Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-04-29

by organization Of COLONIES.
He said that no doubt many Of them,
were started with high ideals, by men
of marked ability; with plenty Of a.
nance and upon territory that offered the,
best of natural opportunities, yet de-
spite all these advantages these at
tempts at cooperative commonwealth
building were wrecked by incompetence,
jealousy, dishonesty or sex immortality.
The first attempt to bolshevise whole
community, he said, took place in
Paris in. 1877, when the Socialists took
advantage Of their countries defeat in
time of war to overthrow their home
government and took possession Of
Paris, enacting in miniature what. took,
place in Russia in November, 1917.
Then for the first time was a dictat0ls
ship of the proletariat set up and there
wa} .confscation of private property,
DESPERATION of churches, ETC., ETC., until
thek were finally forced to capitulate.
'DTh spirit Of rebellion was not sub
dndd, however, and their disruptive
paganda continued. A louder note
was struck, they insisting that to be
successful Socialism must, overthrow all
tho capitalist governments and apply
the teachings Of Marx and Engels; at
least a nation must be under their con-
troll before the program could be sue
cessfully carried out. The World War
gave them this opportunity and when
Russia had met defeat after defeat, the
Cars government was overthr0wn and
a democratic constituent assembly set
up. This marked the advent Of social
revolution.
Lenine and Trotsky, who the speaker
said, had learned their doctrine of So
cialism on the east side of New York
City, came out of hiding to return to
Russia and take a hand in the overturn
Of the new government. They did not
overthrow the Gar, this the speaker
mAde plain, but with the aid Of the red
guard cast down truly representative
government and set up q dictatorship of
the proletariat after the fashion of the
first one inaugurated in Paris in 1871:
Explaining that Bolshevism is nick
name for Socialism, MI. Goldstein said
that it is the teachings of the socialists
every the socialist, the social
labor, the social democrat, the commas
ist and the communist labor parties. He
claimed that it is the Russian name for
what is now being taught in II inter:
collegiate socialists societies organized
in as many colleges and universities in
this country. .s=
BY reference to the constitution of
the Russian socialist federated soviet
republic Mr.. Goldstein showed how
private ownership of land is abolished
forever there, together with the instra.
ments of production, all capital being
taken without any compensation what
soever. He compared this with the laH3
of our land which upholds the inviolas
bility Of the principle, of private owner:
ship; and guarantees just compensation
for private property when taken over
by the government. On the moral side
Of this issue he cited the marriage and
divorce DEGREES in Russia which he de-
clared "make the marriage tie of no
n.ore binding force than that Of man ne q
:andsa woman placing their names on q
hotel register" -. Il
The lecturer read parts Of the socialist
declaration against the American gov
ernnent adopted by the Socialist party
after our country entered the war that
there were openly reasonable in senti-
ment. In this connection he spoke on
: free speech" !" and said that the Social
lists argued that free speech and free
press might bring confusion and poison
to the minds Of the people, adding that
if Debs, Mrs. Stokes, Haywood, st. John
Tucker and 1000 other revolutionaries
had acted against the Lenine and Trots-
ky government as they did against our
republic during the. World War, they
would not now be in our federal and
state prisons or out on bail hnt would
lpnr since have been lined up before
the red guards and shot. He gave evil
derce tending to show that the Social
ist. l5olshev ist element of our country
had in mind to carry out the program
here that was followed in Paris and
Moscow end Petrograd AMI that they
would have the red flag to feat over the
capitol 1T Washington.
I In conclusion Mr.. Goldstein said that
this evil il paramount and il the people
Of this country want the Star Spangled
Banner to wave over q people that
shall be truly just and happy they must
g stop blasting the Rock Of Ages in
onr schools, colleges and univers;ties;
mend the moral fences, as the lepr0sy
Of divorce 8 eating away the vitals of
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After his talk the speaker called upon
If hearers for question:, which he
aaslsrsd
1uisday afternoon, NJ. aoldstein
gsysse brief talk at tie rtsr1y ssat.s I.
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