South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-29
CLUBS
OPPOSE PLAN
OF RADICALS
National Federation in ResO-
luton Denounces Recog-
milton of Soviets.
By Associated Press

b. Associated Press:
NEW YORK. March 2S.-The Ma
tional Civic Federation, of which Al
ton b. Parker IS president. having a
membership Of men and women
prominent i'm all forms Of public and
political cldcavor. in a statement
Sunday night came out strongly in
opposition TO recognition OF soviet
Russia. The statement, signed by
more than 300 persons whose names
are nationally known, Will be sent
70 Pres't Wilson.
No Confercne.
II declares that the LeOple Of the
United States cannot consent TO
admit into the family Of nations or
in any other way cOunteuance this
government OF violence and terror
There must be no compromise be-
tween sovereign democracy and Rus
sian bOlshevism." The declaration
follows in part:
we believe that recognition Of a
soviet Russia would be a reputation
of all that our national life has rep
resented for a hundrad and fifty
years and of all the ideals for which
modern civilization has striven for
two thousand years.
Aiming destroy the bulwarks
of morality and social order. soviet
tenets have attempted 10 interdict
the teaching Of religion, distran-
chised the clergy, and made mar
riagc mere civil contract which
may be broken by either party. Its
system and franchise destroy repre-
sentative government. which since
the Magma Charta, the world has
come 10 regard as the first essential
political factor of the modern state.
Its program breaks every law OF
economies and in practice destroys
production.
Purpose of Movement.
"The fundamental principle and
purpose of the bolshevist propaganda
abroad is world revolution. whether
that propa aganda is carried on by
official soviet representatives. by pO-
litical parties which belong TO their
communist international, or by in
dependent organizations that sup
port sovietism because of its tenn
porary ability TO maintain its power.
BOlshevism by all of its DEGREES.
publications and acknowledged acts
has demonstrated that 1t is IA de-
struCtive movement, depending for
and a minority dictatorship. and in
foreign countries upon support and
sympathy obtained through propa-
ganGa Zinovicv himself. while
president Of the Petrograd soviet
declared that the very existence of
the soviet regime is a menace 10 all
other governments.
Where government is most sta
bic. as in America, every element Of
disloyalty. disorder and discomfort
is stimulated by this propaganda
Where government IS unstable. as
in Germany, reVolutiOnists are sub
sidized and aided. and an early So
Wet revolution is confidently reck-
Oned upon. Even II only temporar-
ily successful. such an overturn
which mikht become an uphea val
i'm all central Europe would be a
world calamity Civilization must
face and meet this deadly challenge
Concessions OF any kind whatever
can only encourage the enemy.
Many Press Stories.
with the recognition Of the So
Wet regime. the presence of an am
bassa dor and consular agents en-
joyinC immuuities (each "A center OF
intrigued the propaganda OF the
Lenine-Trotzkky regime against civ
liza tiOn already working through SO
many radical and pseudo-liberal or
Eanizations and recently augmented
by an endless stream OF inspired
press strcies from Moscow and Pet
trograd would be- further ramified
and dangerously extended L Is
their declared intention. first. 10 un-
6erminc and then 90 gain control ot
the organized labor unrest. the
stimulation of strikes OF protest.
into general political strikes and
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