The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-07
NATIONS SECRET FOES
SHOULD BE CRUSHED
cravest Danger to Country Cones
From Within Our Own Borders.

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The president says that the precise
reckonings OF the problem to be met
are set forth in the report Of the secre-
tary of the treasury.
| have spoken to you today, gentle
men. upon single theme. the thor
ough preparation OF the nation to care
for its own security and to make sure
Of entire freedom to play the impair
tial role in this hemisphere and in the
world which we all believe to have
been providentialy assigned to It l
have had in my mind no thought Of
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
ernmcnts Will lead TO any serious
breach Of amicab,e relations, grave as
some differences Of attitude and policy
have been and may yet turn out to be-
| am sorry to say that the gravest
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within our
own borders. There are citizens OF the
United States, | blush to admit. born
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 our
national life. who have sought to bring
the authority and good name OF our
government into contempt. TO destroy
our industries wherever they thought
it effective for their vindictiye pur-
poses TO strike at them and to debase
our politics to the uses OF foreign in
triene. Their number Is not great rs
compared with the whole number OF
those sturdy hosts by which our ma
ton has been enriched In recent gen.
erations out OF virile foreign stocks,
but 1t is great enough to have brought
deep disgrace upon US and to have
made 1t necessary that we should
promptly make use Of processes Of Law
by which we may be purged OF their
corrupt distompers.
America never witnessed anything
like this before. 1t never dreamed Il
possible that men sworn into It's own
citizenship, men drawn out OF great
free stocks such as supplied some of
the best and strongest elements Of that
little. but how heroic. nation that in
high day OF old staked its very life 10
free itself from every ENHANCEMENT
that had darkened the fortunes OF the
older nations and set up a new stand
ard here-that men OF such origins and
such free choices OF allegiance would
ever turn In malign reaction against
the government and People who had
welcomed and nurtured them and seek
to make this proud country once more
a hotbed of European passion. A lit.
tie while ago such thing would have
seemed incredible. Because II was In
credible we made no preparation for
ii. We would have been almost
ashamed to prepare for IL. as if we
were suspicious of ourselves. our own
comrades and neighbors! BUT the ugly
and incredible thing has actually come
about. and we are without adequate
federal laws 20 deal with IL. | urge
you Ia enact such laws M the earliest
possible moment and feel that In doing
so ! am urging you 10 do nothin: less
than save the honor and SELF respect
~ the nation. Such creatures Of pas
sion. disipyalty and anarchr mnSr he
crushed onl. Thcv are mol r,amv. hu,
,hey are Infinitely malignant nml IA,
9and 81 enr power should clsrs.. oye.
'len at once They have formed plot
Afsirey property. they have enteree