The Washington herald., 1915-03-13
The OPEN FORUM.
Nstursl,led Americans Who Retain
C,,uenship in Germany.

t,Tl'Sr ~ The Washington Herald
The earnest attention of true Ameri-
rHfs is GATED 10 the following quotations
referring 10 Germany from the work of
u"fi,sr Adams Gibbons. entitled The
SEW Jap 81 Europe l9il-lgli
The belief Of the German people in
The spp~fiDriiy 81 their race and its
wTid "iyilizlng mission is a sober fact
Ipngr ~. With gays, the time is near
when tho earth must inevitably be cap
fursd by the Germans page 81.
''BchiiIrr h0hE'cd. Our language shall
reign over the whole wolrd. The Ger
man day lasts until the end Of time.
Two empires snail perish in East and
West page ~.
The German mind has been educated
10 call Fr"nchmen monkeys Russians.
'slhvcH.' and England, "A colossus with
feet Of clay
At AIx-Ia- ChappclIe on June 20. 1902.
the Kaiser revealed his ambition in one
sentence, 1t IL To the empire of the world
that the German genius aspires; God
has called III TO civilize the world: We
are tire missionaries OF human progress.
He further said at Munster on September
l. 1885,: The German people will be the
block Of granite on which our Lord will
be able to elevate and achieve the civ
ilization of the world page 81.
AS a means to world rule by Germans.
new citizenship law went into effect
January l, 1914. Article IL allows a
former German who is a nonresident to
be naturalIzed by application. This law
also applies to decentralization child
by adoption. Any German who holds
position in the German empire in any
part of the world. or in the service OF
German religious society. or OF German
school. is looked upon as a German citi-
zen by assumption Any foreigner hold
ing such a position may be naturallzed
without having a legal residence III Ger
many Most remarkable Of all IS article
%. section ., which says: Citizenship
is not lost by one before acquiring foreign
citizenship, who has secured on applica-
ton the written consent of the compe-
tent authorities of his home state TO re-
tain his citizenship legal means has
been given to these naturalEed Germans
to retain, without the knowledge of the
nation where their oath of allegiance has
been received in good faith, citizenship
in Germany German organization in
the United States is urged on TO the idea
once a German always a German.
The Catholic, as well as the Lutheran
Church, has lent itself. to this effort
page 81. From the beginning OF history
the German has been war man. Ger
man colonies with commercial purposes
always anticipated political control In
1855 Roscher's Kolonien stated that it
would be 4 great step forward If the
German immigrants to North America
would be willing to concentrate them
selves is one of the States. and trans
form 1t into a German State. For diff
ferent reasons Wisconsin would appear
to be most particularly indicated.
The passivity Of the Turk is natural:
1t is his religion. his background. and
his climate. The passivity OF the Ger
man is inexcusable. He will not exor-
else the devil out of his own race. 1t must
be done for him
1t would be interesting to know how
many naturalized Germans of this coun-
try are now also legaliZed citizens OF
the German empire. Wonder If any or
our Congressman are so-called leSalized
Germans AMERICAN.