Show I r rBy By DR FRANK CRANE The rhe communists or of Russia expressed themselves i some time ago as being dead against Amet America ca in Its Imperialistic designs and as decided decidedly supporting the poor trodden down people of Nicaragua Just what Imperialism Is the reds do not sa say S All AU that the United States wants Ki aragua to i. i d d Ot or wants any other country to do Is isto to behave t It elf to meet its obligations As In the I case of kf an they ther should not undertake to toI I promise anything they cannot perform If they get to messing up the place by a revolution revolution tion and imperiling the Interests of Invested capital the United States will administer a quieting dose with the marines until all is normal again The rhe reds of Moscow 1 and all the other countries of cannot understand the p position or of this roun- roun tr try We Ve want no other nations nation's territory There is isI I too much of our own to look after and we have plenty of land thank you and to spare We Ve are determined de- de how however ver to protect American citizens and their tights In whatever country the they ma may be found We Ve took Cuba from the Spaniards hut but handed it over again to the Cubans This would have been an Intriguing prize to most European nations We Ve do not want our neighboring republic and andI I were glad to hand it over to Its citizens with the proviSo only that they get together to work and not Indulge in occasional revolutions Uncle Sam Is too big and powerful to want any anymore anymore more territory He is also too big and powerful to allow his nationals nals to be deprived ot of their rights without due process or of law And we welcome the antagonistic attitude of the Moscow reds We Ve feel that a nation as well as an I Individual is Judged by the enemies he makes and we are delighted to know that the bolsheviks are our I enemies Ye We would hate to number them In th list of our friends I Russia represents an Immense population governed governed gov- gov I by a comparatively small autocracy The rhe United States represents a a. country governed I I by a majority such as It Is The rhe two systems of government are diametrically opposite Copyright 1 92 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate MURDER IN AMERICA Indianapolis News Editorial The rhe efforts of bar associations and law schools to revise the criminal law of the states and to strip the procedure in criminal trials of much technical formality for for- I mality have been stimulated by bj several revelations of the frequency of murder in nearly all parts or of the United States Many fany of these murders are the I work of depraved deprave persons or of weak and probably I unbalanced minds The brutality or of some of them when the victim Is not merely killed but is subjected I to unbelievable Indignities Is appalling When a man attempts robbery with the aid or of a revolver and kills his victim In the process there Is no reason in common sense why he should not be convicted ot of murder and yet jet this crime seems to be lightly re- re Sentimental prison reformers cryIng lawyers law law- jers and weak parole boards have created the impression impression im- im that n a killer is deserving of pUblic sympathy The victim the victims victim's family and the public safety tire are thrust into the background while a court deals with the accused as n a helpless and much put upon victim of circumstances circumstance As long as this attitude attitude atti- atti tude governs the administration or of criminal justice murder win will be common The numerous unsolved murders are a a. reproach to the s system stem of crime de- de The need is for reform from the tho point Joint or of vIew of public welfare and It must be complete and sweeping |