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nearly as possible is a worthy object of any good government ”—Abra
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AMERICAN JUNKERS
.»•
If any one was ever :in doubt as to
the justifiability of reforms to cer
tain elements in America as Junkers,
tic should be very much eased by the
use of the term on the part of none
other than Josephus Daniels, Secre
, tary of the Napy. A Secretary of the
Navy. when he uses the phrase
"American Junkers” in his speeches
in van'ous parts of the country, knows
what he is talking about. The New
Appeal has consistently warned its
readers to beware of the inner peril,
which was only one degree less than
the greater one without. Wo have
our little and big kaisers within our
borders, and after the war they will
merit—and wfill get—our attention.
"Tlidse American Junkers,” said
Daniels in a recent speech at New
XIaven, “are not thinking about the
war.*but thty are thinking what will
happen after the war. Their supreme
aim is to seize the arteries of com
sriPTc. for their own enrichment, to
wipe out taxing laws that touch swol
len incomes, and replace them with a
*i,x that burdens the toilers, and to
rep <al or to emasculate the great
measures of social justice which are
the glory of the Wilson admlnistra
i ion.”
The question is: Are ^Kmercans
who haw fought this war to a suc
ee sful finish, or who have backed It
with their sons and their dollars, go- j
ins to watch the slow evaporation of!
all the concrete boons promised by
victory? Tli • New Appeal docs not
believe so. We do not believe for a !
moment that these junkers will b j
permitted to continue in the great,
graft that was thers befor ■ the world 1
awoke to the Prussian menace. For
raw that we have n.vaker d. we've
awakened to the m iu.w: that our own
junkers pres-nt. And just as we took
cars of tha other, we’ll take care ot
them.
A war that dethrones a foreign
junker and allows the domestic one
to remalin in power is a failure.
A war that brings light .truth and
democracy to Europe and permits it
to b • thwarted by wilful, greedy pri
vate interests within its own borders
is a failure.
A people that will shed their blood
and wealth in freeing the people of
foreign nations and then wink the
other eye at attempts of some of their
fellow countrymen to enslave them
is a failure.
\Vill the American people fail in
this regard? The American junkers
think that they will. The American
junkers are counting on you to fail.
They are doing their best to see that
you do. They are blinding you thru
their kept press; they are deceiving
you thru their ‘goodmen’ candidates;
they are after loot, like vandals in a
graveyard, or like ghouls that prey
upon bodies after a civic catastrophe.
So they would prey upon the nation
after the intense effort entailed by
the war.
Will the American people fail. The
American junkers are counting that
th6v will realize, more than ever be
fore, that this country and the insti
tutions within it belong to the peo
ple. It believes that they will show
the sense of that ownership. It be
lieves that they are now entering upon
a career of new glories—the glor'es
of peace and popular power. In that
belief it is published; fo that cause
< will light with tooth and nail; and
^it firmly b lieves that in that sign
it will conquer.—Exchange.
Right clown the agjs, the ruling
elites has opposed freedom of dis
cussion among tlie workers. “Down
"Wilh discussion" has been the num
b*'/- one plank in the platform of
rrcf! autocrat and despot since hu
rt; have ben able to talk and write.
Titi! master class of Egypt, liaby
bm, Greece and Rome prevented dls
''•nsa'.ons among their slaves, without
respc* t to creed or color. The bar
ons of the feudai age knew the dan*
.ger of free speech and made bon
'lr.es with the bodies of their victims
j as a method of enjoining silence.
TVnri the ruling class of today seek
to prevent the mass of the people
' from enjoying the full freedom of
.spT-ooYi. of press, and of assemblage.
iV HVV
Why does the ruling class object
co freedom of speech among the
workers? Why does a -free press
Ire ins cold sweat of terror to the
omows of the autocrats? Why does
"freedom of assemblage strike fear
S*itt> the hearts of the despots? What
Vtave they to fear?
is it that by free discussion the
workers discuss their wrongs and
week to r*ght them? Is It that free
-tioai of discussion clears the air of
"■doubts, lies, humbugs, cant, and hy
■procrisy. and explodes the false
teachings of the cunning few? Is It. i
that with freedom of discussion the
-despots scent disaster awaiting them
around the corner .
If the ruling class—the despots
and autocrats, and those who safe
guard their vested interests-—have a
righteous and holy cause to pursue
in trie, WHAT HAVE THEY TO
FEAR? Isn’t it Ihe simplest form
of logic that, those who are in the
light have all to gain and nothing
to lose by freedom of discussion?
Bv the same inexorable logic those
who are in the wrong have every
thing to lose and nothing to win by
freedom 01 discussion. The cunning
few know the danger of free speech,
a free press, and free assemblage
only too well. They know that, pos
sessing these rights, the proletariat
can dry up the swamps of ignorance
in the minds of the workers, and
force despotism, capitalism, and false
patriotism to stand naked for the
damnable and rotten trinity it is—
to be destroyed as soon as it has been
distinctly visualized by the unfortu
nate class it has so pitilessly bled
and ruined.
The master class and the political
sycophants who do Its work know
that, with freedom of discussion, the
brains of the workers arc no longer
fogged—they begin to see what.
3tands between them and freedom.
It is not without reason, indeed,
that the iron fist of despotism is
ever ready to close the lips and stul
tify tli3_m:nd of democracy.—Aus
tralian Worker.
Are You Seeking a Patent? Let
the WORKER Advertise it.
There* are more -ways than one of
flyrng the Red Flag.
Over i!n Europe it la st roaming on
overy breese, and the sun and the
moon shine down upon it and it is
wet wlith the rain and the daw.
It fioata above palaces that once
housed the pride of king;:, and from
the masts of battleships that were
the instruments of despotism.
In those lands the Red Flag is the
smybol of Democracy's Triumph, and
the multitude salute it with glad
hearts, for it means that the Tyrannj
of the Capitalist System draws to a
Close, and that ‘he hour of the Fra
ternal Commonwealth has arrived.
it s easy to fly the Red Flag in
that part of the world, for two hun
dred millions acclaim it as thoir own,
and it is surrounded with the sanc
tion of the only law that matters—
the consent of the common people.
But even in Australia the Red Flag
can be flown. Willy Watt (Acting
Prime Minister) has said its hall not
be done. He has made It an offense
10 raise it over any building, or dis
play it in any public place.
I am not, sure whether you can be
hanged or shot tor it; but any how,
to fly the Red Flag is a crime by the
will of Watt, anil should you dare
to do it, look out for tho dire con
sequences of his displeasure.
All the same the Red Flag Flics in
Australia at the I’resent Moment.
And what is more, if there were
.ton thousand Willy Watts, armed
with ten thousand War precautions
Acts, they could not tear it down or
punish thosj who fly it.
it is in the Hearts anil Minds of the
Workers that the Red Flag is flying
It is safe there. The jingoes may put
up their noses and howl, but they can
not touch it; it is out of reach of their
defiling paws.
Serene and splendid it is unfurled
in the thoughts and aspirations of
the working class; and when the dust
blows over the political graves of the
little tyrants who now misgovern
Australia, the Red Flag will still be
flying, lor it sympolizes two great
and indestructible forces—Labor and
Liberty.—Australian Worker.
It is most unfortunate that at the
very time when the world is rejocing
at the defeat of the Hun and Iiunish
practices, we should be slapped in the
face, as it were, by the news of Hun
isiu within out own borders. Hut
the plain truth of the matter is that
in the southern section of this country
there are disorderly elements that
are disgracing the entire republic.
'HVs country, as do all other civil
ized ones, rests upon a respect for
the law. There are some laws, pass
ed with sinister motives, that no true
freeman can respect. Then he sets
about, with his fellow men, to repeal
them and wipe them CTf the books.
But among the laws that app.al to
the decency of every man and woman
la that on which calls a man inno
cent until he is proved guilty. And
it is just that law whch contains
hoodlum Huns of North Carolina
have fouled by the Hun-iike practice
of breaking into a jail at Winston
Salem with, murderous lynching in
their hearts.
Before the piece of outlawry was
finished five people wer killed, six
more wounded so seriously that their
lives were despaired of, and more
than a dozen hurt. A condition like
this demands plain speaking . Do
(he Huns of North Carolina imagine
that this nation is not. big enough to
mete out justice, that they must take
it into their own hands and kill and
wound others in the fray? /ire the
12,000,000 negroes in this country
to be victimized because of color and
prejudice, while some of their own
sons are across the ocean, with an
honorable record In a war that was
meant to free the downtrodden of all
nations and colors and creeds?
Maybe these prisoners were guilty.
If so, it was the government's busi
ness to [trove them so. That was
the individual's right. And if they
were guilty it was the business of
the government, not individuals, to
execute that punishment. Any other
course would be anarchy. And that
was just^what the North Carolina
persons who participated in tii s dis
graceful affair were guilty of. They
should bo apprehended and punished
as such. As such they should be im
prisoned and protected against the
very sort of uprising and breaking-in
to which they themselves gav. vent.
Such as these are Huns, anarchists of
the most dangerous type. Just as
long as the nation as a who! does
nothing about it, just so long will we
be disgraced in the eyes of all who see
in justice more than a word, and in
tolerance more than a pretence.
When these men lynch or attempt
to lynch a nagro, they arfe lynching
the lawTtself. They ar • reverting
to a barbarism out of which we have
fought our way thru hailstorms of
bullets and rivers of blood. And shall
the result of til! this noble sacrifice be
that self-willed Huns shall be able,
with impunity, to defy the dec. nt laws
of this republic?—Exchange.
00,000 OX STRIKE
CHICAGO, June 11—The nation
wide strike of the telegraphers and
telephone operators was pulled of at
seven a- m- this morning.
President Konenkamp of the na
tional organization says that more
than sixty thousand operators obey
ed the strike call, while officials or
some of the most important compan
ies which are effected by the strike,
claim that this number is greatly ex
aggerated and that they ar not ser
iously crippled iu operating their
lines.
COl SEUIOI SLY IN.ICilKl)
WINNIPEG, June 11—Corporal
F. G. Copplns, who won the Victoria
cross while fighting in France was
probably fatally Injured when he was
dragged from his horse by striking
rioters who are extremely bitter
against all soldiers who have replaced
the local police force. Copping, after
being rescu.d from the rioters, was
removed to a hospital where on ex
amination it was found that several
<rf his ribs were broken and that he
had sustained serious injuries to his
head, having been repeatedly kicked
in the face by the enraged strikers.
SENDS NOTE
ST GERMAIN, June It—Chan
cellor Renner of the Austrian Peace
Delegation forwarded his first note
in which he protested against the
harshness of the Allied Peace terms
to the Allied Councl today.
WANT THEIR BEER
ATLANTIC CITY, June 11—A
resoution was introduced during to
days session of the American Fedor, i
tion of Labor that, the latter re
record as against war time prohibition
and in favor of exempting beer con
taining two and three quart rs per
c nt alchol both under thy war L ine
act and national prohibition.
375,«t>0 SOLDIERS WILL
COMM HOME
PARIS June 12—-General Pershing
inade the announcement today that
fully three hundred and seventy-five
thousand American soldiers would be
sent home for demobilization during j
the month of June.
SUBMARINE LOST
LONDON, June 12—Reports have,
been received by the Navy Depart-1
ment officials that a British su'onia-'
line which was cruising dn the Baltic
was thru sonic unknown cause
lost with all on board.
CONTEST BEGINS . . i
WASHINGTON, June 12—The j
Election Committee of the House of 1
Representatives began the investiga
tion regarding Social st Congressman
elect Berger of Milwaukee's right to
be seated, today. Berger who testi
fied personally before the Committee
declared that unseating him would be
a denial of the right of self deter
mination to the voters of his district, i
WASHINGTON. June 12—Attor-i
neys of Joseph P. Carney today chal-!
leuged Berger's right to be seated in !
Congress. ,
They attempted -o show that thei-j
client had been legally elected as a;
representative, r.rd -hat Berger wii
disqualified at the outsfet by the four
teenth amendment to the constitu
tiou.
.WANT PARDON.
DENVER, June 12—The Brother
hood of Railway Firemen and .En
gineers at their annual convention
now being held here adopted a reso
lution in favor of the release of Eu
gene Debs and Thomas Mooney on a
Presidential pardon.
DRY’S DEFEATED
ATLANTIC CITY, June 12—A bit
ter debate on the prohibition question
took place today at the conventon of
the American Federation of Labor.
The President, Samuel Gompers,
replying to James Duncan, Seattle
Wbor leader and champion of the
dry element, said, “I am not prepared
to say that the prohibition of alcoholic
drinks and Bolshevism are cause and
effect, but you will find when later
lesoutioqs are introduced, that pro
iiibition which comes from Seattle,
favors Bolshevism for the United
States”.
The resolution, exempting light
wines and beer from the provisions
of the eighteenth constitutional
amendment and the war time prohi
bition act was passed by a vote of
26,000 for to 4,000 against it.
The convention also voted to sus
pend next Saturdays session of the
convention to enable the delegates
t go to Washington D. C. to partici
pate in the demanstrat.ion aga-ust j
prohibition to be staged there by or-1
ganized labor.
TO ARREST LEADERS"
WINNIPEG, June 12—A general I
disintegration of the strike is expe "
:d here daily.
‘ An announcement has been made
today that several arrests of alleged |
| agitators may be expected bj Solar-1
day and that, the rank and file of the |
strikers oeing deprived of their leader '
.will become discouraged and may be I
prevailed upon by tli authorities to]
go back to work.
TO SEPARATE
LKAGl'E FROM TREATY
WASHINGTON, June 12—Tile'
Senate Committee on Foreign'Rela
tions today voted eight to seven to
favorably report the resolution intro
duced by Senator Knox which virtual
ly separates the League of Nations
Covenant from the Peace treaty prop
er.
PALACE BURNS
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 12—
The Yildiz-Kiosk. the palace occu-1
pied .by the Sultan of Turkey was de
stroyed by fire today. The fire is re
ported to have been of incendiary
origin.
WILL INVESTIGATE
OTTAWA, June 13—Premier Bor
den announced today that a commis
sion will be apponted by the Canadian
government to investigate the riots
which have lately occurred in Wrinni-|
peg.
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LEAVE FOR ROME
PARIS, June 13—The Italian
Premier Orlando, and General Diaz,
chief commander of the Italian army
left for Rome last n:g{it. Orlando
stated that he was convinced that
the work of the Big Five has been
practically completed and that no
more fundamental decisions con
cerns the Peace settlements, will be
reached by that bo'dy.
-SOLDIERS DECORATED
WASHINGTON1, June 13—Cap
tains W. J. Coyle of Seattle and John
C. Burgard of Portland, Oregon wero
presented wth the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross for extreme heroism in
action.
FAVOR STRIKE
BERLIN, June 13—A citzen's
committee, representing the conser
vative clement in the maufacturing
district of this city has declared in
favor of a general strike as it alleges
that the present Government has
failed to put down chaos in Greater
Berlin.
FIGHTING NEAR JUAREZ
E2L PASO. June 13—Mexican Fed
eral outposts and rebels are fighting
west of Juarez.
i Martin Lopez and his men have
| occupied the Webber ranch houses
j almost in the eastern suburbs of
I Juarez and have succeeded in totally
J defeating a troop of Mexican Fed
;%ral cavalry which had been sent to
! dislodge them.
RESTORE SERVICE
VANCOUVER, June 13—British
1 Columbia steamship service is being
| slowly restored despite all the efforts
I of the strikers to hamper the ef
| forts of the companies to resume this
! service.
I -
MAY SETTLE STRIKE
WINNIPEG, June 13—It was in
timated today by the mayor that the
local strike may be settled by the
I end of this week. When he was asked
whteher the latest concildaton move
ment was successful he is reported
to have replied “I may have big news
! inside of twenty four hours.”
WILL JOIN REMONSTRANTS
! ATLANTIC CITY, June 13—Four
hundred delegates to the convention
of the American Federation ol Labor
wall leave for Washington D. C. by
special train tomorrow to participate
in the Anti Prohibition demonstra
tion before the Capitol.
WILL PREVENT VOTE
WASHINGTON, June.13—A group
of leading democratic Senators an
nounced today, that it had been de
eded to prevent if possible a vote on
the resolution introduced by Senator
Kitox. declaring the German Peace
treaty, with the League of Nations
Covenant included, unacceptable.
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