The idea that "right wing" simply means "less government and more freedom" is unique to this country in this time and place.
In France, those same ideas were often associated with what they called the left wing, trying to fight the Bourbons and the Napoleons.
The big question in Europe after the US interfered in WW1 was if they were going to agree with Woodrow Wilson's 14 points and go for international cooperation with give and take, or if they were each going to emphasize their specific national interest above all else and allow the possibility of another war.
At that specific time and place, the people who went for a pro-peace, international cooperation approach were called left wingers, and those who were willing to start wars and think only about their own country were right wingers. Neither the left wing nor the right wing at that time were speaking much about the debate of "big government vs. personal freedom"

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