The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-09
HE IS THE ONE
BOCHE WE WANT
AMERICAN LEGION WANTS BERG
DOLL BROUGHT BACK TO
THIS COUNTRY.
SEDlTlON Is STILL AT WORK
Men Who Fought for Flag on the
Battlefield Are Being Compelled to
Continue to Fight for II in the Fields
OF tho Home Land.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

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washington.-Col. #. w. Galbraith.
commander of the American Legion,
: has been spending considerable time
! in Washington recently. He has been
| In conference with President Harding
and some of the leaders of congress
concerning legislation which the serv-
Ice men would like to have enacted
at the extra session.
1t seems to be the belief Of the
Legion leader that at the next session
provision will be made for the group
ing of all government soldier relief
agencies into one bureau, and for
continuous hospital program, especial
ly for tuberculous and neuro-psychi-
atric patients.
HE is the one Boche we want
This is what the Legion's COM
mander has said In reference to Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft
evader, rich and influential, who Is
now In a country which he loves bet
ter apparently than the land of his
birth. 1t is the belief in Washington
that the new administration will make
IN effort to lay hands on Bergdoll and
bring him back to this country. The
Legion says that 1t wants this man
| and II the government wants him 1t
will get him.
Nearest Their Hearts
OF course the proper care of the
sick and wounded soldiers is the thing
| nearest the hearts of the service men.
Already the country knows that the
sum of $6,0OO,00O instantly is avail
able for disqualification purposes.
| The sole fear now is apparently that
government red tape, and the delays
which have become historic in Amer
lean administration, may prevent
| quick relief for the sufferers, but all
that men can do to spur the govern
mcnt to its instant duty is to be done.
The American Legion has not for
| gotten the recent meeting at Madison
Square Garden, New York city, where
| pro Germans were allowed to preach
| doctrines that were more than semi
seditious. Neither has the Legion for
gotten the attempt of pro-Germans to
| break up another meeting In New
| York city which was called for the
| purpose of disciplining a recreant
Legion member. If any one believes
that the American Legion is going to
let such matters as these drop an
other thought should be coming to
| him quickly.
Recently there was held in Madison
Square Garden, New York city, under
the auspices of the American Legion
IAN All-American Meeting for God
and Country
1t was not necessary at that meet
Ing to have 1,5OO policemen inside the
hall to maintain order. When the
lovers of Germany held their meet
ing they succeeded In securing the
services of 1000 policemen who they
thought might be ready to club any
American Legion man who should
show any too marked an affection for
the American flag.
A Patriotic Document.
Here is the call for the recent meet
ing which the American Legion sent
out:
AN All American Meeting for God
and Country will be held in Madison
Square Garden, Friday, March 1S.
For two years an insidiOus prop
out the nation Forces identified with
movements and causes unworthy of
America again appear TO break the
| friendships born of the common strug-
gle-human liberty.
propaganda in many forms, some
of 1t of foreign origin and In foreign
| interests, is being disseminated, en-
tering the school, the home and the
church.
Appeals for causes which in them
selves are worthy, namely: humanity,
| decency and charity, are being made
| the vehicle for the spread of hate.
| furnishing germs for future wars.
Meetings which are disgraceful ex-
| amples of propaganda are being held
| throughout the nation for the DUR
pose not only Of disuniting the Amer
; lean people but also of alternating MS
from those peoples who gave with us
their life's blood on a common battle
| field.
There comes a time in the history
Of all peoples when they must prepare
themselves to meet a common foe
Such time has come to the Amer
| lean people. Our honor, our ideals
and our future are imperiled. Shall
! they remain undefended? The noble
] dead and those who now lie In hos
| pitals, living monuments Of willing
sacrifice, who gave their bodies for
their hearts desire, look to us to car
ry on-for God and Country"
For the first time In the history of
| the American nation men who fought
for the flag on the battlefield are be-
ing compelled to continue to fight for
L. In the fields Of the home land Tho