Evening star., 1925-09-26

East Indian millionaires who wave
the red flag and preach revolution
should be barred from the United
States along with ordinary bomb
throwers and other undesirable aliens,
in the opinion of a large section of the
American public. This is made quite
clear in the discussion which has fol-
lowed the State Departments refusal
to permit Shapurji Saklatyala, Brit
ish member of Parliament, to visit
Washington as a delegate to the Inter.
parliamentary Union.
Nevertheless, a number of impor-
tant newspapers hold that the Gov
ernment's action was short-sighted, as
expressed by the Canton Daily News,
because it lends dignity to worth
less cause" and 1t was unwise, as the
Chicago Daily News puts it, Ito create
the impression that the United States
is afraid of free speech" In the same
vein the Hartford Times declares 'the
matter Of free speech and common
sense cannot be decided on a basis of
hide and seek among musty legalisms,
nor can American traditions be safely
intrusted to a State Department which
is chronically afflicted with shaking
palsy"
"Oh. let him in," exclaims the Chi
cago Tribune, while the Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat denounces the de-
partment's action as little more than
a reflection upon the Intelligence and
patriotism of the American people"
while admitting that the action
taken by our Government is legally
correct" says the New York Times,
most Americans will feel that 1t
leaves US in a somewhat mortifying
position. In London Mr.. Saklatvala
- ,1,.ta ayat
than a joke The Rochester Times
Union thinks the department merely
was playing safe," and remarks that
deliberations Of the Interparliamen-
tary Union afford little scope for radi-
cal utterances."
Anyway" suggests the Trenton
Times, ito travel around this country
a bit and see how well off the average
American workingman is might con-
vince the London red of the error of
his theories" The San Francisco Bull
letin also paints a picture of Saklat-
vala going back from America "a
hopelessly discouraged comrade," be-
cause "to a real agitator the whole
blame country is hopelessly sodden In
prosperity"
To the Des Moines Tribune-News
the amusing tnlnS ABOUT tue Sloeo
Department. decision to exclude the
British communist is the broadcast
Ing of his views in the very denuncia-
ton Secretary Kellogg gave to the
press" Now, continues the Des
Moines paper, that everybody knows
what the man Is, what he will say,
there Is no need for him to come to
the United States"
No subject for joking is found. how.
ever, by the many papers which give
unqualified approval to the American
Governments action. "It was not
only the right. but the duty of the
State Department" the Portland Elk
press declares. Ito guard against dis
order by excluding from entrance here
| this man who proclaimed that his OBJ
ject in coming here was to provoke
| disorder" The Lynchburg Advance
says America already has enough OF
these dangerous radicals" and "the
Government should not permit this
country to be made the stamping
| ground for any more of them" Free
dom from prejudice in the matter is
pointed out by the Pittsburgh Chron
| icle- Telegraph, citing the passport
| visa in the first place and stating: II
Twas only after he had declared his IN