Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-02-07

meet with favorable reception from
ise public DE headed The orders "conh-
/ dentaf ard ~ make hie altak on the
public aoubly secure he worlcd liA
! fourth and concluding section 10 read
as foioNN; binder nn circumstances
are Instructions ln the foregoing to
hc given % the newspapers."
1t was . wise and prudent provision.
/ Tor $40 that time tho opponents OF the
drift the oppoaenfs Of the war and the
! opponents Of everything calculated tOl
make our resistance 10 Germany effcc-
tive were bnsily at work Everything
possible to the mind of Hun was then
boipg done BY the pro Germans in this
country 90 destroy our military moraiel
aud 20 make abortiye our efforts To-
raise and equip our army In this form
Of Hun propaganda the conscientious
obieeior" WAS playing conspicuous
part. All over the country organzea
efforts were made to encourage them 10
dodge the draft. and, failing la this, TO
refuse TO obey military orders whe1
thcy were indicted into camp
The National civil Liberties Burcat,
Of New York was conspicuous for IS
efforts along these lines Its obiec,
was 10 advise collectors" on methods
Two months before Secretary Baker Isl
sued the above mentioned "Conhdcn-
flai" order this pro German Bureau is &
sued confidential" pamphlet which
Justly have been entitled: THE -lneis :
ers Guide TO Clemclcy" for in II an
pear this paragraph as to tho attitude
of Secretary Baker towards these pro-
Gcfuaua.
we see no reason 10 change our pol !
icy Of handling this matter quietly, :
without any publicity. Secretary Bs- 5
ler has. and s giving the whole sub I
iect his personal attention. and moth
inn would be gained by our going mo |,
the press where hostile news notices n
md damning editorials are certain. We
nave Gar more to gain, both for the men a
themselves and for the cause itself, y
THROUGH SECRETARY BAKER o
han through the newspaper y
ses They were right. They confd 81
aunt 90 the pacifist Secretary an the .
lacker'g ffield II this gang Of Huns 9
va not know OF Bakers Confidential y
rider two months before Il was Issued i'
ie evident that they did know his att
udo ON the subject They knew they ~
sd nothing TO fear from him and they nc
new that 'mder no circumstances OF
tere his orders b their behalf 10 he w
iycn to the newspapers ?. ~
This ortlnr. IN connection with the ''
ismissai Of the two gallant soldiers ~
hove named has NOW been made pub
c Under no circumstances" was II ~
ivcn To the newspapers. The news y
arcrs Just simply got it that's an No ~
oadcr Baker did not want it made
a Ut
idc OF the directors la 90 be quietly =.
nored"i that they are not to bc treat- N, ~
/ as violating military law. thereby ~
ihieciine them to penalties of the arr ~
uics OF war" ~
And SO 10 happened thai while ourl ~
.,l men were being put through try y"
81 ordcals To M them 10 hght for their ~,
.unttv. whom the life OF the Nation
aa at staku in She worst war known to =,
story thcsc towards and sluckers md
,ltors were 10 be coddled by the Sec
tary OF War; 10 hc treated with -
indy consideration
fakcr knew that II ,hia demoruliz-
( order Of his were nude public q I"
,r would go az from one end OF the
antrN to the other Tie feared the
hers and mothers atd friends OF the
"a i'm tho trenches and SO under no
cumsta1ecsr were these orders TO bel
ZEN TO The newspapers And this IS
one OF the minor revelations Of a II
q nnture And this sercet order II
s secretly in force whea the L :. II
strict Attorney at Boise advised the II
liens Of this community that we II
Isl handle Scott IA our own way as II
could FRA no law 60 reach him. II
Ne had another Illustration OF the
rkings az this secret order whom thel
:. Marshall Of this district disobeyed
orders Of the court and turned the
arious Horace Mann loose without. II
bond fixed by the court Treat II
, kindly" and tell the patriotic cit
rs "a 20 10 hell Il they dent like the II
M In their midst Treat EN- kindly II