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Show Overthrow of Government, Reconstitution of Society Avowed Aim of Radicals Most Extreme Measures Advocated to Uproot Property Rights; Propaganda Fostered by Aliens Bared by Officials. police offices, destroy all legal papers pertaining per-taining to private ownership, of property: all field fences and boundaries; and burn all certificates of indebtedness in a word, we must take care that everything every-thing is wiped from the earth that is a reminder of the right of private ownership own-ership of property; to blow up barracks, gendarme and police administration, shoot the most prominent military and police officers, must be the important concern of the revolting working people. "In the work of destruction we must be merciless, for the slightest weakness upon our part may afterward cost the working class a whole sea of needless blood. Put End to Capital. "In completely destroying all vestiges of the dominion of capital and state, we must try . as soon as possible to start production upon new foundations; that is, extend the existing labor organizations organiza-tions and their unions, and give production produc-tion over to them. Every city should begin the work separately and proclaim a commune; that is, the union of free labor organizations will become masters of the city. "We will not summon the working class to a social revolution in order to strengthen in them a respect for private ownership of property created by their bloody toil. On that day when all workers work-ers go forth upon the street we will say to them: "'See how all productive and commercial commer-cial life is still, how dark and dismal stand the silent mills, manufactories, workshops and warehouses from that minute when we stop work ! " 'Who created all this wealth, if not the workers? To whom should it belong, if not to you, the - proletariat? Throw away your slavish respect for the law. Take everythihg you need. Feed all the hungry. Destroy your dlrt collars and (Continued on Page 9, Column 5.) (By Universal Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Copies of the manifesto of anarchists and. communists, seized by department depart-ment of justice agents at New i York, were given out today by Attorney-General Palmer, to show the, public that the objective of the anarchists anar-chists is the overthrow of the government. govern-ment. The manifesto is entitled "Novamir-1 "Novamir-1 sky," and was published by the "Federation "Fed-eration of Unions of Russian Workers of the United States and Canada," at New York, this year. Extracts showing its violent revolutionary character follow: "Com mu nit ism in the economic field must inevitably be crowned with anarchy tn the field of politics. Therefore, along with complete destruction of private ownership, own-ership, must go complete destruction of the state. "The state is unnecessary, because with the extermination of classes, Its principal princi-pal function will cease, the preservation of the dominion of one class. "The destruction of the state means the principal work In the formation of the new society '.. down with the state; long live anarchy! Vanguard of Proletariat. "What must we do, the vanguard of the proletariat? We must consciously hasten the elementary movement of the struggle of the working class; we mist convert small strikes Into general ones, and convert the latter into an armed revolt re-volt of the laboring masses against capital capi-tal and the Btate. "At the time of this revolt we must at the first favorable opportunity proceed pro-ceed to an Immediate seizure of all means of production and all articles of consumption, consump-tion, and make the working class the masters in fact of all general wealth. "At the same time we must mercifessly destroy all remains of governmental authority au-thority and class domination, liberating the prisoners, demolishing prisons and AGENTS SEIZE REDS ID MUCH PITH (Continued From Page One.) move into the luxurious palaces of the idle rich. Whosoever shall hinder you, remove him from your path as a foe to your freedom.' Strikes Means to End. "But they may still say to ue: Is it possible that you dream of breaking such a formidable force as that of present day government?' We answer that the gen-, eral strike is the best means of weakening weaken-ing and destroying that force. The army is strong only at the time when it is concentrated con-centrated at a few points and fully maintains main-tains a strict discipline. But what will become of the army when it has to be scattered all over "the country? What will become of discipline when the soldier is convinced that he haa to do, not with a little bunch of 'internal enemies' but with the whole of the working people? "Does not the heart of the worker in uniform quake before the grand majority of the people in revolt? Does there not awaken in him a fraternal feeling of the solidarity of all toilers, of all the oppressed? op-pressed? In that hour the army will at once stand powerless in the face of the rebellious toilers and government will crumble away to the exulting shouts of liberated humanity. Do Away With Gods. "We may therefore formulate our tactics tac-tics thus: By participating in the struggle strug-gle of the working class, guiding It, and by uninterruptedly widening and deepening deepen-ing that struggle, kindle and maintain the conflagration of civil war until we have torn up by the roots capitalism and government. gov-ernment. "We hate religion because it lulls the spirit with lying tales, takes away courage cour-age and faith in the power of man, faith In the triumph of justice here on the real earth and not In a-chimerical heaven. Religion covers everything with fog; real evil becomes visionary and visionary good a reality. It has always sanctified slavery, slav-ery, grief and tears and we declare war upon all Gods and religious fables. We are atheists. "We hate authority, that eternal preserver pre-server of slavery and foe of freedom. We are anarchists." |