1t is I'M
signed. A few extracts from this in
PRODUCTION are important. Comment
ing on the Manifesto" the introduce
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basis of international working class
action, and will become the lightning
that will rend the clouds and fogs
that now envelop the workers of the
world.
Comment on this manifesto would
be useless, superfluous. It's magnifi-
cent language speaks the message a
suffering world is eagerly waiting to
hear
ut will assist the socialist move
ment everywhere into the path of I'm
compromising, revolutionary action
that alone can usher in the triumph
Of International Socialism,"
If the publication of this manifesto
and the Introductory comment to 1t
Is not treason, then Benedict Arnold
was q patriot. It is conspiracy
against the peace, health ad happi-
ness. as we'll as the lives and property
the liberty and security, Of every man,
woman and child in the United States
It is a call to lawlessneSs, organized
crime 1t might be well for the peo-
IN
partisan political wrangling and set
themselves to silencing sedition. 1t
should be an easy matter to discover
the author of this un-American, in
human and criminal foreword to the
Manifesto" The publishers and
distributors should be brought to the
bar and made answer. Let us kill
this menace by destroying the seed.
If we do, we will save ourselves much
trouble later By such course we
will allay unrest.
Lenine has repeatedly said and
written that the bolshevik government
cannot last in Russia alongside of the
present governments Of the world. In
other words, bolshevism cannot live
in a world Of democracy. The greater
truth is that democracy cannot live
In the same world with bOlSheviSm.
Bolshevism in theory is based on the
ideal of socialism, communism; In
methods of the bolshevism of Lenfne Is
gross violence, supreme autocracy:
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)