The Nome daily nugget., 1918-01-03

. traitors was more to be expected but none the less forceful. And more and moro throughout tho land, both senti- mcnts arc finding sympathetic re- sponse in the hearts of the people
 The last move of the Anti-A1ncri- cans has been q special appeal for the
 rights of free speech. The fallacy Of their argument, however, is apparent
 MT. Root, In m address delivered In Chicago, revealed 1t clearly. Before the decision of a proposal to make war" he said, men may range them selves upon one side or the other of the question; but after the decision in fav- or of war the country has ranged itself and the only issue left for the individual citizen is whether he Is for or against his country. From that time on, arguments against the war in which the country Is engaged are en- emy arguments. Their spirit is the spirit of rebellion agasnst the govern ment of the United States Their ef- feet is to hinder and lessen that popu- lar support of the Government in car rying on the war which is necessary to success. Their manifest purpose is to prevent action by continuing dis cussion. They encourage the enemy. They tend to introduce delay and IT, resolution into our own councils The mon who are speaking and writing and printing arguments against the war now. and against everything which Is being done to carry on the war. arc rendering more effective service to Germany than they ever could render in the field with arms in .heir hands. Tho purpose and effect of what they are doing is so plain that IL ts inlpos- sible to resist the conclusion that the greater part of them are at heart trai- tors to the United States and willfully seeking to bring about the triumph of Germany and the humiliation and de- feat of their own country"
 The injury they inflict Is two-fold. They encourage the enemy and they weaken the morale of our own people For instance. when Mayor Thompson of Chicago officially endorsed the critics of ccrtain of our war measures. the fact was tclegraphed 10 Germany and blazoncd headlines throughout that Empire proclaimed that the Mayor of the second largest American city md the sixth German city in the world" was openly against the war. The ef- feet was naturally to encourage the German people still further to support their autocracy ln this country, on the other hand peace palovers tend. and are intending, to weaken the popu- lar support of the Administration and lessen the vigor of the prosecution of tho war. References to a history of the Civil War will show how the Cop perhead" utterances and draft riots worked to prolong the contest by gv- ing false hopes to the South. and d. viding the cnergies of the North. And the longer war lasts, the greater the number of lives sacrificed.
 Since all these things are true, our Government is justified In taking viz orous action to suppress any and all activities which. directly or indirectly. bring I.d and comfort to the enemy In do-fg so, 1t will undoubtedly be supported by the majority of our peo- pie. Inter armts leges silent-"Amid arms the law is silent"- wns n fundo- mental proposition in the old Roman Republic. Our young American Re- public very wisely takes the ground