Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-04-27

various motives nave DoCn OcniOU
the attacks made upon The American
citizcnry OF German extraction by
Americans OF other racial origin
since the beginning Of the war.
Among them ranks first, without
doubt loyalty of sentiment to the
respective netherlands on father
lands OF our dctlactors who have
been so very violently artlculato
against any expression Of a kindly
remembrance OF our own. AS Ger
many's enemies in Europe outnum-
Der Aor six TO one, so have the voices
OF their offspring In this country
unbalanced ours.
The second motive, or, better, eX-
PLANTATION. Of the attacks that have
been made upon our loyalty TO Amer
lea is the Ignorance OF the assail-
ants II win have been noted that
the headquarters Of the anti-German
American propaganda are located in
that section of the United States
where German Americans are least
i'm where their activities
i'm the development Of the country
have been least observed and where
their loyal services arc, consequently
least appreciated. / allude to New
England The Germans have stayed
ln New York. Philadelphia. Balti-
more. or have gone West; and out
there I'm the West and the Middle
West they are understood. They
are not understood EX-SENATOR Lodge,
spokesman of the Boston School in
our Upper House, nor by his son-in-
law, Representative Gardner, spokes-
man for tho same school in the
Lower House of the Congress
lt is not so very long ago that
Representative Gardner, by parlia-
mcntary courtesy refcrred to as "the
gentleman from Massachusetts" de-
livered o speech which found much
favor in The English press of this
country and in which he indicted all
German Americans Some days later
Gardner was answered. on the same
floor, by tho Honorable NJ. d. Foster,
a Representative from the Middle
Western state of Illinois, whore Ger
man Americans are known in guam
tity and understood IN quality. AS
our local press did not sec nc TO give
prominence or even space TO Mr..
Fostcr's remarks, we arc glad 10 re-
produce below some OF the most sem
liont paragraphs of his address,
trusting that the reader viii rcmem-
Der in Derusing them that the speak
er was one who knows German
Americans ard knows what they
aaye done and are willing in tho
fnturo 10 do for this country, which
they have chosen TO be their own
"There is scattered throughout
.his land from end to the other a
large class OF these people who have
come from Germany TO this country
20 find homes and better conditions
for themselves and their families.
Many of them did not come with
property but did come with clean
hearts. pure minds, and willing
hands to honestly work FOR what they
received In the country OF their adop-
Sion Arc there any who have lived
among this class Of people that can
not testify TO ihcir industry econ
omy, and high character2 Coming
hero, poor as they We're, they have
been willing and anxious TO work
that thoy might secure for ihem-
selves and their families more i'm life
aad live where the opportunities
might be better ! care not In what
community YOU may go where there
are this class OF citizens you VIII
nnd them loyal, lawabidine and
standing for the upbuilding OF the
country, making conditions Of the
community better In every way. II
Is tiue, that whom thcy illst came TO
This country most Of them were poor
and had not had the advantages of a
high-sch0ol or college education.
Tbeae people coming from Germany
could not afford TO send their chill
drcn to tho best schools and colleges,
but they secured what education was
possible in the public schools i'm their
home communities. As their families
grew and they became more prosper
Gus they did not miss the opportun-
,ty to better educate their children.
so today in every walk OF life in this
country you viii find people Of Ger
man descent who take q prominent
part IN an the trades and professions
OF Tho country ! can remember dis
tlnctly. os a boy whom living on a
farm in Illinois, of seeing these Ger
man immigrants coming 10 that
country with no Other property eX-
cepl what few belongings they could
carry in q bundle, some Of them COM
lnc TO my fathers farm and unable
20 talk the English language ana
that my mother was the only one on
the farm who could communicate
with them in the German language,
some OF them being employed to
work on my fathers farm at that
time Farm wages then were small
but being economical they saved
part OF what they earned, and as
years passed on / have seen these
same men acquire farms and other
property and become very useful and
influential men in the community
Their children grew to manhood and
womanhood. being educated IN our
schools and colleges and taking a
prominent part in the affairs Of life,
and today are among the best people
of that community.
"Ay grandfather man OF Ger
man descent who was a minister of
The old MoraWan Church, often
speaking in that early time to the
members OF his congregation in Ger
man. because they could understand