ke Two the revolutionary December.
THE COMMUNIST THE COMMUNIST the servants of capitalism who obtain their legislative reformism under capitalistic al iniormation of social phenomena from such spices.
National Organ, Communist Party.
To read the Socialist Party papers, with sources as the Associated Press and the their apparent sympathy for all revolution LOUIS FRAINA, Editor.
Chicago Tribune.
ISAAC EDW. FERGUSON, Acting Editor.
These indictments are a challenge to the ary progress the world over, at the same Published Weekly, and owned and controlled, membership of the Communist Party and time that this party functions here in con sistent opposition to by the Communist Party of America.
we must reply by exerting greater efforts in our organization work and also raise a de proletarian movement, is to realize that the cents a copy, 00 six months, 00 a year, role of Socialist treason will yet be played fense fund that will enable us to put up an Bundles, 10 or more, 8c a copy.
in the United States with a viciousness adequate fight against these absurd charges.
Address all communications This is a part of the organized attempt to equal to that of the Socialist traitors of any 1219 Blue Island Ave. Chicago, Ill.
destroy the Communist Party and we must of the European countries. The consolation reply to the attack in 110 uncertain terms. is that the working class of this country has The Cases of Ruthenberg and Comrades! Exert every eífort possible in already been put to guard against such order to raise an adequate defense fund and treason by the experiences of other strugFerguson.
also carry on the work of maintaining a gles, and that there is already a separation N Friday morning last, December 19th. strong organization that can withstand any of the conscious revolutionary elements from the anti revolutionary organization.
Comrades Ruthenberg and Ferguson assault against it.
were called to the office of one of the attor.
ners employed by the Communist Party, in The One Big Union. American Soldiers in Siberia cases of arrests of members, and informed characteristic trick of anti revolutionBy Mrs. Gertrude Tobinson that the state officials of Illinois had granted ary Socialism is to use the revolutionextradition papers to the New York author ary slogans and to distort them into nothing American soldiers do not object to ities and that they must appear for arraignness. We have already commented on the ment in New York City on charges of enthusiasm for the Third International being taken prisoners by Soviet Russian criminal anarchy. The cases are based which still finds voice within the old Socialtroops, was not at all surprised. spoke upon an indictment returned some three ist Party, though no person could accept the to many American soldiers while in Vla.
divostok in September 1918, and know weeks ago, at which time both comrades principles of the Third International and their attitude towards the Siberian Bolshewere taken into custody in Chicago by detecremain in the Socialist Party one moment.
tives and held until bail of 15, 000 each was tiks and towards the Siberian people in gen.
All that the Socialist Party can possibly do raised. They were then at liberty until the cral. When the American soldiers came to in the United States from now on, taking fur eastern Siberia, they were entirely inno.
governor of Illinois had passed upon extrano account of it as the political vehicle of dition.
cent of the whole situation. They did not a few shyster politicians like Berger, On Saturday morning the Chicago Trikhow that they were being used as tools Hoan, Shiplacoff, Gerber and their like, is bune carried a garbled account of their arby the bureaucrats ultimately to crush the Test in an Associated Press dispatel, which Labor reformism will be far better taken to be an opposition party to Communism.
revolution. The American soldiers were undealt with the deportation of Berkman and der the impression that the Bolsheviks were care of by the Labor Party and by the Goldman. After referring to the impendGerman spies whom it was their duty to Forty Eighters.
ing deportations of these anarchist leaders fight and as such they were anxious to fight and a number of other alien who were to be them. Soon, they discovered that this was deported under charges of anarchy, the cases It is the realization of this inevitable role not so that there were no German soldiers of the Communist Party officials were men of a Socialist Party with its left wing among the Red Army and that the Red Artioned in such a manner as to imply that clipped off which brings the Socialist Party my consisted of workers and peasants of S:they were also anarchists of the type of into an immediate respectable publicity in beria.
Berkman and Goldman. What the motive striking contrast with everything that went The condition of the American sollicrs for this false allegation may be we shall not before the party split. Practically without in Siberia was pitiful. great majority of attempt to fathom. Any person with a de membership (15. 000 at the highest) the them became affected with venereal diseases gree of decency above that of the avergage party is politically more important than and filled the hospitals at Vladivostok, bepen prostitute which the Tribune maintains ever important to Capitalism against Comcause with the fall of the Soviet Governon its editorial staff knows periectly well munisin. Let there be no miscalculation; nent. prostitution was re established as 111 that officials of the Communist Party are the Socialist Party will get votes and every open trade. During the short period of Sonot anarchists, as the two philosophies are one of these votes will be a dagger pointed viet rule in Siberia, hundreds of houses of diametrically opposed. Such misrepresenta at the proletarian revolution. When the prostitution were closed up and the infortion is only a part of the general campaign choice is between social reformism and social tunate girls were given work in communal of lying and villification, accompanying the revolution the decision is for or against the work shops which the Soviet Government vicious attack of the authorities upon the proletarian revolution.
organized in every city. By this change in Communist Party. The Tribune would The Socialist Party now avails itself of economic conditions, prostitution was prac.
have its readers believe that Ruthenberg the slogan: One Big Union. There are tically abolished. Then, when the reaction and Ferguson are also to be deported as many who use this slogan without giving aries came back to Vladivostok, with them anarchists, although they are neither anarit any precise meaning, and this of itself is speculation, competition and houses of prochists nor aliens. There have been no deportation charges Party editor with this amendment: What a bad enough, but along comes the Socialist stitution came back to life.
It was a sad picture indeed that our boys brought against them for the reason that they are both citizens of the United States.
Onc Big Union really means CXE BIG presented in the streets of Vladivostok. Not UNION AT THE POLLS FOR THE once did see them, the flower of our youth, Of course the Tribune, the Associated Press and other servants of imperialism are enABOLITION OF WAGE SLAVERY. the hopes of our future race, but that they deavoring to arouse public sentiment so the While the party editor was figuring this were drunk, looking for shelter. Small other hirelings of imperialism in the Conout, the national secretary of the party was wonder, thonght I, that such things happen.
gress of the United States can place laws telling an interviewer that the program of There they were these poor boys, forced upon the statue books enabling the authori the Labor Party was the same as that of the to lead a lonesome life, in the bitter cold, cies to deport all who disagree with the Socialist Party, with the clifference that the windy streets of Siberia, far from friends powers that be, including citizens as well Socialists like to talk more about the end of age except for the two words, Krasivava and dear ones, without knowing the languas aliens. The Tribune conception of an wage slavery and the coming oi the Coideal society is one in which the slaves operative Commonwealth He was disap ivhy they are there, and when they will reDievochka (pretty girl. Without knowing never question the authority of the masters.
pointed because there were too many SocialThe fact that some ignorant grand jury ists in the Labor Party Convention!
turn home what wonder that these youus men dissipate in drunkenness and prostituTeturns an indictment at the behest of some Thought they would get more of the rank tion?
half baked states attorney, based upon a and file of the trade unions because of their lav passed by Once in Siberia, the war takes on a dilleative servants of capital greater respectability: ism, whose greatest thought doesn amount Echoes from the strike fields show that rent aspect for them. They begin to doubt the sincerity and truth of their government.
to as much as a flea dream, and that the the rank and file of labor is thinking Comlaw is catted ciminat anarchy for want of munism, not Socialism; that the slogan of and in its place remain only the horrors of Enthusiasm for victory and conquest is lost. better name does not signify that the ac One Big Union is going to be taken as cused are anarchists. Such a performance a slogan of strike action, and that there is They become sick of staying in icy Siberia only to protect foreign properts unt!
is only a comment upon the intelligenz of less appeal than ever in the vapidities of to fight someone else battle.
war.