Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-06
Deal Sternly With the Reds.

Following ON the heels OF tlie STARTLING,
but eminently righteous and very SUCCESS
fll, raid by agents OF the Department OF
Justice upon the hiding places OF the Rus
sian "Reds' in Tins country. Attorney
General Palmer urges Congress 70 take
speedy action on bill submitted by hun
several months sgo. designed 20 enable
his department 10 deal effectively With
agencies of anarchisrn that at present are
hevond the reach of our prohibitive laws.
He wants law to- authorize his depart
ment 10 attack anarchisIn in aIl its
phases. and round up all who SUI port the
cause of the murdorous Res IN thus
country.
AZ least one Of the men captured En
The recent raids BY the Department of
Justice - city Official, and numerous
others arc natives uf tAs country or have
taken ont naturalization papers since
their arrival hcrc. lLcsc arc the offenders
whom Attorney t;cncral Palmer desires
- handle through the Federal courts
rather than have their trial and punish
ment left 10 State tribunals.
The bill prr,,srcd by Mr.. Palmer, SITTER
pra..crlv dsh-;ng acts Of sadiuon, would
provide for a ine of not more than siO,GtO
or imprisonment OF 20 wears or both for any
EerSnn g,nlty cf scdltioni q fine oi not
NOR. thap $40 600 ~ imprisonment OF rot
more than iO years or both for any person
guilty u promoting scditIon, for the dc
portatlon or any alien convicted Of either
Of tie foregoing crimes ard for the de
Naturalization ard Subsequent depoTta-
ton OF any naturali&ed citizen guilty ot
either or both az these crimes.
The country's response 20 the nitro
ducton 81 this measure leaves no excusr
for = single moments Unnecessary delay
IN the psssags OF Il, ssud Attorney-Ger-
crzl Palmer. The patriotic press O! vir-
tualIy every State, without regard &c poli-
tics. ,.as iadorstd the sill IS the kind which
must b. enacted into law il the supremacy
Of our government IS to he nlaIntaIrcd.
Organizations 81 many classes, including
posts of tAo American Leagon, have gone
on record uqeua.sf.C.lly : IN favor Of the
measure Individuals have written hun
dre4s Of .etters lndorslng the bill. In
truth Z has t---r hailed generally by
red -blooded Americans as measure
With teeth II It and that Is the kind Of
\ measure the Department AZ Justice
must have il Is gong 70 stsznp out
this grave menace OF scdItIon.
There should be no hesitation on the
part Il Congress IN enacting this measure,
or one Of similar import sid no soft-sosp
pleas Of interference with the rights of
citizenship or the privileges OF personal
freedom and ire speech should be per
mltted n influence our lawmakers. The
situation aIrp..3v 5 dangerous, and viii
become NOR, - the longer the adoption
and enforcement Of suppressive and
remedial legislation IS delayed
Il IL true that histcry affords ample
evidences of night ous reforms meeting
with determined. drastic opposition from
the duIv constituted authorities and Of
t1uel shrue,t beng inflicted upon thei.
advocate The struggle for religious free
dom was marked 10y centuries by horritle
crlcl..es and ne shed6.uE Of oceans Of
blood "a batl sides But ali these crussies
by brave men aud wonen for conscience
sak. wcre f.ra rigf tcclIs purTcse for the
betterrurrt j lie world AID beng rigl.t
they trtuu Led nstle erd
But no sucb clam can De made for the
dastardlv campaigns OF the Russian
Reds They represent nothing that
stands for the good oi humanity and the
progress Of the world They would de-
s'roy the last ycstiee of human rights Of
The right of man - profit by the fruits
Of hls labor They wouid destroy the rule
of law and erect lu u place the rule Of
brute force They would drive govern
mcnt by tie people from the face Of the
earth.
IN this country Of al others the sup
uressior % violcnt anarchlsrn should be
,naugirated WITH fore, and yigor Here is
land u tl.r frye wIjca. sirce IT, establish
ment ha- opened is doors 10 the poor
And orrrcsse, Il 4n nations offering an
asylum wterr tL.s would b. free to work
ou' fnesf "a sac.pL aid prDInr,t- ;heir per
soual al.c iaH'.y interests -rorccttd by
vs. ~ and sound popl.ar ! st.tutions.
M,irIs ~erc asltcd i. tnsc spleud.d
promises. ahd found them realized here.
But - recent wears TIE ui.st vie u q vio-
t.nt - attatar- 3 T,pe levr a.ckod
here not fur tIe p4f5oss 81 living de-
Gently unaJ or }, iendid structure of
popular ravcr1m, # but # ftcarirgjt dowr
hy moi violence dealing death to an who
opp. sed tLrm and raising II is place the
biood-staMod ,dhre Of anarchism. Ia
whirh huma freedom and human rights
should hav, 10 place
These advocates Of murderous force.
these apostles of violence deserve no con
sideratlon II our hands. THIS is no coun-