The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-26

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dangling nationalttfes, knot of Ger
Americans, irish Am orleans. Eng
l. shAmericans and French Americans.
+ II divided in such fashion we shall
most certainly fall. We can stand
"a a nation only IL we are genuinely
! united.
HYPHENATED-AM
DANGER TO COUNTRY.
4 "rhe events of the past year have
shown us that in any crisis the NY
I nhenatea American Is an active force
| against America, an active torce TOT
| wrougdotnR The efforts TO MOIST TWO
! flags on the same flag pole always
means that one flag Is hoisted under
/ naatb and the hyphenated- American
| Invariably hoIsts the flag of the United
states underneath. We must all ne
! Americans and nothing else.
There exists no finer body OF Ameri-
/ can citizens in thhs country than those
of German birth, or descent, who are
in good faith Americans ana nothing
else. We could create an entire ma
tional administration, from the Presl-
I dent down to the last cabinet ONCE,
everyone of whose members would be
of German blood. and some of them OF
! German birth, but all of them Amer
leans and nothing else. all OF them
Americans of such "A type that the men
who feel as | do could heartily ana
without reserve support them In all
/ our international relations. But the
/ Americans of German blood who are
! of this tyne are not hyphenated- Ameri-
4 cans They are not German -Amerf-
cans They are Just plain Americans
like the rast of US.
.'The professional German american
has shown himself within the last
twelve months to be an enemy to
this country, as well az to humanity,
The recent exposures of the way in
which these German Americans have
worked together with the emissaries
OF the German recommendation by
direct OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the integri-
ty of American institutions and against
America doing the International duty
should arouse scornful Indignation In
every American worth calling such.
The leaders among the professional
Germa American have preached and
practiced what comes perilously near
TO treason against the United states.
Under The Hague conventions II
was our bounded duty TO take what
ever action was necessary TO prevent
and, IL not to prevent, then to undo,
me hideous wrong tibet was done "a
Belgium. We have shirked this duty
We have shown a spirit so abject that
Germany has deemed II safe to kill
our women and children on the high
seas AS for the export of munitions
or war, ii would be a base abandon
ment OF morality 10 refuse TO make
these shipments. Such a measure Is
proposed only to favor the nation that
sank the Lusitania and the Arabic,
1 and committed the crime against Bel
GUM, the greatest international crime
committed since the. close of the
.sx4N
ia not q lofty thing, On the contrary
| 1t Ia an evil thing to practice timid
and selfish neutrality between right
and wrong. 1t Is wrong for an in
| d,ytduaI. 1t is still more wrong for q
| nation. But Ii is worse in the name
OF neutrality to favor the nation that
| has done evil.
| WRONG TO BELGIUM
WAS INDISPENSABLE
GAS regards the export OF munitions
Of war. the morality of the act de-
ponds upon the use 10 which the NUM-
lions are to be put. 1t was wrong to
subjugate Belgium. 1t Is wrong to
keep her in subjugation. 1t Ia an
utterly contemplate thing not to help
| In every possible way to undo this
wrong. The manufacturers OF can
| non, rifles. cartridges. automobiles
are saddiery. who refuse to ship them
for use by the armies that are striving
TO restore Belgium to its own people
/ should be put on a roll of dishonor.
| Exactly the same morality should OBJ
/ tain internationally that obtains ma
! tionally. II is right for private firm
TO furnish arms TO the policeman who
puts down the thug. the burglar, the
white SLAYER, and the biackhander. II
IL wrong TO furnish the blackhander.
the burglar. and the white SLAYER with
wea pons to be used against the police
man. The analogy holds true in in
fernational life. Germany has herself
been the greatest manufacturer OF
munitions OF war TO be supplied tn
belligerents She supplied munitions
to England to subjngate che Beers and
TO the Turk TO keep the Christians In
i subsection. Let US furnish munitions
i TO the men who, showing courage
which we have nor eh0rn wiah Ia