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4 Clemenceau Blames Us For Europe’s Madness. (Continued from Page One.) Ttw> TiwVic TWinorute ip 1 al *n•° , c ? n ! th ® m selves; m,,- t, e f°*i? -vi 8 mi lta 4 !' 1S S-B - with -dt their vi or r the^re-ent^gove too strong for them, and' ? rope FvTn„r S wai U hn^ b t/di d ° ral ”" nt party E ?' i W 3n ir • ° n haD f alines 7 tLthT rn nCeaU *** , , 1 hlS M the Wh way throw a blanket t over the militaristic . policies of France? - If militarism in Germany is menacing the Peace France? of Europe, what of militarism in Militarism is the * a ™ X1 he V '° r „ ¥ ov : er: . ”^ , T r -^rotalUy - nust brutal .s as „ rw* an i n 30 r2 a tes afi U ’ ; ,B SL™ m 0 7 and r apan J m, he Umdenburgs , in ' T a Z; T r° W °r e i liari mn ; [ >, ' rs bings • n ’*•' , UK<n ,s ’? br <ban P iZr l K i p ' with Tmden- 1 1S 0n moniimf.nl' 1" , 0 " 'frmaii; may build ZZZ \ V J ndenb,7 r "' a r “ F ran ?° ma v i r - h„ ,' nt i' " m - rench , city and i r,n ., ab erected ‘ ’ ' ' " U ' ,K \ U l!ls ‘‘ : sev • hiv 1 ■ 1 ™ n n ™“ 11,1 D °W«* the V° T,, dug-out onnnient heroism to either of • j ,p ' n ,~'y icncials will kindle in ne nearts ot their soldiers and the people 01 Tcspcct for militarism. ... tt hen mitered , the , World ,] Z ZZT we ZZi t!la War, Prosi ’ Ar ’ or i' , ‘’ tvas deter ' 0 ' 10 ? ,a n ] bug . military 'finiany Ue said Dial wo bad "ar m make against the German people. the then existing government of (lie ser and his military men has disappeared, and t.ie people of Germany arc making a brave and commendable effort 1o set up a <'y. The bigots in France are determined to use every available means, soldiers, and propaganda,—to crush Germany and re due,; the masses to pauperism. And Clemenceau is in An erica, truing to enlist our support in that enterprise. There is not a word of truth in the ment that Germany is engaged vn building war-ma.ffiine and making rigantie preparations for another invasion of Belgium and France. Germany has no navy, her munition far ' tories have been turned into industrial prises, and her army wa by the terms of treaty, reduced who to the minimum. Financial! sxnerts, recently .'hidied German ics from a disinterested viewpoint, tell us that '• it is utterly Impossible for the Germmi nation en pnv the indemnity imposed !>.v the Versailles' treaty, ami Senator Borah expresses the opinion on the floor of the United States Sen- , ate. i Will this government join France in a debt-collecting enterprise ? effort Will the United. States aid France in a nl to enforce payment of this mdemniriv declared by experts to be impossible? ' Is it right for France, Rmrland, and the United States to bankrupt the German nation! and reduce the German people to pauperism? If Europe is sweltering in misery, and Boss Murphy, of Tzunmany, Nominates K. Of C Al Smith For President (Continu'd from Page One.) which he expressed his private opinion y-nlimem on to-e pioluhition . question . is “shift- , mEr - Hie l’r< blent didn't, dream ti.it the good lady would make public his confidential but Mrs. Robinson did not: believe it right to hold back such interesting news. The' letter was read at one of the many pqlitieal meeting the women of New i ork are holding, and it drifted into the newspaper*, and caused the temperance people to put coals of lire Brother Warren G. Harding'- back. do lost no time in making public an “ex planation.” He says 'that it is not possible lo eliminate the prohibition question during tin's generation. Mv. Harding, as Senator fiom Ohio, voted tor the prohibition amendment and for the . n forcemeat Act. |j; s i j t |„. prohibition question is fa r srnorior » Woedne* ........ Wilson T Prc.-udciit Harding did not congratulate the sneeessfu! “wet” candidate- fov the Hons<> and Senate. 11- has >m. p m,bed lo support any “ wet" legislation, and m view ot the lac!, that lie sup nortccl the prohibition .... candiaato ... tor ,, the , v- New Seoatoi'slnp, . , , it . . reasoxtat'ile.to . . . .Iri'-ev is assume that he will not be friendly to the efforts of Senator Edwards to nullify prohibition. THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON, GEORGIA war olouds hang everywhere, as alleged by aad en,Gnct ? ood ‘ aa judgment > ,^ un y° demand u believe that that these wisdom United oChe Furop ,^ eir °™ business and stay out Eur ° f an «nd intrigue. Great f + Britain has her emissaries on the ground, and France treats us to lectures from jthrough 2® 7 T”i the daily ? d newspapers, WaU Str «l the ta JH big s maga- to us zmes, and hired men preach to us from the ! pulpit and platform. The universal strain is, Join the League of Nations. harles Edward Russell delivered , . lec a ture inM ashington City, last week; and he told bia audience that Europe’s one chance of vntion is, The United States. He predicted 2 Germany at Araenca enough ™ nld cash caucel to balance th ? a,hed her dpbt budget, > and become a member of the League.' : bankruptcy threatens Europe, why should this country liquidate the debts of nations? . T ,r U .* m, tens th< ‘ P° a r. e of Eur °P p ’ should , America involve . the lives and of our people in those wars! if the nations of Europe desire peace, let ihem dismantle their war-machines, and let On- work begin in . France. Hie people of Germany will not love Fraitec for puttingVigro troops on the and I ranee will not improve her financial dition by terrorizing the white people of Ger many Military men write essays on Peace. Man is assured that a big army, and a big stick, will guaranteethe nation’s security at home and to abroad, their ^lie assertion military experts and cite 1 no ease prove furnishes many cases where big armies w r groat, empires. German’s powerful machine did not, pre vent the World War. On the contrary, that machine wrecked the Hohenzollem dynasty i and shattered maintained the peace France of Europe. is "The guarantee! huge j bv no of peace, but it may be the cause of another great war, CC nd the'next, war in Europe ma y j the F ench republic, because France has policy’ auv. is friends, and her present militaris tie responsible for lost friendships. The.surest plan to prevent was jfairlv is. to Jet people decide for themselves, in elections, whether they are willing andl to declare war against a neighboring nation, ami starve innocent women and helpless Humanity childre a ■ . the everywhere; j is same, and there is abundant evidence to pr-ve that the have grown tired at fighting wars for military masters and international gamblers. ! ’ ! Ciemeneeivu is shrewd, versatile, and pos- i - ssi'd of all the graces of oratory; He under-i stands human nature. He knows the game of politic*, ami he plows his cards well. But lie! will not convince the American people that the! League of Nations is a good thing for us ! And Georges Clemenceau would have made a better inptression if he had swept around his own back door, before coining The to this to lecture us on how to keep peace. ! There can bo ho mistake about the position ot the wliisscv people: they have discarded j party, and they arc standing together for booze. ( There should be no hesitancy on the part of the temperance people: they should parties to the four winds, and’stand together, and fight together, to save our laws against whiskey traffic. n niT tin* dyke i> cut and light wines and )t erff pei-niitted', red liquor will follow audTho barroom will again menace the home and String poverty and distress to innocent-women and children all over this land. .’" 8S Mrirphy , will .. find it no easy task to u Homamst and tool of tlve \\ hiskey ‘ r< ' sts ,,K ' Demoeratic ticket for Presi- 1 , !( ' r:l ;, Inmuiauy llal! i- hi a power .eouneits, and ex-Pivsideut Wilson controls . many a Democratie vote, and the Whisker In mrc.sjs will vote with the Democrats if the n an ij ;u , administration refuses to tamper ’with prohibition, hut all these combined influ f , !1(Vs viII nul , t ro„g enough to set aside the most wholesome . . legislation . , .. . , bv Congi passed ■ n -ess din . . this .. generation. ,. ing Take advantage of the “Club Card,” al $ 1.00 eatb. Vo <lub smaller ttiaiifive. Reasons Senate Should Defeat Pierce Butler. J (Continued from Page One.) on the Supreme Court and District Courts. It may be dangerous to suggest such radi cal departures, but there it no place in a dem ocra^ for life-termers. A man appointed for Pierce Butler, who walks from the office of railroad and corporation lawyer to the high est court, carries with him his prejudices, and he "rite decisions for his masters, just as has been done in many instances by other corporation lawyers appointed to the Supreme Court. The Recall is not yet the law of this coun try, and until it does become the law, the Ju dietary will continue to nullify Acts of nnd make laws for the Big Rich. Pierce Butler should be defeated by the Senate, and the progressives are congratulated for their determination to fight, confirmation of this nomination. Hie Supreme Court is no place for this Minnesota reactionary: let him return to his State and renew his association with corpora tion lobbyists. President Harding does not improve the appearance of this nomination by telling the country that Chief Justice Taft endorsed Pierce Butler. Taft himself is a corporation lawyer, a reactionary, and his decisions prove where he stands. As President, Mr. Taft, pointed Judge White, a Roman Catholic, to the Chief Justiceship, nnd he stated at the tram that he was forced to ‘yield to pressure.” President Harding yielded to the same pressure,— the Roman Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, ' _____ ____ More War Vets Railroaded To Madhouse. Officials . at Washington deserve impeach ment and penitentiary sentences for their criminal neglect of our ex-soldiers. World* War veteran s, who are not crazy, b«t whose shell-shocked condition entitle them to .treatment by nerve specialists, are railroad ed to tbe Government’s m u d-house, at Wash known as St. Elis a beth’s asylum for the ; «sane. - Citizens of Boston have appealed to Con xress for an investigation of the orders trans sick and disabled veterans from gov eminent- hospitals to mad-houses. Senator McCumber, and Representatives F^ss, Dallinger, and Lahlbach have interested, themselves, and the country is promised a searching inquiry, and ex-service men and <] icir relatives throughout the nation will ' rat< -‘h this matter with more than ordinary interest. Again and again, it lias been charged by responsible men,—civilians, ex-service and membevs of Congress,—that our soldiers returned from France with shattered Df, rves, wrecked bodies, and temporary mental ! Ust»rder> caused by Hofficer-brutality, are # Gms of gross carelessness and improper treat mer sanitariums : t 'V government for shell-shock hospitals,_ patients. especially the Hobart L. Crosut, of Park Hospital, Slone ham, in writing a complaint to his man, says that these sick and disabled vets e ceive “rotten treatment at St. Elizabeth’s ’nos pital for the insane,” and lie cites specific cases to support his charges. Mr. Crosut forms Washington officials that vets are trans from naval hospitals to St. and that he made a personal investigation of conditions at this Washington mad-house, and found sane patients in cells with insane per sons. He adds, that food and clothing fur nished these patients by St. Elizabeth officials would shook the American people, if they had an opportunity to see for themselves the pre ' ailing conditions at this lock-up for the in U is a shame and a crime for the govern merit to confine a. physically disabled ex-sol db ‘ r in a f “ eb an insane patient. U the sane patient retains his equilibrium under such conditions, it is noth in? short of miraculous. Take the mentally normal veteran, who suffers with a physical disorder, and j,i m ; n a cell with a raving mad-maa, as dollP a f St. Elizabeth’s, in Washington and the sane victim will become insane in less ! than thirty days. While in Washington, 1 knew an j f rom New York, who was transferred from a government liosmtal to the Washington mad-lionse, where they locked him inside an iron cage with hopelessly insane patients, and the poor fellow cut his throat and gained free¬ dom in the arms of death. i talked gitli the boy the day he was trans¬ ferred, and I would be willing to take an oath that he was not, in my opinion, an insane man. He suffered from shell-shock, his nerves were shattered and gone, and he should have been Our Baptist President fell into the same trap, and the Italian church captured another seat on your highest court, and Justice Pigrce Butler will write decisions for RomeJ if there people, fail to find a Protestant lawyer quali tied to fill this vacancy! Whv'did the President ignore his own party, his church, and the Protestant millions, in this vital act! Pierce Butler is condemned by the people of his home State, and the City Council of Minneapolis passed a resolution demanding that his nomination be rejected bv the Senate. The people of Minnesota know the man, ihi? former connection. his reactionary lean ings. his prejudices, and his religious bigotry, The people of Minnesota: realize that Pierce Butler's intimaev with the High-uns of the Roman Catholic 'church and his willingness to serve the Trusts, promoted the man fjofn rail road lawyer to a life-Judgeship. As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, will be your dangerous enemy. He agrees with‘Archbishop Curley, who speaks contemp tuonslv of your institutions,-your government, your Protestant churches and fraternal orders, and puts Protestant marriages on a level with bigamv. The very walls of the Vatican chuckled with glee when the Pope announced Pierce Butler’s promotion to the United States Bu¬ Court. The All honor to La Foimte, Ladd, and Norris. Progressives in the Senate will earn the gratitude of millions, if they kill this ap- treated by a nerve-specialist, There was another case, an eighteen-year old boy from Washington City, who had en¬ listed in the Ravy. He received injuries at his post of duty, and developed epilepsy. He was transferred from a veteran’s hospital to St. Elizabeth’s, where t CP e custodian confined him to a cell with mad p SO tients. By luck, his peo received a message from the boy. Habeas corpus proceedings released him, and he walks the streets of Washington City today, a nor mal person. Had lie- remained at the mad house for thirty or sixty days, he would have lost his mind, There may be thousands of similar cases. This Government’s treatment of our ex soldiers—Mr. Wilson’s crusaders—-is the dark¬ est spot on the pages, of our war-record, apd it has wounded the pride and patriotism of the ex-service men and their families and the public generally. More than a year ago, Congressman Gal livan ventilated these charges on the floor of Congress, and the matter has rocked along the red-tape highway until now, with hundreds the poor victims too far gone to be rescued, and many of them have been carted to the cemeteries. Conaressman Dallinger has called Secre tary Fall’s attention to the charges against the Veteran’s Bureau and St. Elizabeth’s mad¬ house, and Mr. Fall referred the complaint to Dr. William If. White, Superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s. Dr. White says the complaint will “follow the usual course,” and that means, pigeon hole. The Republicans promised our ex-service men fair treatment; a bonus, or adjusted com pens&tion: and a majority of the soldiers vot ed for President Harding. They swelled the ranks of his seven million majority, expecting the President and Congress to keep faith with the four million youngsters who sacrificed their time and health for the government. President Harding vetoed the Bonus Bill; and the Republicans have done nothing to re deem their pledge to the veterans. Returns from the States which, on Novem- 7, voted on the bonus referendum show that public sentiment favors a bonus for the vets, Four Republican States—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma, voted for adjusted Those States have 52 Repre and eight Senators in the new Con gross, and they have been instructed by their |constituents The Senators to vote and for Representatives, bonus legislation. Demo erats ns well as Republicans, who failed to re deem the nation’s debt to the soldiers, were snowed under everywhere, If Congress continues to neglect the dis¬ abled veterans, their comrades will resent it, and recreant national legislators and the Exe¬ cutive himself, will hear from these soldiers in the next election. Take advantage of our Club Rates. Five sub scrtptlons for $~>.00.
