The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-31

women and children and in return are
to play the game Of the murderers Of
these women and children by acting
in their interest against the allied
nations who are trying to free Bel
GUM. We are asked to kiss the bloody
hands of the murderers Of our women
and children and TO serve as the tool
Of these men against those nations
which have behaved more valiantly
and r%ighteously than we have. 1t is
a proposition Of sordid baseness. II
asks us to put dollars above lives and
to consult our own cowardice and
weakness instead Of adhering to the
eternal principles Of justice. II we
follow such q course, we will cover
ourselves with everlasting infamy.
COwardly Politicians.
Unfortunately it is evident that
many Of our public men are afraid Of
Germany, afraid Of the professional
German-American vote and are will
ing to sacrifice the honor Of this coun-
try to their efars. There is practical
ly no French-American OF English
American vote and these politicians
therefore feel that they can act
against England and France with
safety-and their motto is safety first
az believe that the great mass OF
Americans Of German descent are
straight-out Americans and nothing
else, Just as good Americans as cit
liens in any other descent in this
country. In the great crisis of the
Civil war q larger proportion Of the
men OF recent German origin than oil
the men of old native American stock
stood for the union and for freedom
ask Americans Of German descent
to stand against England when 1t is
wrong. / ask that all alike stand as
Americans and nothing else. These
Americans Of German descent / be-
lieve will disapprove with all their
hearts any proposal to use the en-
barge as a weapon in aid Of the ruth
less and brutal German militarism
which has crushed Belgium to the
ground. These Americans Of German
descent are the true patriots. ] be-
lieve that they are shamefully mis-
represented by the professional, the
hyphenated German-Americans, who
have been so loud, since the war be-
gan, in their ihsistence that the Uni
ted States should be prostituted to the
service Of despotism against democ-
racy, Of tyranny against freedom, Of
wrong against right. earnestly hope
that the great mass Of honest Amer
lean citizenship which is in whole OF
in part of German descent, will make
its views heard against these mer
who speak as Germans only and treat
America as a foreign land, a land to
use only as the tool Of Germany, and
against the base and cowardly poll
ticians who seek preferment for them
selves by trucking to the profession
al German-American vote, even al
though to do so means shame and dis
grace for the United States and per
haps permanent detriment to the
cause Of international right through
out the world"
Should Keep Promises.
Colonel Roosevelt said he approved
of proposals to establish a world lea
que for the enforcement Of peace bui
only on condition first, that we shall
show that we keep our promises
and, second. that we shall show thai
we are both able and ready to make
our promises effective by our action
Many persons who favor such a world
league, he declared. at the same TINT
declare that "our duty is to be neutra,