The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-12-17
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! OWN security and II make sure o. -G.iTe
| freedom 70 play the impartial role Il TINS
! hemisphere and in the word which w=
al believe 10 have been prcv.1er,Lzl.y
assigned to Il ! have had y mind 10
thought ot any immediate o. particular
danger z-iEing out q cur relations VIII
other nations. We are a. Tezce WITH a.
the nations Of the world. and there q
reason 70 hope that no question = coz
| +rove-sv between tbs and pths- govern
r-euts viii les5 10 any ser5o-s tr@a,1 O..
grjcsble relations, grave as some C--e--
euces q attitude and policy have been
and NAV vet turn o1t 70 y. : ~ s-r-y
! 10 ssv that tns gT2yesl threats against
| ory national peace and safely have c@e-
uttered within our oEn borders. T1e-s are
cir-zeYs Of me United States, ! tl-s1 10
Admit. BORN under 0IheT flags but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
70 the fun freedom and opportunity %
America WHO have poured he poison O.
6islovalty into the very arteries q o.
national life: who have sought % t-l-g
The authority and good name % our gov
errnsrt into contempt, 70 destroy 0CT IL
6ustries wherever they thought i e-sc-
tive tor thei- vindjctive purposes . strike
st them, and TO debase our politics e he
uses Of foreign intrigue, Their number
is not great Is compared with the whole
number Of those sturdy hosts by which
uur nation has been enriched n recent
generations out Of virlle foreign stocks;
but il Is great enough @ have brought
deep disgrace upon rs and 70 have made
Il necessary that we should promptly
make use Of processes u law b. which
We nay be qurgeo Of their corrupt Dis
te-Dpe-s America never witnessed E-y-
thing ike This before. II never dreamed
il possible that men sworn into is OWE
citizenship. men drawn cut o. great free
stocks such ss supplied some % The best
and strongest elements o. thai little, put
huw heroic, nation that IL high day Of old
stsked its very life 70 free Itself from
every ENHANCEMENT that had darkenet
the fortunes q the older nations and sci
up Z new standard heTe-thst men q such
origins and such free choices Of alieg3-
Ence would ever turn Ia n1algn reaction
against the government and people who
hE6 welcomed and nu-tUre6 them and
seek 70 make this proud country once
more 2 hotbe6 Of European passion. 4
little while ago such & thing would have
seemed incredible. Because il wGk IL
credible we made no preparation for II.
We would have been almost ashamed 20
prepare for Il, as IL Ne were suspicious
Of ourselves. our ewn comrades and
neighborx! But the ugly and incredible
has actually come about and We are with
on adequate federal Laws TO deal with
II urge you 70 enact such laws az
the earliest possible moment and fee thar
IN 20 doing ! an urging you 70 DO moth
ing less than gave the honor and self
respect Of the nation
Must BE Crushed Out.
Such creatures OF passion. 3isloyRlty
and anarchy must be crushed out They
are not many. but they are Infinitely ma
hgngnt. and the hand OF our power should
close over them at once They have
formed plots 30 destroy property, they
have entered into conSpiraciss Rg&irst the
neutrality o. the government, they have
sought 20 pTy into every confidential
transaction o. the government in order
70 serve interests alien 70 our ovn i is
possible 10 deal with these things very
e7ectuaIly. need not suggest the terms
IN which they may be dealt with
I wish that il could De said that only q
few nen. mislsd by mistaken sentiments
q allegiance 70 ire governments under
which they were born had beer guilty Of
disturbing the ssf-possessiua and ru1s7ep-
TeEsuting the temper and principles Of
the country during these days Of terrible
war, when il would seem that eYery man
who was truly al American would IN
Etincttrtlg make II his duty and his pride
10 keep the scales Of Judgment even and
prove himself & partisan Of no nation bat
his own But II cannot There are some
who, though born and bred In the init
ed States ana calling themselves Amer
leans. have 50 forgotten themselves and
their honor rs citizens as TO put their
passionate sympathy with enc or the 9th
sr sloe in the great European conflict
AhoTs their regard for the peace and dig
nifty Of the United States. They slso
preach and practice GisIoyzlty. No lava,
] suppose can reach corTuptioas Of the
Mid and heart: but I should not speak
OF others without also speaking Of these
and expressing the even deeper huuius-
ton and Fcorn which every lf-possesssd
and thorghtfully patriotic American must
fee when be thinks OF them and OF the
oascTed1t they are daily brfngfng upon M
Many conditions about which ne nave
repeatedly legixlsted are being slts,ed
from decade 10 decade, II ss ev3dsn, m
der our very eyes and are likely 10 change
even more rapidly and more radically IN
the days Immediately ahead Of NJ whau
peace has returned 10 the world and M
uens OF Europe once more take up their
tasks Of commerce and industry with TIA
energy ef those who must hsE.f. than
selves % build anew. Jnyt what thess
changes VIII be no one can certainly Sore-
ace or confidently predict There are m
calculahle, because no stable, elements In
the problem The most We can do In 70
make certain that We have the necessary
inETunertalitiss OF information constant
~ II cur service 90 that we NAV he E,,rs
thai We know exactly what We are deal
Ing with when We come 70 act. II II
should DO necessary 70 act ai all We
must nrKt certainly know what II in thar
We are seeking to adapt ourxelye. "a q
may ask The privilege Of addressing yor
more Al length On this imporrsn, matter
little later IN your session,
Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem in sn az
ceec'nsly serious and pressing one In this
country. There has from time To .i-y,e
OF late been reason 70 fear thai nur r.,l.
roads would not much longer be ali. TO
cope with X successfully Is NJ present
equipped and eo-ordinatec xurregr
that IL would be wise 70 provide for a
commission Of inquiry TO ascertain NV a
thorough canvass Of the Ehola o,,nstt,v
whether our laws ss a. present frar,ed
and administered are ss sery5cash1a =.