New Britain herald., 1915-09-14
A Word of Advice to the Aliens.
(New London Da!

There are sojourning in this coun- try-some of them in New London many aliens who are subjects or , European states now at war. They are natural partisans of their home coun- tries and in most cases see the war and all it's related problems with the eyes of partisans. Most of them would like to see United States take different position with respect to the war. than it has taken. Those who are subjects or citizens of en- tente countries would be pleased II America were to ally herself with the entente nations and make war upon Germany or Austro- Hungary or both. Those who are subjects of the triple alliance would be glad to see trouble between this country and the allies or at least an embargo on munitions. They are interested in the success of their respective nations which is natural They are not interested in the welfare or honor of the United states, which is natural also.
 What may bring these persons to :'>,s country is their own affair so long as they live according to the law: what keeps them here at a time
 
 great in their home countries is their flair: their opiniors as to the pro- per or improper course for the United States is their own affair; they are here and it is the law and the cus- tom here to grant to foreigners m ost
 of the privileges enjoyed by our own citizens.
 But whatever privileges are guaran- iced to these aliens by law and by , custom there is one privilege which custom denies them--the privilege of repeated and intentional insult to the American nation and the president of the United States. The people of this country do not claim any such privi- 1eees for themselves. They do not crar+ if +o immigrants who come here to avail themselves of this country's r,rerior opportunities and who re- mein h,re at a period when their own soyerci;,ns need their services. Such of these aliens as so far have
 met with nc interference in their jobs and filings at the United States gov "rnment-iibes and filings uttered be- cause a hundred million Americans do not take their policies from handful of vocferOus foreigners and make the foreigners quarrel theirs arc rather fortunate. They have escaped the quite natural penalty of their i'll breeding and their breach of hospitality because the American people are good natured, tolerant and not over given to annoyance by small things.
 But it is only fair to give warning that at any moment this mood of easy tolerance is liable to give way on an other mood in which this same Ameri- can people will take on an entirely different aspect. Because no one has told these blatant critics from across the seas that they are in danger is no proof nor indication that their danger is not very real and that they are skating on very thin ice.
 It would be we'll for our foreign so- iourners to be advised. This is quite the safest, moro easy going and toler- ant land on earth for an alien. and he is given here, more freedom of cninion and more liberty of express sion than he would have anywhere else. Nevertheless there are limits to the patience of Americans, and when thev do lose their patience they do not manifest it by Dragging but in acts.
 The alien who persists in attempt ing to ridicule and insult the Ameri- can people or their chief representa- lives is not only an ingrate, which he can probably afford to be, but fool which, under conceivable circum- stances he can by no means afford to
 be if he values the wholeness of his skin.