Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-29
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916.
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Apostles Of Kultur persist in urging
that we should sympathize with Ger
many because Of the immense services
which that country rendered to as
century and a third ago We might
think, from some Of their impassioned
appeals. that all the Hessian troops
were fighting on our side and that the
= Revolution was won for us by Prus-
sian militarism. To our mind it is not
pertinent TO bark back 20 those times
Tor precedents for today's action The
cries Of traditional friendship, as
also Of traditional cnminty" between
nations are jelusiye and unwarranted
But since this plea is raised it may be
worth while TO see how much or,
rather how little there is in It.
Just seven aliens were conspicuous
IN aiding us IN the battles OF the Revo-
luton They were Lafayette. Rocham-
beau d'Estang Kosciuszso De Kalb
and Stcubon Let us note who they
were and whence they came The first
three were, ndisputablypurely French
The fourth and fifth were as certainly
Polish Tho sixth and seventh. prob
ably because OF their names, are COM
monty assumed to have been Germans
pekalh. however, though of German
ancestry, was a French subject. he
spent all his adult life before he came
hitler as a soldier in the French army.
IN which he rose to be a brigadier-
general; he was first sent hither by the
Duo de Brogile. and he was engaged
Tor service in our army by Franklin. in
Paris, There remains Steuben He
was a German and a Prussian and a
member of the staff of Frederick the
Great and he rendered services of in
Cstimahle value to our army.
But for those services we have to
thank, not Prussia nor Germany but
France, since he came hither from
Paris at the solicitation of French
man, Count st German 1t is said
that he so displeased Frederick the
Great by coming hither that he did not
deem il prudent to return home at the
end Of the war At any rate, he never
did so back 10 the Fatherland. but pre-
Iererd to live in a log cabin in the
wilds of New York state. rather than
20 return to his mansion and his ample
fortune in Prussia.
Not in the deeds of any of these il
lustrious men, then, can there be found
cause for American gratitude to Ger
many for aid in the establishment of
this republic. The Germany with
which we had to deal was the Ger
many which sent the Hessians hither
TO take the place of Englishmen who
refused to fight against Americans We
repeat that there seems to us no peril
hNAtNc M ANNdilthS thCSc tuthSo- NC
should never think of cherishing ami
mostly against the Germany of today
for the deeds Of the Hessian mercena-
ries. But neither do we feel called
upon 10 cherish gratitude TO the Ger
many of today for the aid which was
given to us by two gallant officers who
were. it is true. of German ancestry.
but who were sent hither by France.
PENSIONS FOR WIDOW-M0THERS.
What is meant by Pensions for the
Widow-Mothers =" When the father,
husband and breadwinner dies. and
the widow and her several small chill
dren are left dependent. without means
OF support, the mother is foced TO be-
come not only the supporter of the
family. but the caretaker as we'll
In nearly every case she must work
away from home and leave her little
ones. with neighbors. at the day-nur-
series, on the street-where they are a
prey TO every human vice-or locked
in rooms until her return. and, when
this over-worked mother, who cannot
keep her children from the streets.
cannot keep them from learning every
thing that is vicious. cannot keep them
from becoming criminals. must see her
children half frozen in the winter, al
ways hungry. and always in trouble.
in the juvenile court" finally breaks
down under the double burden: her
children are taken away from her and