Show 7 r Beyond the Law I f rIf c crimes sometimes are justified J E under the stress of di f revolution In Russia ma many many y murders have been co committed as ras matters matters matters mat mat- of expediency Men and v too tv have been shot down because they ded 1 the dictatorial policies of the soviet govern- govern The bolshevik justify them by by the the of the times feeling that whosoever ever ies his hand against the t government mu must t And yet these authorities s' s rose to power to-power power t by r this selfsame display against the govern- govern ne If they were the constituted authorities tott e people if their rule was authority dele dele- g the citizenship their citizenship their vigorous handling of of jf the situation might merit commendation The fl fact t of the the matter is that the power they hold hoId was stolen It was obtained through deceit and dec deception It is held at the point of the bayonet and death awaits all who dare I. I ito p q question estion it t 4 Many innocent souls have hav b been en shoved into e eternity rI ty for no other other purpose than to I spread terror error in the ranks of the people And f n yet et in inthe the he face of all this the soviet tie ties are shocked when on one of their own number num num- her bet fails falisa i 2 victim to the assassins assassin's bullet The rhe Th p I C r daL 7 f t t 0 J 1 7 i J of r. r 1 I i iiI j i f v 1 J c cirr gs 1 irr ij TH t L shooting of t M Vor at is ri e by Maurice Alexander Conradi was but buta 11 v vengeful act visited upon one who had be been associated with more evil acts I Conradi lost a brother and an uncle in inthe the bolshevist terrors Their deaths could be 1 avenged in no legal ways way There was no authority to which Conradi could appe appeal l for I justice And so so he took his grievance to the only remaining settlement He demanded and tried to take the same death toll from the i. i took from him The wounded cries of the s sov soviet t authorities authorities authorities ties are heard are heard around the world When Conradi Conradi Conradi Con Con- radi suffered his cries were stifled by a a fear of o The soviet authorities will maintain I that the stress of revolution demands demands- the stern tern policies they have adopted even to the killing of priests who will not renounce their faith And if their crimes are justified does it not also follow that the stress of the c carries rr es a certain amount of justification on forthe for forthe forthe the man who retaliates in a small way In Russia there are thousands who would be glad to say they had avenged the deaths of their loved ones to the same extent of f f Conradi I In pursuing this philosophy it is necessary to remember that the conflicting forces are subject to no reasonable law No legal and peaceful adjustment can be made Th The bol bol- S sh viki have had all the best of the slaughter and so should not mourn too much the loss of a favored member of or their f flo flock k for foe he has but g gone ne the way of thousands nd of their victims |