The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-01
(speciaI to Tho JournaO

New York, Dec. 30.-Further an
nouncement on its plan OF campaign
10 combat the various disturbing ele-
ments which threaten the preserVa-
tion of a loyal war-Congress at the
biennial Congressional elections next
Fall was made today by the NaLion-
al Security League. Starting In WIS
consin. where anti-war sentiment Is
admittedly rife, and where the issue
with the un-American part OF the
population is definitely drawn at the
present time on the question Of the
successor to the late Senator Hustlng,
the Security League declares that 1t
is preparing to carry the fight into
every state in the Union where action
is necessary.
Evidence of Need.
The League statement calls par
ticular attention to four things which
loom on the rizon as direct evl
dence of the T~essity of the work
which it has undertaken and the
grave menace of the situation wnlcp
must be met before next Fall. Tho
League points with emphasis to the
activities of the National Non-Parti-
san League; the formal announce
ment by the National Socialist Party
that it is about to undertake the
nance the campaigns of Socialist
Congressional candidates; the recent
unofficial announcement of the gov
eminent through the Associated
Press that evidence exists Of
widespread anarchist plot through
out the country; and the announce
nent of the Congressional candidacy
Of Morris Hillquit. who polled an
enormous vote III the recent mayor
;ity election in New York City, on a
frankly anti-war platform.
The we'll intentioned. but poorly
informed, farmers and laboring men
of the country who are giving car I"
the communistic program laid down
by the organizers of the Non-Partisar
League must not forget that it was
this organization which held the
meetings in St. Paul at which Sena'
tor La Toilette made his notorious
speech" says the Security League.
100000 Members.
The NOn-Partisan League claims
membership in the Northwest and
AIiddlewest of 100000 voters. Their
dues of SIC a year would place in
their hands $4,000, 900. The Non
Partisan Leagues organizers are
spreading through the country and
declare that they are striving to en-
While the Non-Partisan League has
announced no actual Congressional
program as yet its objects is clear,
Il was responsible for the election of
Gov. Frazier, of North Dakota, who
welcomed the outlawed delegates of
the Peoples Council when they were
being debarreG the authorities of
state after = lst Summer 1t
seems to - le menace here in
volved ent" declares the
TI&yG there the League
will startA % 1aign, the loyal citi-
cised over thsQ&{tuation. They have
organized the Wisconsin Loyalty
League with 60, 900 members and are
fighting the anti-war element as eff
fectively as possible. The Milwaukee
Branch of the National Security
League, of which August Fl. Vogel a
loyal and influential German Amer
lean, is Chairman, and Willet NJ,
Spooner. son of Ex-senator Spooner
Secretary, is cooperating with tho
Loyalty League. Their principal
activity has been the covering of the
state with speakers who explain the
real meanings of the war and the
necessity for its efficient and az.
RieSsENe pFoSecuLIoil- IT mas NOT beep
unusual for these speakers to be
booed down by the audiences thew
have faced
Wisconsin Schools.
Only 10 of the - County Super
intendents of Schools in Wisconsin
replied favorably in the Security
Leagues recent appeal to the educa-
tional authorities of the country to
make instruction on the meanings OF
the war part of the actual tuition in
the schools. This effort by the