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Show MUST STAMP OUT DI8LOYALTY.. H President Charges Foreign Born CltU M zens With Trying to Levy Political. H Blackmail. M Washington. A chargo that foreign- fl born citizens or tho United States aro- M trying to levy political blackmail and: to undermine tho lnfluonco or tho na- H 'tlonal government was mado by Presl- M dent Wilson in a flag speech hero un fl Juno 1 His assertion sounded tho keynote fl ot ono or tho foremost Issues on whlch fl ho will go boforo tho country for re- M election, and touchod upon a platform H declaration which was to bo submitted- H by tho administration to tho St. Lonii M convention. H Tho president spoko beforo a crowds M or thousands gathered nt tho foot.ot: H tho Washington monument, aftor bo- M had rovlowcd for ilvo hours a rcaU M preparedness parade at tho heaJ of M which ho himself had marched down H Pennsylvania avenue. Ho declared M that not slnco tfie civil war had it M 'been tested as it now is being tested: M whether tho stars and stripes stood for fl any ono united purpose M "Thero is disloyalty actlvo in the H United States and it must bo nbso H lately crushed," declared tho presl' H dent, speaking emphatically. "It pro. M cecds from a minority, a very small M minority, but a very actlvo and subtlo H minority. 1 "It works underground, but It also- H shows Its ugly head whore wo can see M ,lt; and there are those at this mo- fv M ment who aro trying to levy a speclos KS&'I ot political blackmail, saying, 'Do IffiisH ,what wo wish In tho Interest or for- XB olgn sentiment or wo will wreak our jD vongeanco at tho polls.' That is the H sort of thing ngalnst which tho Amorl- H enn nation will turn with a mighty H triumph or Bentiment which will teach H theso gentlemen onco tor all that H loyalty to this flag is tho first tost ot H tolerance in tho United States." H Tho president's words wero taken as H an open challengo to foreign-born. jH Americans who, ho had learned from H foreign language newspapers and oth- M er Bources, are opposing him for re- WWm election. Officials close to him satd: IBsh ho was outlining his stand on what W "ho had determined to mako a prodomi- $ nent Ibsuo in hia enmpaign. R |