TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-04-28

! crime, but II he really was Grey'a
accomplish. he viii swing, too
This stirring address of our col
league In London evidently received
no mention In tho press Of Boston,
Men OF your stamp brand me q
foreigner a rhyphenatadT Amer
lean and suspect me OF harboring
%traitorous designs against this my
own native land, because l refuse to
join you in your mad course. II Is
you and your associates. sir, who
have ceased 10 be Americans. II ia
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 the true American,
and that the home In which your
address was conceived typilea all
America. You are mistaken. At my
own fireside the two main streams
Of our population merge Ia perfect
accord and full understanding. mi
coming along the way made sacred
BY the English pilgrim fathers, the
other coming by another route which
shall yet be equally reVered because
L was the pathway our German
pilgrim fathers trod. Then the truth
will dawn upon you and your as
soclAtes too, that America la not
now and never has been. q New
England" II is true that the north.
east coast onc constituted a trans.
planted little England, but other
European stocks have long since
taken possession even there. Do butt
observe the In on the rolls OF
Harvard and note the people In the
streets OF Boston and be convinced
that Ameriea Is but a reunited and
transformed New Europe a land
where the old world hatreds have
died and must not be revived
A foreign policy that fails I'd
recognize this plain fact Of our ma
honal 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 anage
ment Of Its 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 our rights
OF peaceful commerce, on the sacred
right Of nj citizens to the equal
protection OF the government. what.
eve 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 II this country had rejoined ths
British Empire. / marvel at tho
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 I'd
King George In 1915 than could thu
tories In 1875. Before you go too
far in your plottings, Just remember
the fate OF the iloyallsts." The Amer
lean spirit is rising again. Presently
It win assert itself and bring the ma.
tiun back to its senses. Your
ACitizeng' League for America and
the Allies' will vanish like a bad
dream with the coming of another
dawn.
VIM. A. sCHAPER.
Prof. Of Political Science, UniyersitJ
OF Minnesota.
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