Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-30
GERMAN-AMERICAN VIEW.
st. Louis westIiche-Post Defines Poll
cy of erican Papers
on sImperiaIfsm,'

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-The Westliche-Post
will tomorrow print an article in the En-
glish language defining the policy Of all
German-American papers in this country
regarding Americanism against imperial
ism. The article, in part, follows:
Thine and again the attempt has been
made to supplant American republicanism
with imperialism. Time and again Amer
lean patriotism and that high and far
seeing love of mankind which unite men
of all countries in common brotherhood
of humanity have rallied and won against
it. When, half century ago, We had the
same cries of manifest destiny the con-
quering Saxon, expansion and all the
rest We are hearing over again now, Amer
leans as radically opposed to each other
in most things as are Calhoun and Cor
win, Joined with Clay, Webster, Lowell
Clayton and Clemens against it.
What American can read this without
an indignant refusal to consent that the
blood of those once our allies shall sat
urate the soil on which they were born
that we may be praised by the London
Times for our noble work for progress
in furthering British plans for dismember-
ing and robbing China.
John NJ. Clayton himself, the author of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and openly in
favor of cooperating with England in
business, was openly opposed to having
anything to do with the political methods
of British Imperialism.
What Is there in stalwart Amerlcanlsm
(in native Americanism, ii you Wild, except
what German Americans are saying now
in declaring that they gave up home and
friends and came thousands OF miles into
an unknown country for the love-not OF
British colonialism, but of American repub-
licanism. To that they are loyal now and
always. To Americanlsm not to the Brit
ish commercialism of the bayonet-to Amer
tcanism. TO liberty, to progress; to freedom
from militarism,. to the expectation of a
time to come when the world will be no
longer shackled by Imperialism, with its
bayonets and fetters-to that, German
Europe are devoted as they were fifty
years ago. when they listened to Seward
as he said of these same 'eNpansionists
| Sir, they have sent the American eagle
abroad, bearing not the olive branch, but
shackle in his talons.'
THE flag of this great republic stands
now-not for what the London Times ap.
proves-but for what it meant when Sew.
| ard stood under 1t to utter this immortal
sentence. Such republcanism as that was
not his, nor is it that of any loyal German.
loyal TO his flag and to his country. May
heaven forbid that 1t ever should be. May
people will applaud those who drabble q
| flag dedicated to freedom and human prog
ress in the blood of men who die on theil
Own Own, soil resisting the same, principle o
| triumphed at Yorktown and New Orleans
Such ideas will never prevail in Amer
| lea. Any party which commits itself t
them will be wiped out of existence An!
leader who attempts to check civilization
and progress under American institutions
and through American principles will b.
| ton which, for its own brutal and selfsl
purposes, attempts to use the American
people as catspaw in schemes of frau,
| and violence will find itself the victim O
| the reactions of its own malevolent schem
ing. Justice, liberty-progress through jus
tice and liberty. until the whole world i
by the individual life of Washington-tha
| is the manifest destiny OF America: 70
| that the flag stands, and for that German
| Americans are willing now, as they hav
always been. to stake everything KNOWN,
that. when issues are made against libert,
| ard In favor of Imperialism everything i
at stake for them, the American flag ant
for all that is. worthy of survival in TIL
world" .k-.ss..s. ......s