The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
AMERICANISM is 7. RS PLEA

regards Germany. For sixteen months
we have been employed In sending Ger
many ultimatum after ultimatum IN
monotonous succession, while Germany
I'm equally n~onutunous succession sank
snip after ship. drowning our men,
women and children by the hundreds.
AS a matter of fact while we have
been writing these notes the loss OF life
among non-combatant men. women and
children on the ships which were tor
pedoed and about which we wrote notes
has exceeded the total number of lives
lost in both the Union and Confederate
navies during the entire civil war.
~ firmly believe that II at the outset
we had clearly mad II evident that our
words would BE- translated into deeds,
that our first ultimatun sixteen months
ago was really an ultimatum. Germany
would have yielded, the tusitania and
the other ships would not have been
sunk II all the lamentabic loss Of life
would have been avoided. 1T IL our own
attitude of %cuipablc weakness aud tim
idity-an attitude assumed under tho
pressure OF the ultrapacifists-which Is
responsible for this dreadful loss OF life
and for our national humiliation.
III as soon AZ the great war broke
out our navy had been modified and
IA competent man put at the head OF
the Navy department tappointed Tor
national and service reasons. instead
OF purely political reasons), and X we
had begun vigorously to prepare and
had shown that we meant what we
said. the Lusltania would never have
been sunk no Power would have in
fringed on our rights. and We should
to-day be absolutely free from all dan
ger OF war"
After placing himself on record for
the second navy In the world. an army
Of go. 600. an adequate reserve and
universal military training. the speaker
complimented certain phases of German
Governmental efficiency and then took
w the subject of the 'politico-racial
hyphen.'
"As part Of the work OF preparedness,
az part Of the work of Amcricanism and
Of naturalization. We must set our faces
like flint against any effort to divide our
people along the lines Of creed or OF
national origin he said.
..German" Newspaper.
The po~litico-racial hyphen." he con-
tinucd, rs tho breeder of moral treason,
one OF the most sinister developments oil
the last twenty-five months has beer
the fact that a section of the profes
sional German Americans has Joined
the pacifists in the effort to keel
III va H'iDlfSs, Wiii tilN aiil S'N
ton OF German Americans IL laudinl
German militarism to the skies ano
apologi zing for every manifestation OF
that militarism. even when 1t Is ruth
lessly used against the welfare of Tho
weak.
'Onc Of the great German news
papers of this country cannot call Il
a German American n~ewspaper-th
Illinois Stats ZCitunp, has been en-
gagged in active propaganda ON behalf
OF both German m~il.tarisin and Ameri
can pacifsm.' II applauds and adyo
Gates Germany's embarkiug upon 1
career of military strength and uncondi
toned 10y any other consideration. AM
at the same time backs the movemen
of the extreme pariiists to keep tn
United states impotent for self-d.fence
The men who take such a position
arc preaching moral treason to III,
American commonwealth. What the!
teach tends to keep our people divided
II tends TO mako our politicians sub
s%erSi"It To the agents Of an alien mill
tarism. 1t tends to keen our own coun
try helpless 80 hat when thu" opportuuit.
offers II may De- "A larger Belgium am
Offer a rich prey to Germany or T.
I J,na,, az 10 any other great militar'
power witch thinks It worth while I
make a upon us.