Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — THE RED MENACE [ARTICLE]

THE RED MENACE

At Linton, during the recent trouble, there were people who disarmed * the (militiamen and cuffed the unarmed state soldiers about the streets. There were men and women who had no respect for the government of the state. In Terre Haute, at a Debs protest meeting, there was no disorder, but men distributed tracts that sought to convert people to the cause of Bolshevism. The speakers showed some restraint, but one of them is under sentence for violating the espionage act, and another attacked a United States supreme court because it affirmed the Debs sentence. No one at» the meeting denied the guilt of Debs, and all declared he should 'be pardoned. The Gary Reds attempted incendiary methods. A short time ago the menace in Russia was so far away that little attention was paid to it. Not so

long ago the 'influenza in Europe was so far away that it caused little alarm. The influenza came across the ocean and took a greater toll of human life than that taken by the war. The Bolshevik menace also has made the long jump. It is not confined to Russia; it is here. * This is a government of orderly processes, of respect for law, and submissive to the will of the majority. If the Bolshevik! can convince the majority of American voters that their form of government is right, then they will come into power and a new order will prevail. Since the Declaration ‘of Independence the people have had a form of government they wanted. It is responsive to their wishes. It has stood the test of time. Meanwhile, there Is no room for the Reds. They are here, In Indiana, and they roust be dealt with promptly and effectively.—lndianapolis News.