The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-05
E OF TEE WHEELING 1NTELt1GENCiA
NATIONAL EDITORIAL NTE11eEHcf7
CONNECTS IN TIE ARMY
Dat Grove Reformed Outlaw Influential Backing LOT
p,opositon to Which There Is Serious Objection
Bv FRANK HAMPTON FOX
H ourrr rssa visit Traveller Author of Under Fifteen
Flags ETC.

r,,,,.b =. uns-Ih,,.." SAYS Ia, Grove. in
,.,.y;,a,Hli,lp llIr homes. hanil:lS harvest
Urlrl,; ana! industries 81 IN" 'h'ti'I >"
INA, th,. German pcnpl" may be a%hKen-
.d L. TIN. actual conditions IN" wh'cn
tit.v h:iy.. h.riI led i'll "ru"r |" SatIS'!
Iur .iu$liul aNIrir" al a. S'h'l't'@ vol
lords " hos. unSt".aka BIZ hlr"citltS 't'u
cuN;IrIly murders afsl III" ''Ni
world.
TIN. ..>-runyi>lS who return arc 10 De
cIyr,, ..mpluvmcul III Industrial plants
nr thr l'uIicd S;al"S. thereby Offering
further incentive Tor these men l" ihnAc
good and IL Receive ultimate rcIliS1t''
mrml III society.
II this ii not done. II is claimed iha'
IN. 80 men with criminal r''"ruS VII w
released from prison IA Inc h't' w. ii,
and many OF Un|n viii marry tif Inv. Wv
ows Ind Swccthcilrts Ui men WHO WI
killed IN France. They VIII become . ~
fathers OF TIA" coming E'ii'rd''o4''
ulckrl men OF the nation are ut,hh
Slaughtered un foreign hattie h'!uS'
i,.,H.In,. The. criminal ;,ud unit Ia become
; ,h,. pruecnilurS at future Americans.
Granting the truth "f AL thAt u
claimed IN the foregoing StutrlH S';'',
there arr some very serious uii Nv
IN tn. way of the adoption 81 'LLS pi",'.
t'irsi Ia arm men whu have dcHI"d Ia"
and sci a, uaughj all authority VIII DC
a very pcrIloua act. There IL uahsE'
,EaI in I'm emergency they MAY rev u u
to their former ways oil me INC mo-,
nris,n hars Another fact that must !lut
thoroughly nm"nabl" 10 .t','
,rronps that mutiny cause serious trou-
bic. nanny men
who outrage society to Such VII 49,
: that th"S have TO be smut up nei't '',
prison bars. Aother facl tha' 'l"sc ~.
, he overlooked is That the hTi,'' t,H, " n
, ,-cnyiCtS ut Il country "oulu lu'h "
| tremendous wcapuu Of criticism aEhltSI
) ,Lr nation doing It. The United Stalcs
] entered this war i'll the lhlclcSl " ~
manily. She cannot afford to 10 any
/ Thing that would cast sNoa" w ~
/ ,his unsricsh sncrillcia service. 10
! md armed convictS 10 dcVhStalc t''e
! ,.nrmy's country would react against US
! ;niIiCiing serious injury To our c'"' =
! Men with criminal Instincts MA! ~
and destroy the enemy coui'tiS 80. ~,
; and rurn around and rob ih"ir own ti'f
mnIt In The Thirty Years War Tue
. most shocking atrocities were cnm'hltttu
nv III. Germans on each DINER GU
! Iicrs often changed sides h"r''E
=, caus. the change promised larger opp''
! ,uuj,ics for pillaSc. Frcqcnti! lI'c
| dicry dad not TAX: The trouble 70 go "NrI
~ The enemy, hut plundcrcd friend anu
| IA. with Hiabuliral Inpartiaih5. .,
! I, is 20 h,. feared that any hl'eH'pt ~
| arm the Cunvict$ "i our County, niint,
/ b, followed by serious results; WIZ WIZ
! would far outweigh '"c e
! might come from II.
! Ne should hy all wise and SAFE nlee y, ;: >
try To help the fallen man 10 rHsa lIG. ~" 20
| nlnrr in society. but not pE hlc'I"NH ~
nnrilous as tho placing Of automatic
riGrs and machine guns in 'hc hands OF
VAN Who have not proven themselves
| trustworthy. ,.,. rono-
/ 1t seems quito certain thaI thiS ~ e.
| si,ior will como bcfure Congress i"r
actinn in the near future. 1t should nc
! carefully considered.