The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-20
SAYS ALL PAC|F|STS
ARE j. S. TRAITORS
Elihu Root Makes Statement in
Chicago Address.
SPEECH CHEERED BY CROWD
Asserts Arguments Against War Are
Enemy Acknowledgement As
sails Naturalized Citizens Who
Are False to Oath.

Chicago, Sept. 15.--Before $4,000
persons gathered at the war mass
meeting in the Coliseum Elihu Root
defined the word traitor as 1t ap.
plies In this crisis.
Arguments against the war; since
we have entered the war. are enemy
arguments" he declared, while the
great crowd shouted it's approval.
Their spirit Is the spirit of re.
belliOn and the effece is to binder and
lessen popular support. They encour.
age the enemy
When the throng had given vent to
its hearty appreciation he paused dra.
matically and declared:
such persons are rendering more
effective service to Germany than they
ever could render on the battlefield
with arms.
Their purpose is SO plain that 1t Is
impossible to resist the conclusion
that the greater number of them are
attempting to bring triumph to Ger.
many"
Summing up this terrific broadside
against propogandists and others who
are hindering the government in the
vigorous prosecution Of the war, the
'gray-haired statesman declared:
Anyone who by argument is hin.
dering the government, and knows
what he Is doing, is a traitor"
Gompers Other Speaker.
Mr.. Root, who appeared on the
platform with Samuel Gompers as CO.
speaker of the evening, mentioned no
names in his powerful address.
He severely took to task naturalized
citizens who have shown an inclina.
ton to be false to their new country
"Naturalized citizens who are false
TO their oath are requiting by evil
I the good that has been done here in
generous and unstlnted hospitality in
this land of the free" he declared.
/ The big meeting was held under the
direction of the Chicago chapter of the
National Security league. Long be.
fore the time for the speaking to be,
/ gin the great hall was crowded.
I IOWuSH oIdtS OF DuIy.
Gov. Frank 0. Lowden, who had
been scheduled to appear as a speaker
was unable to attend on account d
the extraordinary labor situation at the
state capital. He sent this message:
/ springfield is the storm center of
Z Illinois just now, and l must remain
at my post.
"The great majority of worktngmen
here are loyal. But sinister influences
are at work to involve labor in q hos.
tile attitude toward government. We
must separate these two forces.
ITO do so we must give larger rec.
OgnitiOn to loyal labor organizations
such as those represented by Mr.. Com.
pers. Above all, labor and capital are
equally Interested In maintaining in,
ternal order while this war is on.
at will do no good to win battles
labrodd if we cannot maintain peace
lat home"
Mother" Jones With Insult.
The stage scene was one long to be
remembered. Elbow-to-elbow, Moth.
,er" Jones of labor, who often has seen
the inside of jails, sat with Samuel
insult, chairman of the state council
of defense; Chief Justice Orrin G. Cur.
ter of the state supreme court, and
Headers of industry and the profess
lsions. Samuel Gompers was not alone.
Victor Olander- Simon O'DOnnell and
other labor leaders were on the plat
form. ca" g'"3 ~""