The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-26
AMERICA, WAKE UPl

In a recent issue the Manufacturers Record COM
mented upon a statement issued by Hon. William
P. Smith. mayor of Miami. Fla. in which he laid
down definite announcement to the protection
Of the right Of every in Miami to work
Mayor Smith in a letter called forth By editorial
commentator of his position. said:
1 sincerely appreciate your very compliment
tary notice in recent issue Of the Manufac-
turers Record but you have given me more
credit than I deserve.
The article which you copy was the culnina
ton OF some very serious threatened disorders
among the unions. 1 had to take drastic stand.
in which machine guns involved, and about
800 Of my fellow ex-service men. am an ex-
service man or rather soldier in this war; and it
was an inspiration to Americans to see the way
the American legion stood by me. 1 sincerely
feel that our country is safe from any serious
attack on our institutions, because 100000
trained loyal soldiers take of any sit
uation.
The Manufacturers Record explains follows !:
1t is indeed gratifying to know that the ex-sodiers
stood by the mayor Miami in a situation that at
one time was so serious that It threatened the well
fare of that community. Upon the patriotic men
among the 100000 called into the nations service
will largely depend the safety of this country They
have an influence for good which cannot be
estimated. They have a responsibility to protect
America by their volunteer work greater than the
responsibility which they owed to civilization
when called into the nations service. In that con-
test they saw what the forces of disorder and bar
barism meant they saw. they could never have
seen in any other way, the infinite value Of the
liberty under which Americans live AS they were
ready to fight and die to civilization these
men must be ready to stand for the truth and right
and for the broadcast liberty against the forces
Of hell which seeking to disorganize and destroy
the American government.
1t must be borne in mind that the strikes of to-
day are not like the strikes of olden times. They
are not merely question of wages nor of hours Of
labor. They very largely the outcome Of the
work of the Bolshevistic spirit which is abroad in
the land. Most of the who strike, unless
they unnaturalized. ignorant foreigners, have
very little idea that they are being used by the
agents of hell who are posing under the banner of
the red flag of Bolshevlsm. large proportion of
the men who have been on strike are honest Amer
leans mised falsely educated. made to believe that
they are being oppressed and imposed upon, and
that the way to win the largest is to utterly
destroy all existing success. The who are
carrying on this campaign which is misleading
many honest men. would glory in tearing down the
American flag glory in running up the red flag. and
in riot and bloody revolution and glory in the loot
which, just as Lenine and Trotsky have gathered
II IN, tney IllDk Uley WOULD Oh
stealing
The movement of the government to deport all
aliens caught red-handed in the campaign to
turn the government is merely Indicative Of how
widespread are the influences which at work.
The spirit of evil crops out in many unexpected
places and in expected places No one for instance
would have thought that men in a respectable
southern city like Miami would bring about sit
uation where 500 ex-servce and machine guns
had to stand between civilization and anarchy.
The firmness of Mayor Smith saved Miami just as
the firmness of Ole Hanson saved Seattle
Early last year the American Defense Society
notified all the leading city officials in this country
that there definite plan OF Bolshevists to try
the overthrow of different Cities and that if any
one city could be completely captured. that was 10
America. The American Defense Society warned the
authorities OF hundreds of American cities of this
danger. The Boshevists believed that with the sig
nal of success in city it would be possible to
bring on an uprising involving 100000 100000
of their followers to enter suddenly upon bloody
revolution which, by taking the country unawares
would overturn this government That plan has not
been abandoned in all probability. The forces
of evil are at work and they stfl hope that despite
the arrest and the proposed deportation of of
the leaders, there viii be enough left here day
to carry out their designs.
GOOD RECORD IN SOUTH