South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-13
CITES AMERICAN
VIEW Of COMBAT
IN ENGLISH WAY
London Newspaper Writer,
After Visit in United States,
Remarks Upon COuntry'S
Rally TO PreS't Wilson.

4 -. i - j
has recently returned from the United
States. gives an interesting account Of
conditions he found there. lie says in
part:
For the purpose Of our analysis we
may divide Americans racially into
three categOries.
First. persons Of English descent
and traditions who regard their Eng
lish origin as the soundest basis Of
true 'Americanism.' They are now
minority, but they are educated,
wealthy and important out of proper
tiOn 20 their numbers; they set the
tone in the universities, clubs and in
business circles
Secondly. there are millions who
could not say what was the nationality
Of their ancestors, whose ancestry was
probably mixed, but who are now
Americans pure and simple. speaking
English. but otherwise uncOnnected
with England. OF these two kinds OF
Americans and their respective atti-
tude to the war / have written in my
former article
/ wish now TO say something about
the third type Of American citizen.
the newly-arrived immigrant, still
markedly a German, Jew, Pole, Ital-
ian or whatever ii may be. still living
with his European co-nationals read
g
and not yet assimilated into COM
plete Americanism however loyal ne
may be TO the idea Of the Stars and
Stripes
Are Dissolved Elements.
These still dissolved elements in the
melting -pot." the races not yet
Americanized naturally Judge Of the
war BY the feelings they have brought
with them from Europe. Their SEN
timents are a fairly exact reflection of
the rival passions now tearing the old
world in pieces. and one Of the first
duties of Pres't Wilson was TO do
nothing which would set those pas
siOns alight on American soil Race
hatred is in process of destroying Eu-
rope Americans wish 10 prevent il
from destroying America
In America, as in Europe, the great
or number OF the races" are prO-ally.
The Greeks, the Italians, and (signih-
Cantly enough the subject races Of
The dual monarchy. the Czechs the
Croats, and the Serbs of Austria-Hun-
gary are solid for the allies The
majority of the Poles ard the major
ity of the Irish are also for the allies,
but Polish and Irish feeling differs
in different localities.
on the German side are the great
majority Of the Germans. and for
anti-Russian reasons the majority of
the Jews. But even the Germans
themselves are not all pro-Germans.
A minority, chiefly consisting Of for
ty-eighters." viz: German liberals who
sought refuge in America from the re-
action OF 1S49, are against the Kaiser,
or look on with divided feelings
The "hyphenated Americans" that
is TO say the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. as
organized for the kaiser's purposes,
being a state within a state They are
are suspect TO their fellow c.tIzens as
formidable out of proportion even TO
their great numbers on account OF
their organization. But their unwise
propaganda anG "hyphenated" atti-
sude have much irritated the Ameri-
can public. They were COwed by the
Outburst OF national wrath over the
Lusitania and many of them publicly
declared that they would stand by
America in case of war.
Compliments Prcs't Wilson.
If Prest Wilson had from August
last taken an openly pro-ally attitude
and drifted into war with Germany
out OF sympathy for our side. he
would have caused terrible internal
trouble, as the Germans are highly
organized. and would in such a case
have had sympathy from the nation
at large. But if Germany forces VIII
son into war on the summarizing
question the case will be very divided
in feeling and the rest ga the country
will be united behind Wilson The
question arises how war with Ger
many-if il does rise-must gravely
affect Americas power of fighting it
effectually.
Until the appearance of his note on
the Lusitania the president was not
in a strons position The Germans
attacked him for chnging to the law
OF neutrality on the subject OF the
export Of arms. while the perhSans
of the allies regarded his con iuct in
the face OF Germany as weak. Repub-
hcan feeling against him as a DEMO
Crat. and his failure 10 settle SleNico.
increased the belief that ne was not
on a level with the circumstances
The too proud 20 fight speech in
creased this uneasy feeling although
those who have read the speech YER
batim may Judge IL more favorably
than those who have merely heard
that phraee without the context The
speakers mistake was to forget that
the phrase would certainly be cahled
around the globe without the context
But a few days later ne issued his
note 10 Germany and I'm an hour the
whole nation had rallied 20 his side
All Germans who were essentially
loyal 10 America gave In their adhe-
sion and the republican and prO-ally
critics OF the White House Joined i'm
the chorus of praise the more heart
ily because they had not expected so
sI-0ng a note.
How the matter will end vet re-
mains 10 be seen, but I never wit
messed SO sudden a rally or a nation
at discOrd with itself 10 the standard
OF scrap OF paper as the rally OF
America 10 the presidents note.