New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

tions the American people have been
deprived of the privilege of taxing
themselves a billion dollars and of
raising an army of quarter of mill
ION men to perform the task of setting
up an orderly government in Turkey
Senator Mccormick said that it
would be sorry reward for the victors
OF the Argonne if their government
We're overthrown by the heresies Of
central Europe. He said:
1T Is not perfect society which we
nave established; justice is not sc
swift, 80 cheap, nor so sure, as we
would have it; there are abuses, OF
waste and Of favoritism of which we
would purge our private commerce and
the pubic service; there are interests
in the state whose brols shake the
common quiet and threaten our order
ana fr - iom, but at its worst we
would no. surrender what we have for
the martial stability which preceded
the wreck in Germany or the Com
munlst equality which has followed the
wreck in Russia.
There is no cause for fright, al
though there is some ground for con-
cern. AS our forces have returned from
the overthrow of the armed enemy of
democracy, they have been followed by
enemies even more dangerous to the
Republic. 1t would be a sorry reward
TOR the victors Of the Argonne if their
government were overthrow by the
heresles held by the peoples OF Cen
trail Europe, and if America were to
adopt the concept that repression can
be the warden Of order or revolution
the handmaiden Of liberty.
There are still some OF US thank
God, who cleave to the faith that we
shall achieve surer social progress, that
we snail achieve a greater measure of
economic justice under repre- entative
institutions than can be secured under
soviet autocracy or a plebiscitary
dictatorship. In some climes it is the
habit of the people to eXtol rather than
to uphold the principles OF representa-
tive government and democracy.
Little Oppression Here
1T has been the misfortune of people
IN less happy circumstances than ours
that the componwealth has suffered
from the domination of one element-
igarchc-aristocra or proletarian.
SO little have we suffered in this wise
that these very terms are unfamiliar
to our political nomenclature. We
shall not submit to the domination of
labor, capital or democratic dictator.
We are not going tc harbor alien anar-
chlsts on these shores, nor shall we
peril the hard won rights of free
speech, free assembly and free election
I'VE have not forgotten that it is
the duty of legislators in a democratic
republic to seek and TO examine the
causes of discomfort and to find sound
remedies for just grievances. no less
than it is their duty to reject economic
heresies. 1t would be well if men
would recall some Of Theodore Roose-
velt's homilies upon the mean be-
tween radlcalism and raction.'
Former Senator Lewis said that the
United States required less "partyism
and more patriotism.
"a majority of our voters would vote
TO morrow in secret ballot that the war
we waged in Europe was not justified
by any results, and would repudiate
every obligation We are under to the
world, or of the nations Of the world
to u.s. said Mr.. Lewis.
Mr.. Lewis urged that we ego forth
and preach the meaning Of America to
Americans. Go forth 10 tell how this
lation, es against every rivalry, op-
posed by every envy-combatted from
time to time by national foes from
every land survived as the one true,
free nation OF free men in all tne
earth"