Washington Journal., 1914-08-29
Some
Facts About
England
Shows up Its Perhdy.

language in a German newspaper, hs
been approved by a great many of on
leaders judging from what "a Friend
writes, from other letters, telephon
,alls and oral compliments made I
Is in person:
Dear Editor:
1t is with much satisfaction that
| find you printing a few words in
English on the German point of
view as to the present war. There
r hundreds of thousands Of
Americans of whole or part Ger
man lineage who have not learned
German because it is not absolute
ly necessary in this country. They
do not know German-not be-
cause they do not want to, but
because business affairs can be
conducted in English and for that
reason know only the one Ian
guage. There are millions of peo-
pie of mixed descent like myself
who cannot rend themselves
apart to separate the English from
the German In their own beings
and who want the truth so that
they can make up their own minds
as to the right and wrong of this
war. Neither the press nor the
people of the United States are
in favor of England and France
and against Germany, although it
recently looked that way. The
trouble seems to be that the chan
nels of information are largely
held by English and French or
pro-English sympathizers. The
people of this country as a whole
will decide fairly when the truth
is disclosed. It is for this reason
that | write to encourage your eff
forts in giving some facts in Eng
lish so that all can decide for
themselves. The French English
sympathizers continually harp on
the aid given this country in the
Revolutionary War, but they for
get the assistance rendered by Won
Steuben at Valley Forge and the
thousands of Germans in Pennsyl-
vania and other states who fought
in the Continental armies and
contributed their means to the
cause. They forget the hundreds
of thousands who since then have
served in her armies in time of
war. They forget that a great
part, If not one-half, of this coun-
try is either wholly or partly Of
German descent. The majority
of the people of this country speak
the English language, but that
does not make it an English ma
ton.
The purpose of some news
bureaus in minimizing every de-
feat and exaggeratlng every in
significant skirmish appears to be
to create a public opinion in this
country for two reasons: la To
prepare to Offset the news that
Japan has been invited in to help
kill the white nan and OBJ That
newspapers and reports eventual
ly reaching Germany will make
her feel absolutely alone in a hos
tile world and thus weaken the
knees of her soldiers and crush
the faith of her people in victory
Great fortunes of Anglo-Ameri-
cans made largely from the toll
and blood of people of German
lineage have been and are being
used to strengthen hands across
the sea" to create an alliance be-
tween the two English speaking
countries and why?-because the
real sentiment of this country is
anti-English as our history shows,
and because of the 3,0O0-mile Ca
madam border.
We all know the causes of the
Revolutionary War and the War
Of 1912 and finally when our
great republic was passing
through the throes of the great
Civil War, she rendered material
aid to the Confederate cause and
why?-not because she loved the
Confederate states, but because
she thought by 10 doing she could
cut the United States in two and
then acquire each part separate
ly).
England is an adept at making
other people do her fighting for
her-at playing the middle
against the ends" She went into
this war. she said, because she
would get as much out of it by
going in as by staying out" The
pictures of the crowds at Bucking-
ham Palace on the night of her
declaration of war ire not great
enough for such an occasion and
show that England felt secure