The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-02-27

thusiastic hackers Of the league Of
nations plan as a method Of permit
ting the world to junk It's armaments,
has also been on the job with refer
ence to the early discharge Of men
from the army. An amendment pro-
posed by him has been adopted in the
camps must not only notify the men
of all their rights under this bill as
to securing discharge, but must in
lstruct them in how to go shout it.
The bill provides that men needed in
farming and Industrial occupations,
by filing affidavits that they are, SO
needed at home, shall be promptly
released. s.ss
Baer says that officers have not
only refused to help their men secure
releases, but have actually posted up
printed notices, threatening court
martial for men pting to secure
discharge thr1d Intervention by
members Of congress. Some soldiers
have been refused permission to even
pass through Washing ton unless they
gave written guarantees that they
would not see any member of congress.
Among senator's and. members of the
house a very deep resentment is now
felt toward these Prussian methods,
and that is one reason why the pro-
posal Of drastic reductions in the
standing army, after the. coming
year, is so popular in both> houses.
Indeed, it is not too much to say that
militarismS was never held in such
contempt in Washington, within the
memory of living members Of the
house, as it is in these last weeks be-
fore the conclusion Of peace. ~
"Bolshevism" for Camouflage
The folks who feel saddest that
militarism has tumbled from its
pedestal are the corporation senator's
They are trying to divert public at.
tention by pointing to "the peril OF
bolshevism." This includes everything
from the exposure Of the meat pack.
ers' graft to the proposal that con
ference be held with the Russian
Soviet government in the Princes
islands. OF course any farmer or
ganization which ,depeihtes the Civ
ing away by conerse of the mineral
lands owned by The people in "anarch'
istic," or related to the /. w. W.
And unless lot of repressive laws
are passed at once, we are threatened
with "a bloody delpSe." This last re-
mark is the product Of the feveret
imagination Of Senator - Thomas o.
Colorado, who is sore at the prospec
tive killing of wassspnwer4 LOOT
ing bill.
| Farmers League Attacked
When Thomas and Weeks and jim
Watson and other reactionaries cal
not think of anything sufficiently vic
lent to say Of the organized worker
or the organized farmers, they cal
always turn for inspiration to tn
| propaganda sheet published here un
der the misleading title Of "The Ma
tional Republican" This publication
is apparently the organ Of Will S
Hays, Senator Watson, Senator Har
ding and the group that is trying tt
.tput over" for 1920 a corporation too
for president. The current issue gives
two columns to ibelous denuncia'
ton of the National Nonpartisa1
league by Governor Burnquist of Min
nesota, and it adds it's own venonnoui
| editorial comment, to the effect that
the Nonpartisan publications are Zen
gagged in preparing the way for the
delivery Of the League strength to the
socialized Democratic party in the
next campaign" ~ >.
After claiming that the Nonparti-
sans propose to reduce production II
order to make more profits, this "Re-
publican" kept sheet Says: "There i
no more unintelligent fallacy than thin
theory, advanced by professional farm
and labor politicians, that any single
class ia the country can, permanently
increase its own prosperity by reduc-
| ing production" And on the subject
Of unemployment this mouthpiece Of
Burnquist and Harding and their
,cronies remarks: Ninety per cent Of
the talk about the unemployment q
discharged soldiers is bunk.
The radical Socialists, along with the
near Socialists, are doing most Of the
talking about unemploy oyment, while q
the same time fighting any legislation
or policies Of administration which
would enable private enterprise tc
get into motion on peace basis" !"
Mineral lands, perhaps, and water
power ,and other gifts TO the poor
profiteers. H
NOTICE OF BIDS
Lands School District No. -
Bids win be received for the con-
sttruction of . one room frame school
buildink, with . full concrete base
a Friday March 21st, at 200
oslock j. u. at Souris N. OAK. Plans
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