The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-21

street in. 1t means to insinuate
what the little Bolshevik is toe
cowardly to say outright-tha,
is, that the war is of Wall streets
making, but if he said this in
straight, honest English words,
he would again have to appear
before Uncle Sam and explain
why his paper should not be de.
BARI ed from the mails, or why
he himself should not be arrest
ed for reasonable utterances.
But what does all of this half
seditious twaddle means No
person who is not financially able
to buy a liberty bond is required
to do So. No one who is not able
to help in the great charities of
the Red Cross or Y. Nj. c. A. is
asked to give if it is known that
he is unable to give through lack
of means. The little editor
knows this. But when the gov
eminent of the United States is
calling upon it's citizens to sub
scribe to it's loans; when that
splendid christian organization
known as the Y. M. &. A. is
seeking to bring to the boys who
have gone out to battle for our
liberties a few of the comforts
that can be given them in their
soldier life; when the Red Cross
in it's Christ-like work of mercy
and alienation of suffering from
the awful devastation of war,
carrying help and succor to
friend and foe alike, is calling for
help; we say when all these calls
are being made, and hundreds of
thousands of American men and
women with red blood in their
veins, are periodically and unset
tishly devoting time, energy and
money to answer the call to their
patriotism and humanity, the fell
low who Can deliberately and
covertly attempt to discredit
and throw cold water upon their
efforts, is a traitor not only to
the spirit of Americanism that
should animate US all, but is also
false to the very instincts of hu.
manlty, and is unworthy of rec.
ognition as an American citizen.
When the editor of the Tribune
vas in his trouble with the gov
ent Of the United States, and a
portion of an edition of his paper
was confiscated for seditious ut
terances, and he was cited to
show cause why his paper should
not be excluded from the mails,
we thought that the traitorous
article that he published was
possibly the result of a brain
storm, and took the charitable
view that it was probably more
his head than his heart that was
at fault, but from his continued
insinuations and inuendoes, and
the general tone of the paper,
we are forced to the conclusion
that he is but the counterpart
of another socialist editor in an
eastern state, who when arrest.
ed pleaded that he she thought
he was keeping within the law"
which was as much as to say that
he wanted to do all the damage he
could and yet not make himself liza
BILE in law. This is the quiet spir-
it of patriotism that animates
Strandburg friend, who is attempt
ing to stir up class divisions and
hatred = the farmer against the
town people, the laborer against
the employer, and the poorer against
the weather..
While publishing an article com
mandatory of the Red Cross work
in one column of his paper in anoth-
er column he covertly throws dis
credit upon the enthusiastic work.
ers in the organization. It's a
very convenient thing to carry wa
ter on both shoulders. as it proved
to be when his newspaper case
previously spoken of came before
the authorities, and he was able to
call attention to the fact that he
had published free advertising for
the liberty loan bonds as q proof Of
his loyalty to the government, while
at the same time he was seeking
to justify disloyalty.
The great free press Of the coun.
try, which has 30 unanimously stood
for patriotic epdeavor, is termed
the ''tyranical press and the
capitalists and their subsidized
organa." is another term Of the
little socialist. But the press Of
America needs no defense. The
splendid service it is rendering the
government on every line Of need
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