The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-19
UPSETTING THE DOPE

The election this of more than passing in
teres to the world at large for than reasons
More than anything else strong suspicion in the
minds of thinking Americas we have been deceived
world for the last six Years a nave 0ee gong on tins troubled
The world had been ferveny informed for quite while that
Venzelos the Greek premier who strongly favored
the popular idol of Greece deveer people
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson rolled into He
was acclaimed the St George who slew the poman dragon
King Constantine who abdcated when neutrality Greece
became displeasng to the world at large
Now the Greeks by popular ballot overwhelmingly rcad
iated Venzelos defeating him his precinct" Con
'anhne to 60 back the throne during the the next
whatever it goes to show.
years since the Socialists and otzk have been at the
helm the world has been told that was starving and on
Keeping toe hold on VERGE with Wonderful @
and on tor OF that must seem mighty queer thinking
Especially to who knows anything of warfare starving
treeznguer demorazed nation has whipped the armies ali
Inc rest OF the world stopped them driven them destroyed them
miles is awuy long distance.
would that armies backed by all Tie billions of
wealth and millions of of France England Japan Itav and
by moral weight OF American official favor could pierced at
dealt death blow the Boshevil instead Russia drove
back the invading forces of Poland and licked
Then they turned around shifted battle front small matter
OF couple three thousand miles in time and utterly
destroyed General Wrangers much army deverane
Tor l u oppressed Russian people
We hold no brief for Constantine and for Lenin
hotzky What occurs to us is this America has been closing
OF the most immense consuming regions of the world for
official sources and public sentiment in favor of this widespread
embargo has been based plausible
ments bearing London and Paris date lines
But II we all wrong true state of affairs in
Greece as result OF this Of information undena-
BILE facts about what Russia has accomplished
ton with which the newspapers magazines stuffed Us
seem absolutely impossible of truth then why
sonng from the things we do know to be true and the
Judgment we reach for ourselves dsregardng the eminent
PedJudced statesmen and politicians of other lands
nation tha capable OF fighting hard Russia is cap
" paying or heap OF cotton goods among other things
keopenng without restriction. of trade with Russia will heir
business and the price of American products cond
eraoy ne political phase of the Russian question longer
important to America has been ultimately demonstrated tha
the RUSSIAN people not going allow powers the
world to self determine for Russia they have been On the
verge OF collapse for three going over thew will
be well able to cling to for three thirty years In the
mean time England is reopcnng
the hon gets his claws hooked good thing turr
loose he economic phase OF the Russian
cradle interest to farmers who cotton at
cents and to merchants and professional
a
= II American people developed little reputation o
DONG their own thinking and judging less by what they
others think maybe high officials would be care
u about throwing economic boomerang Embagoes techn
cal states OF war and all that of thing would obec
onabe they only hurt the other fellow regardless whehe
ne deserved to be hu but they hurt the Just as much
he deserved to be hurt but thy hurt as much
People sometimes don't realize how foree
relations affects domestic affairs