Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-06-23
wHo IS DIsLoYAL.

loyalty MT. RiGOef says.
We have heard much in the last
few months OF the "hyphen" in
America
We havc, also, heard much of the
poison of disloyalty" which is being
poured into the very arteries Of the
nation" by those German and irish
Americans who oppose the reelection
to the Presidency of the United
States OF Woodrow Wilson.
Yet il was the Irish who first found
their khaki when Mr.. Wilson called
for the mobilization of the militia Of
our various states; and the Germans
OF st. Louis have offered to raise and
finance a regiment Of volunteers for
service under the American flag the
moment they are needed.
Which tells us that there is no
"hyphen" in America, and that every
citizen is an Americani
An interesting nows item is this.
The Aero Club Of America wired the
day before yesterday to Flight Lieu
tenant William Thaw, now serving
with other Americans as q member
of tho French Army Aviation Corps,
in this sense: Mexican trouble finus
United States with only fifteen avia-
tors. Please advice whether mem
bers of FrancO-American Corps can
come to serve in Mexican Campaign,
If needed Aero Club of America
will pay transportation of six ayia-
tors"
VIII these American citizens now
serving under an alien flag return for
service under their own?
Unless they do, they will return TO
America. if they return at all, as men
without country.
There are said to be thirty thOus-
and American citizens lighting with
the Allies against the Teutonic pow
ers. They have been commended by
their suporiors for the bravery which
they have displayed upon the battle
field
There may be q chance for them
to show the same bravery on the
battlefield whereon soon may be
fighting men Of their own nationality
The American flag has been insulted
American soil has been invaded by
bandits from alien territory. War is
possibility. Were it to become a
fact, will these valiant Americans
who are now lighting tho Germans
with the Stars and Stripes crossed
with the Union Jack upon their uni
forms, return to fight under the
Stars and Stripes alone?
When certain of the American
aviators attached to the French
forces returned to this country re-
Gently on furlough they were per-
mitted to enter and depart without
internment-an unnecessary courte-
sy to the French government. They
now have the opportunity Of return
ing TO this country permanently and
to render it the service in need OF
which it so sadly stands, and which
their experience on the lighting front
in Europe enables them to perform
in q manner far moro efficient than
it could be performed by aviators
who have never been under fire.
VIII they como?
The tronch-trained Americans in
the British army are needed at the
present moment ia their home land.
Win they, too, come?
Or has their oath Of allegiance to
His Most Excellent Majesty the King
OF England obligated them to abstain
from meeting their obligations as
citizens of the United States?
We seem to have come to a sorry
pass in this country when the Irish
and Germans are denounced gener-
ally as "hyphenates" and character
lied as disloyal to the Government,
and yet we must depend upon the
Irish and the Germans to fill the uni
forms issued BY cur War Depart
montl
Why not call back a few OF the
"real Americans" who are fighting In
the trenches of Europe against a
people with whom the United States
Is at present at peace?
Were their oaths Of allegiance to
foreign potentates to preclude their
recall to American cOlOrs, we might
do worse than to organize regiment
for service in Mexico commanded by
Major George Haven Putnam whose
personel should include those dom
in America who know not
what patriotism or Americanism
means.
The time has come for America to
stand solidly together against ag-
gression, and solidly together for the
of American soil and OF
American lives and property where
ever they exist.
The Germans and Irish have come
front and center.
We are entitled to expect that the
"real American" will not lag behind.
Where is the "hyphen" when 1t
comes down to brass tacks OF actual
service TO America?
While America is being assailed
by a foreign country it is her shame
that sons whom she has borne and
60 whom she has consistently afforded
should be fighting abroad
when they should be serving her at
home.