The Coconino sun., 1919-11-28
CLEANING OUT THE "REDS"
Says Ole Hanson:

Says Ole Hanson:
 "New York today is the headquarters for the cleverest and most dangerous reds in the coun- try.
 "The first thing New Workers should do is to make up their minds that the reds must go The time to start house cleaning is now"
 How? AS to the "reds" of foreign citizenship the task is easy-depOrtation. The authority of public officers is ample, public opinion sustains the policy of sending troublesome guests home and Washington's present energy may not be spaSmodic.
 But deportation is an inadequate cure more menacing element consists of citizens, many native and few recently in public place and employed to interpret" America to Europe!
 These agree with Trotzky, for they defend his ideas. The news stands groan with their publications, which preach syndcalism which would substitute force for law and holds a minor ity may rule if able to seize power. What is to be done with such?
 At Johnstown "Red" Foster was forbidden by vigilance committee to debark from train, and there is call to initiate Johnstown.
 The advice is of doubtful value. Friends of the law do not appear to advantage when lawless themselves. The debate is then shifted to other issues, and the spirit of America plausibly in voked by anti-Americans. The methods of the law are tedious, but human experience shows it is wise for social organism to stick to its own rules.
 What is needed is to arouse the public to the meanings behind the propaganda engineered by those in control of the treasure of the Czar, and, second, to'strengthen the law.
 What these meanings are is plain. The crust of fine words grows thin. Few can now be eX- cused as deceived There is Russia--her mes- sage written large. What is purposed is to de- base the American people to the level of Russian misery. The plea of good intentions is worthless, Men intend the natural consequences of their acts, and the natural consequences of Bolshevism are manifest
 But the law needs strengthening. The defini- tion of treason requires revision. In old days the traitor was overt; now he is covert. Cunning must be shackled It can be, and the guilty iden tifed There is no doubt of purpose when red flag is waved
 Our optimistic forefathers believed that if freedom were once established none would be wicked enough to try to overthrow it. They never dreamed that safeguards to protect liberty would become the shields of the gueras of bar barism. They never conceived of the possibility of return to the era of tooth and claw. They knew Shays, but never pictured Lenine. So their rules favored the individual to the neglect of that safety of the whole without which indi vidual right perishes. But now is revived
 .. |. the simple plan,
 That they should take who have the power,
 And they should keep who can.
 In particular cases doubtless lawlessness to suppress lawlessness will occur, even as in Bos ton, when sober men threw the tea overheard. But King George would have been served if the colonies had blazed with riot and mob rule. The Bolshevist is pleased when able to heat indgna- tion to boiling point. He dons halo and pre- sents himself as a martyr.
 Liberty under the law is the motto of Amer ica. May we have the calm courage to stick to it.