The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05

cracked, scrambled and turned out in
one omelet last night by Judge Kene.
saw NJ. Lands of the United States
district court, guest in Minneapolis
of the A. p. L., the successor to the
American Protective league which
was the civilian aid to the department
of Justice during the war.
Judge Lands spoke to the organiza-
tion's members at an executive meet
; ing in the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium.
Assails Radicals and Profiteers
In the direct manner he uses in an
nouncing rulings from the bench the
/ Judge fayed radicals and profteers
| alike and then said America need not
be unduly alarmed over the shouting
'reds" because there was nothing
about them to make anyone serious
ly afraid. Their methods were those
of the coward, he said, who sent bomb
by boys and servant girls and then
sought safety at distance. y
The speaker was greeted like ma
tive son with cheers and applause
when he entered the hall and the ova-
ton was repeated at the BEGINNING of
his address and at its close.
Many Denounced as "Alarmists".
mo sacrifice was too great, no hui
initiation too CALLING to be endured
that we might have peace here at
home while we were at war.
| There were many men who knew
before April 6, 1917, that our inmu-
nifty from a part in that conflict was
Impossible. They knew we had been
at war for some time, for nearly two
years. They knew that every torpedo
fired at an American vessel OF against
a vessel carrying Americans, meant we
were at war with Germany. These
men began to wake up the population,
to urge them to state Of prepara-
ton for war. They were denounced
as alarmists, or as men who had mon-
ey to make out of the war.
I'VE had gotten by the fever.
At least we got by the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1916, without getting into it. l don't
refer to that with pride. am mere
ly stating fact"
Pays Respect to Profiteers
The speaker paused a moment as
though deciding whether to say all
that was in his mind. He looked a.
bout the room and then slowly raised
his hand.
II want to tell you this, he re-.
sumed. ''The English language is
bankrupt to express what l feel about
the man who viewed that war as an
opportunity to fatten his purse. He
thinks he is immune Well, he has
been down to this moment. If the po-
litical organization to which | belong
gets into power on March 5, 1921, I
am going to point out some of these
gentlemen. l know some of them. We
had them in Illinois. You had 'em
here. They weren't all in private
life
Assails Men Who Played Politics
Laughter again interrupted the adj
dress and the judge seeing his hearers
has had no struggle to get his mean
ing, resumed.
"Thcse men looked over the stu
alton. They saw the United States at
war with Germany and Austria. They
saw in sympathy with Germany, Swe-
den and the Swedish government, and
they thought they saw the sympathy
of Norway. And these gentlemen
the men who sprang from those coun-.
tries. They wanted to be elected SEN
ators, congressman, governors and
mayors of towns.
'Contemptible", says Jurist
''They were so contemplate that
they deliberately decided that their
conduct and their speech during the
war would be such that the men from
Sweden and Norway and even Germa-
ny would remember these things af-
ter the war. They thought these men
would esteem them after the war for
what they did and said during the con
hict.
Il now see the signs of resent
ment against those men. Not as
much as l would like to see.
would like to see some organiZa-
ton that would smoke out the
men who adhered to Such
course"
There was another pause. Each one
in the audience had done hard work
at his own expense because Of the ac-
Invites Of some Of these men and for
moment there was look of anger
on their faces.
Scores Antiwar Politicians
Imagine, you men. Suppose you
was a German-American, a Swedish
American or Norwegian American,
and that you went into court and
took an oath to disavow allegiance
forever to a certain dynasty and to
give allegiance to this free country.
Imagine that after the war they
came to you and intinated that when
you took that oath you were a perju
rer and traitor to your new coun-
try.
''There were some politicians,
l didn't like them,who took
stand against the government
during the war, and they attack
ed the agencies of the government
that back it up. l haven't had
personal contact with all of these
men, but l have with some of
them. You have wad of them
in Minnesota.
"But men, when they lie about ju-
ries in my court as they have done, it
is time for me to speak. Those juries
backed up the government will say