The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-07

is proving a bad stumbling block for
the administration.
Prediction that the United States
will never indorse the fragrant attack
on China embodied in the Shantuns
provision, and that this transaction
contains the seeds Of future war al
much as the seizure Of Alsace-Lor.
raine by Germany In 1871, was made
by Senator Borah In a powerful speech
at a big mass meeting in Washington
the other night. He concluded his
speech as follows:
II venture to say that no moro
shameless transaction than shantung
has aver disgraced the diplomatic his
tory of Europe. I venture to say that
nj greater moral reasons for OPPOSE
ton to the further d&smemberment Of
China will exist than that which exist
ed with reference to Shantung. And
yet we must underwrite 1t, we must
perpetuate it, we must pledge Ameri-
can boys to police, II necessary, Shan
tung. The honor, the dignity and the
moral standing Of the United States
will never be the same again II it puts
its final approval upon this treaty or
upon the league which would perpetu-
ate It."
Packers Big as Government.
Never has there been a clearer illus
tration OF the tremendous power exert.
ed by the packers than the absolute
flood Of propaganda now drencking
congress at their instigation in an et-
fort to discredit and defeat the Ken.
y~on-Anderson bill. for federal licensing
and regulation Of their industry.
To show how brazen is the contempt
of the packers for the power Of tho
United States government, Senator
Kenyon read to the senate an inter
view on the Kenyon and Kendrick bills
for the packer regulation given the
Omaha Bee by Mr.. buckingham, man
ager Of the Union stockyards at
Omaha, which, Kenyon said, els con-
trolled by these gentlemen" (the pack
ers).
In this interview Buckingham re.
ferred to the Kenyon and Kendrick
bills as the "fads, ideas and theories
Of ~day-dreaming politicians. He 10
quoted as saying that the government
has not got the power to divorce the
packing houses from the stockyards,
adding that the packing business 10
az large az the government itself; and
it is foolish for a lot of grandstanders
to theorize on how It shall be con-
Quoted"
Against Canadian Reciprocity.
The bill of Representative George
Young of North Dakota calling for
repeal Of the Canadian reciprocity act
has been reported to the house from
it's ways and means committee with
recommendation for speedy passage.
The committee concurred with MI.
Young's belief that 1t Is high time for
the repeal of this act, which aroused
a furore of opposition still remembered
in Washington, from farmers In all
states bordering Canada at the time
Of its passage.
Private Soldiers Organize.
Bills for the incorporation OF the
Private Soldiers and Sailors legion, an
organization of American world war
VETERANS to which no commissioned Of
fcer is eligible, have been introduced
in both houses Of congress by Sena-
tor johnson Of California and Repre-
sentative Sherwood Of Ohio.
The purpose of the Privates' legion,
Of which Marvin Gates Speery, former
" Of the Twelfth engineers, wound
ed in action overseas, is national
president, is to work ceaselessly In
behalf Of the civil and military rights
Of the enlisted men, against the caste
system which has fastened it's grip on
the American army, and for the prog
ress of democracy in general. IT has
caused the introduction Of two bills
now in congress, one calling for q
bonus Of $500 to every honorably dis
charged enlisted man, the other for re-
peal of the tax on motion pictures and
ice cream and soft drinks, both OF
which needlessly discriminate against
the poor man.
The Privates' legion is at present
temporarily 3overshadowed BIZ the
American legion in the public eye,
partly because the latter has great
funds at its disposal, partly because
the presence Of young Roosevelt and
similar figures Ia the American legion
give the latter better play 81 the
press. AS an organization seeking
the democratization 81 the American
army the Prfyatss' legion Is, however,
immeasurrab1y effective than ita
rival. It's headquarters are at So2s =
street, Washington. ?. G. Every en-
listed man, discharged or not, with
overseas or nome service, Is eligible to
membership.
rhe race riots m the cities Of the
southeastern part Of the country
directed against negroes give Lihsria
Eexcellent reasons tor Intervening e
protect people of that colors--thAts A.
I the reasons sare athand Il Liberia ~
] III army ana navy capable Of ustna
them. Come To think Of II We nnevs1
Ehoo+N 4nf N Incarceration under snnJ