The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-14
PREVENT SOIL
FOR B0LSHEVIKI
Congressman Agree With VIII
son That Food Will Best
Stop Disorders.
AMERICANS "TOO SANE"
To Succumb to !. w. w. Prop
aganda, Say Optimistic
House Leaders.

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today. While agreeing with Presi-
dent Wilson that the spread Of boil
shevism westward in Europe can
best be checked with food, republic
can and democratic leaders Of the
house declared today that they pro-
posed to strongly urge the passage OF
remedial legislation by congress that
would prevent bolshevism from gain
ing footing on American soil. as
well as to bar "reds" and other "un-
desirables" from American shores.
Legislation to close the ports OF
the United States to threatened in
rush of immigration during the next
two or four years was considered by
| the house immigration committee to-
day. Secretary of Labor Wilson and
Secretary Morrison, of the American
Federation of Labor. appeared before
| the committee to present their views
on the immigration situation in which
bolshevism Is looming as q menacing
| factor. according to members of the
committee. While the comittee was
engaged with the immigration ques-
ton, Chairman Flood, Of the house
foreign affairs committee. conferred
| with several Americans just returned
| from overseas. who are in favor of
| congress passing the resolution
sponsored by Representative Darrow,
republican, Of Pennsylvania, which
provided for the punishment Of Will
| liam HohenZollern and "every one as
sociated with him in violation of the
law of nations and the committing of
brutal atrocities in the late war"
Dare Not Punish Ex-kaiser?
II am reliably and authoritatively
informed" Darrow said, that the
bolshevists are spreading as part of
their poisonous propaganda the dec
laration that the United States and
the allies do not dare to punish
Hohenzollern for his crimes because
he is being afforded the protection of
the 'capitalistic interests which were
behind the war; and which are still
engaged in throttling freedom
throughout the world
1T may appear like melodrama to
talk thus about melting out just pun
ishment to the former German kaiser,
but am also being told by intelligent
| and well pformed Americans Just
ktnSek k,af H., hxk>Si ,k Il thata the boiaf1r
| visits are pointing to the weeks that
have passed without Hohenzollern
being even disturbed In the haven he
has found in Holland. 'Hohenzollern
has plenty of food while you are
starving is one bolshevik argument
that is being insidiously spread ev-
erywhere in Europe, according to my
informants."
A meeting of the house foreign af-
fairs committee, soon TO act on the
Darrow resolution, is being planned
by Chairman Flood.
Americans "Too Sane"
Although house leaders declared that
they realized the increasing gravity of
the situation created by unrest fostered
in Europe by the bolshevsts, they said
they believed the American people were
too sane" to succumb to any of the
which the department Of justice reports
is being spread in every state of the
union.
Now is the time to stamp out boil
shevism," said Representative Mann,
minority leader OF the house. I'VE
its spread or to destroy it utterly.
1--WE should be on our guard. Ideas
however iniquitous. spread insidiously
and rapidly. We should not permit
conditions to prevail at home or abroad
which would permit bolshevism to take
root in American soil. ] am afraid that
we shall have to keep many of our SOL
ders overseas for an indefinite period
if the conditions referred to President
Wilson are likely to continue. Let us
hope they will not continue. but let us
be prepared, and let us not fail to heed
the presidents unmistakabe warning. /
do not think there Is any adnger of our
soldiers becoming infected with boil
shevism IL their stay overseas is pro-
longed.
II have too much confidence in Amer
lean common sense to believe the aver
age American can be inoculated with
the deadly poison of bolshevism."'
MisslssIppian's Idea.
'There is one way we can keep boil
shevism from gaining a foothold in the
United States" said Representative
Harrison, of Mississippi who was elect
ed United States senator from that state
at the last election, "and that is for
the American congress, as the represen-
tatives of the American people. to DEM
onstrate to the bolshevists and the
reds" and all the rest of the unruly
and discontented OF, Europe. that Amer
lea stands as soldIy behind President
Wilson now as America stood before the
armistice was signed. The best
way TO kill bolshevism is with deeds,
not words"
Peace Commissioner Whites declara-
llDIl III Ills tdpitbi anu ltdo Al tiiC AiouSO
yesterday, that "bolsheyism is march
ing westward" is not taken to mean
that ut is travelling to this country"
in the opinion of several prominent
members of the house.
Chairman Padgett, of the house ma
val affairs committee, described Whites
"bolshevik march westward as mean
ing westward in Europe.
1T won't arrive at any success in
this country, even II a concerted effort
is made to establish 1t here" he said.
Chairman Lever Optimistic.
Chairman Lever, Of the house agricul-
ture committee, believes that hunger
is the mother of this new and peculiar
phenomenon of world politics"
II can see. even in this country" he
stated, how this form of anarchy could
gain a threatening footiig with the pres
ent turnover of discharged soldiers and
living conditions so high. But ! have
confidence that all these difficulties
will be adjusted before any considerable
advance by the bolshevik can be made"
Il am aware that already bolshevik
agents have started to work in this
country" said Chairman Flood, OF the
foreign affairs committee, but do not
believe there is any serious danger. We
have been governing ourselves too long
to listen to that kind Of politics. Hum
ger is not the direct cause OF bolshev-
ism. but it is hastened. encouraged and
spread by hunger"
II Foreigners Excluded.
I'VE have too big country and too
many sensible people in it for bolshev-
ism to operate with any success" said
Chairman Burnett, OF the immigration
committee.
"If the bills to restrict the influx of
foreigners into the country for two or
four years are enacted" he said. "the
country will have completely settled
down TO that peace basis, and the seed
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