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Show note! y Published Every Saturday GOODWINS WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO INC. Editor A. W. RAYBOULD, Manager SCMEFSKI, E. ( ; SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ' Hiding postage In the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, 92.50 per year, Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal ir six m nths. $450 pe year. B - . URE! tt Hr j : Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postofflce at 8alt'Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Ness Bldg. 8alt Lake City, Utah j'') Phone Wasatch 5409 . i ; . : i 811-12-- 18 f 0 Prlte ED STARS AND STRIPES FORE VER AS WAi IX XXER. II IDA! t City, 0 n-)- r out ire tit Mill The Citizen does not believe that any man can be elected President of the United States at the next general presidential election who will come out on a platform which provides our entanglement with foreign governments. The history of European countries is sufficient to warn every American to keep out. If we believe in the self determination of nations, and there is no good reason why we should not believe so, why should we try to force our ideas upon outside nations? We do not permit them to dictate to us. Our immigration law is of international concern because it efGeorge Washingtons advice to Keep aloof from European or c entangling alliances, if we wished to keep out of trouble, has fects every nation outside of our own. Through this law we are able d remarkably well so far. Let us continue to keep our own to more or less control the kind of people we want to enter our counin order and let the other fellow attend to his own business. try and the number. What would the proposed world court decide in. regard to this 'urope would like to bring about many reforms in this country This is the matter? Does any one for a moment believe that such a court would er that she could dump her merchandise upon us. favor this nation? nation of the world and every effort is being made to exploit In reviewing the past six years and the efforts that have been ince the world war, billions of our money has been invested in made to tie the hands of this nation to a league or court where jwe ean enterprises and huge loans have been advanced and some its of this country are seeking better protection for those loans, become a voter instead of a dictator, there is every reason to believe that there is a nigger in the woodpile and certain big interests are ever enter into an alliance such as has been proposed, we will me vote ; among nations that have been jealous of us for many to be benefited in such a proposed amalgamation. and the Our very life is different from Europe, socially and politically. ordinary man can easily guess what could happen to ation if the question of wages for our labor, tariff laws, etc., Our standards of living are far above those of the European classes. come up as an international question. Yes there would be one There is no middle class in Europe there are the rich and poor. The or our side and we would give that vote. It woul3 be the story poor are mere slaves and eke out a miserable existence which would defenseless lamb among a pack of wolves. Ambition, interest be intolerable in the United States. Have we not sent millions to the reed has undermined many a man and many a nation, and the starving Europeans and they ask for more? erhave ruled the weak from time immemorial, hence the say- Then we ask upon what common ground can we meet. We alht is Right. ready have absolute proof that the European league of nations will ; pe United Sttaes Congress has no moral right to pass upon such not interfere in their wars. What other questions besides wars has Europe open for discusPortant question which so vitally concerns our personal rights inliberties. It is true Congress can pass a world court- measure sion? What is this international importance which calls for an the heads n ternational organization? The common people have been led to beof the majority of the people opposing such a is a sample of what Congress can do. The people lieve that the league or world court is organized to eliminate wars. 0 say in prohibition. Our representatives took it upon them-t- o How many wars have been fought in Europe since the World War? France is in a war today but the vital news is censured. For whose provide us with a reform which was obnoxious to most of us; y can do the same in this world court, but it is doubtful whether benefit? Is France afraid to let the world know what she is doing ple will stand for in Africa What about the League of Nations, the great heralded antimore fanatical legislation, any fas the League of Nations prevented France from killing off the war organization? north African tribes? The framers of the Constitution of the United States told ' the It has not concerned itself about the h was organized, apparently, for the exploitation of the Unit-!les- - people to keep out of foreign entangling alliances. Let us keep out Europes best statesmen have been in this country and have and let well enough alone. Let us be friendly with every nation on earth and when we have accomplished that we have performed a task every way to induce us to become a member. What does one which no other nation has yet accomplished. Jr amount to in a league of this kind? this r ation Senator Borah is right and he will have most of the people bethe league of nations when President joined rw Wilson brought that innocent appearing document to Wash-- ' hind him to keep this nation clear and sailing under her own colors Europe debt to us would have been cancelled long ago. This the Stars and Stripes forever, freedom for all, obeisance to none. ' ould hr:.e been the of the out all with profits charged making Warand i e bills Over 15.000,000 acres of wheat will be harvested in Argentina, would have been turned over to us to pay. Sub-11- 1 events md political questions across the water have more South American, this year, which' will produce over 300,000,000 stantial d the intentions of the Allies. bushels of wheat. Coolidge believes the people of this country want the the World Court he e of Nations, or the back door entrance1 come out on such a platform at election time and see where ds. The Democrats have tried the experiment twice and were tssly defeated. lovever, certain money interests of the country appear to want up with the European interests, and the people of this nation iirely rue the day they entangle themselves with European in-f President ; i. . I : e; dlH. I . - meas-Prohibitio- M. ERS 158 . : rht the 1,1 . ; . , t i |