Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

branch of government is the very
definition of tyranny
The function of the judiciary, the
last bulWark of human rights, is like
wise clearly defined in Soviet jurispru-
dence. Article I of the constitution
section 43. provides: I'm order to
hrmly maintain revolutionary law
throughout the territory of the Union
there shall be created supreme court
OF the union, which shall be attached
to the union central executive COM
mittee."
Section Al provides: THE right to
submit questions specified in section
AZ to the plenary sessions of the SUI
preme court of the union may be exer-
cised only by the central executive
committee of the union, supreme
court, the attorneys general of the
constituent republics and the political
department of the union. No
such cases, however, shall be tried by
the supreme court of the union, ex-
cept upon motion in each case made
by the central executive committee of
the union or the president thereof"
These provisions of the fundamental
law concentrating all power in the
hands of the central executive COM
mittee are further elaborated in the
civil and criminal codes. Thus, for ex-
ample. article ] of the civil code reads
as follows: civil rights are protected
by law, save in cases where they are
exercised contrary to their social and
economic aim" Now the social and
economic aim of all bolshevik law is
to destroy a certain class of human
beings called, contemptuouSly, 1.-The
bourgeoisie"; to effect the confiscation
and naturalization of private proper
ty, and to bring about the dictatorship
of the Communist party throughout
the world.
People Denied Rights.
The conclusion is clear-there are
no rights for either citizens or for
eigners in Soviet Russia outside the
Communist manifesto of Karl Marx.
Article 4 of the same civil code says
that legal status is granted by the
state with the aim of developing the
productive forces of the country. The
conclusion is likewise clear. Should
the economic development of a given
timber concession or gold mine or oil
lower prices than are profitable to
competing heavy industries Of the
Communist state, the concession legal
ly acquired may be legally Cancelled.
Article IS of the civil code provides
that a juridical person may be abol-
ished if any actions of their represent.
atives are directed against the inter
ests of the state. 1t is to be observed
that the code does not say against the
rights of the Soviet state, but against
the interests of the state. The inter.
ests of the Soviet state have been clear
ly interpreted by Nikolai Lenin, Leon
Trotsky and Gregory Zinovieff to be
synonymous with the interests Of a
small group known as the Russian
Communist party.
Is it not valid conclusion. there
| fore, that the COZ stitution and codes
| Of Soviet Russi acknowledge nc
| rights at all-natural or civil-but
only tolerate certain practical posi-
| bilities so long as they operate for the
advantage of one privileged class?
| In word. it is a conception Of gov
eminent which is the direct and mill
| tant antithesis of that system OF
enumerated powers and reserved
rights for the establishment and de
Tense of which the Founding Fathers
on July 4, 1875, pledged their lives
! their fortunes and their sacred honor
Thus we must recognize that Soviet
Russia by it's internal policy chal
lenges the American form of govern
ment. How far this avowed antago
nism is reduced to practice in Russia's
| foreign relations will form the subject
of a succeeding article, to be printed
next Sunday.