Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-02
LAUNCHES AMERINIAN BOND
 MOVEMENT IN NORWICH

'fThe American Bond" movement in tended to stimulate deeper loyalty to the traditional ideals of America, was launched in Norwich Sunday by Dr. H. H. Russell of Westerville Ohio, and a group of lecturers and evangelistic with national regulations. From Nor wich the movement, 1t is planned, will spread until the entire country is GOV cred.
 At the union service held in the Cen tral Baptist church Sunday evening, pr. Russell, who is the father of the Anti Saloon league of America as well aa the founder of this new movement. said, in part:
 Etched in stone on the Worcester court house are the words: Obedience to Law is Liberty. If so, our land is tn bondage; we are slaves. How many murders in the past ten years? 85,000 How much has burglary increased in the last ten years? 1900 per cent. Facts like these justify the bar association report in it's recent verdict: In respect for law, this is the worst civilization.
 "The American Bond offers a remedy By educational methods. build public | sentiment for true Americanism and Joy. alty to law; by voice and pen, by pos ] ters, cartoons, tracts literature by tn, hundreds of tons; by training a genera l tion of children to hate crime and low 1 the flag and the law; by blazing forti | the awful facts; by informing the peo pie and iniaming public opinion by ant by will command the enforcement of al law The iron hand of justice vii smite and rebuke the lawless traitor. to our flag and our dear nation will b free"
 Rev. Robert c. Carson, DID,, of Col orado, spoke at Park Congregations church in the morning, saying: Al American is not necessarily born il America he does not necessarily speal the English language. A real Alneri can is man or woman native or for eign born, of foreign or native bor percentage, who clearly understands. be ] lieves in and is willing to conform [ the ideals and principles of the Amer can government. Only by assimilation through the human touch. by communit | cooperation in the home, the school an the church, can we make real Amer cans. Through these agencies, tn American Bond will work out it's pre- gram. It has a gigantic task but on which We must accomplish if we woul save our nation firm fate worse tha that of Russia"
 IhON- IteHIy dulCOi1tI Ol IIllls boro Ohio, speaking at the Greenevill Congregational. church. said "The tim has come for every true American cit
 zen to show his colors. Never In th history of our country has there been a much lawlessness as today. The la
 is never changed to suit our breaking It does not make law w-breakers but
 reveals them So with our laws. It hs
 been said that the eighteenth amend
 ment to the Constitution made man
 break the law. It did not. It merely r,
 vealed who were the disloyal and u criminals in our population. We mu
 train a generation of citizens who wi
 love and keep the law because they loN
 the ntaion whose mind expresses itse in law"
 At Trinity Methodist Episcopal chure
 Sunday morning, Rev. Louis Abe , Banks spoke on What Does It Requil to Constitute an American?
 The Rev. George E. Burlingame | Los Angeles was the speaker at u
 First Baptist church.