Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24

structiye program, say they, may
well be deferred until the destructive
program Is completed
Americans All One Glass
American democracy is based on
the postulate that we constitute but
one class. The doctrine of the Reds
is that there are two classes, the pro-
letariat and the bourgeoisic: that be-
tween these two there is war
eternal war and hatred, that the
bourgeoisc must be destroyed. that
all means available must be used for
such destruction, Proletarians of
nations must unite All existing GOV,
ernments must be overthrow, for
they are all alike founded upon the
conception and practice of property.
4 recent proclamation of the Reds
in New York declares, Glass war is
on and can not cease but with the
complete victory Of the proletarans.
There will have to be bloodshed: we
will not dodge There will have to
be murder; we will kill, because it is
necessary. There will have to be de-
structiOn; we will destroy to rid the
world Of your tyrannical institu-
tons
THE Reds have declared war. We
are at war with them whether we
wish it or not We will preserve our
institutions They deny the sane
tations of law, human or divine
They declare that sin is but a name
with which to fool the simple; JUS
tice a hypocritical pretense with
which to establish injustice 10y
atty is but word with which the
bourseosic lead their dupes to death
on the battlefield TO insure their own
rule.
Z have pointed out to you tina,
the doctrine OF the Reds and the la
Dor problem are distinct; that theirs
is a philosophy of life and society re-
mote from and antagonistic to the
teachings of human experience. It
is a dream, a mirage. 1t lies in the
realm Of pure theory without valid
analysis OF human nature as we
know it, or Of existing conditions or
logical theory for professed remedies
Of si,.ti 10 "a
victim of this disease has been in
oculated, it is like a virus of the
hydrophobia in his veins. Blind, un-
ceasng, hateful, frothing at the
mouth, snarling and swapping at
every living thing, he rushes madly
to his own destruction.
1T is not unnatural that the Reds
should have sought and found a fer
tile field for their propaganda amidst
the laboring classes. Their doctrine
was never invented by labor. It
does not represent the interests of
labor 1t can bring only loss and
disappointment and suffering to the
laboring classes. 1t has no inherent
place there. The public can not
guard too carefully against confusion
of thought on this point.
An Intellectual Sophistry
Everywhere and always the Red
doctrine has been the work Of the
'intellectuals Sophistical as it is,
filled with the pretense of a world
philanthropy as it is, the whole It's
sue of the propaganda gives evidence
of high intellectual gifts on the part
OF its inventors, breadth of world
knowledge, Of skill in dialectic and
OF political shrewdness worthy Of
better cause. Nor would | charge
that it's protagonists have been ut
terly devoid Of human sympathy or
desire for world betterment. They
have not all been haters Of men.
Some Of them have been lovers OF
mankind. Some have opposed direct
methods Some of them look upon
direct methods as sort Of temper
airy inquisition' with which TO force
mankind into their new heaven.
Others aloat in deeds OF blood But
they have all been intellectuals,
theorists, dreamers. The inventors
Of the theory have not been drawn
from labor. They have looked upon
the ills Of mankind, but have not cor
recly discerued their true cause and
cure. They have assumed a single
and simple cause for our ills-pri-
yate property. They have found
single and simple panacea, the utter
destruction of our present social or
ganizatioa founded on property and
its reconstruction On plans to be de-
termined after the first step is COM
pleted They have utterly rejected
the Christian doctrine of the regen-
GRAFTON OF man.
The men who within a century
have developed this philosophy, have
been OF ali sorts: scions Of Russian
royalty aud nobility; Prussian the