Evening journal., 1915-12-07
NATIONS SECRET FOES
SHOULD BE CRUSHED.
0ruvest Danger TO Country Comes
From Within Our Own Borders.

From Within Our Own Borders.
The president says that the precise
reckonings Of the problem 90 be met
are set forth in the report OF the secre.
tary Of the treasury
have spoken to you today. gentle
men. upon a single theme. the thor.
ough preparation OF the nation 10 care
for It's own security and 10 make sure
Of entire freedom 10 play the impair
tial role In this hemisphere and In the
world which we all believe 10 have
been provIdentially assigned TO II.
have had In my mind no thought Of
any immediate or particular danger
arising out OF our relations with other
nations. We are at peace with all the
nations Of the world. and there Is rea
son TO hope that no question in con
troversy between this and other gov
ernments will lead 70 any serious
breach Of amicable relations. grave n
some differences Of attitude and policy
have been and may yet turn out 10 be
! am sorry 20 say that the gravesiI
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within ouI
own borders. There are citizens of the
United states. ] blush TO admit. borr
under other flags, but welcomed under
our generous naturalization laws to the
full freedom and opportunity Of Amer
lea, who have poured the poison Of dis
loyalty into the very arteries Of om
national life. who have sought 10 bring
the authority and good name OF oui
government into contempt TO destroy
our industries wherever they thought
1t effective for their vindictive pur
poses 10 strike at them and 10 debass
our politics TO the uses OF foreign I'm.
trigue. Their number IS not great Ns
compared with the whole number Of
those sturdy hosts by which our ma.
tion has been enriched ia recent gen.
erations out OF viriie foreign stocks
but Il is great enough 70 have brought
deep disgrace upon us and to have
made Il necessary that we should
promptly make use Of processes Of law
by which We may be purged Of thei
corrupt distempers.
America never witnessed anythin.
like this before. IL never dreamed /
/ possible that men sworn into its OWL
citizenship, men drawn out of grea
free stocks such as supplied some o
the best and strongest elements Of tha
little, but how heroic. nation that In
high day OF old staked its very life Z
free itself from every entanglemen
that had darkened the fortunes OF tn
older nations and set up a new stand
ard here-that men Of such origins an'
such free choices Of allegiance woul'
ever turn In malign reaction agains
the government and people who ha'
welcomed and nurtured them and seel
to make this proud country once more
a hotbed Of European passion. A it
tie while ago such thing would have
seemed incredible. Because 1t was IN
credible we made no preparation fol
IL. We would have been almost
ashamed TO prepare FOR it. as II we
were suspicious OF ourselves, our own
comrades and neighborsl But the ugly
and incredible thing has actually come
about, and we are without adequate
federal laws 10 zeal Win IT, ui8e
you to enact such laws at the earliest
possible moment and feel that in doing
so am urging you TO do nothing less
than save the honor and self respect
OF the nation. Such creatures OF pas
sion. disloyalty and anarchy must b'
crushed out They are not many, but
they are infinitely malignant. and th'
hand Of our power should close owe
Them at once. They have formed plot
TO destroy property, they hsve entere'