INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS JANUARY 16 1919 PAGE FOUR THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS actions are just as terrible—probably worse—today, than they wire delegates^ to a centrai^soviet—one delegate for about 500 workers. a thousand years ago. There are soap factory delegates, munition mill delegates, tannery To be a follower of Mohammed is" to be'against all who are hoi delegates, brickyard delegates, etc., and delegates from the Jal^^r AND BORDER BUDGET followers of Mohammed. ""The Turk's ideas fitted into the Kaiser's unions and from the farming districts. plans perfectly—but the Turk didn't know the whole story. The INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY How Long Do the Delegates Serve? $ Turk has a continuous longing to kill all who are not of his belief. Until the men who elected them become dissatisfied and want GEO. P. ^ATSOJI, Editor and Manager The kaiser and the Prussian rulers wanted to kill all who opposed someone else. Any delegate can be recalled at any time by the their world domination. So the kaiser joined forces with the people who elected them. Entered at the Post Office at International Fallal Minn., as Second-class Matter Turk and they went in together. The Kaiser and his clique placed Do Women Vote? SUBSCRIPTION RATES'S., $2.00 FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR to have the Turks kill all who might oppose them between Constantinople Yes. and the Persian gulf and then the Germans figured th .t What is the All-Russian Soviet? How much of the million dollar slush fund, that the breweries when the time came to do so, they would kill the Turks. Th it It is a body of delegates from all the city and provincial sovietes. are reported to have gathered together to fight the Federal amendment was a part of the Berlin Bagdad railway scheme. But while the The organization is rather loose there seems to be no definite number against the liquor traffic, was originally German propaganda Turk nearly succeeded in performing his stunt, the kaiser failed* of voters represented by each all-Russian delegate. This organization, money? to carry out his part of the program. The allies were victorious in November, 1917 succeeded the regular government over the Germans and the Turks, but the victory has left the Turks headed by Kerensky. One of the commanding figures of the war and England's still to be dealt with, not as an enemy in war just now, but as a Where Does This Soviet Meet? greatest statesman of the present times proves to be Lloyd George. problem to cope with, and no one knows just how. In Moscow, the ancient capital of Russia, not in Petrograd, He has guided the English ship of state with great ability. He wiv.h which was the czar's capital. .Moscow is the center of Russia Petrograd President Wilson and Clejnenceau of France have been the guiding It is a world Wide hope that the peace conference may suggest on the exereme west. a*i put into practical operation some plan or putting the Turk in spirits of the war—Chillicothe Constitution. if a frame of mind that Ayill remove his continuous desire to kill all Do Soviets the Majority? Represent these who do not subscribe to his religious belief. Some estimates of the soviet power say 5 per cent of the District court convened Tuesday. It is with great pleasure peojple in Russia are represented. Other estimates as low as 20 that we welcome to our city Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rapids, per cent. The truth probably is that either figure is correct for the visiting attorneys and the jurymen who have..gathered at the THE MENACE IN THE EAST certain districts. There is no certain evidence yet that the soviets call of the court from all parts of our prosperous county and trust represent a majority of the people throughout Russia. that their stay in our city may be both enjoyable and helpful. With an army of 30,000 Poles reported to bfe marching on Berlin Are the Bolsheviki in the Majority? the situation which is devoloping in Eastern Europe may gi Well There has never been a time in the history of this county when No. They are merely the majority faction of one party, and, rise to concern on the part of the allied nations. Poland is fighting the splendid men who have been here from the various parts of it in Russia, they are half a dozen parties. The Social-Demoirats in defense of liberty yet in so confused and chaotic a state are the have been. so cheerful and enthusiastic over the prospects for a gocd were not even the largest party but the extremists in this party central European countries that additional strife only increases the year. Not only were the crops and prices of the past year better and in the Social Revolutionary party, together, swung enough perils which threaten at this time. than usual, but the prospects of good roads and the getting of the Poland, ground for centuries under the""ifieel ..of, military' autocracy, votes to overthrow the old-st^e congress and put the soviets in county's affairs cleaned up as evidenced by the spirit of the first power. does not propose to submit herself to" the new autrocracv meeting of the new county board, has inspired every taxpayer with What Keeps the Bolsheviki in Power which has set itself up in Russia and part of Germany. She is a feeling that times were going to be better and that after all it has fighting Bolshevism because she recognizes it to be an ally to those The soviets owe their power to Bolshevik leadership, and, is been worth the while of the homesteader and farmer to stick it out. long as affairs continue to favor them they naturally decline to forces which developed and sustained Prussianism. Reports from that sorely distressed country established a kick out the party which brought them into power. There should be no unnecessary delay in the Minnesota legislature Besides, if anybody within the soviets raises a voice against the friendly relationship between the retiring German army and the in ratifying the national prohibition amendment. Fifty-six advancing Bolshevik forces. The Germans while cooperating with Bolsheviki, the latter are very likely to make him appear as an of the eighty-six counties of the state have voted dry and a majority enemy of the government-. This keeps down opposition. the Bolsheviks, have consistently hampered the activities of the of the votes cast at the recent election on the state constitution it Polish army in their effort to resist the Reds. What Keeps the Soviets in Power? amendment were dry. Governor Burnquist in his message to the legislature, The fighting which, for the most part, has been somewhat fit*: Terrorism keeps the soviets in power. The Bolsheviki have ^trongly recommended is passage and ther is no question ternecirie in character ta date, threatens to engage an ever-increasing invoked the "red terror" against those who plot to overthrow the it will receive the two-thirds but that easily vote of all the states number of troops. The peace of Europe is being menaced by a soviet government The Bolsheviki machine rules with an iron within the next few weeeks. This state can't afford to go on threat as sinster as has ever endangered orderly government. hand over great masses of unorganized workmen and peasants. record as one of the few states in the union to favor a continuation The situation is one which will not be improved by a reluctance Are the Bolsheviki Anarchists? of the liquor traffic with all its attendant evils. oh the part of the allied nations to concern themselves with it. In N. Anarchists believe in no government. The Bolsheviki make the eastern arena the forces of democracy are threatened with overthrow. everything subordinate to the government. The growing menace of bolshevism is the darkest cloud thai The Poles, the Czechp^-SIavs arid other defenders of liberty Are the Bolsheviki Pro-German? is now spreading itself not only over the long down-trodden people and order are being neglected. A valuable asset to the caut-e Evidence conflicts. Documents offered as proof that the Bolsheviki of Europe, but also over the foreign elements in this country who of world freedom and security is being ignored. leaders were iri the pay of the imperial German government evidently do not appreciate the heritage of freedom which comes to The defeat of these democratic armies in Eastern Europe will have been denounced by friends of the Bolsheviki as forgerie •. every person who, when he to this country, is willing to leave Comes complicate and rerider more difficult the pacification of that great But there is no doubt that the' Bolsheviki, whether purposely behind the spirit of discontent and realize that all governments are area which, irrespective of the decisions of the peace conference, or riot, played into the-hands of the German imperialists when they hot alike. In other columns will be found a: splendid article on will remain in the shadow of, Germany and will remain amenable to signed the separate peace of Brest-Litovosk. Bolshevism which we clipped from the, Helena Independent, it German designs. $ a. Are the Bolsheviki Murderers? should be carefully read and then preserved forCfuture study and Yes, by their own admissions. They defend the executions earnest thought. WHAT IS BOLSHEVISM?WHAT ARE SOVIETS? of many opponents by calling the condemned men and women soviet government. enemies of the OUR SECRET ENEMIES Who Are the Bolsheviki? Of course, not all the murders and assassinations in Russia Tlie Bolsheviki are the majority faction of the old Social Democratic" have been officially countenanced by the Bolsheviki. Some Bolsheviki Dispatches from Washington say congress will be asked to party in Russia. Allied with them are the radical or "left" have been killed by their political opponents. authorize the deportation from this country of the 3,000 to 4,000 Social Revolutionaries, mostly- peasants, whereas the Bolsheviki Also, there have been exaggerations of Russian conditions. On enemy aliens whose activities have been such that this nation has proper are city workingmen. one occasion the world was revolted by the story that the Bolsheviki been compelled to confine them in internment camps. It is also What Is Their Program? had ordered a wholesale massacre of opponents on a certain stated that congress will be asked to- make it impossible for them They propose to abolish private property and private profits. date. There was no massacre instead, several political prisoners to return to this country. They would not only seize the railroads, telegraphs, mines, etc., were released from jail. The measure has much to commend it. It would be an im but also the farms, homes, and personal property of all the people— Is Free Love^i Bolshevik Doctrine? possible situation to permit them to go back to their homes and in the name of the state. They propose to extend Bolshevism Several local soviets have declared in favor of "nationalization live among the persons whom they had tried to blow up or among rule all over the world, by every! power in their control and by force of women," which means abolition of marriage and substitution ot the relatives of American soldiers whose lives and been lost through if necessary. To this end they are conducting an enormous propaganda, free love.- These actions have been widely heralded as official decrees the activities of spies. which is now reaching out extensively in the United States: of the Bolsheviki government. The latter has not denied it. Men who wore the German uniform and fired machine guns Some Americans returning from Russia explain ihat these decrees How Do They Rule? at our troops might make good citizens if they migrate to this are merely the work of irresponsible anarchists in the soviets. The Bolsheviki rule by their control of the local soviets, which country in future' years. But persons who made their homes in this They explain that, under Bolsheviki rule, marriage consists simply are the only governing bodies left in Russia. The soviets elect country who perhaps had sworn allegiance to the United States of filing an intention to marry with the proper bureau no ceremoiy delegates to an "all-Russian_soviet," which in turn selects a "council who have declared their loyalty at every chance, and who then set is required divorce, also, is just as easy. of people's commissars," a sort of cabinet in which the executive themselves among the secret enemies of the Government, are hardly This' corresponds, roughly, to what is known in this country as power rests. The "people's commissars" at present are the leaders the kind of persons from whom we may hope to make good citizens common-law marriage. of the Bolsheviki party. or a great nation—Columbia Missourian. Have the Bolsheviki Abolished Debts? What Are Soviets? Among conflicting news reports from Russia there have been Soviets are group organizations of city people and peasants, IF IT GRATIFY THEM, SO BE IT many rumors that the soviets planned to wipe out all debts, including organized by factories, stores or neighborhoods. They are not the Russian national debt. There has been no certain information labor unions in the American sense. Anybody belongs—laboring Seven Socialist members of the Minneapolis City Council— that this has actually been done. men, physicians, lawyers*, farmers—as long as he works, THE SO all there are—refused to join the other members of that body in a What Turned the Bolsheviki Against the Allies? VIETS RULE THE FACTORIES in most cases have commandeered formal expression of condolence with the Roosevelt family called German propaganda probably was back of the failure of the them and paid the original owners nothing in. return. Groups iorth by the death of its distinguished head. soviet government and the allies to understand each other at first. of soviets rule the cities and the rural districts. It matters not to the memory of the great American now gone The soviets were represeuted to the allies as pro-German the that these men acted as they did. Nothing they could do would How Did the Soviets Originate? allies were represented to the soviets as anti-soviet. After the czar was overthrown, workers in factories, soldier add to or substract from the honor that attaches to the Roosevelt The "red terror" and the separate peace with Germany convinced iti the trenches, and peasants on the farms, met and elected delegates name. Mr. Roosevelt was loved and esteemed by the world for the allies that they should have no dealings with a government the enemies he made as well as for the friends he made. The attitude to go to the capital and see how things were going—how the which, ruled by terrorism, broke its treaties .and threatened to repudiate revolution affected the people. These meetings became "soviets of these seven merely emphasized a bit the fact of his greatness the nation's debts to other peoples. and the high quality of his attributes as man, citizen and patriot. the word means simply "councils."" There was no thought of the The Bolshevik leaders could not or would not see any point of Mr. Roosevelt never tried to work reform through class hatred. soviets governing. But the. extreme bolshviki seized on the ppesenceTof view but their own. He believed in his country first and in the potential goodness of mankind the SQviet-representatives in Moscow, loosely organized, to Who* Are the Bolshevik Leaders? after, just as he loved first his family and had a heart interest overthrow the constituent assembly, elected by all the people, which Lenine, the premier, is a Russian (real name Uliahov), whose in all. humanity after. His social and political philosophy was they denounced as representing the "bourgeoisie" (jniddle class) father was a merchant in Moscow. frankly opposed to that of the Socialist party this country. He in and the old oppressors. Trotzky, war minister is a Russian Jew( real name Braunstein), had faith in the evolution of the human spirit, and in any service he Russians always have met in factories and villages to discuss who once worked in New York on a Russian socialist newspaper. rendered toward that evolution he was the practical man who took affairs. The village "mir" meeting much like the New Eng­ Was a -r:r. the material as he found it, worked with it arid tried his best to land "town meeting" in this country. Soviets simply a natural Were Lenine is the power a cold intellectual man who regards the Useful. mould it into something more beautiful and outgrowth of this old custom. suffering he causes as just so many interesting phases of a political The American Socialist party lacks that kind of patience. It Depxratic theory which is his life's hobby. But he is highly educated and a would tackle reform, if it dared, with hob-nail boots)- destroying In theory, yes but not in pfactice. Only those who favor the brilliant author the old before the world was ready for the.new. .-V-^ soviet form of government can vote. Opponets of the soviet have Is Fair Government By Soviets Possible? If it be any satisfaction to the seven Socialist aldermen to no say in government. The "bourgeoise" (middle class) cannot Yes but it is not likely to come as long as the Bolsheviki control reveal themselves as they did in this case, so be it. Thecommunitv's vote. Nobody who profits by another's labor can vote. Merchants the soviets. If the Mensheviki, or moderate Socialist^, should previous opinion of,them is thereby further confirmed.—Minneapolis have no vote—only their clerks have.j .r get control of the soviets, admit everybody to vote, abolish the laws Tribune. The men in control of the soviets want everything owned b}r under which people may lose their homes, arid accomplish other the government. The soviets have voted to abolish private property- reforms, the soviet government of Russia might succeed.® THE TURK PROBLEM -Even a working man who owns his home or a small farm can But the Bolsheviki, whatever they wanted at first, have gone be dispossessed. v~~ so far. on their career of terrorism that many statesmen see no more For hundreds of years, the problem of the unspeakable Tu-k How Do the Soviets Organize possibility of compromise with them than there was with the Hohenzollerns.—Helena has perplexed the progress of civilization. His attitude and his WQtkersJn each shop, peasants in or near each community, elect Independent.•Ssh.'S. 8ti "s