RED RULE

Southland Times, Issue 18840, 5 June 1920, Page 11

RED RULE

AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. FEAR, TERRORISM, VIOLENCE. Very cunningly, the apostles of Sovietism in Australia have attempted to throw doubt upon the cabled descriptions of Bolshevism at work in Russia (says the Sydney Sun). Irrefutable proof of its anarchistic nature has, however, bech discovered or officially recorded in America. The United States Senate passed a resolution on February 4, 1919, directing a judiciary sub committee to investigate Bolshevist propaganda in the United States, This committee made a thorough inquiry, calling witnesses from both the friends and the opjvonents of the Soviet system and at length formulated an elaborate report, the substance of which appeared in the “Congressional Record” of December 12, 1919. The salient features which constitute the programme of Bolshevism, as it exists today in Russia and is presented to the rest of the world as a panacea for all ills, may be summarised as follows; 1 The repudiation of democracy and the establishment of a dictatorship). 2. The confiscation of all land and the improvements thereon. o. The confiscation of all forests and natural resources. 4. The confiscation of all live stock and all agricultural implements. o. The confiscation of all banks and banking institutions and the establishment of a State monopoly of the banking business. 6. The confiscation of all factories, mills, mines and industrial institutions and the delivery of the control and operation thereof to the employees therein.

7. The confiscation of all churches and all church property, real and personal. S. The confiscation of all newspapers and periodicals and ;;li mechanical facilities and machinery used in the publication thereof. 9. The seizure and confiscation of all public meeting places and assembly halls. 10. The confiscation of all transportation and communication systems. 11. The. confiscation of the entire estate of all decedents. 12. The monopolising by the Stale of ail advertisements of every nature, whether in newspapers, periodicals, handbills, or programmes. Is. The repudiation of all debts against the Government and all obligations due the non-Bolshevist elements of the population. 14. The establishment of universal compulsory military service, regardless of religious scruples and conscientious objections. 15. The establishment of universal compulsory labour. l(i. The abolition of the Sunday School and all other schools and institutions that teach religion. 17. The absolute separation of churches and schools. 18. The cstablismcnt, through marriage and divorce laws of a method for the legalisation of prostitution, when the same is engaged in by consent of the parties. 19. The refusal to recognise the existence of God in its Governmental and judicial proceedings. 20. The conferring of the rights of citizenship on aliens without regard to length of residence or intelligence. 21. The arming of all so-called “toilers” and the disarming of all persons who had succeeded in acquiring property. 22. The discrimination in favour of residents of cities against residents of the rural districts through giving residents of cities five times as much voting power as is accorded to residents of rural districts in such elections as are permitted. 23. The disfranchisement of all persons employing any other person in connection with their business. 24. The disfranchisement of all persons receiving rent, interest, or dividends. 25. The disfranchisement of all merchants, traders and commercial agents. 20. The disfranchisement of till priests, clergymen, or employees: of churches and religious bodies. 27. The denial of the existence of any inalienable rights in the individual citizen.

2S. The establishment of a judicial system exercising autocratic power, convicting persons and imposing penalties in their absence unci without opportunity to be heard and even adopting the death penalty for numerous crimes and misdemeanors. 29. The inauguratiaon of a reign of fear, terrorism and violence.