The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-12

The plutocratic idea of justice is
legal justice, and since this outrage
Gus villainy appears to be entirely
legal, the controlled papers play it
up as q clever trick showing how
much brighter the big business man
| is than the common herd. Perhaps
they are right. Most of us commonly
forget that a public utility corpora
ton is a soulless person and not only
soulless but generally inspired by the
tactics and motives of the devil.
Ex-President Taft, who by no
stretch of the imagination could be
considered as radical, has issued a
warning to the American Legion
which deserves the praise OF the pub
, lie and of the returned service men
In voicing a protest against anarchy
under the pretense Of patriotism, Mr.
Taft says:
"The disposition of small groups OF
American Legion men to take the
law into their own hands, TO regulate
by force what shall appear on the
sage in opera or in play, and to sup
press by threatened or actual vlo-
ience speech of which they do not
approve, should be discountena1ced
and restrained. It is iaWlessness
awakening the sympathy Of the peo-
ple that is most dangerous to the
state and our liberties. 1t IS IN the
| teeth of the lessons our boys had and
| followed in their service during the
war. The law should take its course
"Protest by the Legion or its locai
division against any official negh-
0ence or inaction in cases calling 1or
quick attention and effective prosecu-
tion will achieve every legitimate pllr-
nose. The Legion, If it keeps within
the law. can carry such weight IN IN
Ehuencing popular. judgment that nc
| lrannicinal, county or state officer VIII
! dare incur its condemnation. Eut Il
local groups of the Legion are per
mitted to organize themselves An.o
vipilance committees, 10 acc III alS-
regard of law and lawful autho1ty
they will lose, and ought to iose' theil
| influence"
Czecho- -Slovak forces still held III
Siberia have sent a message 70 the
| oll;ed renresentatives which throws
I;obt ON what is going on in that por-
+;on IF the world. They nave now
beer under arms more than tive years
and the powers have refused 10 Seho
transports for thenl-perhars 10 Keel
them in the service of KolcaaK. iiieli
message reads as follows:
"ITnbearable conditions cause us Il
.sly the allies to consider means o.
aeeo e conduct to the motherland
,s Tsh;ch return the allies have ap-
| proved. a..
.aThe military authorities OF the
oo,,arnnoent of Omsk are permitting
criminal actions that Will staggef s siie
entire world. The burning o. &n'
lages. the murder OF masses ol Peacss.
fn7 inhabitants and the sho"tlnS o.
hundreds of persons OF detnccl asl'
nonv;ctions, and also those only sus.
noctad of political disloyalty,, occui
99e;iv 9i The responsibility for this pc, :
Fore Fore the people of the world Wi lai
nc ioasnallch as we, possessing sl'!'
3n 6e;ent an strength, do not prevent rms
IarIaes condition. Thus our passive
Eass ,s-s.> snnears as a direct consequence
nf 0a The PRINCIPLES of neutrality ant
ooa,.;ntarference - in Russian interna
affa;re and we are becoming appafen
,,arficinants In these crimes as q re
eft r our observing absolute heu
traiity."