What is Russian communism

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Title: What is Russian communism
Language: English
Source: The Carolinian Volume XVI (Issue No. 5) March 1953
Year: 1953
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Fulltext: ll tiat ■ Russian COMMUNISM DESTROYS PATRIOTISM SINCE Ruscomists avowedly aim at the violent overthrow of parliamentary government, in place of which they desire to set up a despotic communist regime, as they have already done in the enslaved countries behind the iron curtain; since these benighted fifth columnists despise the flag of their own respective countries, which they wish to tear down and unfurl in place of it the repulsive banner of the hammer and sickle; since they act like automata or robots moved and directed by an alien tyrannical power enthroned in Mos cow, it is evident that they spurn patriotism as they despise true de mocracy. Ralph de Toledano, born in the International Zone of Tangier of American parents, and educated at the Fieldston School and Columbia University, who became a writer before he joined the armed forces, has made a detailed study of all forms of totalitarianism and has had extensive experience in field work and investigation. As a discussion leader at an experimental youth camp, he has grappled with the problem of the indoctrination of teen-agers who have been blind folded and poisoned by communistic propaganda. In his excellent pam phlet, How Communism Demoralizes Youth, he writes: "All loyalty for country, for fa mily, for friends becomes secondary in their worship of the Soviet Union. If betrayal of their country is de manded, if they are told to spy on their friends, if they are ordered to turn in their relatives, so all-em bracing is their devotion that it is sure to be done. It is sometimes hard for us to believe this, but an abundance of evidence, incontrovertibly damning, thrusts itself at us to demonstrate its truth. The Re port of the Royal Commission in Canada which investigated the theft of atom secrets is one shock ing and revealing document attest ing to the hold of the Communist ideology on its adherents, showing to what lengths they will go in its service." (p. 13) But we need not go to Canada to get proof of the demoralizing in fluence Ruscomism exercises on its duped or knavish followers. The Committee on un-American Activi ties has brought before the public some astounding revelations, and will unearth perhaps still more as tonishing evidence, of the complete lack of patriotism — of loyalty and fidelity to their own country — and of mental and moral corruption in those who have swallowed the ve nomous dope or opiate styled Rus sian Communism. TRAITORS TO THEIR COUNTRY A Canadian friend of mine, whose home was open to soldiers during the war; who, in fact, "mo thered" them in their absence from their own home or homeland; and who will ever be gratefully remem bered by many a soldier and by many a soldier's mother, told me that on one occasion, when she was entertaining a group of soldiers, the conversation turned to the possibi lity of war with Russia, and one of the soldiers declared that, in such a contingency, he would lay down his arms. The good lady promptly rebuked him for his disloyalty. I do not know whether the soldier in question was a Canadian, an Australian, a New Zealander or some other national; this matters not, for all Ruscomists and fellow travellers are "tarred with the same brush." They would fight Nazism or Fascism, but not a still greater evil — Russian Communism. We must bear in mind that the war — World War II — was in progress for two years before Hitler broke with Stalin. Communists conven iently forget that for two years the Hitler-Stalin pact was in force, in virtue of which Poland was cruci fied. Whilst the Nazi-Bolshevist pact prevailed, Ruscomists in every country denounced the war as im perialistic and capitalistic and con demned it in the severest terms. But no sooner had Hitler invaded Russia than the whole character of the war changed. Now it was a glorious thing to fight — for beloved Soviet Russia! The soldier I have mentioned was probably not a dyed-in-the-wool Communist, for he had volunteered to fight, but he was tainted or impregnated with the virus of Bolshevist idolatry. After Russia stabbed Poland in the back, there was a solid likelihood that the Allies would yet have to fight the Soviet forces. It was pro bably of such a contingency that the group of soldiers were talking in Canada. I was in Australia throughout the war, and I vividly remember how the Communists denounced and condemned the war as im perialistic and capitalistic, and how, (Continued on page 36) MARCH, 1953 Page 11 1 admire the Communists myself to be of use to the Church in times to come? The Communists like to say: 'For one man who falls, ten thousand will rise.' Should a Catholic, then, forget that the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians? "I admire the Communists be cause they are not afraid when they have been accused of foul deeds. They will say: 'The eyes of the people see clear and cannot be de ceived in such things.' That's why they proudly march to the place of their execution. And should a Christian shrink from being accused unjustly, from being persecuted? Should he regard it as worthless and absurd to die innocently? Then he would be oblivious of the fact that our supreme Judge is God Al mighty, Who is full of wisdom and goodness. Who is justice and right personified. "I admire the Communists be cause of a third quality. When they feel they are right and cannot con vince others, they' still know how to stick to their belief without wa vering. When they are unable to refute their opponents at a discus sion, they do not capitulate and make concessions to them regarding their ideas, nor do they despair of their party and desert it. Is it pos sible for a Christian to forget that his Faith derives from God? Why should he, when unable to defend his cause successfully, give up his viewpoint and declare that he is What is Rnssian Communism? from the moment Russia was in vaded, they completely somersault ed, praised the war, and demanded that the allies should open a second front. A certain Australian member of Parliament replied to a Commu nist objector at a public meeting: "Yes I am in favor of a second front — in Siberia! To speak of Russia as being "our gallant ally" during the war is to utter sheer nonsense. Russia was never an ally in the accepted sense of the term. This I emphatically pointed out in a lecture in Australia during the war: "Let us suppose that three nations. A, B, and C are allies. This means that, if of the three is attacked, the other two will come to her assistance, and that, if two of them are attacked, the third will come to their help. Now, Aus tralia has her back to the wall, fighting Japan, and what does Rus sia, our so-called ally, do? She fails to lift even a little finger Page 36 (Continued from page 10) wrong? In the end, he would twist the truth of his doctrine, upset the order of the Church, and become c traitor to God and his own soul. And if I should perchance be a traitor to God and my soul, who could vouch that I would not betray my country and my people? There fore I will not waver in my Faith and, still less so, shall I make other Christians waver in their convictions or abuse my position as a priest to undermine the Faith of the faithful. "The Communists, whom I ad mire, and their government genuine ly respect our Catholic Church, which I love. They endeavor to win the support and aid of Chris tians. I must say I feel honored because of this. Must I not double my efforts to be a steadfast Chris tian, who can also meet the noble purposes of the Government? "I have a great desire to invite you also into my dearly beloved Church, in order to lead you to God and make you our brethren in the Faith. Do not consider me a fool talking nonsense, nor think that I am not serious. I am fully con vinced that idealistic Communists, once they get to know the Catholic Church, will become Catholics living wholly by their Faith, far superior to a Catholic of my caliber. So I pray to God to turn many Sauls into Pauls within the Communist party, far surpassing the miserable priest that I am. This is my view of the (Continued from page 11) against our most dreaded foe; she has even a trading pact with Japan!" I have no wish to revive the cruel memories of the terrible war — the most terrible in history. But I could not refrain from pointing out the fact that Communists throughout the world viewed the struggle not with the eyes of national patriots, not with the eyes of their own country, but with jaundiced eyes — with eyes, implanted in them, as it were, by Moscow. A COMMUNIST'S FIRST LOYALTY IS TO SOVIET RUSSIA "The first requisite for a Com munist," writes Louis Budenz, "is tc understand that he is serving Soviet Russia and no other nation or in terest. Never will he be permitted to express one word of reservation or criticism of the Soviet Govern ment, its leaders or their decisions. Whatever they say or do is always 100 per cent right, and America can be right only by being in complete situation. "I beg your pardon for the faults of this address, which it was im possible for me to prepare as I would have liked to. I wish to point out, moreover, that my speech has not been authorized by the Church authorities and hence can not claim to give the viewpoint of the Church. Nor has my talk been approved by the government. My words are merely an expression of what I conceive to be an ideal, which perhaps will remain my own beautiful dream for the time being. "To sum up: I am a Chinese Catholic, I love my country, I love my Church too. I reject emphati cally whatever is at variance with the laws of my country and the precepts of my Church, and 1 re fuse to cooperate with whatever may cause discord. But if the go vernment and my Church cannot come to an understanding, there remains nothing for a Chinese Ca tholic but to die sooner or later. Why not offer one's life even now, in order to bring about an early understanding of the parties now one against the other? If my pro posals are rejected and any mutual understanding is declined, then any peace move is blocked. If, despite the desperate situation, a solution is attempted courageously, the ob jective, namely, reconciliation will be reached. Once more, pardon all the deficiencies of my speech." agreement with the Soviet Union. Never, during the twenty-five years of its existence, has the Daily Worker deviated from that rule, never has it ceased to prostrate it self before the Soviet leadership." (This is My Story, p. 234.) "The Communists in the United States openly admit their allegiance to the Communist International at Moscow, and glory in the fact that they obey all the orders issued from there immediately and implicitly." — H. R. Report No. 2290, 71st Con gress, 3rd Session, Jan. 17, 1931, p. 9. The International Communist, French edition, August 5, 1935, declared: "Those who say we do not take orders from Moscow are against the proletarian state. It proves they are allied to the bour geoisie . . . and are the enemy of the proletariat class .... To re ceive orders from Moscow, as Di mitrov said, is to follow the example of Lenin and Stalin." THE CAROLINIAN