Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-19
CALLS GERMANY
ENEMY OF u. S.


England had imported from Germany,
nor those dull subjects of his who
never could understand the view
point of their brethren over the sea.
The England of George III. thorough
ly deserved what she got, and l yield
to no man in honoring the man who
melted out the punishment to her.
But 1t is only fair to say that COM
pared with his contemporary, Fred
erick the Great, of whom the Ger
mans are very proud, George III. was
an exceedingly mild-flavored sort of
tyrant. Had the American colon
lists, in an evil hour, appealed to
Frederick the Great for help. and had
he responded to their appeal, and
then decided to stay and rule over
them, as he would certainly have
done, the colonies would have pinned
for the good old days of King George
as the Israelites pinned for the flesh
pots of Egypt.
THE great friends of the American
spirit were the French. But for
France that spirit would have been
stamped out and the cause of liberty
in the world set back a hundred
years.
but what, you may be thinking,
of the German element in the War
of Independence. or course, in the
main, 1t was strongly against Amer
lea Hardly word of sympathy, ex-
cept from the great Kant, who en-
braced the cause of the American
colonies with all the energy of his
vast intellect, came from Germany.
Klopstock and Leasing said a few
favorable things. And Steuben and
De Kalb, of honored memory, came
to us, not because of any friendship
on their part or the part of their
countries for the cause of independ-
ence, but through the persuasion OF
some of our good French friends.
1.-THE dark side is that first and last
Germany furnished about thirty thou
sand mercenaries to enable George
I'LL to crush the American spirit
Need I stop to answer the cues
ton who are the enemies and who
are the friends Of the American spirit
today? Those at home must answer
answered, and are under suspicion,
shall 1 say of not having understood
Just what they were about when they
took out their papers? Now rs the
time for them to consider. / trust
that they made decide to become real
Americans and remain.
But If they find that they prefer
the government of an irresponsible
irremovable autocrat to that the
American spirit is endeavoring to
work out, we shall not find fault with
them either II they fly to the succoI
of the modern Caesar, or If they pos
sess their souls In patience while
among us and do not foolishly try tc
interfere with the full and free ex-
| preston or working of the American
| spirit.
Looking ahead, is Germany real
| friend of the American spirit? II one
could appeal from Philip drunk tc
| Philip sober, the question might bt
debatable. But that the governing
| power of Germany that now holds the
German people in the hollow of Its
mailed fist in the very antithesis OF
| the American ideaf of what a nation
should be in its dealings with Other
nations am fully persuaded.
| "Is England q real friend OF the
| American spirit? Now that she has
learned her lesson, I believe that she
| is, and l believe that the great body
of the real American people believe
so to.
"If in the progress OF events th'
! moment should come when Americans
I believe that the essential integrity o.
England was threatened there woult
/ be tidal wave Of American feeling
that would sweep neutrality into tn,
sea and people would learn that BLOOD
, Is thicker than water.
! What Of the future? The depends
upon the course of events and wha
We mean when we say we believe IL
the American spirit.
What Is our duty?
THE Prince of Peace said: IF m!
kingdom were of this world theI
would my servants fight; but now Il
my kingdom not of this world Blu
the Prince of Peace knows that tn,
kingdom of American spirit Is of thil
+, world. Need / say more?"