Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tvssday, December 2, 1919.
We Still Have With Us.

We Still Have With Us.
Emma Goldman Ordered De-
ported" runs q headline. There is a
hauntingly familiar sound about this.
Ever since the summer Of 1917 Emma
has been about to be deported. She
is stin with US. According to Com
missioner Caminetti of the immigra-
ton service there is no immediate
prospect Of having opportunity to say
good bye to her.
The deportation order comes from
the department Of labor. the place of
deportation to be named later. Ger
many and Russia are marked for the
honor of receiving Miss Goldman,
but since she cannot be sent to both,
a choice must be made. The immi-
grafton authorities do not wish to Of
fend either Of these estimable- gov
ernments, hence the delay. There is
a leaning toward Russia as the most
favored nation in this case as giving
her a wider scope for her talents to
deploy. Transportation to Russia is
at present closed. however, which
will make the trip awkward
unless She can be awaited in. Miss
Goldman who makes an effective
martyr for 1.-THE cause" is now out on
bail and will be at liberty until her
departure can be arranged. Nobody
knows when that time will be and so
we may enjoy her influence and ac-
tivities toward undermining the gov
eminent and society a while longer.
Emma Goldman's attempts to frus-
trate the draft in 1917 led to her in
generation in the Missouri pene-
Tertiary for a two-year term. She
was evidently in constant communi-
cation with friends in Russia previous
10 her Imprisonment for Ambassador
Francis was threatened in Petrograd
by anarchists who said they would
hold him responsible for her life.
The solidarity Of the bolsheviki is
made even more certain by the fact
that she expected her friends in Rus
STA to intervene for her: by the re-
quest made to her to send comrades"
to aid the Hindu revolution in 1918:
and by the deposit Of $4,000 in Lib
erty bonds made with the United
States government for her release
last September.
And here We are treating her in the
same old halfway fashion that has
come to characterize much that Is
done by our official leaders since
1918. We know she is dangerous and
influential with her kind. We know
that she naturally does not love this
country now more than she did two
years ago. We know and she knows
that her kind Of anarchism and every
other kind has increased its hold ire
mendousiy since 1917. We also know
to their dirty work with only a more
does not expire until February. 1920.
Why then was she let out to be
Toasted and feted and extolled by
Chicago anarchists and New York
anarchists and every lover Of disor
der? Why are aliens Of all shades
of red put through the form Of hear
ing-f they are willing to attend-at
Ellis island, and allowed to 60 back
to their dirty work with only a more
intense hatred and scorn for the gov
eminent - the net result Of the
farce7 why are they permitted to
escape in dozens while awaiting
hearings?
Senator King Of Utah, q Democrat,
charges that the department Of labor
switch administers (?) these matters
is so honeycombed with bolshevism'
that It is unfair" to administer the
law providing for the deportation Of
radical aliens. The Senator is a
member Of the immigration COM
mittee and probably knows what he
is talking about. He is loyal men,
Der of his party and naturally would
not make charges against an adj
ministrative department unless he
had rood reason.