The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-03-20

perhaps she might be confined IN one
! Of the jails here, but search Of the
county and city jails failed to locate
her. In the meantime her four-lnonth
! cid baby. as we'll as four other child
rem arc crying Tor their mother, the
| whereabouts Of whom only the brutes
in soldier uniform know, and won't
! tell.
In the hearing CT the application
| for 4 writ oil habeas corpus, asking
! Tor the release Of military prisoner?
in which Horace y. Hawkins, attor-
ney for the United Mine Workers Of
America offered to produce sufficient
| evidence to prove the innocence OF his
clients. Maj Boughton, Judge -AdVo-
cate of the military drum head, APP
peared before the court as the defen-
der of General Chase and said: 1T
is a matter-of supreme Indifference 10
General Chase whether the prisoners
are guilty or innocent. state of war
exists, we arr in conquered territory
and from the soldiers point or view
there is no other law than the supre-
me will Of the commander in chief
And to the everlasting shame of judi
re w. H. NcHendrie and the judicial
crmine, he, TOO. concurred in the opin-
ion of the Judge Advocate. nOtwith-
standing that all history bears wit
ness to the fact that the Judge Advo-
cate herein gave utterance to decla-
ration of G4spotism which has sound
ed the death knell Of every ciyiliza-
ton which mas arisen historically and
which has now gone down III decay.
There is nothing new in this SOL
dier's point Of view" 1t is as old as
the lust for power. There never was
tyrant ambitious, mad and drunk
with power, vino did not mask his
most heartess crueltics and hrutali-
ties behind this soldiers point Of
view. So long as Rome kept her SOL
iier and his point OF view outside her
gates, peace and tranquility prevailed
within, but as soon as the soldier was
allowed to intrude his point of view"
within the walls. Rome went down IN
base and ignoblc decline. Again,
I'll through The middle ages, so long
Is the soldiers were kept outside the
city walls Inc people within enjoyed
such blessings az the economic condl-
tons Of medieval state could afford
but rs soon as the soldier was allowed
10 impose his point Of view IN the
civil affairs Of state, peace and libcr-
y he'd inc people, ana Gil! Ii'Gi @1lE
ana state ailer Slalc cfuiiloiC" '!'o
went down IN utter chaoS an" rum.
When Charles |. attempted TO impose
his "soldicr'S viewpoint" on the peo-
ole of England, progress became
lead letter. and Cromwell to his ever
.aStlhE cre'l't' oee!l'tcu lie oppJ' t cu,,i
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DehcadCd HIM.
Ono 81 inc fhr' 'oh'l.!alhlS SET
forth in the declaration OF Amrfitan
independence WIS mai the Ming hta
lualtcred his soldiers among thc
.oloniStS ami were uSurpinE WIN
their soldiers point ol view inc
:ivil rights md liberties OF the p'o-
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