Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

that men of such orinin. -.
free choices Of allegiance vvo,.ss saeA
turn In mHIiEn reaction nes,sa. ever
Government and people who -, ue
coined and nurtured them ana .e wels
make this proud country orc. eek II
hotbcd OF European passion.
y little while ago such a thi,s
have seemed incredible. Because Voua
incredible we made no preparatlor Ms
We would have been almost aaharess y
prepare for IL, as If we wers s;,s.a- 70
of ourselves, our own comraSes 'Oloe,
neighbors! But the ugly and ino.,,sshd shd
thing has actually come about ~ nos
are without adequate Federal La. W
deal with it. 70
Must Crush Treason
I urge you to enact such laws a, a.,
earliest possible moment and fesi ~ ne
doing so I am urging you to do rs.v,lh ss u
less than save the honor and seifis,eins
OF the nation. Such creatures a, pset Lt
sion, disloynlty and anarchy nn..
crushed ont. They are not n,.nr We
they are Infinitely malignant. 81 sst
hand OF our power should clo.a ~. e
them at once. They hnve formed 1T
to destroy propcrtyi they have ent.S., 4
into conspiracies against the n.u,rSn.u,
of the Governments; they have sora,, !.
tn pry into every confidential ty,..
action of the Government In ord,, !. .
serve interests alien to our own, I, ~
possible 10 deal with these tb,np. -.
cfTectunlIy. need not surpe., ~,
terms in which they mny he dealt std
I wish that It could be said that on,v
few men, misled by mistaken sen,ir,os,s
Of allegiance to the governments urS.s
which they were born had been suiltv :, ,
disturbing the self possession and misros
resenting the temper and principlse :,
tho country during these days of terr,h,.
war, when It would seem that every ms.
who was truly an American wouId n
stinctively make 1t his duty and his nr,s,
to keep the scales OF judgment even ona
prove himself a partisan of no nation h,,
his own. But 1t cannot. There a..
some mon among us. nnd many resid.,,
nbrond who, though born and bred i,
the United states and calling themssi,..'
Americans, have no forgotten then.
selves and their honor nS citizens m. a.
put their passionate sympathy vi,k
one or the other side in the great Euyo,
pcnn conflict above their regard for IN.
peace and dignity of the United state,
Thcy also preach and practice dl,
loyalty. No laws, | suppose, can reach
corruptions of the mind and heart; but
! should not speak of others withou,
also speaking OF tneSe ana expressing
the even deeper humiliation and scorn
which every possessed and thought
fully patriotic American must fee
when he thinks of them and Of the dis.
credit they are daily bringing upon u.s.
Real Strength in People
While we speak of the preparation o,
the nation to make sure of her security
and her effective power we must not iai
into tho patent error of supposng that
her real strength comes from armament
and mere safeguards of written law. Il
comes. OF course, from her people, their
energy, their success in their undertak
ings, their free opportunity to use IN,
natural resources of our great home land
and OF the lands outside our continental
borders, which look to us for protection
for encouragement and for assistance IN
their Development from the organization
and freedom and vitality of our economic
life.
The domestic questions which engaged
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