Show Is Patriotism Dead I I IX N 1 Nan an address delivered in Now l York ok the other night night- I James Hamilton LeWIS former United States senator from Illinois declared that the United States is today without national patriotism His assertion is not limited limited limited limit limit- tends extends alike to the toiler and ed to any one class but ba the capitalist the thc the poor and the thc rich He TIe said In this country today toda there is no national patriotism done llone by the The financially powerful forget everything e nation atlon that has enriched them them because because their country now compels them to pa pay taxes es to meet tho the Indebtedness ss of or orthe the war ar There Is no national praise by b the tho merchant farmer and tolling toiling laborers for the tho achievement of their thell nation These have no respect for au nor give obedience to officials They The are sufferers from the tho high prices and Inconveniences Incon of or readjustment that ever follow great wars In an any land and have havo only condemnation for tor every every- one There Is no general g love lo or gratitude from the poor and humble of or our countrymen for the blessings s of or liberty lbert under la law and nd security of Justice under our constitution The mosses masses ar are in resentment against tho the laws 5 that wars war's necessity put upon them Never was poverty po of or patriotism so universal as ts now No doubt Mr fr Lewis Lowis has sensed some of the dangers threatening tho foundations of this government but his statements aro arc too broad road to win inn the he faith of the general public It is true that there arc are within the ranks cf the American citizenship men and women who would tear teardown teardown down all nIl that the republic lic has But But- they arc are negligible and to say that patriotism does not not- exist cst is overstating t e case Tho great majority of our people arc loyal they loyal they lIe ire patriotic Americans ready for any national sacrifice the government may conscientiously demand lema fl 1 The They arc not however blind lind to the inefficiency and the thc incompetence that c- c exist cst st in hi high h places Tho sacrifices sacrifices of w wa ivar r have compelled them to be thrifty and economical economical eco ceo and with the passing of the emergency they ther expect ex cx- their burdens to be lightened Is it disloyalty to demand efficient service of government officials 1 I Is it U Ua a n lack of patriotism that prompts men cn to cry out against again t waste and extravagance in the conduct of national affairs affairs af nf- af- af fairs No Xo these arc are but the prerogatives ti cs of free speech patriotism patriotism patriotism pa pa- demanding service in the thc measure it is given cn Patriotism docs does not imply silence when the tho faults of incompetent incompetent incompetent in in- competent or designing officials are painfully apparent Patriotism lives li in the United States and it is th this s patriotism patriotism pa pa- which will rid the country of the thc profiteer the profiteer the radical and the parlor Bolshevik who Bolshevik who no doubt are themen tho the thomen thomen men Mr rr Lewis Letis meant to brand when ho issued his blanket blanket blanket blan blan- ket indictment When Then the kaiser kai cr planned to thrust himself upon up-on the they mercy y of America he lIe forgot the Lusitania |