The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
IF COUNTRY is GOOD ENOUGH
To be Made Ones Home to Live in,
1t Ought to be Good
Enough.

I'm an address recently to the peo-
pie of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mr.. VIM
Jennings Bryan advised the Ameri-
cans who are settling in that coun-
try, to become citizens of Canada,
if they expected to permanently re-
side in the Dominion, and to bring
up their families there. 1t was whole
some advice.
A goJ1 deal of the trouble OF the
world is CAUSED by people who resid,
N one country without rerouning
their citizenship in another country.
The United States has been par
ticularly unfortunate in that respect,
having been entangled in several un-
pleasant cases OF the kind One OF
the last. and which is still fresh N
the minds OF newspaper readers, was
that OF Mr.. Perdicardie, who was
captured by the outlaw, Rassuh Per
dicardis, it will he recalled, was in
this country long enough to become
a citizen, left here twenty-five or thir-
ty years ago and became resident
OF Morocco. He never renowned his
allegiance to this country, and when
he was captured the United States
government was appealed TO for aid.
on course this government had to
rescue Percardis 1t has to look after
its citizens wherever they may be.
lit is the business OF the government
to see to it that those claiming the
protection of the government are
protected. The result in the Perdi-
cards case was that the government
was put to a great deal of trouble
and expense, an international ques-
ton or two was raised, and it requir-
ed a good deal OF skill and bluffing
10 afford relief to a fellow whom the
United States was, in sense, in no
way morally bound to protect
man who was not, to all intents and
purposes, a citizen of the United
States.
But aside from the trouble caused
by these cases, it is not just to the
country in which one resides to hold
citizenship in some other A man
ought to become a part and parcel
OF the nation of his adoption Much
As we in this country dislike to give
mp our citizens, Mr. Bryan's advice
to the Canadian settlers to become
! Canadian citizens is good advice
And if the Canadians come to this
country the same advice holds good
Any man who comes to this country
from another country, and who ex-
poets to reside here, should take out
papers Of naturalization and help to
share the burdens of citizenship as
he enjoys the privileges thereof
Under the prevailing international
laws and customs there may, in GER
| tain cases, be an advantage in no,
| becoming a citizen. But one ougsli
| not, for the sake OF few advantage:
| that may never present themselves
sfirk his duty to the country of his
adoption. One OF the advantages that
might accrue would be in case Of
war A citizen of another country
could not be fonced into the army
as might be the citizens of the coun.
try should it he necessary. A foreign
citizen also has certain rights in the
courts which citizen does not have
for instance, German citizen residing
in this country, may sue his neigh,
Dor in the United States courts He
could call upon the German ambas-
sador at Washington for assistance
in the event he believed himself dis
criminhted against, and that woulC
involve the state department in The
mans private quarrel, it might be
There are several things which Nigh
arise to give the foreigner an advan
tage over the native citizen, but there
is no advantage IN being an alien tina
is so great as the comfort which
ought to come to a man from th'
sense OF being an integral part of tn,
nation in which he resides He ough
TO be willing TO fake his chance
with his neighbors, to assist them II
working out salvation for the coun
try OF his adoption, to bear the bur
dens and share the joysof citizenshi.
as though he were a natural bern cit
izen.-Dayton News.