The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-02
SAYS RADICALS
ARE REAL PEOPLE
Congress Filled with Lib.
erals, DR.. George E.
Raiguel Asserts
ADDRESS BEFORE
WOMAN'S CLUB
Speaker Names Lloyd George, Harding,
POincaire and Hughes Among Radi-
cals-Says Lenine and TrOtsky Sc
cured Release of Debs.

Radicals are the real people; con-
grcss is filled with liberals, and it is
better to have reactionaries, radicals or
conservatives. than the liberals de-
clared DR. George Earle Raiguei of
Philadelphia. lecturer on current his
tory at the Women's college. speaking
before members of the Brattlcboro Wom-
ans club and guests last evening in Odd
Fellows temple. The occasion was the
annual guest night of the club.
DR. Raigucl's address was on Prog
rcss in the Other Americas and was fun
of hard facts concerning the national
aud International problems with which he
has become familiar through deep study
and travel. yet was not devoid of humor.
lie was an intense speaker and the sin
CCrity with which he spoke was appar-
cnt to his audience.
Mrs. {. l.. Stickney, president of the
club. presided. and after some announce
meutS. and Il group of solos by Frederic
a.. Adams. with piano accompaniment
By Mrs Henry \ Chandler she intro
duced the speaker who. in opening said
it meant a great deal To be asked to re
turn to place for a second address be-
cause il meant Il continuation of and
encouragement of his work. DIR. Raig
uel was the guest night speaker for the
club in April. 1921.
50 many things are tied up together.
he said, that one cannot differcntiate.
neither can the United States settle
down into a second or third class ma
tiun. and We must realize the tremen-
douS possibilities Of the call which has
been given uS to lead. I'm speaking of
the rapid progress of the world he said
we must think that the things which
K-fsFp ot- Il iu1D
viii not be good enough for our grand
children: it is better To be thinking what
our grandchildren will think than to
think of what our grandmotherS thought
lie referred to the release of Eugene
y. DehS adding that a. a matter of fact
| ne dia not now belong in prison. Other
nations released their political prisoners
long ago and when DcbS was nomina ted
for president he ceased to be criminal
prisoner. but became a political prlS-
oner. LcHine and Trot>ky. he declared.
compelled the release of DebS because Il
Americans were in. prison in Russia and
one qualification for their release was
| that certain men in prison in the United
States should bc released and Mr. Debs
was one of the men. We might aS well
make up cur minds that we are going to
| recognize soviet Russia i'm the very near
| future said DR. Raiguel. adding that
| there is now no bolShevik Russia.
We are living in 1922 and we cannot
| sit back and talk about the radicals and
| conservatives. The conservatives are
4 those who see things in narrow way.
! The liberals are those who always are
apologizing for things which do not
| happen. The radicals are the real peo-
/ pie the people who are digging deep
and finding out what is there and are
radically changing the whole world. In
naming some of the radicals he included
/ Lloyd George. Harding. Poincaire,
4, El,at
| is the radicaiSm which we must have.
In referring to the Washington dis
| armament conference the speaker said
/ it was not casual one. but that amaZ-
/ ing things took place there, things which
/ the people have not yet grasped. On
( March 1. 1921. the old kind of democ-
/ racy vanished and we now have to ac-
! cept new kind. While there have been
/ no changes in the constitution there have
/ been changes in precedent. Wilson was
supreme i'm the old kind of democracy ;
/ the job of the President today Is to keep
| men i'm the cabinet who are responsible
/ to the people: lie Is the chief executive
4 and a mediator Mr.. Harding has kept
! faith with the people and with the world
| whether his name has been sounded to
! the ends of the earth or not
I I'm referring to the work of the arms
| conference and the 10 points in the Chi
neSe demands at Washington he de-
! clarcd that the American people were the
clcaneSt Of all nations in relation to
! China.
The speaker touched upon the bonus
| bill question, explaining the cause of the
! delay in the passage of the bill +: referred
/ to the Mexican policy and the open door
policy.
One of the biggest things may happen
yet. he said. and he urged that the peo-
| pie be ready for 1.-THE people of the
I limited States are going To stand by Rus
l.. Il. Ig,.o
never was such a thing as the army of
Russia. but it was the people of Russia.
adding that when they went into the war
they were fighting with clubs; there was
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