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eration of labor to unite the workers of the world. Many difficulties 

 are in the path of such an achievement, it is recognized, but if it is ac- 

 complished such a league would possess power for development of vast 

 possibilities." 



A world ruled by union labor entirely would be as unde- 

 sirable as a capitalist-ruled world. It is therefore most de- 

 sirable that the farmers unionize and go into politics to act 

 as a check on the power and demands of union labor, since 

 they are both laborers and capitalists where they own and 

 work their farms. 



Bolshevism to Spread Over All the World. 



The world-war has taught the common men their in- 

 vincible power when organized into a military machine, and 

 they will never submit peacefully again to bear the prewar 

 burdens without ample compensation. Millions of soldiers 

 were demobilized in Russia and expected to "root hog or 

 die" as before. But so long as there is food to be found 

 anywhere, they know another way of getting it than through 

 starvation wages. They have taken forcible possession of 

 wealth-producing property, and all the world is watching to 

 see what use they will make of it. If they demonstrate they 

 can administer it to greater advantage and satisfaction to 

 their populations than the capitalist system did, then the 

 same classes of people in all capital-ruled countries will or- 

 ganize to adopt it. 



That all capitalist governments are alarmed at the grow- 

 ing power of the Bolsheviki is evident from the following 

 London news item : 



"LONDON, Jan. 2. The Bolshevik menace is almost certain to be one 

 of the first subjects discussed by the peace delegates, the Evening 

 News stated today. Berlin, which incited Russia's present criminal 

 regime to embarrass the Allies, is now alarmed for its own safety. It 

 is reported from Esthonia, Lithuania, Livonia, East Prussia and Prus- 

 sian Poland, as well as from Austrian Poland and the Ukraine, that the 

 red army is sweeping on, leaving in its wake a trail of bloodshed and 

 desolation." 



