The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-09
VICE PRESIDENT SCORES
MlLlTARISM in SPEECH
1bos, R. Marshall Tells Elizabeth City Audience
Milarism is Greater Menace than Boshevism

,,,utarism, not Bolshevism, is
.,o menace of civilization, said
Tbos R. Marshall, vice president
of the United States at the Al
1,rama Theatre in this city Mon
dow night. eff some way is not
found to reduce armaments and
nrovent future wars the last YES
Too of government will be swept
from the earth," continued the
vice president.
Mr.. Marshall believes that the Lea
mo of Nations will work out such a
roduction of armaments as will spell
the end of militarism. He thinks the
hest thing about the draft of the Lea
one is the provision enabling any coun-
+rv to withdraw from the League in
+,yo wears if not satisfied with it. He
said if the founders of this country had
made such thoughtful provision with
respect to the states of this union,
there would have been no Civil War
and the slavery question would have
been settled some other way.
The Vice President told his audience
that he liked to think of America as
an America for Americans, but that
this ideal was an ideal only because,
as matter of fact, there are only about
100000 Americans of pure colonial
stock in this country at this time and
half of them live in North Carolina.
He congra tulated North Carolina upon
this fact and said that the country de-
pended upon the southern states for
the preservation of the highest Ameri-
can ideals He contrasted the English
speaking American born population of
the south with the heterogeneous mix
ture of foreign races in the north and
east and west. 1t was these foreigners
who brought anarchy and disorder.
The Vice President said it was the
fundamental right of any native born
American to criticise his government
and to advocate Bolshevism Or any
thing else he believed in; but no for
eigner had a right to come to this
country and tell us how to run our
affairs. Privately, an hour before the
lecture, Vice President Marshall told
\ the writer of this newspaper that he
Nbelieved about 25 first class hangings
in America right away would silence
the Anarchists and other disturbers OF
the national peace.
Getting back to the menace Of mill
tarsm, which seemed to be constants
on his mind, the Vice-President tol(
his audience that they were alread!
beginning to chafe under the burdel
of taxation imposed by this war, bu
that present taxes were not circum
stance to what might be expected l
the United States went in for a pro
gram of militarism. He mentioned on
item of 5000 airplanes at $4,000 piec
that the military party wants thi
country to provide for times of peac
as measure of national preparedness
The Vice President took a rap a
the Capitalization of government a
Washington and told his audience tina
here was a real peril to be avoided
He wished we could bark back to tn
days of states rights, but the las
vestige of states rights had bee
swept away. He thought we would a
be better off if we could run the calen
dar back and put this country where
was in 1910, at peace with the Worl
and minding it's own affairs, secure 1
it's seclusion and undisturbed by in
ternational politics. But that day coul
never be recalled; in fact the perio
prior to the year 1914 can never be re
called; we are living in a New Worl
and America is looked to for leader
ship in this new order. He thougf
science and mathematics had made
mess of things and that the hope {
the world lies in a more intelligent az
ceptance and application of the teact
ings of Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth City did not turn out
hear Vice President Marshall. He ha
only half an audience. Hardly doze
men attended the reception in his hon'
at the Southern Hotel Monday aftel
noon. Clarence Pugh called this lae
of interest in so important puol
man, a spirit of Bolshevism; eyes, 30
shevism," reiterated Mr.. Pugh; "Tl
people are nursing resentment again
the government and everything col
nected with it; consciously or uncon
ciously they haven't the enthusiasm
government and high government
ficials they used to have" Mr.. Pug
probably was nearer right than Wron
Vice President Marshall was accon
pained by his wife, a brilliant, whoI
some, sociable woman. Both Mr. al
Mrs. Marshall made friends OF all w
came in contact with them here.