Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-23
Anti-Sedihon, or Anh-LibertyS

Not all the press, by any means finds the
proposed bills too severe however ''It is
unfortunate" the SPOKANE SPOKESMAN
REVIEW Qnd. Rep says, chat necessity
has arisen for the enactment of severe laws
against sedtion, but the presence of that
necessity cannot be successfully denied.
The country is swarming with enemies who
have grown in bOldness and numbers from
past Indulgence and immunity, and they
are seeking converts among the ignorant and
chiefly foreign masses of the large industrial
centers. Longer to argue that the dangers
can be met by counter propaganda would be
foolish Counter propaganda is needed and
will help, but must be fortified with some
thing more potent than words"
The MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL (Ind.
Rep.) asks, "Why should not a man who
advocates the overthrow alteration of our
institutions and constitutions by violence, be
considered as fomenting treason and as re-
sponSible directly for any resulting act of
violence?" The PORTLAND OREGONIAN
lind. Rep believes that "the Sterling bill
has the teeth which the law has long need
ed" and that 1T will block the game Of
those parlor bolshevists in the labor depart
ment" who "have set free nine in ten of the
alien reds who fell into the hands of the i'm
migration officials" The death penalty
adds the COLUMBIA RECORD (Dem) lis
none too severe to apply to root out the can
cerous sore of bolshevism,; and the CHAR
LOTTE OBSERVER Qnd. Dem.) says
make it strong" preferrng the house to
the senate bill because of the death pen
atty provided by the former AS for the
contention that the constitutional guaranty
OF free speech is attacked the SYRACUSE
POST STANDARD (Rep.) finds this unten-
able; the supreme court, it believes, will
certainly hold to be valid any legislation
to apprehend and punish not only force and
violence but the preaching of it,"
So, too, the SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
(Rep) finds that these measures are adapt
ed mot only to reach the unkempt and foul
smelling Russian, but the manicured and
perfumed parlOr adherent of bolshevism; -
the SEATTLE TIMES (Ind.) finds them just
what the attorney general needs to get at
the 'parlor bolsheviki-the pale pink intel
lectuals, who prepare the torches and man.
ufacture the 'bombs'-and then pass them
on to the ignorant freigner, be used by
him If he has the courage"
SHOULD WE POLICE MEXICO?
There is no general desire to make war
Mexico but there is growing a sentiment in
favor of policing that turbulent country in
some effective way. Men of affairs in Califor-
MIA and Arizona who are thoroughly familiar
with the subject have been calmly discussing
practical means of restoring order. They go
so far as to make an estimate of the time it
will take and the cost, and they propose
well-digested plan for maintaining order after
it has been restored.
Briefly summarized the plan is the occupa-
ton of Mexico by three armies, one to enter
from the gulf port, one from the Pacific port,
and one from the north. Mexico is not indus
trially organized, therefore could not offer
strong military resistance. Besides, it lacks
the national spirit under which defense could
be made at all effective. Two months is the
estimated limit of time that would be requir-
ed to overcome resistance.
Then what? Suppression of the innumer-
able groups of bandits that infest the country,
after the fashion of the late Porfrio D1az,
who was the only ruler in this generation able
to maintain order He did not employ large
military force, but a special constabulary
known as ''rurales,' somewhat in imitation
of the famous Texas Rangers. We could en-
list any number of natives, familiar with the
country and skilled in the ways of bushwhack-
ing warfare. Of course, they would have to
be Differed by Americans and in American
pay. They could get results.-PORTLAND
(Ore.) TELEGRAM (Ind. Rep.).