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Show - I Cx 50 t Published Every Saturday BY GOODWINS WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Buslneas Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: postage in the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2J0 per yiar, months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal per year. Single copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, pay-- . f able to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas-s matter, June 21, 1910, at the Postoffice at Salt Lake under the of Act Mareh 3, 1879. City, Utah, Phone Wasatch 5409 Ness Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah. 811-12-- , 13 STIFLING AMERICANISM false foreign doctrine among American peoples goes Grevious complaint is made from many quarters that our j. with bolshe- colleges and universities are virtually reeking The girls colleges are as bad as the pthers, and inasmuch of learning, if ;n have full voting powers, these institutions employed, can work much damage. a subtle use of admirable traits of human nature that pro-- e work' of foreign propaganddestructive and as country. They take advantage of the impulse of the jading 2 anti-Americ- an better things. They stand for changes and upheavals that would wreck our civilization d to a logical conclusion. Unsophisticated youth, not and unmitigated toil involved in laying the foun-)- f stable government, mistakes imperfections for fatal weak-n- d confuse the frailities of persons .with defects of institu-- i a burst of genuine and commendable zeal for better things, Dndemns what exists, and is easily persuaded to a point nd uninformed to so-call- ed : realiz-difficulti- would ructure. e es tear down, in order,- as he believes, to fabricate a - observer The American patriot who has studied the )vernment and who loves his country with secret, rather than assion, is never deluded by the shallow reasoning and sop-socialists and their ilk. He knows how hard it was to d to maintain a free from of government, designed to give protection to all persons, regardless of race or religion, e the attempts that have been made, down through the ages, amphictyonic eouncil to modern times, and only a few have cessful. The most conspicuously successful effort ever made rind to establish government of the people, for the 'people, ieople, was the founding of the United States. It remains a lent strong in vitality, substantially responsive to the will of lie. securing equal rights, tranquility, protection, and a fair if prosperity to ail. It stands a bulwark against the advanc-- 8 of ignorant protagonists of internationalism, on the one dl and on the other as against the encroachments of pre-n- d wealth, that would willingly sacrifice man-th- e altar of Mammon. The attempts to divert the opera-ou- r government away from constitutional channels are ricious, even when innocent in intent. Some of these efforts S made by well meaning college professors, students and rsons, hardly to improve upon the qualified by experience r of the founders and preservers of the republic. oary old rule, hold fast to that which is good, is deserv-iuc- h respect, today, even at the hands of the misguided colessors. and their iledglings. These enthusiasts claim to be better world conditions, while their lips breath forth hate inter against the constitutional state of things. Granting r perverted ambitions are intended for the good, why do at least, agree that they will hold fast to that which is uni old of ! self-center- ed versally acknowledged to be good? Before starting in to tear down the structure of this republic, to reconstruct it upon a more glorious' plan, they should be certain that their labors promote good rather than harm. They should, know, also, that they are working on American plans for reconstruction, and not upon crafty suggestions of propagandists. The U. S. Department of Justice and other U. S. agencies have stored away literally tons of information indicating that propaganda against the integrity of the United States was never more active than at present. This movement takes various form and appeal to unsuspecting citizens. It usually clothes itself in patriotism. Often. it in the country, espousing appeals to the downtrodden foreign-bor- n the cause of the poor of the defeated countries in particular. With patient system, with virulent hate, Americans who have been conspicuous in defending their country in congress or otherwise, are marked for. defeat by these propagandists. The agitation for candidates who have been lukewarm as regards internationalism, or proenemy during the war, is conducted with great skill and in many communities the citizens appear to be thoroughly bemused. It is to be hoped that they are merely waiting, however, to express their real sentiments at the poles next November. Nor are foreign governments idle. Another propaganda that works ceaselessly is that operated more or less direct by many for-eistates, with a view to predisposing the American people to entertain international proposals. Many young voters,, pf both sex, are easily beguiled by these activities as they are not yet fully acquainted with the real nature of their own government owing to the manner of instruction they absorb in many schools and colleges. They apparessenently do not yet grasp the fact that this government differs tially in its structure from all other governments of the world ; that it was made different with a high resolve to keep it different and that it must be kept different, if Americans are to enjoy freedom, as they now know it, under their own will. Most of the fads, isms, improvements and patent appliances of were government all decreed to make short cuts to the millennium, tested out long ago and found wanting. The history of the present forms of govage is but a replica of former periods when republican ernment struggled for existence. In every age they have been menaced by purblind reformers and predatory wealth that knows no level except the fulfillment of its our desires. In all previous ages republican forms of government have been successfully squelched by the same misguided and antagonistic forces that are operaitng, tois not suggested day, to encompase the downfall of this nation. It that all worldly wisdom died with the founders; neither is it sugabout gested that helpful and salutary changes may not be brought in regular constitutional manner; but it is suggested that citizen of this age use equal wisdom with the founders in holding fast to that which is universally acknowledged to be good. anti-Americ- an . . gn . |