The Bienville Democrat., 1922-05-04
DENBY' WARNING
BASED ON FACTS
pROPAGANDISTS OF SOVIETlSM,
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 Destruc-
tion Objects.
Bv EDWARD 3, CLARK

BY EOWARO 5. ClAHN
WashingtOn.-lt did not take Secre-
tary Denby's recent warning to the
men of the navy to guard themselves
ashore and atloat from the preaching
of s0vietism, communism and anarchy
to let students of the situation IN
Washington know that the United
States is alive with prOpaSandlsts
bent on the destruction of decept gov
ernment. OF course, 1t is known that
well-meaning people will say this is
unbiased alarm, but nevertheless it Is
the truth, and men here know it.
In one Of the current appropriation
bills there is a request for an addition
al sum of money for the use OF the bu-
reau of investigation of the Depart"
ment of Justice. Every representative
of every radical organization in the
United States is using his influence to
prevent the granting Of the money.
Within an hour of this writing II
has been said to me that the belief of
some people that there is perniclous
activity on the part of the radicals.
and that watchfulness and action are
needed to offset it, is "bunk." The
word quoted Is the word that was used.
The writer knows otherwise. He 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 at all
subtle. 1t Is possible to get evidence
of it In the open at the social gather
ings in the city Of Washington. We
have here parlor Reds in numbers.
Need for WatchfuIness.
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 not engage In the
work Of looking after the activities of
American citizens. Uncle Sam does
not care a whit what the ordinary
American citizen does, so long as ne
keeps within the law. The man, now
ever, who breaches destruction-and
this mans name is multitude-needs
looking after if 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, or what
ever you choose to call 1t. Over in
New York city there is a bunch Of so
called intellectuals who write stuff
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 to 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.
lnteIIectuaIs Who Are Dangerous.
The officials Of the American admin
istratiOn are alive to 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 Ce willing te
90 to any extreme, even one which In
wolves imminent personal danger t
themselves, to carry on their work
The Americans who help them are
different type. They get certain fiat
tery for their "intellectualities," from
what they write and from what the!
say, but not one Of them Is willing, a!
are the foreign agents, to endange
their heads or their skins through
overt acts. They are none the les
dangerous, however, for they preacl
destruction, even If the preaching i
done in parlors and their sermons ar
printed on the soft-tinted paper Of tn
feministS.
There Is an attempt today by thes
persons to plead that nothing shoul
be done to interfere with freedom 0
speech, or freedom Of writing. O
course the United States government
does not want to interfere with any
thing Of this kind if 1t is proper, bu
: when the stuff makes for the destrut
, ton Of our institutions 1t seems t
Washington officials it is necessary t
continue to be watchful and doing.
They are still at it, and If one ca
get pardon from his readers for s
, putting 1t, these preacher-propagal
! dists and parlor Bolshevists are ro
, ten bunch, unworthy Of any America
!. consideration, and It might be adde
}. that the intellectually Of which the
!. make boast Is the intellectually (
drivel Congress Is not immune fro
the influences of the unspeakables.
I may be it will deny the Department ,
: Justice the additional money aske
r Certain it is that every man and won
K an and every organization in this cou
a try which wished u3 " IN war, ar
S which wishes US i'll in peac
Is endeavoring to DO their best
prevent Uncle Sam from securing Il
l. means to protect himself and his i
l. stitutionS.
Il When He Was "Pete" Russell.
Santo Domingo has been SON
D thing of a source of anxiety al
perplexity to the United States &C
ernment for a long time. This cou
r. Gill; FL