The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-03

The welcome which the people of st. Paul will
extend to the American societies participating in to-
days celebration will be all the cordial when
the circumstances which called the occasion into
istence taken into consideration.
There is class of people who rghtfully
jealous of their good name loyal patriotic
American citizens than those of German birth AMI
garentage Nor is there any class that has borne
more important honorable part in the develop
ment Of American society along the lines of health
Jul social life, or In the direction of commercial and
Industrial greatness.
When such men find their patriotism AmeIi-
not only called in question: but openly and
shameessly assaulted it has been in this community
and elsewhere within the past few months, it Is
eminently fitting that they should give public
preston to their of the defamation directed
against them.
1t was left to imperialism to originate and foster
these wretched calumnes of our German-American
fellow citizens. It's adhereRs did not confine them
selves to this they attacked the German nation
whole and traduced people that a matter of
fact, is friendly to the point of enthusiasm toward
this nation
The healthful effect Of the Indignation which
these attacks aroused is already apparent The
newspaper press which was most virulent, ignorant
and shameless in it's attacks is now the loudest in
its toadying to the sentiment of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1t is not necessary to go far away home to see
the illustration of this truth.
The members Of given nationality have the
same power Of united expression which the Germans
have The events of the celebration about to take
place in st. Paul will give strong evidence of this
truth. Aside from the social enjoyments of the oc-
casion it will give these people the opportunity
for the public expression of their attachment
to American political and social institu-
lions which they know how to avail
themselves of other does. Those who de-
sire to splendid succession Of object lessons Of
how the man of German birth or blood appreciates
the conditions and opportunities Of his American
career will do well TO visit Fort Smelling today and
attend later the other forms of enjoyment which will
be INDUCED in.
1t may or may not be necessary at this stage Of
the Anglo-SaxOn craze for any class of our citizens
to give any further expression of their contempt for
Its promoters or for the underlying un-American
spirit Of the worthless sham But if any such need
exist it is fitting that Americans shall give
expression to it. For it is quite plain that while in
Its domestic aspect the silly has met com
pete collapse there is daily evidence furnished that
the mperialsts and Angomaniacs have not yet Who'll
ly ceased their efforts decry the German nation or
to perpetuate misunderstanding between the two
races.
However little need there may be on the part of
the Iman-Americans of Minnesota to voice their
land which gave so many of them BIRTH the people
of St Paul have Il welcome to extend to them
and an abiding interest in the welfare and prosperity
of the Of the race, matter from what section
Of the state or indeed of the nation, they may