El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-06-01

lean with a qualification; as an Am
erican who has some un-American in
terest to serve, some foreign country
to serve, hecause of his ancestry.
The nan who thus acts is the n.y.
phenated American.
This is not a mere abstract ques-
ton which | am discussing. At this
very moment it is blazoned forth In
the public press that branches of the
'German-American Alliance, social
ed, in different parts of the country,
are attempting to coerce timid and
INSCRIPTIONS politicians by threaten
ing to vote against them, or by ac-
tually voting against them, when the
EGerman-American Alliance regards
their action as unsatisfactory from
the standpoint, not of the United
States, but of Germany. These
branches of the alliance openly take
the ground that they intend to shape
American politics in the interest, not
Of the United States, but Of Ger
many. The German-American ALI
ance of Pennsylvania, for instance,
as reported in the public press, states
that it intends to show the leaders
Of the national conventions that they
have to deal with a united German
American vote
Such a statement represents NOR
al treason to the republic. Branches
OF the German-American Alliance in
other parts Of the country have used
practically the same language. The
alliance has put forth no program
affecting America. The program on
which it wishes American citizens
to vote is one affecting Germany and
only Germany. | do not in the least
object to it because it denounces me.
It has denounced Mr.. Wilson almost
as often and almost as severely. One
of its favorite forms of denunciation
includes Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Root and
myself, as equally to be opposed in
the interest of Germany.
1T is moral treason TO the United.
States for any Of its citizens to act
and to seek to make their govern
mental representative act, not with
reference to the interests Of the Uni
ted States, but of some foreign pow
er. The German-American Alliance
is, in practice, an anti-American AL
lance. Any such political organiza-
ton, whether German.American,
Irish-American or English-American,
is nota healthy element Of the body
ANY body of our citizens have a
perfect right to oppose any man be-
oo.r~o - a Itffnwonao of frdnnannf
concerning American problems; but
it has no right to deal with Ameri-
can public servants, or American
public men, on the basis of the in
terests of some foreign power. The
men who so act are dislOyal to the
United States, and l say this just as
quickly of men trying to serve Eng
land or France as l say it of men
to serve Germany. l condemn
the American citizen who acts as an
EnglishlAmerican just as strongly
as | condemn the American citizen
who acts as a German-American' II
France had subjugated Belgium Il
would condemn her just as strongly
as + have condemned Germany. III
warcraft had sunk German
passenger vessels and taken the lives
Of hundreds of American men, wom-
and children, as German subma-
rines did in the case of the Lusitania,
the Arabic, and other vessels, l would
have condemned any English,Ameri.
can who excused the acts as unhesi-
tatingly as | have condemned and
now condemn the German-Ameri
who now defend or apologize
for the actions of the German subma-
rines. l would condemn as strongly
the action of any Of our people who
sought to make this country subser-
Went to England, as ! now condemn
those who seek to make 1t subser-
to Germany. Such men are not
merely un-American, they are anti
American to the core and unfit to
be citizens of this republic.
Il believe that the men thus act
ing not only do not represent but
soandalously misrepresent the great
majority of real Americans Of Ger
man origin. 1 believe that the great
mass Of Americans Of German origin.
are now, as they have always been,
among the most patriotic and loyal
citizens in this country"