The sun., 1919-05-19

rights, a. Il was. And We had hard
time In distinguishing among ourselves
between autocracy and democracy.
Backed Coordinate Government.
Though we went far afeld In mar
shalling our forces to defend our ma
tional rights, that was necessary in the
hour of peril. And the very experience
served to emphasize our resolution to
stride back to coordinate government
and legislative control the moment the
peril had passed.
America has given of her sons and
her resources to prove democracy's
capacity for self-defence, to prove Amer
ica's devotion to its national rights, to
end the aggression of autocracy. and to
hold, the worlds civilization inviolate.
II was q costly triumph. but our energies
are not exhausted. We fought the for
eign power which aimed TO destroy, and
we will fight the disloyal and destructive
In our midst, because we mean to pre-
serve the American inheritance"
Mayor Ole Hanson Of Seattle had been
expected to speak at the meeting. but
was called out Of town at the last min
ute. The meeting sent him cordial
telegram of approval for the manner In
which he had suppressed disorder In
Seattle, characterizing It as the ade-
quate performance of his duty.
The Rev. John. Wesley Hill. chancellor
Of Lincoln Memorial University. declared
that 1t was q sad condition of affairs
when the mere performance Of his duty
by an American Mayor should bring him
into such noteworthy contrast with other
authorities who had failed in their duty.
mot long ago." he said. there was
a roundup Of these Bolsheviki and I. w.
w. and others who would overthrow our
Government They were brought to
Ellis Island under guard-and then the
doors of Ellis. Island were opened and
this damnable crew was permitted to
come back among our people. The pow
ers that be there were afraid to- do their
duty. II there Is one flag more repre-
hensible than the red flag 1t Is the flag
OF yellow"
Warns of Red Propaganda.
DR.. Hill declared that all of the ele-
ments OF unrest In the country are
united under the one common denomi-
nator OF Bolshevism. He warned against
its spread in cunning propaganda and
described the movement as "as far re-
moved from democracy as drunkenness
is from sobriety, as Lenine 10 from
He quoted Lenine as defining the die
tatorship Of the proletariat as follows
Just as 10000 lordly landowners
under Czardom dominated the $4,000, 900
Russian peasants, so 100000 members
Of the Bolshevik party are imposing
their proletariat will on these same
peasants
would to God he concluded, eve
could arrest and deport every man and
woman in this country. whether foreign
or native born. who loves the red flag,
the black flag or any other nag more
Than the Stars and Stripes. I would
load them all on a ship Of stone, with
sails OF lead. the wrath of God for a
gale and hell the nearest port"
Among the box holders at the meeting
were William Fellowes Morgan. Hamlin
Garland. Charles Evans Hughes, w. Red
mond Cross, C. Ledyard Blair. John
Harsen Rhoades, r. Fulton Cutting. Al
fred p. w. Seaman. DR.. Samuel McRob-
erts, Poultney Bigelow. Lawrence F. Alb
bolt, Martin Vogel, DR.. William T. Man.
ming, Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Charles
Stewart Dawson and William Roscoe
Thayer.
Miss Julia Arthur recited the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" and the "Star
Spangled Banner" and the Police Band
played.