Evening star., 1928-04-04
Country Again Wonders When
Chicago Will Gust Cangsters

bombings. That enabled curious read
ers OF Chicago news in Europe to oo-
serve that the state Of terror here had
officials fleeing for their lives. It's a
question how much Of this reputation
Chicago can stand without material
injury
Perhaps. If the situation grows
worse" AYERS the Detroit News. the
Federal Government Will take hand
II can. II did 50 once before, when
President Cleveland sent troops 70 stop
a threatened civil war in northeastern
Illinois. The Constitution guarantees
republican form OF government 10 every
State in the Union. Shotgun Law and
bomb Law is not a republican form Of
government, The United States IS
going TO police an election in Nicaragua,
Why not in Chicago. which IS much
nearer home. and IS n American ter
ritorv?"
We can only wonder how long
American public opinion will remain
apathetic in the face OF the constantly
mounting evidence that American crime
IS definite and aeli organized ouSl-
ness" remarks the Minneapolis Tribune.
and the Butte Daily Post expresses the
view that recurring crimes entltle Chi
cago to rank as a municipality Of less
civic conditions than exist n Mexico or.
across the sea, III Turkey cr Khsrtum
or Belgrade or Moscow Or Bucharest or
Persia or Montenegro or Psklag or
Ethiopia
Chicago citizens know wha. IS
wrong" declares the Albany Evening
News, with the advice gha; they can.
II they will remedy the situation. huE
IL vii! require mighty and united sE-
fort 20 break the alliances ths: are
responsible. The Pittsburgh PoSt-
Gazette finds significance III the fact
that there appears - ee no reccllsc-
Ncu or wholesale execution cs political
murders there~Sllch execution os then,
As IS applied by the riva! gQnulen them
selves on one another
Admitting that the dlSSracefUi, ma
loaA!lH shocking sort ct conditions rrS-
VHilinS III the metropolis Of the Amer
lean interior give the people ct Mex
ico and Nicaragua something % thlnS
about when We speak IL them OF the
need FOR peaceful, orderly elections"
The kalanlSatNo Gazette continues: TN
fortunately, There is nothing the Fed
eral Government can do IL remedy ths
thlcaso situation and thus remove this
shameful blot on American clvinrstto..
me cure lies III the hands o. CatcasoS
dStSht citizens, Who seem STRANGELY IN
oIaefent u the evils about them @
Ir citizens would take the stand that
they ooght 10 take" advises the poyf-
land Oregon Journal IL they woulS
help create \ public resentment against
ganS'and, II they would clean cIr ara
official weakltnsS and time servers anS
put III public place men only Who SnNw
Their duty know how 70 do IL. ana q,
II, the growing crime wave Nc,,IS
quickly begin 70 recede''
=. Inc price a community paws when
N indifferent to civic Shitvn L
emphasized by the Wheeling Inrelh.
geneer, while the Savannah Ntarn,ns
News holds that surely there are
enough of things IS they are - Vel
eHSN and stop them The Williams
pNiff sun eolirhldeS: ~I<<>i cittseuShi,
nae all other Socd qualities. s,ssht e.
oSs1a at Nome C0ndttlNnS IN Chscage
aNeFd opportunities for practical iSe
Sts0StlNn IN citizenship far greater than
any Which can ee printed Within the
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