Show I Bolshevism vs Savagery For the benefit of those who are enjoying the liberty and protection of civilized America and who at the same time are I J expressing sympathy with Bolshevism it is desired to reproduce just one of the articles of a decree that has been issued by the q soviets of some of the leading cities of Russia All AU women according to this decree are exempted from 1 private ownership and are proclaimed the property of the whole t nation I The decree contains all the di gusting disgusting minute provisions and each I-each each would seem as a nail driven into the coffin of civilization For Russia the enforcement of this decree would would mean the deI destruction de- de I st of the very foundation upon which human hopes and J happiness l have rested It means a return to savagery and even I more because the male savage while he may fight for the posy pos pos- i y ses session io of a mate also will fight for her retention and for the t safety of their offspring r-c r The Bolshevik decree means the severance of all family ties and even the natural maternal love is to be deadened by placing all t r children after they have reached the age of one month in state institutions 1 to become the property of the state The decree consigns every woman to the underworld and 1 f if ifs carried r ed into complete effect all of the future inhabitants of i J Russia will be be k known 1 by that tha detestable name applied to those 3 t unfortunates in cIvIlized countries born out of wedlock i 7 The thought is so terrible and the possible effect upon the t entire human race is so terrifying that it would seem the duty of off f the civilized nations of the he earth to join in un united ed and forceful 1 1 protestS protest c |