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Naturally this hysteria is not taken seriously by intelligent men and women. But the point is that intelligent men and women do not count when it comes to branding a man publicly as unpatriotic. And patriotism is linked up in the press and in the public eye with all sorts of things to which it has no relation. True patriotism is not of the boisterous variety. It is to be found in those who believe sufficiently in our democratic institutions to invite and investigate criticism and dissatisfaction...
...demand for the removal from office of Immigration Inspector Henry J. Skeffington is but a natural result of a steadily growing intolerable state of affairs. The government officials, the country at large, and the press seem possessed with a fear of a "red revolution" an impossible and entirely remote contingency in this country. Anything liberal, or to the slightest degree unconventional in political and industrial theory, is being branded as revolutionary. Doubtless in times of over-fast development there are very real dangers incurred by the idle patter of "parlor bolshevists." But in times of reaction from liberalism such...
...overthrow of law and order. It is to be regretted that there are some ministers and editors in the country who, in spite of absolute proof that the Reds have planned to overthrow this government, persist in fanning the flame of anarchism by urging from pulpit and press that these demons be coddled and petted and ultimately "Americanized." With what feigned anxiety they apprehend the approach of an autocracy where in there will be, and should be, a moral standard to be reached before an immigrant sets sets foot on American shores! Ah! It is too bad indeed...
...which is that the Treaty should be ratified with such reservations as are necessary to secure the required two-thirds vote. The differences now existing between the President and the majority of Republicans are far less important than the immediate ratification of the Treaty. The statements in the foreign press seem to imply that foreign government would accept the reservations for the sake of having the United States an immediate party to the Treaty...
...cause of the United States' dislike of Japan is, I suppose, the misinformation that your newspapers have spread broadcast about Japan. Before there is a better relationship between the two countries America must be brought to a correct understanding of my country. Journalism in this country is shackled; your press is controlled by special interests, with the exception of a few independent newspapers which dare to say what they please. Editors seek to cater to the public and never to educate it. With such an arrangement there is certain to be much misrepresentation, and Japan feels that she has never...