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DICTATORSHIP BY PROLETARIAT.

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The Bolsheviks themselves explain the present form of Bolshevism as 'the dictatorily by the Proletariat, in order to prepare the ground for a new eomomie system, whish eventually will be com- munism. The dictatorship of the Prole tariat is regarded as necessary because the present generation has been brought up in a world with a Capitalistic system, and this generation will never be able to understand communiam. The Proletariat is the only class which is attracted to communistic ideas and that is why they see the necessity for a dictatorship by the Proletariat to educate the coming generation in Communistic ideas. In fart Balshevism represents the prepara- tory period before the introduction of

AGATHI PERU,

FORCE AND TERROR.

The Bolshevik mothod of governing the people is by force and terror, the people having no voies in the Government. It is ruled by a party which in Russia has About 500,000 members, controlling 190 inillions of people. The strength of Bol- Isheviam is that its ideas are carried out by force and pressed upon the people. If that does not suceerd, terrorism is used and terrorism. has been most succeMN- ful. The real danger in Bolshevism is that a small minority enn, by means of an excellent organisation, keep a big country under its sway, even if the people's ideas are different to those of the leaders. In Russia the lever used by the Bolshevika was the Russian peasants' craving for Inud. When the peasants were proinfill the land belonging to the big landowners they seized it and thus breame allies of the Bolsheviks, though not being Bolsheviks themselves or in their ideas. The peasants in Russia are about. 95 per cent. of the whole Russian popu- lation, so that only a very small part. of the population could actually put up any resistance against the Bolsheviks,

IN CHINA.

In China a strong national feeling is growing up among the young Chinese party, which so far has been undefined in its ohjeet, but the Bolsheviks have crystallised the Chinese national feeling into dissatisfaction with the Treaties and the Treaty powers and have also worked up an artificial anti-foreign feeling which they have used as a shield behind which they themselves have worked, 1102 for China, but for their own purposes.

I find it necessary to mention the Third International' which links up all the Bolshevik movements and activities in foreign countries, and you will see later its relationship with Cantou. The Third International" in Moscow was I Committeestablished at the time when the Communist workmen from all coun- tries met to discuss the World Revolu- tion.' The

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the Soviet Government's unofficial In- station for propaganda in foreign roun- tries and also the labourers' organisation. The

Third International's ultimate objret is a World Revolution' through labour to destroy all capitalists through- out the world, and they have not irft. that out of sight in Canton to-day.

DETAILS OF THE INTRIGUE,

As long as the late Dr. Sun Yat Ben was in charge of the de facto Gov- ernment in Canton, the Bolsheviks were poked upon merely JLM advisors and Friends of the Chinese, but immediately fter Dr. Sun Yat Sen's death they succeeded in obtaining a much bigger in- fluener in the Kuomintang party. And then begên a violent agitation- against the Treaties and the Treaty Powers and the lever was the argument about the Customs surplus. The Bolshe vika failed, however, to get the general public with them and the Yunnanem General in Canton opposed them in their policy and, therefore, he had to be re- moved. An instrument lay ready to their hands, namely the existing Inter-Provin- cial jealousy and they, therefore, raised the cry of Canton for the Cantonese and on this the Bolshevik troops, com- bins with the Cantonese, attacked the Yunnanese and Kwangsi troops. The former were successful and entirely de- feated the Tennauem and Kwangsi troops. They were commanded by a Rus Bian General, who afterwards left for Moscow to make the military arrangements of the Red Army. Before the defeat of their opponents. the Bolshevik party in Can- tou were not strong enough to carry out their policy in the way they wished. They had everything prepared beforehand and immediately after the defeat of the Yunnance, the Bolsheviks started a vio lent anti-foreign campaign in which they used the so-called 'unequal Treaties and the Shanghai 'incident' (whether or not it was provoked) in order to get the public on their side, but they could not work up a strong enough feeling against the foreigners with these mea- aures only and, therefore, they had to Arrange an, 'incident" of obvious im- portance in Canton which would help them to get the masses on their side. That was the firing on June 23rd.

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THE ATTACK ON SHAMEEN.

1 was present and saw the procession the 3rd June. It was unquestionably ranged by the Bolsheviks for pro- : ganda purposes with all the skill at their disposal. First cate various Builds of workers, schools, students and peasants and while they went along a Temark was passed that the procession was extraordinarily peaceful.' But when the rear of the procession came nearer, they were worked up into a frenzy by agitators who were running on both sides of the procession. The people yelled and shouted against Shameen, waving their flags and just before the troops were a number of Boy Scouts who were work. ed up by the agitators to a state of wind that they did not know what they were doing. Suddenly a shot was fred from Shaki Street, followed by a couple of others and then a volley of shots, which was answered from Shameen. The firs skols were unquestionably fired by the Chinese from Shaki Street and there was some delay in answering fire from Sha-

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