The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-09-21

officials can not take your property
except in accordance with law made
by your own representative.
What Is Said in the Russian Con.
stitution About Religion?
The Russian Constitution declares
in Section Is, "the right Of religious
and anti-religious propaganda is &C.
corded to every citizen. It is &C.
corded to him, however, by a govern.
ment which is all-powerful. Gao
corded" merely means that the gov
eminent gives it to you for the mo-
ment. The power that accorded il
can also take it away whenever il
pleases, for it has all power. The
American Constitution, on the other
hand, says: Congress shall make nc
law respecting the establishment OF
religion, or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof" So long as that
clause stands in our Constitution
your religious freedom is perfectly
safe. Congress may vote unanimous
ly dozen times to take away your
right to your own religion, but the
Supreme Court will point to that
clause and say, "The Resolutions are
of no force; they are not law"
Does Section IA of the Russian Con.
stitution Provide for Freedom OF
Speech?
Section Ia of the Russian Con.
stitution declares that "for the pur-
pose of securing freedom of express
sion to the toiling masses, the Rus
sian Socialist Federated Soviet Re-
public abolishes all dependence of the
press upon capital" but this is nc
guarantee of a free press, for the
Russian Government is supreme and
may change this condition at any
time.
The American guarantee consists
in a declaration that Congress shall
make no law abridging the freedom
Of speech or Of the press" This
puts the whole matter quite outside
of the powers of the government
But this right of free speech and
free press justifies no one in sedi-
tious agitation or reasonable ut
terance. Against these the govern
ment has power to act, according to
the law of self-defense.
What Should Be the Attitude of All
Patriotic Citizens Toward Bolshev.
ism or Revolutionary Socialism?
The intelligent and patriotic citi-
zen should set himself to work al
once, to arouse his fellow-patriots to
the menace of Bolshevism. He
should realize that the Bolsheviki are
doing their utmost to overthrow our
government; that they boldly pro-
claim their purpose and are to-day
spreading their propaganda all over
the United States; that they are COM
bining their forces with those of the
I. w. w., the Anarchists, or any 9TH
er organization which favors confs-
cation of private property.
A clear distinction should be made,
however, between the two classes of
Socialists, for the revolutionary and
peaceful Socialist is still patriotic; he
still believes in a government Of law
and order, and in the protection of
his right to life, liberty and property
He may be counted on to cooperate
with other loyal citizens in the fight
to save this nation from anarchy,
murder, robbery and a bloody civil
war, which would threaten the de-
struction of our present civilization.
"It is a calmity, not alone for Rus
STA, but for the world at large, to
permit Bolshevism to flourish and ex-
pand."-Mme. Breshkovskaya, N. Y.
Times, Jan. 20, 1919.
What Is the Opinion of Americans
Who Have Seen Bolshevism at
Work in Russia?
"The Bolshevist Government main
tains itself absolutely by terror.
They got into power by promising
the people peace, bread and land.
They kept in power by owning ma
chine guns and using them" DIR.
VIM. Chaplin Huntington, Former
Commercial Attache, American EN-
bassy in Petrograd.
4 am sure if Bolshevism is ever
put before our people that it will be
emphatically rejected. Yes, there is
a kinship between the 1. w. w. and
Bolshevism. I regard the
soviet program as economically i'm
possible and morally wrong."-Col.
Raymond Robins, Head American
Red Cross Mission to Russia, testi-
flying before U. S. Senate Committee
in March.
New York Times, March z, 1919.
"a reign of terror instituted by
the Bolsheviki, with the purpose Of
maintaining themselves in power, is
prevailing in central and northern
Russia. The outrages they have COM
mitted are incredible.-David r.
Francis, Ambassador to Russia.
-K-K-K
Buddha's Ten Commandments.