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NOTES FROM UNITED STATES SENATE. (Continued from Page One.) ish the German masses for what the Junker CLASSES (fid? The German masses were helpless: they did not bring on the war: they were not consulted: it was theirs to bear the brunt of the conflict, take its wounds, and fill its graves. i Now that the heat and passion of that era is passing away, X feel sure that the world at large is going to sympathize more and more with these industrious Germans, who have gone to work, and have made such wonderful pro¬ gress as excites the fears of the protected man¬ ufacturers, in this country and in others. Our policy with regard to Germany has been a tragic mistake ever since the Armistice af November 11, 1918. As soon as arms were laid down, and it was understood that there was no more fighting, trade relations should have been gradually re¬ established. Does not everyone know that Hamburg had been taking two million bales of Southern cotton, every year? Did not we feel that the blockade which closed Hamburg, Bremen, and Germany at large, to the export of our cotton, worked great¬ er harm to the South than it did to Germany? Who can tell what xfas our loss in dollars and cents, when we lost a market of two million bales of cotton for 1919, 1920, 1921? Barely yet have we recovered the German market, and it is our own fault that we ever lost it at all. Such short-sighted statesmanship was nev¬ er seen, as that which has guided this Govern¬ ment since the Armistice. We blundered as to Germany, year in and year out. Not until President Harding was sworn in in March, 1921, did the movement to establish peaceful relations with Germany begin to gath¬ er renl force. It was not until a few weeks ago, that this Government officially received an Ambassador representing the German Government, ivhich has been in existence for three years. When we contrast the stubborn, stupid con¬ duct of our Government of recent years with that of former years, we hardly know what to think. During the Presidency of George Wash¬ ington, the French had their Revolution, and Washington, was so careful not to do anything which would appear to be antagonistic to what the French were doing with their Government, that he refused to receive such refugee men as the Duke of Liancourt, and the ex-Bish¬ op Talleyrand— lie even refused to see son of his Revolutionary friend, thb Marquis de La¬ fayette. As soon as the French Revolution had es¬ tablished itself, AVashington received its Min¬ ister, Genet, and he only requested the recall of this Minister when the Minister began to or¬ ganize Democratic clubs, and to make speeches criticizing Washington’s attitude of neutrality. But President AVashington sent as Minis¬ ter to the French Revolutionary Government .Tames Monroe, a man not specially pleasing to AVashington himself, but pleasing to the French Revolutionists, and chosen because of that fact. Washington also received a Minister in place of Genet, and never for one day did he break off friendly intercourse with the Revolu¬ tionary Government of France. In other words, he recognized the right of the French people to say for themselves what sort of Government they should have. The Americans had exercised that right, and Washington oodld not see why the-princi¬ ple did not apply to France as well as it did to America. As everyone knows, President Monroe promptly recognized the South American Re¬ publics when their revolutionary movements resulted in their throwing off the Spanish yoke and the establishment of independent republics. The same thing was done as to Mexico. AA T hen France, in 1830, again had a Revolu¬ tion, which banished King Charles X. and es¬ tablished in liis place King Louis Philippe, this Government promptly acknowledged the new Government. Then, in 1848, when another Revolution ex¬ pelled King Louis Philippe and established an¬ other Republic, this country promptly recog¬ nized it. On September 2, 1870, the Prussians took the city of Sedan, and the Emperor of the French was among the eigihty-five thousand prisoners of the Germans. At Paris, a Revolution took place, over night, and a provisional Government was set up. Then, six days afterwards, that Govern¬ ment was recognized by the United States, and that Government became the Third French Re¬ public, ivhich now exists. How can you explain our prompt recogni tion of all these various revolutionary govern- THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON. GEORGIA. ments in the p&ti, and our tardy recognition of the German Republic, and our refusal to re¬ cognize the Russian Soviet, which has been in existence now for five years ? There is some mystery about it, somewhere; and, if ever that mystery is revealed, there will be a world-wide scandal, and, in my judgment, two of the men who will be exposed to the ab¬ horrence of mankind will be Heebbkt Hoover and J. Pierpont Morgan. I have in my possession the evidence which shows that Herbert Hoover spent seventy mil¬ lion dollars of your charitable funds in financ¬ ing reactionary military movements in Europe, the purpose of which was to restore the despot¬ isms which had been overthrown by the war. This man, Herbert Hoover, has employed scores of publicity agents and spent millions of your money, puffing himself, in this country and throughout Europe, as the great philan¬ thropist, of the Twentieth Century. He has never published an itemized state¬ ment of his disbui'sements of the enormous sums of money given to him by charitable indi¬ viduals, associations, and States. He has never published a single voucher. He has never published his payroll. He has never told what salaries he paid and what services were rendered for those sal¬ aries. He cannot explain the thousands and thou¬ sands and thousands of dollars spent in various cities where he established bureaus, in the hire or-automobiles, in the payment of hotel bills, in tho payment of salaries of “delegates,” and in the purchase of Army supplies for such milita¬ ry expedition as that which Poland launched against Russia when Russia had given no prov¬ ocation. This man Hoover is a huge international VAMPIRE. He has drawn into himself more money than any single human being ever controlled before in the history of the world, and he could not, to same his life, give an honest account of it. He would not dare to lay open the book of his guilty expenditures of this money. Who can explain the advent of Hoover in¬ to America, at the beginning of the war, and his immediate grasp of such enormous power? Who sent him here, and whose was the in¬ fluence which boosted him, first into the War Cabinet, and then into the official family of President Harding? What is this man’s career? What has he ever done for the world? He is the evil genius of Harding’s Admin¬ istration, and of the American Government, and instead of the blessings of the suffering people of the world he deserves their bittef anathemas. Attorney General Daugherty continues his cynical disregard of public criticism. He i3 just the kind of man to do so. He is .just the kind of man to believe that ■there is no such thing as honesty, even among thieves. He is holding the prison doors hard and fast against the poor wretches who said some words of criticism against the war policies of 1917, but who did no harm to the Government or to any individual. Because they are weak and poor and friend¬ less, he holds them in dungeons, where they are half fed, and treated like dogs, while their wives and children suffer for the necessaries of life, and dampen midnight pillows with bitter tears. He helped to pardon out such a millionaire criminal as Charles W. Morse, who, as soon as ho got out, again went to practising more crim¬ inality. He oaused to be pardoned the Ohio million¬ aire who violated the Mann Act, taking a little child of fifteen years to be his victim. He caused to be pardoned out a millionaire criminal of Nebraska, and split that State wide open with a scandal as great as that which pre¬ vails in Ohio. To show the utter malignity of the man, he pounced upon my informant and threw him in¬ to jail on a charge eighteen months old, about a thirty dollar check, and has railroaded his victim into silence and into invisibility. What were the charges which this young man brought to me, and which I brought to the attention of the Senate and the country? They are specific, they are undented, they are important, and I repeat them. Through the instrumentality of the noto¬ rious T. B. Felder, the Attorney General of the United States caused to be released the British ship J. M. YOUNG, with its cargo of liquor, which had come into New York harbor to vio¬ late the law of the land, and which had been seized by the dry agents. A\ T hat argument did Felder use with Daugh erty, to cause Daugherty to telegraph to New York orders to release this ship and its cargo of contraband liquorf Another ease was that of two hundred thousand dollars worth of wine, seized up State,! j where it was being held in violation of the law. Again Felder was employed, and again ! Felder pussy-footed here to the Department of i Justice, and again the cynical Daugherty tele- j graphed to New York to have the wine released and the offenders dismissed. ! The 1 Vhat whole argument did Felder use? know. j country wants to Docs Mr. Daugherty think that he can laugh these things aside? He may sail arpund on -week-ends with the Pi’esident in the MAYFLOWER, and Presi¬ dent Harding may boast that he will stand by Daugherty, as President Grant boasted that he would stand by General Babcock, and as Presi¬ dent Taft boasted that he would staud by Dick Ballinger. But they will realize that the laugli of the cynic is a poor answer to the righteous wrath of a people. Another case is that of the four dry ageuts in New York who were recently indicted they illegally released two million gallons of whiskey which had been seized in New York. Daugherty had the warrants and the indict ments against those men dismissed, and the whiskey was restored to those who illegally held it Why was this done? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I WOULD SUGGEST A GENERAL READING OF THIS BOOK. SEND TEN CENTS TO MR. HARVEY FOR A COPY.—A. L. L. My dear Mrs. Lytle: I arp today mailing you the THIRD Edition of “Common Sense’’ and beginning on page 32 you will see informs tiou as to it's wonderful circulation; but it is only a drop in tlu Ducket to what must be done to break the influence of the Money-Power. I know the great interest you take, broadly and deeply so, in trying to remedy the horrible con¬ ditions tliat exist and admiring you for it 1 am writing yon this special letter. I first want to ask you to take the time to read it,^arefully, from cover to cover, to satis¬ fy yourself as to why its influence; and then that you pass it to Senator. Watson, with your recommendation that he, too, read it absorbing¬ ly. We have got to solve the. problem of how to reach the people, and by absorbingly reading it, you will see how I am doing it And, that of itself, is worth its investigation. Senator Watson is a hero and philosopher and those who know what he is doing, admire him intensely for it. Great confusion, in the future, is coming unless we break the influence .of the Money-Power. It is going to end in despotism and a Dictator, with free speech sup¬ pressed and all tho cruelty that came with the Dark Age. The Money-Power is making pub¬ lic sentiment purposely to overthrow democra- SHALL WE DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL? When our mailing list will reach 50,000 subscribers we can make it an 8 page weekly. This will mean: More editorials from the Chief. More details from the galleries of Congress. More letters from the people. HOW MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL YOU SEND IN ? In Clubs of five, $1.50 each. LET US HEAR. FROM VOU. THE! COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON, GEORGIA. 5 cy; and the sledge we must swing is to break tneir influence with the peopl 0. That, is the mission of Common Sense, and the work 1 an doing. 1 want you and Senator Watson to study Common Som e and see what its imuiux! is. When you have done so, you can help it along additional to what you and lie are now doing, by urging your reader.- in T v Soutine! to read it. Also, if it is your pleasure, a review of it by you, appearing in The Sentinel would help. Hoping that I may hear from you when you have re. 1 it a. d complimenting both yuii and Senator \Yatson on your steadfastness of pur¬ pose, X am, Verv truly, W. It' HARVEY, Monte Ne, Arkansas. THIS Sul NOS LIKE “OLD TIMES”, Dear Senator Watson: I am just one of little fellows back home that have stood by you for years past and always admired your manly eondue and the nobie principles } roil :u - vocate and the courage exhibited in lighting the battles of downtrodden humanity, I can no longer refrain from expressing my appreciation of your services in behalf of us little fellows who are hewe. of wood and drawers of water; and in doing so I e:q ross the sentiments of many others whom J know. We are immensely proud of y u as our ckief, and feel thankful to Almighiy God for His preserving your life and strength to enable you to stand in the council of the nation and raise your voice in behalf of the humble poor and on the side of right and justice. May God preserve you yet many years to come that you may continue to expose such crooks as T. Bosh Felder and such ra-eals as . nu ^ tprious shameful Moi se. think that lo o\en the Presi dont of oae of tho greatest nations in the world aad some ot the highest ( abinet officers ^0 caught in line with these iniamom rasea Now, Senator, if we little follows back here can be of any service to you just eommond us we are ready. Let the Liou roar and the Tiger growl and tho vulture sit on his perch waiting for tho carcass to get cold. As one three score and ten years old, I am with you. Yours to the end for right, Ga. S. F. WHITTEN. \ HERE’S TOWARD THE 50,000. Dear Mrs. Lytle: Sometime ago I receiv¬ ed your general letter, asking friends, to send in renewals, and at. the same time to send the paper to some other persons. I regret my de¬ lay in answering, and for some time i have been intending to comply with your request. Is is a great, pleasure to do so. Accordingly please find enclosed my personal check for $4.00 for two subscriptions to The Columbia Sentinel. With the assurance of my best wishes, I am, - Very sincerely yours, Ga. M. M. PARKS.
