New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-26
LUNDBEN ARRAIGNS
FOREIGN ELEMENTS
NO PLACE IN, THIS COUNTRY
FOR PRo-BRITIsHERs,
HE SAYS.
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE HEARS
ARGUMENTS AGAINST
LEAGUE.

An enthusiastic reception was ten
dered to Former Congressman Ernest
Lundeen when he spoke before large
audience at the local Turner Theatre,
last Sunday afternoon. Coming so close
after the reported abominable treatment
accorded him by Sheriff John GoWan
of Big Stone county at Ortonville, Mr..
Lundeen may feel assured that the
citizens of New Ulm and vicinity do not
approve of such raw and un-American
mob action, but condemn it in the
spirit they have always cherished in
regard to the American institution of
free speech. IS
In his speech, Mr.. Lundeen made a
strong attack on that portion Of the
American press which is taking an UNI
American and pro-foreign stand in regard
to many vital questions affecting our
domestic and international life. He
referred to a statement recently made
by Senator Hiram D. Johnson; of Cali
fornia, in which that staunch defender
of American rights and independence
said it was very unpopular with certain
newspapers in this country to talk Amer
icanism. The speaker therefore well
coined the arrival of the Minnesota
DAILY Star, the farmer-labor daily, which
is soon to be published in Minneapolis,
by the Northwest Publishing Company.
He also asked his hearers to lend their
support to those local papers which,
without fear or favor, defend their rights
as American citizens. That the Broac7
County Journal was not included in this
commentator may be seen from the
Interpretation he placed upon headliner
that paper used in reporting his de-
portation at Ortonville. The speaker
said that he remained Sin cold storage"
temporarily but that so far as the League
of Nations covenant was concerned
he hoped it would. be put in cold storage
permanently.
Mr.. Lundeen did not favor putting the
publisher Of the Journal II. cold stor-
age" as this action might cause an ice
famine, owing to his portly figure
Nevertheless, it was not entirely impos-
sible that the "cold storage" method
would be applied to the Journals
''weighty" publisher, should his attitude
warrant such action, the speaker
asserted ~
League Of Nations Covenant.
Mr. Lundeen's main topic was the
League of Nations covenant brought
over by Mr.. Wilson on his return from
Paris. The speaker characterized the
league, as proposed by the Paris Peace
conference, as the British Wilson league.
He explained that it deserved this name
because the covenant was written by
three Englishmen and the President
gave it his full endorsement, calling
Article 10 by which English supremacy
in all her conquered lands is. to beupheld,
the heart of the treaty. He quoted a
statement by Senator Knox, former
secretary Of state, in which he said that
the men in America who had been en-
trusted with the protection OF the country
and it's citizens have betrayed the people
of the United States and that the whole
continuance should be thrown over board
and the war declared at an end. He
Illuminated the uncertainty Of the
present situation by referring to Presi-
dent Wilson's recent statement re-
garding the status OF the country. In
vetoing the prohibition measures, Presi-
dent Wilson said, 'sThe war is over"
A few days later, in urging the miners
who threatened a Walkout, to remain
on their jobs, he declared "The war is
in still fact" What are we to think
of the present status of the country,
if the highest executive is SO uncertain
about it?'' Mr.. Lundeen asked. This
sudden change Of mind in this and other
question of Importance to the we'll
being of the country is responsible for
the appellation Wobblyl Woodrow
the speaker explained.
British Preponderance.
Mr.. Lundeen reiterated his conten-
ton that the giving Of six votes in the
assembly of the League to Great Britain
and only one to the United States VS.
/. 5I,. ~ z 6 i
placed on the same footing with several
nations of real insigniicance in int or
national life. If the colonies and do
minions Of Great Britain are to have
one vote each, there is no reason why the
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