Evening journal., 1914-05-20

THERE is nation In the world that mas poyeiot
population that is larger than that # the United
States.
II is recruited from the four OF the earth.
Nor is there any country in the world that has as
strong and as steadfast national spirit as that which
is possessed by the one call our own.
In that respect we stand anomaly In the great
ssterhood OF nations.
The United States has irresistible power in
the natter Of the benevolent assimilation OF mankind
and the making OF patriotic American citizens out of
most OF those aliens who abiding places within its
national boundaries
The oath Of remuneration OF the old and allegiance
TO the that the foundation Of our naturalization
system 20 carry into the hearts and minds Of
those who become citizens by adoption the conviction
that having become Americans. one native or for
egnborn should be better Americans than themselves
The spirit OF nationalism takes hold upon them. It
grows stronger and stronger there comes to them
fuller appreciation of the opportunities which our
country has to offer TO those who cast their fortunes
with it, actuated by honest determination . assist
It in working out its destinies
Too many hold TO the theory that persons of for
egn birth shores actuated solely by sordid
motives Those critics should bear in mind that
: few Of them can go back many generations without
finding their forebears in foreign environment
and governed in their conduct by foreign thought and
usage No American, unless It be the Indian, can af
ford to be too pronounced in his views relative the
constantly IS pouring into our body polite.
Nor should any American doubt the patriotism of
those who have among us and become Americans
by adoption scanning Of the rosters of the Revolu-
ton the War OF 1872 the War Of the Rebellion, the
Mexican War the Spanish American War and the pres
ent Mexican mbroglio will 20 far toward sllencng
such criticism and dispeling such doubt
Let take for instance the mortality that attended
the capture by the forces Of
the United States. Let anayze the list of dead and
wounded Such an analysis shows that foreign-born
men, stimulated by American national spirit which
with adoption into body polite paid their full
share of death and suffering upon the demand of a
Feders. Government which felt that the honor Of our
nation had been assailed. Samuel Martin killed
Lewis Oscar Fried (kiled), and Nathan Schwartz
twounded) were Of Jewish stock; Joseph Kwapsz.
Frank Dworzak, Henry P. Nagorowsk and w. Pien-
kowski Call wounded) Poles; Albin Stream. j. A.
Anderson, and Edward f. Petersen Cal wounded),
scandinavians; c. L. Nodsick (wounded) is of slayak
stock; Gabriel de Fabo (killed) and Tony vitaro
Cwounded) Italian; e. H. Frohlichsten OSilled),
William r. Schultz (wounded) J. F. Schumacher
(wohnded) and Katzenberger (wounded), are Germans
Nor should native-born Americans lose sight of the
fact that when recently it seemed that large force
would be put in the field by the United States to in
wade Mexico GreeAmerican veterans of the last Bal
war; who had been under FIRE land Of their
nativity, expressed eagerness to volunteer and fight
in Mexico beneath the flag of the country of their adop
on. Hungarians Poles and other groups naturazet
American citizens also stood ready to organize reg
ments. Even Mexicans resident in New Mexico wer,
willing the Rio beneath the American
flag apd fight their countrymen. In their case
however, it scarcely likely that the impenng force
the untar ed spirit of American natonalism tina
moved the other groups Of foregn-born citizens
A prominent American said years ago that the Ameri
can economic md political organism could digest AM
assimilate anything of the human kind that entered
In general sense that declaration has found verhca
tion in the fact that from 1924 TO 1913 inclusive
have received SOSOs.944 immigrants and have mad
good and patriotic citizens of most of them.