Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-05-30
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President Coolidge signed the ban
ON japanese immigration. Though he
favored exclusion by treaty he saw
the drift Of public sentiment and fell
In line with Congress.
Exclusion by treaty would be equal.
~ effective, but exclusion BY congress
sional act is more after the fashion OF
international law, and will serve a.
precedent for other nations.
There appears 10 be no reason why
America should eoneedc the right of
settlement In this country of any peo-
pie of alien birth. with the exception
of those Who will add character To
the American people.
What applies 20 Japan should also
apply TO southern Europe. II is not
because We are unffiendly to people
OF foreign birth. II IL becaues "a nation
as large as America must preserve it's
heritage for those who are born on
American soil.
President Coolidge has strengthened
his position as "A candidate by the ac-
tion he has taken, Ii he IL convinced
that the American people think for
themselves ON international questions
| II is an indication that he Il suitable
timber for the presidency,
At the same time japanese veter-
| ans warn the United States that the
act will be resented Rise, our
friends Of the battlefield. Let ua pre-
| pare for war;" says hand bill re
Gently issued In Japan.
The Toxic reseryationst legion IL
apparently IN earnest, Rat i4sffods
trouble will follow. II IL 10 ba ex-
pected that foreign nation will re-
sent such an act of congress, and IL
naturally follows that they will be
wordy in expressing their resentment.
America has no need to fear Japan.
nor any other nation In the world.
! AMERICA SHOULD BIZ FOR
AMERICANS, and IL we ever reach
status where We are unable to en-
| force our laws for Americans as
against those who would persistently
eneroaeh upon our territory II will be
better il we cease TO exist.
Bishop Brown, who has for some
time sustained relation of location
| In the Protestant Episcopal church. Is
on trial for heresy for saying that his
| God Is nature. "A triune divinity,
matter being the father. force the son.
and law the spirit II Is not sur
prisinp that bishop would be tried
for such a statement. What he says
means nothing more nor less than that
electricity, radium and other non
| intelligent forces are equivalent TO the
Christ of the bible.
There Is no God without intelligence.
| This Is clear. plain and concise
statement Of the scriptures. Further
/ more 1t may safely be emphasized
| that God who Is not an intelligent
| factor in the universe cannot exist,
much less control the remainder of his
creation.
We do not need TO urge that God
| be localized In space as the church
| has decreed. But We do need to
recognize the fact that intelligence
| is the supreme factor In the universe.
II the bishop means that force Is
| intelligent that tree or a flower has
| intelligence, then he may have cause
| for his argument; but TO the man OF
common thought there Is n difference
| between a tree and a human mind.
| IL will be better to stick to the old
| theology than TO 20 too far estray In
what Is nothing more nor less than
pure atheism.
The Presbyterian church, in nation
al session at Grand Rapids, Mich,
| declares war on booze, and question
able moving pictures. Like the Metho-
dist church now In session In general
conference in Springfield, Mass, IL
| has put war under the ban. That
does not mean that the Presbyterlans
and Methodists will not fight IL neees-
sary.
There is only one church that has
claimed the right 10 resist war to the
extent Of refusing TO bear arms.
That is the Quaker church. They are
permitted, because Of conscience. to
| refrain from war. II man Ia too
fearful Of losing his life to fight for
| his country he may join the Quaker
church and be exempted from military
service.
President Coolidge's veto Of the
bonus measure failed TO impress the
house which passed the bill by a vote
/ Of 3l3 10 ~, or more than 80 ma
! jority over the necessary two-thirds.
| The bill is now In the hands Of the
senate where il Is expected that n
majority fully as large In favor Of
/ the bill will be recorded.
The only objection urged against
/ the bill was a financial consideration.
Doubtless the nation Is in financial
straits; but that Is not a sufficient
reason for denying the soldiers
proDer recognition for their services.
The bill represents the sentiment Of
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