Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-01-01

Mr. George Sylvester Nlereck, the
editor of The Fatherland, has re-
Qucsted the Committee on Foreign
Relations OF both the Senate and Q
House Of Representatives, to inyes-
tigate the conduct of Secretary viii
liam Beauchop Wilson Of the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor
because Of his pernicious ruling, ac-
cording to which American citizens
may swear allegiance to the King of
England and enlist in the Canadian
forces, without FORGETTING their citi-
zenship
Mr.. Vierecls complaint is set
forth in detail in the following ar
ticle which win appear in the next
number Of The Fatherland
Day by day we are getting a step
nearer to realization Of the truth
OF our secret alliance with England.
Tho millions of dollars spent by An
drew Carnegie for this purpose, the
long-continued propaganda of GER
tain Anglo-American interests and
Tory individuals in this direction has
borne fruit The verbal alliance"
of which Prof Usher has told us and
the late Joseph Chamberlain spoke
in Parliament before his death, has
found vent for the first time in an
official act of the Washington gov
ernment The immediate channel
through which this revelation is
made public Is recent order Of the
Department of Labor to its immigra-
tion agents, as follows:
Several cases have arisen of late
wherein the question has been raised
~ ,ts1,. ,.,fl, al
eXpatriates himself by enlisting in
the Canadian army. The matter has
been the subject of considerable cor
respondence, and has now been de-
finitely decided, as attested by the
following quotation from Bureau LETT
ter Of October 8, 1915, No. $4,000
431:
instructions should be issued by
you to the end that hereafter the
boards will not question the Amer
lean citizenship of an applicant be-
cause of the fact that he took the
oath of allegiance and enlisted in the
Canadian forces,
Ohicers in this district will be gov
erned accordingly
Under this ruling a native-born or
naturalized American citizen may
take a solemn oath that he will for
ever foreswear allegiance to the
Stars and Stripes, become a subject
OF King George OF England, offer his
life and limbs in the cause of for
eign potentate, and yet remain q
citizen OF the United States, welcome
to return and be received into full
citizenship rs anyone else who has
throughout remained loyal to his
own country.
Under this ruling an American en-
listing in Canadian regiment, and
having sworn allegiance to the King
OF England, if the occasion should
arise in the event OF trouble with
England, could be ordered by his
superiors to fight against his own
countrymen and to be shot for re-
fusing to do So Or he may after
serving his King in the field, return
tO the United States, a hopeless in
valid, and become a burden on the
taxpayers, who viii have to support
lim as a public charge as a result
OF wounds or disease contracted in
defending the flag Of England.
Under the immigration law such
cases are excluded for the very
reason stated, but the law becomes
imperative in the case Of an English
soldier, under this astounding ruling
of the Department Of Labor.
Who promulgated the order2 who
/ is the head of the Department Of La
Dor? William Beauchop Wilson, born
at Blantyrc, Scotland, April 2, 1862,
an immigrant from Great Britain
now in the cabinet OF the President
of the United States!
Thus the first bridge to realize the
dream Of Andrew Carnegie, Lord
| lIaldane, and their American confed-
crates, and to mako good the predic-
! tion of Elihu Root and Joseph II
/ Choate that tho United States would
como to the rescue of England in her
hour Of need, has been constructed
| The alliance is in q state Of rapid
development. AS long ago as June
/ 1893, Carnegie wrote in the North
American Review these significant
words:
LET men say what they will,
say that as surely as the sun in The
heavens once shonc upon Britain anc
America united, so surely is it on,
morning to rise, shine upon anC
greet again the reunited State-th'
Dritish-American Union
This action on the part OF Secro
tary Wilson of the Presidents cab
met makes doubly significant the ut
terancc Of Lord Bryce on Anglo
Saxon equality:
"Thc recognition Of a common
citizenship, securing to the citizens
of each, in the country OF the other
certain rights not enjoyed b,
others"
Under the ruling Of the British
4 born Secretary Of Labor in Presiden
Wilson's cabinet an American ma.
enjoy the right to sacrifice his lif
and limbs for the British King, w
may now understand more perfectl
the speech Of tho American Ambas
sador to England Whitelaw Reid
delivered in London, July ~, 1902
'The time does visibly draw nea
when solidarity Of race If not 0
I Government is to prevail
We may understand more perfect
ly this extract from the will Of tn
late Cecil Rhodesa
ITO and for the establishment o.
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