Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-25
PAGE SUNDAY, DECEMBER rs, 1921.

munism, radcalism whatever it may be called has
been tried Bolshevsm not experiment in
the that it involved any doubt the result Tho
Russian revolution moved logical way to newt
able end.
Unlike most events of a similar kind, the leaders Of
boshevsm appear to have had sincere belief in their
own fantastic theories They not governed, is
usually the by personal ambition and greed They
did not the popular passions andrejudces they had
aroused to promote their personal interests but they
seem to have made genuine and sincere effort to put
their theories into practice They actually believed that
the rule of the proearat would be superior tho rule
of the majority, which they denounced capitalism.
They expected that the of boshevsm in Russia
would be followed by uprising of slaves against
their masters thruout the world, to the immense b,nc
of humanity.
From the very beginning it impossible to put
into effect the radical socialist theories There
time when the proletarat showed ability to carry
forward either government business and there
time when the boshevist leaders permitted the
proetariat to its will concerning public affairs
The bolshevst leaders never the chosen agents
of the Russian people They originally the import
ed mercenaries of German propaganda and they became
the unscrupuous and tyrannical chiefs of minority
party that asserted its power in defiance of the prin
cple it professed and that suppressed opposition
cruelty and arbitrarily than the practice of the
czars.
Finding mob rule impossible the apostles of mob
rule became tyrans than the yran of autorracy
and tyrannizng the of the prolearnt they at
tempted to apply in the field of and industry
principles that had proved be utterly faacous in the
field of politics, Discovering that government cold not
spring from the proearat according tho socialist
pan they undertook enforce by stnrk terrorism,
economic and industrial system based upon the
calstic faacies The certain and inevitable result
the utter collapse of the whole system that makes possible
production and distribution among civilized peoples
Russia's catastrophe is in some respects the great
est the world has It conveys a tremendous
warning to the people of every land Under The most
favorable circumstances and with unlimited power the
boshevik leaders unable to make beginning
of government under principles that wholly nprac
cable and with unscrupulous tyranny they could do
nothing else than bring ruin and famine by the economic
application of those principles
The poison that is fatal in large harmful in
5ms Cooperation and not conflict harmony and not
dscord the formula of human achievement in
mert snd in business
The republican system Of free government, and the
Industrial system based upon oua justice 10 all men,
according the of 1cr service to the
y stands the embodiment practical human expert
thru uncouned centuries 1t not and will
be perect system 1t has glaring faults and presents
many cases of injustice.
Each of its features represents n compromise be-
tween conflicting interests the result of sincere effort
obtain justice.
As it stands it is the only foundation upon which
may be built the future structure of perfect human
benefit in the future.
1t capable of ending Improvement, but those
who seek its destruction either villains fools