Show I Jc Personal Liberty In l America Doctor Barth the tho intelligent German German Ger- Ger man nan observer who has been traveling widely in this country sending home letters from time to time to the Frank Frank- furter In his last communication tion ion comments upon our American idea dea of personal liberty Although h the United States is supposed to be the tho particular home of freedom as ag German Germany Ger- Ger many nany man is tho the scat seat of ot oppression carefully care care- carefully fully tully secured b by a a. numerous police force orce ho lie expresses surprise at the amount of or restraint which men arc tiro subjected to In this country He lie particularly par- par remarks upon the extending area of prohibitory liquor laws Few understand the arguments he says sars that oven even with laws which pursue a praiseworthy object the freedom of ofa a i thinking minority which thinks otherwise deserves consideration In n Ottawa Doctor Barth found signs forbidding a man to spit on tho the sidewalk sidewalk side side- w walk lk under a penalty penult of 60 50 O. O The taking of ot such Ruch a CL liberty he ho observes s would not cost so o much anywhere In Germany German I Particularly in our rapidly developing develop develop- Ing ng disposition to determine what other men should drink does the American seem to excel The recent making of or a a. great deal out of or Vice President Fairbanks' Fairbanks action in ng cocktails before a meal in his home iome evidences e this of or judgment nc The fact that President Roosevelt drained a a. glass gloss of or champagne cham- cham when called upon for a a. toast is is H made mode the subject for much remar remark The growth glOwth of or a desire to meddle with the private affairs of men has gone fio so far Indeed that to reconcile it with the old idea of ot American liberty becomes becomes becomes be be- I comes a n. ver very difficult matter It IsI is simply Irreconcilable as Impartial observers observers ob ob- I I servers like Doctor Barth very v t ry Justly remark |