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Show WARNS NATION OF JED PERIL U. S. Department of Justico Urges Americans to Guard Against Bolshevism Menace. CALLS RED PLANS CRIMINAL Press, Church, Schools, Labor Unions and Civic Bodies Called Upon to Teach True Purpose of Bol. tnovlst Propaganda. Washington. CnHIng for the patriotic patri-otic support of all true Americans in Its light to protect their homes, ro-lltlon ro-lltlon and property from tho spread-Ing spread-Ing menace of Bolshovlsm, Uio United States Department of Justico has Issued Is-sued a warning against tho Insidious propaganda of tho "Rods" during tho new year. It reads: "It would ho cxtremoly helpful to the caaso of good government, the maintenance main-tenance of law and order and tho preservation pres-ervation of pence and happiness In our country If tho peoplo on this New Year's day would resolve to stud,-, via-dorstnnd via-dorstnnd nnd appreciate tho so-called 'Red movoment They can counteract counter-act It most effectively by teaching Its purpose through the press, the church, the schools, patriotic organizations and labor unions, all of which aro within tho range of its InsldlouB attacks. "Red" Theories Criminal. "The 'Ited' movement does not mean an attitude of protest against alleged defects In our present political and economic organisation of society. It does not represent tho radicalism of progress. It represents a specific doctrine doc-trine namely, the Introduction of dictatorships dic-tatorships tho world over by forco and violence. It Is not n movement of liberty-loving persons, but a distinctly criminal and dishonest movement Lcnlno himself mudo tho statement at tho Third Soviet Conference, 'Among ono hundred so-called Bolshevists there Is ono real Bolshevik, thlrty-nino criminals crim-inals and sixty fools.' It advocates the destruction of all ownership In property, proper-ty, tho destruction of all religion and bolief In God. It Is a movement organized or-ganized against Democracy nnd In favor fa-vor of tho power of tho few built by forco. Bolshevism, syndicalism, the Soviet Government, snbotnge, etc., are only names for old theories of violence and criminality. Russian Labor Crushed. "Though their adherents in tills country are advocating und fomenting strikes, Letiinc and Trotzky forbid strikes, and trade unions arc being broken up and completely subordinated subordin-ated to the will of the few domngogues in control of Russln. This Bolshevist experiment on the living body of the Russian people has not proven in any sense of the word an experiment In Democracy. Tho Bolshevist leaders frankly repudiate democratic principles princi-ples os we understand them. It has been a gamble which meant for Russia, Rus-sia, and, Indeed, for tho whole of Immunity, Im-munity, enormous losses in lives as well ns in material resources. The BolNhevists have run up a colossal bill which the Russian workmen and peasants peas-ants will have to pay. "Reds" Menace America. "Having lived t the expense of the Russian people for two years, these speculators In human lives nnd other people's earnings aro trying to move to new fields to tho east and to the west, hoping to take advantage of the economic distress and confusion of mind In which Immunity finds Itself after tho terrific strain of five yenrs of war. "Its sympathizers In this country are composed chiefly of criminals, mistaken mis-taken idealists, social bigots and tunny unfortunate men and women suffering with varying forms of hyperesthesia. They are enemies of the government, of the church and of the home and ml- vocato principles which menu the abolition abol-ition of all three of these safeguards of civilization. Would Rob Everybody. ' "Twenty million people in tills country coun-try owb Liberty Bonds. Theso the Rods propose to tako away ; 0,830,000 peoplo la the United States own farms iBd t,38,000 more own homos, which they would forfeit ; 11,000,000 odd po-jpla po-jpla hvo tarings accounts in savings panics aad 18,000,000 people have de-jgoslta de-jgoslta la oar national basks, at which (OWjy aifit. There are hundreds of thou-fnad thou-fnad of caurches and religious lnsti-jCatle4, lnsti-jCatle4, all of which they would abol-Uih. abol-Uih. la otter words, 110,000,000 hard-tWorklac hard-tWorklac aad saving people who own property, love liberty and worship God re naked to abandon all the ldls of 'rellfftoa, liberty and government, which Al ire tfc outcome of tho trurl6 of j'0eir fathers and their own development, develop-ment, and to place themMlves, their loates, their famllr and their rolUjloos ptfta to tae keeping and their property tfd&vt the domination of a email group it Lealaea aad Trotikya. I Protection Promleed. i'Tkla department, as far as eolatlng Uwa allow, Intends during tho forthcoming forth-coming year to koop up an unflinching, persisted, aggressive war faro against any movement, no matter how cloaked or dlasomblod, having for its purpose either tho promulgation of theso Ideas or tho excitation of sympathy for (thoso who sproad thom. Tho movo-'tnent movo-'tnent will not bo permitted to go far enough In this country to disturb our peaco and well-being or create any iVldospread distrust of tho people's (toverament It will fall away before !w light of popular knowledge and 'appreciation of Its aim and purposes." In his face both terror and a sly, dogged cunnlug. Once before the fcl- J low had been put through the third do i gree. Something of tho sort he (car- j fully expected now. Vlllnlny Is usually not consistent. This hulking bully should have been n hardy rufflnn. In , stent!, he shrank like a schoolgirl from j the thought of physical pain. "Stand up," ordered Culilson, quietly. quiet-ly. ninckwcll fcot to his feet nt'once. "Don't hit me," ho whined. Luck knew the mnu gjveatcd under the punishment his Imagination called up, nnd he understood human nature too well to end the suspense by rank- r- i ii i "Don't Hit Me," He Whined. ing real the vision. For then tho worst would bo past, since the uctuul Is never equal to what Is expected. "Well?" Luck wntched hint with the look of tempered steel in his hard eyes. "I I Mr. Culilson, I want to cx-pluln. cx-pluln. Every man Is liable to make n mistake go off half cocked. I didn't do right. That's a fae'. I can explain nil that, but I'm sick now awful sick." Culilson laughed harshly. "You'll be sicker soon." "You promised you wouldn't do anything any-thing If we turned you loose," the man plucked up courage to remind him. "I promised the law wouldn't do any thing. You'll understand the distinction distinc-tion presently." "Mr. Culilson, plensc I admit I done wrong. I hadn't ought to have gone in with Cuss Fcndrick. He wanted me to kill you, but I wouldn't." Bucky had let Culilson take .the center cen-ter of the stage. He had observed n growing distress mount nnd ride the victim. Now he stepped In to save tho man with an alternative nt which Blackwcll might be expected not to snatch eagerly perhaps, but at least to be driven townrd. "This man Is my prisoner, Mr. Culilson. Cul-ilson. From what I can make out you ought to strip his hide off nnd hang It out to dry. But I've got first cull on him. If he comes through with the truth about tho W. & S. robbery I've got to protect him." Luck understood tho ranger. They were both working toward tho sume end. The Immediate punishment of this criminal was not the important issue. is-sue. It was merely n club with which to beat hint Into submission, and nt that a moral rather thnn u physical one. But the owner of the Circle O knew better than to yield to Bucky too easily. Ho fought the point out with him at length, and finally yielded reluctantly, re-luctantly, In such n way as to aggravate aggra-vate rather than relieve tho anxiety of tho convict. "All right. You take him first," he finally conceded hurshly. Bucky kept up the comedy. "I'll take him, Mr. Culilson. But If ho tells me the truth nud if I find out It's the whole triith-7-theroMl be nothing doing on your part. He's my prisoner. Understand Un-derstand that." Metaphorically Blackwcll llc.:-d the hand of his protector. "I aim to do what's right, Cnptifln O'Connor. What over's right. You ask mo any questions." ques-tions." "I want to know all about the W. & S. robbery, everything, from start to finish." "Honest, I wish I could tell you. But I don't know a thing about It. Cross my henrt, I don't." "No use, Blackwcll. If I'm going to stand by you against Mr. Culilson, you'll havo to tell tho truth. Why, man, I've even got the niank you wore and tho cloth you cut It from." "I reckon It must a-been some one else, mujor. Wlsht I could help you, but I can't." (This thrilling story will bo con tinucd in tho next issue of Tho Rec ord. 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