The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-26
j JOHN M. PARKER,
of Louisiana.

Ie xTeatest problem America faces 2 in It's struggle to return to nor Y i8 the problem of those who q psrpetuate license. They are ious and ever present reality and hat America gave her best blood iould be lost if once the evil claws mmunism secure a hold upon the n.
 larshy waits long, eagerly, unre- lely for it's opportunity. The lull- 0 Il fancied security of the great
 of citizenship is as much to it's csts as the havoc it would wreck it had gained control. No nation b great to resist the slow eating canker in it's heart if that canker lowed to go on unchecked.
 e enemies of established things, der and right living and decency 1eper idle. The followers of the .ht things rest too well in the 0w of the past, too firm in the be- hat right will prevail without as- aee from it's believers.
 A Great Unrest.
 derIy government, security of satxedness of property-right are )neer revered safeguards of the |61 Where there is not contempt eS<ablished institutions, there is st tbat perils peace. We are dou{f1g safe foundations. The mid of society seems to be turned Ie down and standing on it's apex. ar since the close of the war, the
 of the human current has been doHn from normalcy. No satis- IT. reason has yet been discov- Tor this worldwide tendency. The n is hardly to be found in the ings of the Marxian philosophers, e natural desire of man for hb- af Thought and unrestricted free- Of action. Generally speaking, has been used to the restrictions vef71ment too long for him to . to Permanently discard them
 And anarchy carries strong u only to those races which have ensIayed.
 :. whatever the causes, the fact 1e unrest exists. As a great sman once said, it is a condition lot a theory that confronts us. We aeed with great evil and we
 find n positive cure. We must this drift away from safe moor which is based on false ideas of 1eaning of liberty and is stimu- by tricky leadership.
 The Solution.
 Iution of this problem Hes in the nee, courage and determination lat large element of population of 'or1d which has not departed from sachings of it's fathers. The part Ivilixation which is right must gle to make the balance of the right. 1t must be prepared to , for the peace and security that lith orderly government, rather show a willingness to accept the sxous peace and elusive happi- offered by the forces of disorder. inst not purchase personal ease comfort at the expense of the rc Welfare. 1t must not sit down 'supinely let current of commun- enNulf the world. The hope of ,kind rests absolutely in courage Iitrength of purpose of those who sfeadfastly refused to follow
 political gods.
 America there have been frequent inrs to disturb our rest. We
 had false sense of security, 1se the spectre of communism has
 stalked before us, grim and Iv spectacle, as it has in Russia, nave been slow to recognize it, porous, well-fed, happy, content jeff Satisfied, we have naid little
 to the rumblings of the threat
 V0leano. We Americans have a t1 really beyond our resources think our government is ideal ch is indisputable) and that there 0o modern Don Quixotes with the IAood of assail it. Therefore, we departed from the advice ot 1iuxton. We are no longer vigi- It js our idea, unexpressed, that c8t1clysm comes we will destroy And i've haven't the remotest feal
 any cataclysm will dare to at 2t ft To paraphrase what has { IHidely said of well-known med
 De cataclysm works while 'riea sleeps.
 Time to Awake.
 It fhe time is approaching, ant =ry dose at hand, when we must ke from our Rip Van Wrinkle sleeE meet this problem squarely. w stop the drift or it will continu, spand, take us at flood tide and en
 us. We must call upon men t, q up and be counted. We mus { the friend of order from it's foes must uproot those selfish and dan 11s Influences which are seeking t, it1n<ue the institutions our fore ex1 built with their blood, ant
 1ey deemed inperishable. W, crush this tyrannous foe of life
 nd the pursuit of happiness 3 bogshevism sternly, ruthlessly 1I time. So far as American citi hlp f8 concerned, we must put thil try back where it was before tn
 restore the Brotherhood of Man make not only the life but the pos ons of others secure. We mus 01r Government as well as hay,
 c must be vigilant in the defensl hose political institutions witt
 God has blessed us above an,
 In the world.
 No Time for Kindness.
 EaU1e l love my country I hay, 1tI1nce with those who woull
 kindness this evil which i
 LIT at the foundations Of Ameri H6offy. We cannot be pacifst o1< homes are concerned.
 A1<erica crushes this rising men
 It III soon disappear from tn
 Ihe example of frmness anl
 re i've give will encourage tn
 nations who. having suiferel
 th4n we. have a smaller powe