The New York herald., 1920-01-26
REVEALS LONG FIGHT
AGAINST BOLSHEVISM
American Defence Society
Gives Details of Its Patriotic
Activities.
FOILS BOMB PLOTTERS
Started the Campaign Which Led to
Deportation of Emma Goldman
and Alexander Berkman.

record OF aggression against Bol
shevism and all forms Of un-Americar
propaganda is contained in the report Of
the American Defence Society for the yeal
is1s. issued today. Beginning with a quo
tation from the last message of Theodore
Roosevelt. Jhe report summarizes its ac-
tivities during the last twelve months tc
prove that there has been mo tagging
back" in TIE fight for Americanism.
In April, 1919, the society asked Congress
20 take steps TO have Ludwig c. K Mar
tens. self-styled Soviet Ambassador .
deported from this country. and this is
cited as the tirst action in fighting propa-
eanda nstigated by the would be diplo-
mat. AT this time the society started a
public protest against recognition of the
Dolshevist government by the United
states. The movement which has recently
resulted in the deportation of Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman and their
shipmates of the Soviet Ark was also be-
gun by the society in April
The fight against opera in German and
against the Century Theatre meeting of
Scott Nearing was led by the society. and
letters commencing the work of the
womens committee in charge of these
campaigns were received from prominent
members OF the State Legislature. The
chairman of mis- committee was Miss Elsa
.Iaxwell and among the members were
Miss Elisabeth Marbury. Mrs. Oliver Har-
rinan. Mrs. Edwin Bradley, Mrs. Preston
Satterwaitc Mrs. Herbert Shipman Mrs.
IInr "a
Carey, Mrs. Benjamin Guinness and Mrs.
Harry Duryea.
The society gave warnings of plots
against the government which were later
10 come to head in Seattle, Boston, Terre
Haute and other places, and was instru-
mental in organizing emergency forces to
combat the general conspiracy against
law and order On April Il DR.. William
T. Horuaday, an honorary vice president
Of the society. predicted the bombings
which took place on May l, and his warn
ing according to the report, caused the
officials of hundreds of cities to take
precautions which partly checkmated the
plots of the bombers.
Memorial services in honor of Theodore
Roosevelt were organized by the society
in more than seven hundred communities
in the United States and its non-contig-
uous territories. A quantity of literature,
most of it written by the trustees, was
distributed by the society, and in this
work Dr. Hornaday was notably active.
One of his pamphlets. The Lying Lure of
Bolshevism" attracted unusually wide
attention. The society furnished much Of
the information on which recent raids on
radicals were made.
The list of officers FOR 1919 includes
Charles Stewart Dawson, chairman of the
Board of Trustees; Henry G. Quinby,
Richard II. Edmonds, Newton w. Gilbert.
George B. Agnew Richard Washburn
Child Lee de Forest. George Ethridge,
Rear Admiral Bradley a. Fiske, Madison
Grant William Guggenheim, j. z. Harris.
Richard NJ Hurd, Henry Wynans Jessup,
LYLE e. Mahan, Henry w. Marsh. Cleve-
land Moffett DR.. Lewis r. Morris, John
R Rathom, Charles Larned Robinson,
Louis Livingston Seaman, Lothrop Stod-
dard, John Stone, j. Raymond Tiffany
and Leslie J. Tompkins The honorary
vice presidents are Or. David Jayne Hill.
Charles S. Farchild. Charles j. Bonaparte,
Henry Il. JOY. Perry Belmont and Dr..
William 7. Hornaday.