TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-07-31

reunion, oppose; whatever pro-
notes II, | favofi" but he also spent
many million dollars for this same
purpose. Numerous Americans be-
lieve that tho establishment Of a
discretionary endowment pension
fund OF almost $40, 100000 for Amer
lean college and university profes.
sors has been made with 10 great
moral assistance to Carnegie's aims,
just as such help Is expected from
that army OF men, who received the
benefits" OF Rhodes Scholarships.
surmise Ia rife also, that Carne-
gie's endowment Of $40, 0O0, 900 for
international Peace" has no other
end, than to proclaim through it's
large STAFF Of well paid orators and
lecturers TO the people Of our re-
public the blessings they are to get
when they will forget the evil doings
OF Jefferson, Franklin, Henry, Wash
ington, Herchheimer, Muehlenberg
and all the other foolish mutineers
of the War Of Rebellion" and will
return TO their original vassalage Of
England.
To discredit these rebels" numer-
GUS orators and authors are con
stantly at work. Harvard professors
have explained in public lectures,
that George Washington had an un-
exampled temper and did neither
possess large brain power nor educa-
ton; that Benjamin Franklin was a
liar and dressed freakishly to be a
social lion; and that Patrick Henry.
jeremiah Belknap and Noah Webster
speculated on inside tips received
from Congressman. 1t fell to the
lot of P~oultney Bigelow to besmirch
the memory of Steuben by publishing
in the New York Sun OF May 2,
1915, that "the famous Steuben OBJ
tanned his rank in the American
Army by a pious Prussian fraud
and that The was n of the alleged
patriots, who came TO Washington
with bogus titles to rank, and sought
for the triumph of American liberty
only in so far as a salary followed
in its wake"
The gradual elimination from our
public school histories of all refer.
ence to the nefarious part played
by England in American history; the
movement to ignore the celebration
of the Fourth of July and substitute
the signing Of the British Magma
Charta to be celebrated by American
youth as the true origin OF our
independence, as proposed by Car
negie, are so many Indications
whittier currents are carrying our
people.
Distrust in the real objects of the
international Peace Society" grows
when we note that its president is
Elihu Root, England's solicitor in
America; and that among It's vice
presidents are men like DR.. Charles
w. Eliot, President Emeritus OF
Harvard, and Joseph H. Choate, Elk
Ambassador to Great Britain. The
former Is the man, who In 1913 at
a banquet in New York lauded Ger
man civilization to the skies. stating
that to no other country America
is so deeply indebted as to Germany.
| Since the outbreak of the European
Conflict this same person has be-
come notorious for expressing
Numerically opposite views and
for suggesting urgently that the
United States should prepare TO
| enter the wal In aid of the Allies
and help in the destruction of Ger.
many. Ex-Ambassador Choate start
led in January 1916 his hearers, when
at a banquet Of the pilgrims So
ciety' he addressed the guests in
the words: Il now ask you all to
rise and drink a good old loyal toast
to the President and King George
of England"
Hand In hand with such Patriots
works a powerful pro-British press
influenced and controlled by Lord
Northcliffe, publisher OF the London
Times, and by J.. p. Morgan, the
American financial and munition
agent for Great Britain.
By displaying an exceedingly
hostile attitude toward everything
German; by accusing the German
element in the United States of dis.
loyalty toward the land of its adop-
ton; by working up a strong anti
German sentiment; by supplementing
their abusive language with drawings
and cartoons of the most insulting
and abominable character; and last
but not least, by their ~incessant
efforts to force the United States
into war with Germany, this un.
American press has not only de-
graded itself but made evident its
bondage to British dictations.
Inveigled into this dangerous con-
spiracy are the owners and presi-
dents Of hundreds of factories max
ing arms and ammunition: Senators
and Representatives. interested in
the stocks Of those establishments,
which provide things to kilr' or
are needed 10 bring our country in
the state OF preparedness" further
more university professors. ministers,
authors and many other American
citizens OF prominence.*)
What havoc and dreadful de-
moralization has already been
caused by this pro-British propaganda
dl4un6 OuE pSOpiC, appears lEom the
fact, that an American Legion" has
been formed, to fight in British uni.
forms In Flanders against that
country which since the birth of our
Republic has been a true friend OF
our United States: Germany.
TO give the reader an idea of the
Generalization that has taken place
among our people, WI quote here
verbally from a lengthy article.
which under the heading: