The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-24

TURNING ON THE SPOTLIGHT.

TURNING ON THE SPOTLIGHT
The dragnet is out in Idaho and thu
United States Department of Justice ha.
begun to sweep the state of the dsloya
element The arrest at Lewiston anc
Grangeville of representatives of the
nonpartisan league on charges of sedi-
ton is heralded as the opening gun tc
rid the state of an insidous element
The charges disclose in no uncertain
terms the class of individuals who may
have flocked to the co1ors of this organi-
cation. Thousands of loyal citizens have
been tricked into association with these
people and fed with propaganda that
smirks of Hun intrigue. Clever manipu-
lation by the class of men just placed
under arrest has induced loyal citizens
to join this organization, In one breath
they have lauded the war program while
in another they have adroit1y soMn the
seeds of sedition.
J Despite long delays the federal gov
erntiient Is starting to tear the mask from
the disloyal, seditious and traitorous
persons with Bolsheviki tendencies and
pro-Hun sympathies who are hiding be-
hind such movements as the Liberty loan
and other patriotic campaigns to conceal
their real intents and purposes. The l..
w. w. has been exposed and its leaders
have been placed in jail for long terms.
Other organizations are due to get
proper attention and, i'll fact, are getting
it as recent developments show. Too
long have the people and the government
tolerated this disgraceful state of affairs.
The loyal people at home owe it to
the boys who are wearing uniforms, who
are fighting, suffering and dying for
this nation, to see that these disloyal
elements are eliminated This movement
on the part of the government will be
strongly endorsed by all true blue, red
blooded Americans.
The time has come to tear off the
masks; to place these traitors in their
proper light and to send them to prison
where they belong In the army and
navy traitors are stood up against wall
and shot. Surely the traitors at home
should at least be restrained by putting
them in Jail. They deserve shooting
Wallace Press Times.
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Again President Wilson has called
Kaiser William liar and told him and !
the German people that the world will |
not take the word of a Hohenzollern for |
anything. Either the German people
must take over the reigns of government
and dethrone the kaiser, or surrender
Internationally. Failure to do one of
these will result in the war being con-
tinued and carried to German soil. He
has notified the Germans that no trifling
will be permitted and that Germany
mist be placed in a position where she
will have to keep her word with the
other nations. No other ruler in the
world has ever been called liar by the
ruler of another nation as deliberately
and frequently as has the kaiser. Will .
son makes it plain to the German people
that the only thing standing between |
,eace they must throw him in the dis
ard.
The soldier boys in Moscow want
ruit. There is an old saying, with much
ruth in it, that "an apple day keeps
he doctor away" Let us give these !
oldiers all the fresh fruit they need.
These are some fathers and mothers
ons. They are far from home and is
many of them are sick. There are n
nough apples wasting on the ground in ~
he orchards of Latah county to provide C.
very soldier in Moscow all the fruit III
e can eat while here. Let us see that y
iey get it.
Moscow has done nobly in caring for m
lie sick during the influenza epidemic if
nd the results of this splendid cooper W
i've work is apparent. Pullman, with 10 10
much smaller population, has had II
,aths from influenza Moscow has had be
one No sacrifice is too great if by it E.
life is saved ia
ar
be
Belgium is preparing an itemized bill
hich Germany must pay when the war nd
over. The bill has now reached -
tai of more than two billion dollars Re
d the Belgium government has only tht
mized its damages up to 1915. More TIN
an three more years of suffering, -,
spoliation and robbery of Belgium will