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

| vent the United States from TAX
ing An Effective Part in the War?
1. Exoneration of Germany. 2.
Opposition to CONSUMPTION. 8. De-
mand for the repeal of the Monroe
Doctrine. 4. Urging the reputation
of the war debt Liberty Bonds), and
s, encouragement of general strikes
to paralyze all war industries.
Do the Radical Socialists Desire the
Utter Destruction of Our Demo-
cratic Form of Government?
In their convention held in Chicago
in 1918 they declared: "The present
structure of our government is total
ly inadequate" They then demand
ed the abolition of the Senate: the
election of federal judges by the peo-
pie, and making them subject to re-
call; and the abolition of the power
of the courts to declare acts of Con-
gress unconstitutional" These and
a number of other demands made by
them would, if granted, radically
change our representative form of
government and destroy the checks
and balances so carefully devised by
the wise founders Of our national
government.
In What Other Activities Are the
Radical Socialists Engaged to
Further Their Revolutionary De-
signs?
The Radical or Revolutionary So
cialists, known among themselves as
the left Wing" are lending their
services to Lenine and Trotsky in
their propaganda for the spread of
Bolshevism in the United States.
What Is BOlshevism?
Bolshevism is the kind of govern
ment now being administered in Rus
STA under the guidance of Lenine and
Trotsky.
"The term Bolshevist was first
used in 1908 at a convention Of the
Russian Social Democratic Party
when upon test vote, the party d.
vided between the majority and the
minority. The majority party was
nicknamed the 'Bolsheviki,' and the
minority the 'Mensheviki,' the terms
being derived from the Russian
words 'Bolshinstvo' and 'Menshinstvo,
meaning respectively majority and
minority Y. Tribune Maya
zine, Dec. 1, 1881
Bolsheviki thus defined means a
majority of Socialist party, not a
majority of the Russian people.
What Is the Nature of the Govern
ment Provided in the Russian So
Wet Constitution?
BY referring to the Russian Con-
stitution itself, as adopted by the
Bolsheviki, July 10, 1918, and COM
pairing it with our own form of gov
eminent, the American citizen may
better understand the real nature of
Bolshevism.
In Chapter one, Section one of the
Russian Constitution Russia is de-
clared to be a Republic of the Soviets
of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants
Deputies. GAIL the central and local
power belongs to these soviets."
To lodge all power in these soviets
is in marked contrast with our con-
stitution, which does not recognize
absolute power in any body of men.
The fundamental aim of our govern
ment is the protection Of the indi-
vidual from absolute and unlimited
control. Governments according to
American ideas are created for the
purpose of securing to the individual
the right to life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness. The courts exist
to prevent the government from de-
priving the individual of his funda-
mental rights.
Is the Russian Soviet Government,
According to Section One, in Any
Sense a Democracy?
A Democracy as the term is under
stood in this country is a govern
ment of the people by the people and
for the people, but according to Sec
ton one of the Russian Constitution
of July 10, 1918, the Soviet govern
ment is designed for only three
classes of people, namely, the Work
ers, the Soldiers and the Peasants.
The word workers as used here, and
elsewhere in the Constitution must
be construed to mean only those who
work with their hands.
Section 65 of their Constitution dis
tinctly mentions seven classes of peo-
pie who have no voice in the making
of the laws which govern them, and
expressly debars such persons from
voting or holding Office. Some of
these classes are as follows: (a)
Persons who employ hired labor
for "increase in profits;
(b) persons who have an inome
such as interest from CAPT.
tai, receipts from property, etc." (e)
"Private merchants, trade and COM
mercial brokers'" (d) "Monks and
clergy of all denominations" Not
being a government Of the people,
but of class, it is evident that the
"Soviet Republic" is not democracy.
What Disposition is Made of Private