Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-06
"%KAISERBUND" in THE
SENATE is DENOUNCED
BY CEfAS. E. RUSSELL
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declaration Of warSshould have gone
to a referendum vote. I wonder If
there would5be q band OF q dozen or
more men who would endeavor to
the home in which you live
and then demand, your surrender or
your property, and in the meantime.
while you are considering the subject.
discharge their revolvers killing your.
wife and your children-whether you
would call a-meeting for the delibera-
ton of the subject and a vote as to
whether you should defend yourself.
A n who has for nearly his
whole life been an advocate Of the in
itiative and the referendum in legis-
lation al we'll as in the labor move
ment, I am free to- say this-that II a
situation occurred such ash have tried
to outline to you, I would try to pull
first before the other fellow got 1t on
me-"
I'VE want peace, but to ask the
government of the United States now
to specifically state the terms OF peace
Is to play, consciously or Unconscious
", into the hands of the enemy.
II hold that a man who Ia a traitor
to his country is upon a par with the
scab to his trade. I have a great APP
probation and desire to see that the
rights of the minority are protected.
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express their dissent, but the express
sion iof dissent Is one thing and the
organizing of a movement to destroy
the will of the Ypajority-that is not
right andacannot be tolerated.
A the result. Of the efforts made
by the American Federation of Labor
before war was declared, the stand
ards of American labor have been
to be maintained, and the
vsf0htd ~ I'm AuhfOh Ar <Hn tA{In~ug- nn q 49,
masses OF our people are rightly en-
titled will be guaranteed by the gov.
vernmentN of U country.
Among other things Mr.. Gompers
said:
Loyalty to the ideals Of freedom,
democracy and characterization re-
auires loyalty to America.
"Disloyaltys to America in this cri-
sis Is ~disloyalty to the cause Of free-
mo national ssselfishness fmpelled
this republic to enter the war. The
impelling rnetiye was5the c~onsunnfrsg
|idealisrn born whit establishment
of this republic itself, to preserve
freedom not only for itself, but for ali
nations, great and small, and the body
Of International law which all the
free democratic nations OF the world
respect and observe and only the ,brut-
al ~autocracles GEEK to dishonor and
destroy. In such q conflict real stand
ard-bearers Of democracy and true In
ternationalists can have nc hesitation
lin supporting republic, which has
made his own the cause and interests
of all free peoples. 1t is therefore in
truth not aSscapitalists' war, but a
freenen's war.
ITO the men and women Of the
American labor movement, and to al
sincere friends of democracy and In
ternationalism. we call for loyal sup
Eport to- America and her allies in this
great struggle. Let us make our be-
Loved republic strong and victorious
for the sake of humanity, and thus
insure for our children and their
Ichildren the priceless heritage of lib
lerty and democracys Let us. az the
same time, stand shoulder to shoulder
lin the fglitSagainst the foes OF dem
iocracy within our own borders. res
solved never to rest until the goal of
Observation-Disclosures politician and
Observation-Disclosures been attained
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