Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 19 | Enemies of Their Country

Enemies of 0 Their Country OUR loyal citizenship will indorse the sentences imposed imposed imposed im im- im- im posed upon tho I. I W. W W W. Y leaders by Federal J Judge J IC M. M Landis of Chicago The sentences constitute stern punishment but hut they ar in full harmony with the tho offenses of which these men have been convicted The Tho country is rid of a 11 mighty ulcer as ns t these lese men are Bre placed laced where they can no longer interfere with the welfare welfare wel wel- fare faro of the American people That the punishment is isI I in sympathy with the American spirit of law Jaw and amI order goes without saying The right of free speech has long been considered license to crime by the leaders of the I. I W W. Y W. W and the country is bound to benefit as the delusion that has deceived them i is removed Under our principles of io individual ual ri rights cea cease e when they encroach on the rights of the greatest number Certain of our rights arc are regarded as inalienable but anarchy and slanderous treachery are not among them The Tue I. I W Y W W. y 11 has S long had llad free grazing in the United States and he lie hei 1 i has Jias been spared punishment much the same as lunatics from the full of the law course protected ore L u L ne lias has misinterpreted our tolerance ann ami use a it lL as S. S of si a means of seeking our destruction through sabotage akin to ithe frightfulness practiced by Germany in the world Naturally these men deny that they thc arc are frien friends s of or Germany but as Judge Ln Landis dis made made clear in his remarks it has been heen firmly established that they arc are of the United States Stated If given their just deserts i. d ba banishment would be bo tho the reward of their J L Even before Germany turned her slimy slimy- propaganda anda loose in the United States these men had bad secretly declared declared de de- dc- dc dared war on the United States Hiding behind the decency of honest toilers the they have long promoted class hatred and made sabotage their weapon DynaS Dynamite Dynamite Dyna- Dyna S mite arson murder and pillage cover royer tho the trail of the J. J W. W W. W movement in the United States Everything that the government go has Ims stood for they have ha oppose opposed a mid and I 1 they hey he would be anarchists if they had the courage F The They lack the courage of pf the anarchist and perform their secret missions of revenge ro and hatred and spite under the cover rr of darkness The United te States i is S too good to to them as it accords tl them em the full privileges of the honest citizen There is nothing in our country nothing in our government which i is dear to them They would betray us because we will no not make their personal per per- J j Bonal desires paramount to the rights of a hundred i million souls Libert Liberty to them means the ri right ht to burn nilIa pillage e and murder the God-fearing God individual who lives li that his neighbor might live They would woul do this and aud claim immunity in iii the name namo of freedom The sentences which 1 ch have ha been imposed by hy Judge c Landis Jandis are arc characteristic of his coura courage c and amI the they mean much to the f future ture welfare of the United States They Thc 5 I a solemn declaration oll lacked backed by the ln'S luw- luw S citizenship of this is great commonwealth that our country shall never ne cr be betrayed as Russia was betrayed be- be ed by the iki S Y to Jl to Rn rm 1