Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-13
ANGLO-AMERICAN HYPHENATEs

To the Editor Of EpeninO Ledger:
Sr--I have just returned from hunting
trip. / was hunting for books in the Free
Library of Philadelphia, and bagged con-
siderable game. / started out with the in
tention of running down some biological
works. but passed the history section and
stopped short when I saw this title staring
at me, "Loyalists of America" l took an
other look and was rewarded by seeing half
n dozen books of similar import.
OF course l was interested, forgot all
about biology-who wouldn't?-because this
is the day of hyphenated Amercanism.
opened the books and every bloomin' one of
'em had something to say about the English
Not one word about the German the Eng
lish held the centre of the stage.
And the works were by English authors
the Tories who wished to place the English
hyphenated American in favorable light.
Included among them was DR.. Egerton Ry-
erson, chief superintendent of education for
Upper Canada from 1914 to 1876, who
seemed to take a most wicked delight in
combating the American historian Ridpath.
Ryerson belittled the Pilgrims ridiculed
American pretensions to being the beacon
lights of humanity and waXed sarcastic
over the American presumption that we
know everything of constitutional liberty.
That has been the attitude of every Eng
lish-American. every Tory who has settled
In America. The English editor In charge of
an American newspaper delights in faunt-
ing the sins of the German-American. but
he is very careful to avoid alluding to the
sins OF the English American The English
editor of the American newspaper endeavors
to scare the American people by demon
strating" that Germany has designs on the
Monroe doctrine" Whereas, in fact the
integrity of the Monroe doctrine is more en-
dangered by the "neghborliness' of the pro-
tector of our "friend" to the north, Canada.
Have you ever been in Canada? If you
l.. aAI,g ,gTrI,.. Il.
English entertains for the Amer
lean.
l want TO quote another English writer,
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, whose volumes
on the american Revolution" were con-
cluded only two years before the great Eu-
ropean war which focused attention in this
country upon the American hyphenate.
Surely Sir George cannot be accused OF bias,
yet he says:
Benedict Arnold "a typical hyphenate)
was sent on a ralding excursion against his
native State OF Connecticut. At day
break on the 9Th of September a fleet of
"a sail anchored in front OF New London.
Arnold came on shore with brigade of
British infantry. detachment Of the dread
ed Hesslans, and (Which in the eyes Of the
civil population was a still more formidable
apparition) a strong force of loyalist partl-
sans The town was sacked; and the
church. the courthouse and more than one
hundred dwellings were consumed by fire
The damage inflicted upon the Inhabitants
was estimated at very nearly a hundred
thousand pounds sterling, but they suffered
a more poignant loss which could not be
valued in money, The local militia. who
were mostly lads, and very i'll provided with
muskets, had been hastily mustered >
laid down their arms and asked for quarter
Eighty-fye men were found dead and
sixty wounded-most Of them mortally"
Talk about your Belgian atrocities |!
Where does England get the nerve to speak
as the friend OF America? Where does the
English-Amerlean, the Tory, the loyalist
iegianee 10 the stars and Stripes?
CECIL MONTAGUE
philadelphia, June 10.