Word: scarely
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Your editorial of November 8th on the subject of the anti-Japanese legislation in California concludes, "It is inexcusable for the California 'scare-mongers' to bend their efforts thus toward embroiling the United States in a dangerous foreign tangle." Since the "scare-mongers" of whom you speak constitute about three-quarters of the people of California it is possible that some excuse might be found for their action...
...conflict with the spirit and letter of some fundamental clauses of the Constitution, but they deal with emergencies which that document was not designed to meet specifically, but only generally and abstractly. They are attempts at a peaceful settlement of pressing racial problems. And the Californians, far from being "scare-mongers," have done their proper part towards forcing the nation to settle a question of whose gravity few people outside of California are aware. The Californians are distinctly on the side of peace. RALPH M. EATON, Instr. November...
...When it is known that Japan is prepared to give assurance that Japanese immigration to America will be restricted, and that negotiations are proceeding with this understanding to conclude a new treaty that will assure Japan of equal rights with other foreign nation. It is inexcusable for the California "scare-mongers" to bend their efforts to us toward embroiling the United States in a dangerous foreign tangle...
...sure, there are the old scare-heads in the newspapers, announcing the return of their favorite bete-noir, Spartacism. Yet, this is a contingency which is less to be feared than any of the many possibilities which confront us. The soviet may not be the best form of government, but it is surely preferable to a military aristocracy, as it is, to a certain extent, at least, representative of the people. Some persons fear that in the reaction from Bolshevism, the old order may again be set up. But this again is troubling ourselves with phantoms of our imagination...