The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-28
LEWIS SOUNDS
| NEW WARNING
OF U. S. PERIL
Former Senator Urxes
Action Protect Nation
From Attacks.
Especial to The Argus)

st. Louis. Aug. 2S.-'The signs of
today mean that the next president
Of the United States will command
this nation through another world
war. This conflict will be in the
Pacific. 1t will be with a league of
Japan. Russia and Germany against
the United States. The revenge Of
Germany, the vengeance Of Russia
and the oriental hatred of Japan
will assail the supremacy of the
United States to destroy it. The
people Of our nation are blinded to
the approach Of this calamity and
making no proper preparation to
avoid it, declared former Senator
James Hamilton Lewis, in his
speech at the banquet closing the
annual session Of the American Bar
association last evening.
There is no unity of patriotism
for America as a nation" the SEN
ator said. "The coming presiden-
tial election wAl present to the
world the event of a president of
the United States being chosen up
on issues that have no relation to
the United States and by voters
who have no thought Of the welfare
Of the American people. These
are the foreign-born voters, now
citizens of the United States, who
will vote the expression of griev-
ances or qualifications of their
fatherland, as they revenge or JUS
tify the world war peace treaty on
the basis of its effect on their moth
erland-indifferent as to fate OF
their adopted land. These voters
are of number in the doubtful states
sufficient to turn the balance and
| assure the result. This fact is the
signal of the want of true Ameri-
! can devotion. Political leaders en-
courage these foreign voters to sus-
tain political parties in the attack
on country or party, without re-
gard to the effect such conduct has
in breaking down American patri-
otic unity. Only the immediate
teaching OF our people, that any
man of this nation who puts the
demand or interest Of another na-
tion over this United States is vi
olation of his oath of citizenship.
| and that any melting Of the foreign
born to avenge his native country
by turning against his adopted land
is treason-can we create such un-
ity Of defense and support as will
frighten the threatening nations OF
the future from assault upon US.
Must Speak Truths.
I'VE must speak the truth to the
country and say that there is now
no obligation of law in writing or
by common understanding which
/ binds any nation of the earth to
/ the United States in any form Of
! obligation through our commerce
through our citizens. or through
our nation," declared the speaker
There is no international law
Whatever there is left of interna-
tional treaties as applicable from
ourselves to other countries-there
is now no binding treaty from any
of the great countries OF the world
with the United States. Treaties ex-
list, but in their spirit have been re-
pealed and their application only
removed because the law OF the
world changed the conditions and
repealed the circumstances upor
which those treaties rested.
World Is Changed.
"The France of the day wher
treaties were made with her, has
changed and in territory. popula'
ton and spirit Is a France othel