El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-13
$3.50 Americans
Impossible In War
Those Who Are Not All American
Are Allen Enemieat There Is No
Middle Ground, says Writer.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.
pyright, 1918. by Madison c. Peters.

I EREE speech istthe sacred right Of
1 the American. but It must not be
used as a mask 20 poison the peoples
minds against the government Free
speech must flourish If the republic
is to live. but free sedition must die
A free press Is the palladium OF lib
erty, but the free right to preach
treason. to assassinate the patriotic
impulses OF the people, to camouflage
the cloven hoof OF Bolshevikism under
the snowy plumage Of the dove OF
peace, must stop-Deacefully II pos
sible, forclbly if necessary.
No $3.50 Amerieanlsm.
Every man who is not for the gov
eminent is against it. There is no
fifty-fifty Americanism- You are
either a loyal American or an alien
enemy. The only room we have in
America for second class Americans
is grave room
We have problems 70 solve. but we
must first save demOcracy-we must
first lick the Beast Of Berlin and his
whole brood. and then we viii settle
our difficulties in a greater and freer
America than we ever dreamed Of.
NO man can justly assail al Social
lists. many are loyal Americans. and.
like Benson. Lunn. Russell. SparEo
and Walling, have come out strong
for this government
We have been generous beyond the
danger point as 10 free speech and
free press. To preach revolution in
this country at this time is treason.
and should be punished by death. Our
boys who have sailed 5000 miles Of
ocean to engage in a war for the
-
and demand loyalty behind them. Our
country must demand il.
We cannot positively love America
and negatively play with treason or
gloss over disloyalty. The only Amer
lean attitude is positive anger which
VIII make treason Odious. Treason
as defined By the constitution is Civ
ing aid or comfort to the enemy" in
the time Of war Love OF country de-
mands hatred OF treason
InferrinE Instead Of IntermimE.
II we are too gentle interninE IN
stead OF interning the soap-box ora
tors, spies. plotters, slackers and all
kinds OF pro-Germans in America, we
shall share the fate OF Russia.
In any want Of heat there is no
power. Men who make good are men
Of wrath Patriotism must be as hot
against treason as Is love OF coun-
try. This government cannot carry
sheviEi element in our midst might
Just as vel learn right now that the
teeth Of Americans are set and their
nerves are on edge, and our sons and
brothers passing Into the dark valley
from which many. alas. viii never re-
turn, that the Americans won't stand
any more nonsense. Our first duty
10 the Institutions under which we
live is 20 deport all undesirable citi-
Zens.
No Excuse for Division.
Our nation is making rapid strides
towards a cooperative commonwealth.
but the dema EOEic doctrinaires. the
organized reds OF America, are re-
fused a hearing and are rejected by
the loyal Americans as a foreign
RussO-German-Aus tro-Hungarian or
SANITATION in the hands Of men who
know not America and by America
are not known Before the war there
might have been excuse for division
among Us. Patriotic citizens honestly
sity Of plunEing the United States
into the rfebfv maeIstror7 81 the IN
ropean slaughter, but now that war
forced upon us, has been declared,
there is no place for the patriotic
American except squarely under the
flag ef his country and behind its
commanderinchief, in the supreme
struggle against the mightiest nil
tary machine that ever cursed the
earth. since first the Almighty sent
10 circlinE around the sun
Any man who raised his voice.
Yields his pen OF ezerts his influence
in another cause. Is guilty Of treason
TO the United States OF America