TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-05-12

crime. but II he really was Grey'a
accomplish. he win swing, too"
This stirring address OF our col.
league IN London evidently received
no mention in the press OF Boston.
Men OF your stamp brand me a
foreigner" a Hhyphenated' Amer
lean and suspect me OF harbortns
traitorous designs against this my
own native land, because | refuse 70
Join you in your mad course. It is
you and your associates, sir, who
have ceased to be Americans. Il Is
you who have laid yourselves open
to the suspicion OF being traitors to
the land made glorious by your
fathers. You are obsessed with the
idea that you are che true American,
and that the home In which your
address was conceived typiaes all
America. You are mistaken. At my
own freside the two main streams
Of our population merge In perfect
accord and full understanding, q
coming along the way made sacred
by the English pilgrim fathers, the
other coming by another route which
shall vet DO equally revered because
Iit was the pathway our German
pilgrim fathers trod. Then the truth
will dawn upon you and your as
sociates too. that America is not
now and never has been. q New
England" 1t is true that the north
east coast once constituted a trans
planted little England, but other
European stocks have long since
taken possession Y 9 there. Do but
observe the names on the rolls OF
Harvard and note the people In the
streets Of Boston and be convinced
that America Is but a reunited and
transformed New Europe" q land
where the old world hatreds have
died and must not be revived.
A foreign policy that fails 70
recognize this plain fact Of u ma
tional life is heading US towards the
breakers. Have you Anglo-Americans
lost your common sense? In that
case new leaders In closer touch
with the people who know the real
America must seize the helm and
steer our course.
This nation, kept ignorant by a
disloyal press, debauched by war
profits and drifting for want Of
scientific understanding or manage
ment of fits affairs, Is indeed present.
ing a sorry spectacle to the world.
We have permitted one side in this
world war to trample on the in
volatility OF our mails, on u rights
Of peaceful commerce, On the sacred
right OF our citizens TO the equal
protection Of the government, what
ever their nationality or their names
may be; and at the same time we
permit the same faction to mobilize
our financial and military resources
as IL this country had rejoined the
British Empire. | marvel at the
patient self-restraint OF millions of
American citizens Of all nationalities.
whose hearts are filed with shame
and torn with anguish at this outrage
committed in the name of humanity
and international righteousness.
The gulf betwixt you and me this
moment. divides thiC entire nation.
You and your associates can no more
deliver the whole Of this nation to
King George in 1915 than could the
tories In 1T76. Before you 20 too
far in your plottings. list remember
the fate OF the eIoyalists." The Amer.
lean spirit Is rising again. Presently
IT win assert itself and bring the ma.
ton back to its senses. Your
"Citizens' League for America and
r1the Allies" will vanish like q bad
dream with the coming Of another
dawn.
i WI. A. SCHAPER,
Of Political Science, University
Of Minnesota.
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