The unrest among the laboring classes, and especially among the classes that do not labor when they can avoid it, is being manifested to a greater degree in the United States and leads to the belief that bolshevism is spreading here. That the recent strike at Seattle which proved a complete fizzle, was the opening gun of what was planned to be a general uprising for the purpose of overthrowing the present form of government can no longer be doubted. It met defeat by the stern attitude of Mayor Hanson and the prompt response of the war department in sending soldiers to support the law. It met defeat because the scheme was advocated by a small majority of those taking part in the strike and the general sentiment was against it. It was further defeated by the arrest of several of the foreign agitators who had "ribbed up" the strike and the almost certainty that they will be deported. But the unrest, the desire of overthrowing the government is here and the seriousness of the situation must not be overlooked. 