Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1919 — Bolshevism Hits Snag [ARTICLE]

Bolshevism Hits Snag

Unable to Conv£rts * in Denmark. iZ ' - Tendency Is to Regard Them as Mere Anarchist Rabble —-Merchants , Ndt Helpless. London. —Bolshevism has not obtained so strong a hold in Denmark asit has in Norway, writes a Copenhagen correspondent of the widely-read Brit> ish weekly, Corhmon Sense. In Denmark the syndicalists strive to play much the same role as do the leftsocialists in Norway, who are reported to be supporters of the Russian brand of socialism. -j, “The syndicalists, however,, make no show in the Danish parliament,” says the correspondent. “Since the riots in Copenhagen last November, when Grontory district in the center of the city was wrecked and many .scores of civilians and policemen, werje injured, there has been a tendency’td regard them as anarchist rabble: But, as everywhere in Scandinavia, their power over .the wage earners is greater, than their voting strength, and they have succeeded, usually against 'the Association of Trades Unions, .which lias a large majority behind it, in bringing about prolonged strikes. "The Danish syndicalistp, by violent attacks on the majority socialist party and denunciation of its lenders, Stauning and Borgbjertr, have gained a certain, pull among the wage earners, ‘ “The syndicalists' . connection with tlie Russian bolsheviki has been repeatedly indicated. This gave the cabinet a good excuse for. repression

so that arrests,' press prosecutions and expulsions take place on a scale inconceivable in Sweden or Norway, where the left-socialists have the rank of recognized parties. “Further,, the Danish employers are not helpless;*, They threaten a great lockout, declaring if the wages demanded they wiljfcease manufacturing,and will inipbrt l and sell cheaper foreign goods."