El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-18
OUR ENEMIES WITHIN
Radical Magazines Urged Open AHacE and War On
CONSUMPTION LaW

perverts the meaning OF the much adj
vertised war theme-democrary
These facts are too manifest for
reiteratiou. There are no subtle dis
tinctiOns made by liberty loving peo-
pie I'm their objection TO conscriprion
in toto Why. then. should there be
no militant objection 20 the first In
tegral part OF it-registratiou2
Only one Interpretation can be as
signed to the acceptance OF this ma
j0r portion OF the cOuscriprlon bill
by those who are opposed TO war. and
that IS due TO their lack OF time for
reflection.
says 1t Is Russian
Secrecy has obscu-ed its features
too lOng- Registration is literal and
final in It's meaning. It IS the first
step over the precipice into the bot
tomless pit OF conscrlption- Il Is the
first and only step necessary toward
the eSta hllshmenr Of an institution
only comparable to the now extinct
Third Section Of Russia il IS the
resignation Of the rights OF the indi-
vidual 10 a military supervised gov
erlmenr- IL implies the a1rcEaripu
Of every instinct Is well as any Driu-
cIuIe YOU may have against bearing
arms 1t is means that you sanction
and wi1fullv choose obedience and
that YOU repudiate your right TO re-
slsrauce-
do what your conscience dictates
on June 8 and thereafter"
Eeitman'- Picture Declared False.
Ben J. Eeiruan takes the method
OF trying 10 influence American citi-
ZeuS TO resist the law by writing
things that are deliberately untrue.
by drawing wholly imaginary PIC
ture and saying that 10 Is descrln-
rion Of existing conditions He says
in Mother Earth
All along the French line there
have been strikes Of soldiers. bur
3 rmH Tai
in their hands and are accustomed 20
killing 20 takes more than mere
promises to satisfy them In certain
sections on the French front the SOL
diers refuse 20 stay in the trenches
more than three weeks. They de-
mand a furlough. and go back TO
Paris 20 have a good time"
This IS unqualifiedly false But
Reitman goes on from this untruth
20 draw his conclusions He says
Deliberate FaIsehood.
The French -mllltarlsts did
not sell their souls TO the war gods
They are demanding that their allies.
especially the English. take their
places in the trenches And this is
one OF the reasons why the allies are
in such a hurry 10 set the American
soldiers on French soil The French
are getting tired OF fighting for gov
eminent. and are preparing 70 fiGhr
for themselves It is not at all uu-
Ihr4l Lla- "-rll tAE sI-4-S- se- GU
Europe they viii not be ordered 70
slay the Germans. but viii be killing
French. English and Russian soldiers
who refuse 10 fight for their
fatherIand any longer"
Reirman then gives the following
advice 90 the American soldiers
You may think that AmeriCa is
the freest country IN the world. Yet
we. the people. have no voice in max
ing war About 500 men IN the house
OF conservative. $50 in the senate
and one president have more power
than we-the 100 600. 600 American
people. They can declare war We
connor- No. Not unless we act Ike
the Russians. and the soldiers Law
down their weapons and refuse 20
fiEht-'-t Copyright. 1917 BIZ The
Tribune AssociariOn-)