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

TO be determined, the same beautiful
emblem floated. Happy were the
wounded and dying if, in the mo-
ment of agony, their eyes might rest
upon the sacred emblem for which
| they had given their life's blood. At
home, fathers and mothers, wives
and sweethearts have raised their
eyes with reverence to the same en-
blem and breathed prayer for the
holy cause and the beloved martyrs
But there were other thousands
in this land which had welcomed
| them and cherished them and re-
ceived them into equal fellowship,
whose eyes were hostile, whose
hearts burned with bitterness and
hatred when they saw the stars and
stripes unfurled to the breeze. Sc
cretly, sometimes openly, they have
cherished another flag-a red flag,
emblem of war upon earth and hat
red among men, emblem of a clan,
caste, which deyotes to destruction
and death all men but those of their
own caste. Their organization ex-
tends through all nations They
work unremittingly in extending
their propaganda. Their deeds of
darkness and iniquity cover the
pages of current history.
Our people do not seem to know
and understand very fully the doe
trine of the Reds. Too often, our
people identify this propaganda with
the movements of labor; with strikes
and lockouts; with demands for
higher wages, shorter hours and bet
ter working conditions. We hear
people fling out such epithets as
'Bolsheyism' concerning persons and
things which have no semblance to
these.
The Red Doctrine
The red doctrine is a philosophy
Of life philosophy of social organi-
zation, philosophy of economic or
ganization, philosophy of human
government. 1t is not plea for the
'Iaboring classes. 1t is not a ques-
ton Of labor unions or collective bar
gaining, or a short day, short week
program, or higher wages, or safety
devices, or better housing for work
ers. 1t is not a question of municipal
ownership of public utilities or acct
dent insurance or workmen's COM
pensation. There are legitimate
questions which our democracy can
and will work out fairly and justly
and speedily These and other prob
lens which may promote misunder
standing and strife and class division
are seized upon and distorted and
used by the Reds to inflame the
minds of men with hatred for each
other.
For the Reds there is no just
wage. there are no fair terms be-
tween employer and employee. They
would abolish employer and en-
ployee and wages altogether, The
Red doctrine aims at the overthrow
of all existing governments. The
Reds oath of allegiance to any gov
eminent is worthless. for it is false.
Constitutions, laws, courts of justice,
executive departments, army, navy,
police-all should be overthrow.
I'VE have looked upon treason as
the greatest of all crimes. But the
Reds boast of treason, practice trea-
son, gIoat over reasonable acts We
punish with death those who inten-
tionaIly aid and abet the enemy. But
the Reds are the enemy. They de-
clare that our goyernment,-its CON
stitution. laws, courts and officers
are but the exposition of capitalism
and that all these must be over
thrown in order that capitalism may
perish from the earth. The Reds de-
mand a new heaven and new earth
when all things shall have passed
away by their hands.
But the overthrow of the existing
Government is not sufficient for the
Reds These doctrinaires clearly
nercieye that governments after all
are but superficial and changeable
instruments, which may readily shift
or be shifted as to form or purpose
or methods to meet the political, So
cial or economic substructure of So
ciety.
Governments. it is true. occupy
a great space in the eye of the world
To men they seem TO be the "be all
and end ALL of a people. But there
are things far greater and deeper in
human society than governments.
And II is the overthrow of the funda-
xxyIfoh tho RaAa aim