The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-31

TAKING cARRANzA's ADVICE
Thinks Uncle Sam Is on His Way to
Warm Quarters.


Warm Quarters.
Editor of the Banner: When Eng
land entered the present European
war, she had 1,20O German workmen
living and working in that country
at the time. She at once seized
them as prisoners of war and is now
holding them Canada had 700 Ger
mans in her country and did the
same hing by them. The United
States is on the point of declaring
war on Germany. There are over
two million of German subjects in
the United States today. In case of
war, what shall we do with them?
In the time of our civil war there
were over five thousand German sub
iects who fought side by side with
the native American in the federal
ranks and we had several generals
who We're also German subjects. From
this time on the German settler has
been a recognized factor in American
life. Our government soon found
out that he is so per cent. better than
any other immigrant coming here
and encouraged him accordingly
He always brought a little money
with him and at once went TO work
either in some business or at farm
ing He is model settler in every
way, and the best farmer in the
world He does not always natural
i2e; he somehow has a feeling that
it would cut him of from home and
friends if he did. and he hesitates to
do it, Our government respects this
feeling and does not ask him to be
come a citizen of the United States
unless he wants to, only asks him to
obey the laws OF the land and lead
moral life, which he invariably does
As matter of fact, the German
immigrant by his intelligence. thrift
and industry, has become mighty
power in the land. He has multi
piled until he is 30,0O0,000 strong.
He is found in every walk in life, on
the farm in tie workshop and fac
tory. lie is represented in the halls
of CONGRESS, ia the pulpit and the
lawyers Office; he stands Grst in art
and science; he is especially promi-
nent as college professor and in
structor in high grade schools; he
has built up the western states and
added enormously to the wealth of
the country; as an educator and in
dustrnl worker he stands at the
head og the list and has made him
sci, q power IN the land that cannot
Ge sci aside or PASSED over
In Case of war with Germany. what
shall we do with the two millions or
more OF German subjects in this
country today? Shall we take them
from their places of business and
from their homes and hold them as
prisoners of war until The war is
over? That would ruin their bust
ness end break mp their homes, and
the only crime they have committed
was being born in Germany. And
they were told when they came here
the reason they we're so gladly vel
coined was because they were Ger
man. We have nothing to gain by
war with Germany but everything
to lose
a few days ago our government sent
very nice note to the famous MeXi-
can robber who styles himself Gen.
Carranza, asking him to attend the
Pan-American conference. When
Carranza read this note he said the
United States could so to hell.
When / note the enormous politi-
cal crafts all over our country and
the gigantic railroad steals all the
time being unearthed and consider
the thousand and one ways that cap.
ital has invented to rob the indus
trial worker and see that we are rap
idly and foolishly drifting into this
European war, in which we have no
part or parcel nothing to gain and
all to lose. am inclined to think we
have taken CarranZa's advise and are
we'll on the way at that.
Mason l.. Knapp,