South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-07
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DECEMBER !. 1917.
Our AMERICAN BOLSHEVIKL

OUR AMERICAN BOLSHEVIKI
Criticism Of the presidents message, particularly Of
the peanut polite variety and especially in
IndaEacr parts thereof-appears TO be carrying out
the indgnity of the epistle Of secy Henley Of the
republican committee addressed to the owen
county republicans carrying it out with quite a
vengeance. To all save the blind. it must appear in
decided keeping with Henley advice though ad-
verse 70 the Interpretation that he seeks put upon
it, that Indiana is to be hotbed of copper
headsm" in 1913 as it was in 1862 and "a though
with the craftsmanship back of reversed.
The administration at Washington is quite plainly
TO come in from for good bit sneaking,
undermining criticism, calculated to arouse disrust
against the management and conduct Of the war; 10
make the people suspicious and Observation-Disclosures
mind the effect upon the prolongation of the war,
the encouragement Of pro Germanism in our midst
that laid and given to the enemy in the
fact that there great political party country
that enemy's effective ally and as raitorous to the
American cause is the Marquis Lansdowne to the
British cause in Canada. We quote from the local
of that school "copperheadis" and sedition
for Instance
1T is regrettable that the president did not
fit to take the American people into his
confidence to what actually being done
toward winning the He would
violated precedent in message making to
have done so. He could have satisfied a great
yearnng for knowledge if he told what
the American navy actually doing: Are
the warshps manned, equipped out OF
dry docks and harbors or how does it happen
that navy recruiting officers are pleading
strenuousIy for thousands of fremen?
Americans would like 10 have had the
presidents assurance that troops are being
landed in France speedily and safely as
had been planned. They would have liked to
have heard him say sufficient munitions
being turned out to properly equip
these in the message are more noticeable to
Americans than the eloquent phrases re-
garding aims peace purposes con
tanned therein"
You get the sneaking nsinuation. well calculated
10 imply that there is Niger the woodpe" some
where; that there is negligence and incapacity run
ninE rampant at Washington that everything is going
TO the "bow Vows in this absence of republican rule
and as tsey would have appear the president is
tryng 10 cover it up-the equipment the navy the
sending of troops France manufacture of MUM
tons, because there is something wrong something
vieiousy bad going on, that the people ought to
know
No more pro- Germauistic attack has been made
upon the government since the war broke out so fan
as probable affect is concerned. regardless of the
intent Tell the people take them into his confidence
Yes and also take Germany. After months and months
OF careful censorship voluntary considerable de-
gree, the republicans now want the president in a
public message. delivered To the world to tell all he
knows and we are supposed to take it for granted
Of course. that Germany would never hear about IT,
Brilliant isn't il? IL merely an insinuatin condrna-
ton Of the pro-German that are going the rounds:
insinuating that they may be the truth that the
president is afraid to speak for that reason
And this is not all The insnuauon comes from
other republican displaying quite similar
shade Of "copperhead" Is there, indeed growing up
in this country Bolsheviki disguise of repub-
hcanism? The Bolshevik means we want more 9,
and it doesn't care much gets it. the same as
with the republican party here in America in its
for office It is inoipeut treason, in its present
stage. and there is other it, and whether
with traitorous intent just exaggerated itch for
power. losing sound judgment makes but little dif-
ference.