The Washington herald., 1919-09-28

United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter. OF washinton. this after
room addressed a mass meeting of
the Republicans OF Queens County
at lvanhoe Park, where they hld
gathered to celebrate the sixty
NTH anniversary Of the organise
tion Of the Republican party.
The Senator scored President
Wilson as the worlds worst mem
ace" and declared that radical labor
leaders. following out wiIsonian
theories and suggestions for "the
democratization OF industry" are
now seeking TO bring about "a dIc-
tatorship Of the proletariat," with
the fnal overthrow of our repub-
lican form OF government.
@Greatest Pro-Gern.an.s
Furthermore, Senator /Poindexter
declared, that, instead Of opponents
Of the peace treaty and covenant
being pro-Germans and Bolshe-
visits. as the President had averred
in recent speeches, IL was the Presi-
dent himself who was the greatest
pro-German in the country. The
latter had been forced into the war
against the Germans by an irre-
sistible public opinion soreIy
against his will and had tried. as
late as 1913. to precipitate . nego-
tiated peace and defeat the aims of
the allies.
The Senator said in part:
sAbssed His Power.s
THE President is the worlds worst
menace. He stated, according to the
report filed with the Foreign Relations
Committee, that the effect OF his
speeches was the metaphysical trag-
edy Of the day do not know ex-
actly what a metaphysical tragedy is.
but IL Is certainly a tragedy. The
reds Of the world regard HIM as their
leader. His abuse Of power in coming
to the rescue Of the dynamiter Noon
ey in California. the murderer Hill
strom In Utah. the anarchist Robert
Minor in France and in attempting.
and succeeding to some extent to set
aside the processes Of civil and mill
tary justice in the punishment Of these
criminals. has justified the revolution
lists and anarchists in looking upon
him as their friend. His declaration
for the characterization Of industry
is used by the extreme radicals in the
labor union movement as a basis OF
their demand that the railroads Of the
country shall be purchased at public
expense and put under the control OF
the employees, which means under the
control Of their unions. That means.
in many instances, the control Of this
vital agency and public function Of
government by a handful Of labor die
tators. II Is a part OF the program
Of the far-famed dictatorship of the
proletariat.' The present steel strike
( is led. in part, by William 2. Foster.
who is an avowed anarchist and revo-
I lutionist. He has published a book
advocating forcible communism and
the overthrow Of the government and
the strike which he is leading, fol-
lowed by a mob Of aliens among the
steel employees. is a part and the be-
ginning of his plan to overthrow the
government and communize the indus
! tries of the country.
Also sTncitel EEypt.r
The President stated on March s,
| in New York. that we should sac
Tifice the United States, and he
| seems to be in a fair way of ac-
| cOmplishing his purpose. That pur-
pose. as stated by him, is interna-
| tiCnalism. CT, as he expresses IL.
| the joining of our fortunes with
I
In the metaphysical tragedy to
which he referred in his baseless
and futile promises which he never
even attempted to. carry out and
which he could not have carried
out il he had attempted to do So
! promises for the self-determination
of peoples'-he created disorders
! and revolution. death and physical
mutilation of thousands in Korea.
He precipitated the same futile
tragedy in Egypt He has set the
Italian nation in turmoil. He in
vited sedition and insurrection in
Italy by appealing to the Italian
people over the heads OF the Italian
government As a result of mis-
unwarranted interference in the
Fiume controversy, with which we
have no proper immediate concern,
he has brought the Italian nation
! to the verge OF civil war. Without
the remotest authority he hasIsent
to participate in the controversy
| over Eiume and in the fighting which
now seems imminent there. Ameri-
can Marines and American ships of
war. They should be withdrawn
Immediately. There is no authority
for their presence there. 1t is an
affront to a friendly nation and is
q violation OF every prerogative of
the American people. No warrant
or authority whatever has been
given to the President 10 make war
upon the italian people or any part
of them. They are our friends, and
we should observe our duty, at least
as neutrals. IL not as allies in the
recent war.
.Eulogised Bolshevists.7
The statements Of the President In
his recent tour have been fun OF
charges that those who oppose his
plan to sacrifice the United States in
a union with foreign powers are pro
Germans and Bolshevtsts or that
they are encouraging Bolshevtsm.
The hypocracy OF such a charge Is