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Show IL W W. BADGES IN SALT LAKE. One of the eastern papers in reporting the President's welcome in Salt Lake, said: The streets were gaily decorated and transparanaes reflecting reflect-ing the pride of the town in welcoming the President were exhibited exhib-ited by some of the business houses. One read: "Woodrow. you're as welcome as the flowers in May." Circulars of a less genial character were distributed through the town by unidentified uniden-tified agencies but obviously of I. W. W. inspiration They demanded de-manded "The immediate withdrawal of the United States troops from Russia and release of all political prisoners." Ogdenitcs who were in Salt Lake on that date saw many men with white badges calling on the President to order our troops out of Russia. Rus-sia. We dare say not one of the wearers of the ribbons had any clear conception of what was going on in Russia and none of them had en-derated en-derated to learn, why our soldiers were in northern Russia or in Siberia. . America's whole aim has been to stabilize government in Russia; so that the people might rule without intimidation from within or beyond be-yond the boundaries of Russia. Peace in Russia was one of the essentials es-sentials to world peace. |