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Show THE CITIZEN 4 about Bolshevism in Russia. Confiscation of property and wealth generally was a part of the revolutionary program. It is no wonder, therefore, that there should be a bond of sympathy between the Bolshevists on the two sides of the border. Nor is it surprising, as our government has lately assured us, that there is actual contact between them and that each is playing the others game of revolution. It goes without saying that we are once again confronted by the question of intervention. And it is equally ovious that if we decide for intervention this time it will be for general- intervention which will look forward to the occupation of virtually all of Mexico and the policing of the country until a civilized condition of law and order is permanently established. - EXECUTION OF A GREAT MAN with his last breath General Felipe Angeles warned the people against war with the United States. At the same time he paid high homage to the sincerity of the American people in their dealings with Mexico and admonished his own countrymen of their shortcomings. It is to be hoped the wisdom of a leader about to face death at the hands of a firing squad will restrain the Mexican people from committing the measureless folly of inviting war with the United States. n Mexico that It is typical of brutal, bloody-mindeit could draw no distinction between a generous, chivalrous and lofty character such as General Angeles and some of Villas band. True, he had been a rebel. He had even gone so far as to join Villa, whose methods he abhorred, dreaming patriotically that he might be able to help his country out of its woes and debasement even though he might have to wade through hell. Had the Carranza generals who condemned him to death found it in their hearts to grant him mercy, Civilization would have applauded. Great men are scarce in Mexico today and even fewer are the men with knightly hearts. There could be no greater condemnation of the present Mexican government than that Felipe Angeles was a rebel. ALMOST d, panic-stricke- low-brow- ed cut-thro- at NEW REPUBLICAN CLUB new club for Republicans completed its organization this week took the name of Lincoln, which appears to be an especially fitting designation at a time when the chief issue is the preservation of the government from class rule at home and a abroad. with other organizations, but The club is to work in is to have its particular field of activities. What these shall be has not yet been determined formally, but President Jensen stated that leading Republicans of the country would be invited to address the club and that the club itself would do all it could to promote the interests of the party in the county, state and nation. For the present the club membership is limited to the county, but there appears to be considerable sentiment in favor of extending the organization to all parts of the state. The general purpose of the club is to interest the young men of the state in the principles of the Republican party. So that the club shall not be considered exclusive the membership fee has been fixed at the nominal amount of one dollar a year. It is hoped that within a short time there will be a membership of several thousand in the county. The constitution, as presented by the special committee appointed to draft it, provided for on age limit for membership, the ages being to fifty, inclusive. At the meeting held last Monfixed at twenty-on- e day night it was decided that this limit should be removed so far as it related to membership and should be applied only to the officers of th club. We believe that the club will be welcomed among those working for the success of the Republican party. Too little interest has been shown in keeping Republican principles constantly before young men. The day of thirty-da- y campaigns has passed and organizations which THE super-sovereign- co-operat- ion ty confine their activities solely to campaigns are not doing their whole duty to the party. The politics of the'country has become a big business, not a mere scramble for office. That party will serve the country best which interests the citizens in politics all the year round ; not in petty politics but in guiding principles upon which the' safety and progress of the government and nation depend Those who formed the Lincoln Club believe that the country is so great that the problems of government will be of constant interest and that all good citizens can be enlisted in g a movement to serve the nation, the states and communities through political activities on a high plane. Whether in chains or in laurels, Liberty knows nothing but victory, said Wendell Phillips. This fine saying might be paraphrased to read that whether in power or out, the party that serves the nation knows nothing but victory. Politics is taking on a new and grander task. Its ideal will bey service to the country whether in or out of power, constant service among the people, by the people and for the people. never-flaggin- D'ANNUNZIOS DREAM OF EMPIRE ANOTHER picturesque and romantic page would be added to DAnnunzio, who was born of mysterious parentage in a boat on the Adriatic, should becpme master of the Adriatic and of all Italy. He moves along the eastern shores of that Roman ' sea like one of the conquerors of ancient Rome and succeeds in giving to his cause and personality something of the poetic splendor that shines upon the world out of the august and imperial past. Beginning his insurgent career in a blaze of patriotism, he won to his side some of the most ardent spirits of his country. He seemed to be a flaming symbol of Italia Irridenta, of all those aspirations of a new Italy that should once more make the Roman eagles dominant. Life had become drab and desolate to this seeker after beauty and sensation. His fiery youth had burned away, leaving only the dead ashes of hopes and ambitions and, in his pride and egotism, he advertised his intention to commit suicide in 1914. Then the world war came and he found new life in stirring his countrymen into ecstacies of enthusiasm for the cause of the allies. Once Italy was in the war, he again satisfied the unrest of his spirit by becoming a knight of the air, doing battle valiantly amid the sunlit clouds for the Italy of his dreams. Now his countrymen are anxious to know just what is at the bottom of the poets heart. His foray into Fiume, made in the name of a greater Italy, has developed into a movement which threatens the supremacy of the House of Savoy. With the army and the navy obeying him rather than the king and parliament, he seems to have bcome an insurgent as powerful as that Catiline who once threatened to seize chief power in the Republic of Rome. Would that Italy had a Cicero to lay bare the real character and objects of DAnnunzio as Rome had a Cicero in 64 B. C., to expose the sinister purposes of Catiline. When Catiline was revealed in his true light he turned out to' lie merely a vulgar conspirator who sought only personal power ana glory. He had promised that the rich should be robbed and that lie and his partizans should share among themselves all the emoluments and offices of the republic. He was driven from Rome and made war against the state. In 62 B. C. he was killed, leaving behind him a reputation for treachery and infamy. DAnnunzio is now represented as planning the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic. We could hail his plan with a fervor of approval if he were not so much of what he seems to be. Imperialism and republicanism go ill together in this modern world and it was as a champion of imperialism that the bard of passion and patriotism took control of Fiunic. It was his ainlj-- . tion to give Italy all and more than she had hoped for from the war even though he should plunge half of Europe into a new bath of high-soari- ng blood. Nor do we find in the character of DAnnunzio anything to assure us that he is genuine in his desires to make Italy a republic. At best he may have dreamed of a republic of poetry and romance, of |