Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — PRIEST URGES FIGHT FOR LAW [ARTICLE]

PRIEST URGES FIGHT FOR LAW

Father Smith of Holy Name Society Blames Reds for Unrest. Pittsburg, Oct. 13.—The Very Rev. Father Ignatius Smith of New York, national director of the Holy Name society, in an address here yesterday, before the annual session of the Diocesan Union, sounded the mobilization call for the 1,600,000 members of the organization to combat what- he termed an attempt by “anarchists” to overthrow the government of the United States “and hoist the red flag instead.” Present day unrest, said Father Smith, can be traced to radical foreigners “who we invited over here to partake of our hospitality.” "These anarchists,” he continued, “who knew neither God nor obedience to our laws must be crushed. We need not be armed with the rifle and the machine gun to crush them down; we will leave that to the armed forces, but we can help to defeat them by our example of our obedience to the law and the government.”