Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
THE. PEOPLES FORUM

trine of Liberty and union, now and
forever, one and inseparable."
Twentieth. They present to the un.
suspecting mind an Elusive, alluring
picture. which. seen through n veil Of
deception, lends enchantment TO the
view.
Twenty first. They offer an oppor.
tunity for lax discipline. because the
colOred teacher generally hesitates to
correct the children through fear Of the
parents anger.
Twenty second. They hold up to the
gaze Of the outraged intelligence Of an
unbiased mind the gruesome sacrifice Of
future generations to the maudlin senti-
ment Of a chosen few.
Twenty third. One does not require
an extended imagination to picture
above the entrance to these buildings
the inscription, Education Of colored
people. for colored people. by colored
people,"
Twenty fourth. They represent a
eemicircle which a few more gener.
ations will complete and beyond which.
the Negro cannot 20.
Twenty fifth. To assume that their
continuation and rapid multiplication
is reflection upon the integrity Of the
Board Of Education would be an un.
pardonable calamity, but we do say.
however, that they retard the growth
of that high idealism which all profess
to admire and thus invite stab In the
dark at the vitals Of our social organ
ism. ELIJAH HODGES.
Philadelphia. Pa, June 23. 1922.
Twin EvlIs
To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--German newspapers are quoted
ss saying there Is a plot for q monar-
chist uprising on June %, the anniver-
sary Of the Versailles Treaty.
At the same time. dispatches tell OF
great distress in Austria, followed by
the suggestion that the alternative to
bolshevism there is annexation to Ger
many.
Ludendorff. writing propaganda for
the mona rchist idea. pictures the dan.
ger that would arise IL the Bolshevist
mind were to replace the nationalist
mind among the German peoples"
What was the difference between the
nationalist mind as reflected by the Ger
man monarchists in the war and the
Bolshevist mind? When the Germans
entered Belgium and France. they con .
fscated and destroyed property. dis.
mantling entire factories and sending
| tut luuCulIcTy lUtO 1Hcy eulu
that was war. The fundamental pur-
pose Of the war itself was to transfer
by force of arms the wealth and power
of other nations to the German nation
or to the control Of those who ruled the
German nation.
When the Bolsheviki seized power in
Russia they confiscated and destroyed
property and transferred its use and
control from those who owned it to
those who had by force of arms made
themselves the rulers of the country
The difference appears to be chiefly q
question Of who does It and the extent
to which it Is done. Bolshevism is the
direct complement of monarchism, al
| illustrated in Germany, and bolshevislr
in power becomes simply monarchism
in practice--with a monarch chosen
from the opposite end of the socia
scale.
a monarchlst uprising in Germany
probably would be accompanied by O
CO. operating attack by the Russian Bol
sheviki on Polan1 or Rumania. as han.
ptncd in 1919. A successful Bolshevis,
revolt in Germany and Austria probably
would be the quickest way to promote
the restoration of the old monarchy.
The outside world cannot look ul,on
mOnarchism as an escape from boil
shevism or on bolshevism as nm escape
from monarchism. Neither alternative