Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-10-21
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL

behalf of the league covenant,
made by the Republican Pub
licity Association, through it's
President Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr.
Preparations have been per-
fected in Washington to stage a
great crusade among the
churches on behalf of the league
of nations, and an attempt will
be made to stir up fanatic zeal
in support of the Wilson cove
nant. This is claimed by the
Wilson sycophants to be the
Presidents trump card, the
card up his sleeve" which he
has been holding out in his great
game of internationalizing the
United States. In this era of
the new freedom it is not con-
sidered unethical to keep a card
up the sleeve, nor in violation of
the principle of open covenants
openly arrived at So Wilson
is to slip into the churches with
a card up his sleeve.
"The dramatis personae in
this crusade is impressive. The
First Crusade, 1095-99, it will
be recalled, was preceded by a
tumultuary horde of riffraff
from all Europe, which perish
ed in Hungary, just as the tat
terdemalion vanguard of the
Wilson internationalists melted
before the onslaughts of the
Senate. In the organized move
ment now under way, the chur-
ches will readily recognize God
frey de Bouillon in the person
of Boss Murphy of Tammany
Hall; Raymond of Toulous in
Tom Taggart of the French Lick
layout; Robert of Normandy in
Big Jim Nugent of the Jersey
booze brigade; and Hugh the
Great in Brennan, Boss of Chi
.cago's political underworld. In
their crusade robes they may be
able to horn into the churches.
OF course, Mr.. Wilson, the clois-
tered visionary, will essay the
role of Peter the Hermit, with
Jimmy Cox as his choir boy and
frankie Roosevelt as his censor
swingef. The churches are to
be asked to aid in putting over
what Hiram ! johnson terms "a
league with death and d cove
f1ant with hell, the churches to
furnish the votes and the gang
to direct the campaign.
Nothing will be said to the
church people of the betrayal Of
China to Japan by the Versailles
treaty, in the matter Of Shan
tung, nor of the Japanese mass
acres in Korea under the aegis
of the league. They win not be
informed of the promise which
Mr.. Wilson made to Rumania
and Serbia to send American
armies and fleets to their re
lief when called for. The pre-
ponderant vote Of Great Britain
will not be mentioned. That
the league surrenders American
sovereignty win be denied. That
the covenant reaches certain UNI
derstandings with Europe in the
French version, and different un
derstandings with Americans in
the English version win be sup
pressed. To wipe off the froth
of falsehood from the foaming
lips of inebriated virtue, when
fresh from the sexless orgies of
morality and Keeling from the
delirious riot of religion, is the
purpose which the gang have in
mind in this sinister program for
debauching the church vote.
"a more desperate endeavor
to sanctify hypocrisy to the uses
of national betrayal has never
been recorded in our political an
mails heretofore. Aparty which
goes to this length would smil-
ingly stuff the ballot boxes on
November End. Every known
method Of deceit and political
malpractice, short of firing
squadduress, has been resorted
to by the frenzied zealots who
have canonized the White House
megalornaniac and demand the
plenary acceptance of all his
works but that they would de-
file the temple of the Lord with
their mephitic propaganda was
beyond the powers of the sane
majority of our citizens to i'm
agine. Christ drove the money
changers from the temple. Why
should not the barterers in ma
tional sovereignty be suInmar-
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