The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-04-27
OENbY'S WARMING
BASED ON FACTS
PRoPAoANolsrs OF sov,erIsM.
COMMUNISM AND ANARCHY
ARE TRULY DANGEROUS.
GOVERNMENT ON THE ALERT
Bureau Of Investigation Of Department
Of Justice Asks More Money. and
Every Traitor and Agent Of Oestrue.
ton Objects
BY EDWARD @. CLARK


tary l'enby's recent warning to the
men of the navy 10 guard themselves
ashore and ailuat from the preaching
Of SoVictiSm, communism aud anarchy
To let students Of the situation In
Washington know that the United
States Is alive with propa gandiSts
, bent un the destruction of decent gov
eminent. of course. IL is known that
| weil meaning people will say this Is
unbiased alarm. hut nevertheless u Is
The ruth. aud men here know II.
Ia one Of the current appropriation
bills there Is u request for an addition
al sum oi money for the use of the bu-
rrau If Investigation Of the Depart
ment Of Justice Every representative
at every radical organization In the
United States is using his influence to
prevent the granting of the money.
Within an hour Of this writing il
has been said tn me that the belief ~
some people that there is perniciouS
activity on the part Of the radicals
and that watchfulnpsS and action ARE
needed To offset IL. is bunk" The
word quoted is the word that was used
The writer knows otherwise lie had
something to- do with the looking after
matters of this kind during the war
and he knows what is going on today
Some of the propaganda Is not AZ all
subtle. II Is possible To get evidence
Of il In the open at the social gather
ngs in the city Of Washington. We
have here parlor Reds in numbers.
Need for Watehfulness
Some persons have gone So far as to
say that We ought To have no intelli.
gence service In the army and navy
of today. because the United States
government should nor engage In the
work Of looking after the activities OF
not care a whit what the ordinary
American citizen does, 50 long as he
keeps within the law. The man. how
ever, who breaches destruction-and
this mans name Is multitude-needs
looking after II the people are going to
retain what they have of sane govern
ment.
Men here who know what is going
on do not blame the Department OF
Justice in the least for asking for ad-
ditional funds To check the active
propagandists in behalf Of anarchy,
sovietism and communism. OF what
ever you choose To call IL. over In
New York city there Is bunch OF so
called intelectuals who write stun
which feeds the Imagination Of those
who read it, Most of the writer's were
slackers during the war and those OF
them who did not have Ia serve be
cause of age. or dependents. wrote
everything they could TO injure the
cause Of their country. taking care.
however. to keep just within the limit
of the law. They did not like Jail any
better than they liked their country's
service.
inteilectuais Who Are Dangerous
The ofIclals Of the American admin
istration are alive 10 this situation.
There Is today In the United States an
active group of propagandists In be-
half Of communism. These men. In the
main, are fanatics and are willing To
go TO any extreme, even one which In
wolves imminent personal danger To
themselves, to carry on their work.
The Americans who help them are a
different type. They get certain fiat
terry for their ''intellectualities," from
what they write and from what they
say. but not one Of them Is willing. as
A. ts.n
their heads or their skins through
overt acts. They are none the less
dangerous, however, for they preach
destruction, even II the preaching Is
done In parlors and their sermons are
printed on the soft tinted paper Of the !
feminists.
There Is an attempt today by these
persons 10 plead that nothing should |
be done to interfere with freedom Of !
speech, or freedom Of writing. or
course the United States government |
does not want to. Interfere with any |
thing Of this kind II II Is proper. but |
when the stun makes for the destruc- |
ton of our institutions II seems TO |
Washington officials 1t Is necessary to
continue to be watchful and doing
They are still at II, and II one can |
get pardon from his readers for so |
putting IT, these preacher prOpagan-
dists and parlor B0lshevists are rot
ten bunch. unworthy Of any American |
consideration, and II might be added |
that the intellectually of which they
make boast Is the intellectually OF |
drivel. Congress Is not immune from |
the influences of the unspeakables. II |
may be II will deny the Department Of |
Justice the additional money asked.
Certain II Is that every man ana WON |
an and every organization in this coun-
try which wished US III In war, and |
which wishes US III In peace, |
Is endeayoring 10 do their best TO
prevent Uncle sam from securing the |
means to protect himself and his In
stitutions,
When Hs Was Pete Russell
Santo Domingo has been some
thing Of source Of anxiety and
,,arpIaxIty In the 'uitpl SlaIaa INV