Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-16

Inc essential elentNlS OI HDeftt
are menaced by revolutionary doc
trims. This revolutionary movement
! is international in its scope and pur-
pose. 1t has received powerful en-
couragement from the Administration.
Many of its advocates have occupied
high place in the government. Instead
of encouraging a class dictatorship II
is the business of the government to
preserve the ordered liberty of tn peo-
pie, and 10 protect by every means in
its power the Institutions on which it
is founded. Defenders and advocates
Of those who have been convicted by
due process Of law of crimes OF yiO-
lence committed in pursuance Of a
revolutionary and eommunistic pro-
gram should be dismissed from the
government service.
The process of making a supreme
sacrifice" of America, and Of joining
our fortunes with the fortunes Of
men everywhere" should be stopped
The opposite and ancient policy Of
our fathers must be restored,-of saw
ing instead Of sacrificing our great in
stitutions, and of promoting in every
honorable way the interests Of our
people. The process Of information
alizing our fortunes must be reversed,
and the separate interests of this
nation. with due regard for the rights
Of others. must be cherished again.
America, in her mighty separate
station which the fathers gave to her.
leader and champion Of the new world.
the friend of the old, must preserve
her sovereign Independence, as the
one secure seat and refuge of genuine
liberty.
Extravagancies produced by war,
and governmental waste, must give
way to wise economy. Direct taxes
upon industry and consumption should
be reduced and supplemented by in
creased duties upon imports, and sur
plus revenues derived therefrom
should be expended in liberal exten-
sion of land reclamation and internal
Improvement.
Radio communication between the
United States and the rest of the
world should be under American con-
troll; and full cooperation by the Navy
Department towards that end should
be assured.
An ample merchant marine under
the American flag is essential 10
national prosperity. The merchant
service and the fisheries accord train
ing school for seamen; and every ia
eility for the development of these
great essentials of national defense
should be provided.
favor an extensive system Of ma
-ional roads-built on approved engi-
aeering principles, located with view
IF military defense as well as civil
ana commercial use, co-ordinated with
existing highways so as to form
national as well as local system.
Peace with Germany should be de-
'laired at once
The Peace Treaty should be stripped
# the eNtraneous membranes which
'een placed upon it; and which have
% long delayed it, and the permanent
'urdens which it is proposed to place
ipon the United States in the con-
uct of European affairs should at
nee be rejected. 5
Every American soldier. EXCEPT
hose engaged in diplomatic or other
eaeeful service, should be at once
from Europe and the con- i
inent of Asia; and the work or recruit
1g and transporting military forces of I
ne United States for service in. Siberia f
nd Germany, and the plans being
lade for sending an American army $
Turkey should be at once suppress-
d. The resources of our people and 9
le activities of their government e
nould be devoted to their own in
'rests instead of to those of foreign
ations.
The proposal which has been re-
antly presented TO the American peo-
e that the United States should be- l.
'me trustee for the world should ii
denounced as destructive of liberty
Id ruinous to the American people.
well as injurious to the peace and le
fety of the world. h
The formal proposal recently laid
fore the Senate. by which, in the
Sc of future emergencies. the Amer +
an people cannot increase their army M
navy without the unanimous con- n
Mt and permission of a combination
foreign powers. would violate the
institution and surrender the sover- nj
snty of the nation. It shouldbe de- al
unced as treasonable. ut