Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-28
EXTREME PACIFIsM


The national Americanism com
mission has for past three month
conducted a thorough investigation
Of the extreme pacifism movement
its inception. its purposes and wha
not, which is so rampant through
out the United States.
The Third Internationale Com
munists, Bolshevists, Soviets, l. w
WIS, revolutionary radicals ant
many others advocate total and com
plete disarmament for all but. them
selves. The reds of Russia, through
their powerful propaganda. agencies
have been carrying on an extensive
campaign to encourage total disar
mament in many countries. On the
other hand, at the same time they
advocate that workers assert theil
so-called rights by waging an armed
revolution to overthrow the country
in which they are spreading their
propaganda, and calling upon peo-
pie to demand total disarmament
1t is very easy to see what the re-
suits would be. A country toally
disarmed would be at the mercy of
an armed mob. 1t would then be-
come a country such as Russia =
a dictatorship, uncivilized and athe-
istic in its practice-a country that
advocates public ownership of in
dustry, no private property rights,
free love, etc.
The Communists, in advocating the
movement, have either solicited the
aid, or innocently received such aid,
of many outstanding organizations.
professional people, men, women
and children. In a brief way their
world wide plan is as follows:
Advocating disarmament and no
more war such as the Communists
do, had popular appeal, especial
ly after the World war. This appeal
is innocent enough upon the face of
it, but is vile when investigated.
There is an organization in Eng
land called "War Registers Interna
tional," of which the "Women's
Peace Union" of our country is one
of the subsidiary organizations. The
Irish section is the Women's Inter
national league. Their declaration is
as follows: Believing that war is
wrong and that the army of the ma
ton, either by sea, land or air, is
treason to the spiritual unity and
of mankind, l declare it
to be my intention never to take
or civil, whether by
bearing arms, making or handling
of voluntarily subscribing
to war loans, of using my labor for
The purposes of setting others free
for war service. Further, 1 declare
NY intention to strive for the re-
noval of all causes of war, and to
work for the establishment of new
social order based on cooperation !
or the human good"
This brings to our attention an
'ther organization known as the
Nomen's International for Peace,
nd Freedom, which sanctioned and
promoted the Pax school, composed
Mostly of prominent communistic
workers of foreign birth. This league
n the U. S. call themselves the w.
L. Mrs. Harriet Conner Brown,
hartman of the research committee
f Women's International Leaguei
or Peace and Freedom, circulated
pamphlet, America Menaced by
declaring in same that
'omen will say to men and parlia-
tents, go to war, if you want to,
ut know this: We have pledged
urselves not to give our children,
OF to encourage or nurse your SOL
iers, not to knit a sock or roll a
andage or drive a truck, make a
ar speech or buy a bond" She al
offers the following Stacker
edge: Believing that all true :
eace can be secured only through
cancellation and good will, and
at no course justifies destruction
human life, urge immediate and
liversal disarmament, and promise
ever to aid if any way in the pros
ution of war
Practically all Stacker oaths are
orded differently, but mean the
me thing. Many of these organiza-
ons are internationally helping the
mmunists and many inocently. 1t
our duty to our country to COM
t this great menace which if in eff
ct today, would mean that we
ould be utterly defenseless in case
invasion from a foreign power or
civilized or unchristian people,
10 have no respect for oaths or
ything else. We would be without