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Editorial
July 7, 1916
Tulsa Daily World
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
What is this article about?
Editorial lauds Tulsa's patriotism and support for the war effort, likely against Mexico, while denouncing local individuals for secretly spreading rumors that the conflict is a plutocratic scheme for exploitation rather than national honor, highlighting the danger of such whispers.
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SHOULD BE IMPORTED.
So far no one in Tulsa has been so depraved as to have to be arrested for treasonable utterances, as has happened in some cities where the I.W.W. propaganda has its advocates, and we hope such a thing will not occur. We of Tulsa have shown that we are a patriotic people and ready to support the government and to defend the flag from dishonor. Yet there are living right here in this city some few people who, lacking the courage to get up in public and denounce the flag like some of their brethren in New York, are not above going around slyly and whispering calumny and detraction of the government and ridicule for the courageous militiamen who have left homes and business to fight for the flag.
They are telling it around that this is not a war to defend the nation's honor, but a plot of the plutocrats to exploit the Mexican people for pecuniary gain, and that our soldiers are not going to fight for the stars and stripes, but at the behest of big business. The well-known fact that there were in times of past people in Mexico who sought to embroil the two nations in trouble in order to further their own ends has lent a color of truthfulness to the claims of these enemies behind the ranks that renders their influence the more dangerous and despicable. Even if the monied interests did provoke Mexico into assuming a position of insolence
So far no one in Tulsa has been so depraved as to have to be arrested for treasonable utterances, as has happened in some cities where the I.W.W. propaganda has its advocates, and we hope such a thing will not occur. We of Tulsa have shown that we are a patriotic people and ready to support the government and to defend the flag from dishonor. Yet there are living right here in this city some few people who, lacking the courage to get up in public and denounce the flag like some of their brethren in New York, are not above going around slyly and whispering calumny and detraction of the government and ridicule for the courageous militiamen who have left homes and business to fight for the flag.
They are telling it around that this is not a war to defend the nation's honor, but a plot of the plutocrats to exploit the Mexican people for pecuniary gain, and that our soldiers are not going to fight for the stars and stripes, but at the behest of big business. The well-known fact that there were in times of past people in Mexico who sought to embroil the two nations in trouble in order to further their own ends has lent a color of truthfulness to the claims of these enemies behind the ranks that renders their influence the more dangerous and despicable. Even if the monied interests did provoke Mexico into assuming a position of insolence
What sub-type of article is it?
War Or Peace
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Tulsa Patriotism
War Detractors
Iww Propaganda
Mexico Conflict
Plutocrat Plot
Flag Defense
Treasonable Utterances
What entities or persons were involved?
Tulsa
I.W.W.
New York
Mexico
Plutocrats
Militiamen
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Patriotism In Tulsa Against War Detractors
Stance / Tone
Strongly Patriotic And Condemnatory Of Sly Anti War Influences
Key Figures
Tulsa
I.W.W.
New York
Mexico
Plutocrats
Militiamen
Key Arguments
No One In Tulsa Has Been Arrested For Treasonable Utterances Unlike In Other Cities With I.W.W. Propaganda
Tulsans Are Patriotic And Ready To Support The Government And Defend The Flag
Some In Tulsa Slyly Whisper Calumny Against The Government And Ridicule Militiamen
Detractors Claim The War Is A Plutocrat Plot To Exploit Mexico For Gain, Not To Defend National Honor
Soldiers Are Said To Fight At Behest Of Big Business, Not For The Stars And Stripes
Past Mexican Intriguers Lend Color Of Truth To These Claims, Making Them Dangerous
Even If Monied Interests Provoked Mexico's Insolence