Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-05
Member Of Associated Press
MONDAY. JANUARY S, 100.
The R.idInE Of the REDS.

HE hsiGtnG o. Aht hSSs
Attorney-Gone Palmer SURPRISED
Re country ard at the same time struck
r,nss effective blow At those Who would
destroy our institutions Of irrc govern
u1ent. ~hen hc made Al slmcst country
,..de rad on the agents q Bolhev7sm,
last Friday night The drag-nets 81 the
D,.partInont q justice sere tloscd sround
n,.nh-r ~ cltics. larg, ana small, snd
.rc E.Sis that wcre dragged INTO Gus
j, when tie ln,s SeTe drawn numbered
.ore than thr,s, thousand
AGAINST this small army q cuipr'ts
n.A hoen lodged the general charge "'
.tt.mptlng T. overthrow the government
III force and yie.cnce On this charge
thc, VII l., trit,i. ard i found guitS Wi
Il, icporttl pronahiH sent "a Soviet
Ru.s,l. 0hcrc they properly belong
Thcyr thr, ,nould find congcni'i s'r-
roundlugs. with a government = ther
l.klnc, or st least II full aco,ra ~ith their
principles of violence snd destruction
pnt whether the, hkr l'ilss,a or not shnAid
/, 10 concern n ours II = -udlcthl
"a W 90 not hike hem u tnelr prlnci-
a,,,s And hold thcr pnscnrr Am'ng us :
,1v undesirable even dangerous
Include.i among those arrested II inc
raud 81 S3 c.t,cs arc some Ct the most
-AdIcAl md dangerous anarchists snd
.g,tatnrs. Many oi them had tnsinusted
themselves among the membership o.
ss,,r organizations, N which some had
-alnnd prsltions of prominence and m
luencc thst largely aided them n caTy-
.ne IN their detes;ablc propaCanda Of
,estrlctIon II s not t. bc taken. how
vcr that such undts,rAblcs, such radicsi
.raltors srr rrprescntatiycs 81 the cause
II orgaa,zcd .4bor o. The slightest extent
rb,, m,xcd in With orcaIl1ed labor Tor
th, p4rrasr 81 sprra4InE their doctrine
+ distraction among clcmonts q hsooF
dtSt.,sesi to unrpstfllnees and dlssai -
faction hv rtaSon II working conditions
~hich they deemed un.aNorabe, aild
.atnlnc their sympathy - Pr,tef'ce oi
concern IN Their eaus-. With IL. gnod
,Iuurv~~lor naturaIiN resulting theS doubt
'.ss hoped T. ulaA, many converts e theH
rsal -aslse Bu, tn- great body q or.
gan ,lesl labor ii tbs ountry s loval and
patnoue and .Rea .eadcrs wil net Ind
re-ronsI.e - thf doctrines tines sd
vncate. or 10, orjects they s-ek e attain
Whjhp Ati1rney-G General PahOeT RAID
", 4,.ec,--f4I u ever VI. ter WI
j. M din4nl,lar % p,hic indignation
.galst the 3et ot fclly : rnu.ittsd bN the
sls.rlct attorney q CnIr,ro n forcing
Io-.l rad agas4-t anarchist = u tlat city,
"a he 1ur ar Int 81 be I'VE Of the
rTcctlv- NOV hy tac Department of
Justice Nal 8l1 a.l he thereby "a
danger tfs xlecess Il tie departments
eaupaign bot tc rnd,evared = discount
u result i., 5 nerdarfat- accusation q
Indifference, sid ia4r. t..rc 4 tt.t p1rt of
stt,rnev-f,e ,er,.r.I = .r..r Il, lad been
.s.ed o. Withhold s.. naue Il tht interest
IL, cer = u s. ta' r-,..uuy ~
als y
Inf an lse,a ~ ts~ io'a' =.
aciai alrou d. .p8rurr II jus'tc' Nil
mis- rua Z lrus .vn ottci-. con-
iuct and hrus,f a.o paale contempt
iIp su8.asar sap4g tus motive y
Attorus, :, ,..t.~... ! ..ae : l mc.tr many
u Is, felrt faa' 5. n4u, + / q "h.cfal
IN etrsr,sH.a a.,r.n mat.rv II
view 81 D.. afer. r.a aA the icaeral
authorities th.,, N.. not Only no cal
for hIs int4rierene t1t : grave danger
thai a,v movement 81 hlm might leo-
pafd D. tho 81 cess +. III. wholesale crusade
arsinsf the desperate gents q anarchy
Ii these nstt.rs tie teaeEal government
csn proceed much more effectively thar
tne Agents 81 state government ooth A.
n plane fo- Ill srrert II thJse consplcu-
ousy and asugfr9ls, guilty and meas
ures n lnrIue tltT paaisrment
However II, cams II good government
has heen ,.rli~..rsed IS tl4e Department
}, ja-ta.s and targ 81 t1o,s4cd Reds
nov Is .ast,1t n4l nui q atto ipF awhile
.e hnbl thrr lalnpaDu epnspuaaes
paI.rt tht r+pb., And their CONVICTION
md Il ts,rtst,uu ~a nn doubt h-y, gr,Ai
effect b dcterr4ns otGor- frsr attempting
e. prvans, campAigns fuF III, conversion
~ our tro, governments lnto 81 ntpirr-
ablf and dau,oratlt,Y F4ss 81 o.viet