The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-14
CITIZENS SHOULD. |BE JOY AL. TO U.S., PRESIDENT II AYERS
Should Be a Spirit Among Nations, He
 Declares.

Washington, July 14.-In an address at the Citizenship convention in the Wilson Normal school yesterday Pres ident Wilson declared that the Amer (ican government must insist that for eigners becoming citizens remain loyal even if they are not pleased with the way affairs are conducted.
 He called attention to the. fact that loyalty means nothing unless it is coupled with self sacrifice. Ameri- cans, ke said, cannot teach loyalty unless they practice it. He pointed out that America should be the finest example of the objects and ideals. that go to promote standards of the world.
 America" he said, lis intended to be a spirit among the nations of the world. You should find the best way to introduce to newcomers this spirit"
 He said he never had been one of those who felt comfort in the superb ority of America over other countries.
 True Fire of America
 '~rhe way to dispel this feeling" he stated, lis to travel in other countries and find out how much of nobility and good there is among the people of those countries. don't doubt that many a simple soul has been stirred by the Statue of Liberty, which rep resents the ideals of men. Thinking on this has caused men to turn on myself the light of investigation to sec if there burned there the true fire of America, as those coming expect to find it.,
 The President discussed at length the problem of Americanizing foreign born citizens. His words were enthu- siastically applauded by a. large gath erfng- of men and women educators interested in the instruction of new citizens, who are meeting here under the auspices of the naturalization bu- reau of the Labor Department He praised the objects of the convention. saying it was not fair to allowfmufti- tudes of people from foreign lands to come to this nation without giving them intimate instruction which will show them the objects of America.
 This Isn't Loyalty
 E s''We. have been disturbed recently by symptoms in the body polite which are not healthy. Certain men, not many in number, have thought moro Of the lands of their birth than of America. They have even gone so far as to draw apart in spirit and organi- 'zation to seek some special object of their own. Such thing as that is ab- solutely incompatible with the idea of loyalty.
 We ought to be careful to main tain a government at, which the inn migrant can look with the closest scrutiny and to which he should be at liberty to address this question:
 You declare this to be 8 land of liberty and of equality and Of Justice. Have you made it so by your law?' We ought to be able in, our schools, in our night schools and id every other method of instructing these people to show them that that has been our en- deavo4.
 Keeping Some in Harness
 We cannot conceal from them long that fact that I've are just as human as any other nation, that we are just as selfish, that there are just asl many mean people among us as anywhere else, that there are just as many peo- pie here who want to take advantage of other people as you can find in other countries, just as many cruel people, just as many people heartless when it comes to maintaining and pro- noting their own interests: but that our object is tofget these people iii harness and see to it that they do not do amy damage and are not all lowed to indulge the passions which wouil bring injustice and calamity at last upon a7Nation whose object is spiritual and not material.
 America has built up a great body