South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-13
President Warns "Hyphen-
ateS' and Newcomers That
Sacrifice May be Part of
Citizenship in u. S.
MUST BE READY TO
GIVE AS WELL AS GET
Takes Rap at Persons Who
Have Drown Apart in
Spirit and Organization
For Special Object"
rnternational News service

international News Service
WASHINGTON. July 15.-Pres't
wilson today served notice on nv
phenates" ana new comers" that
they must Doe loyal 60 the United
States whether they are pleased
with this country or not Ire charg-
ed that political =ctivity Of any or
ganization of nauralized Americans
is absolutely incompatible with the
idea Of loyalty"
The president addressed the cit
iZenship convention in session here.
called by the bureau OF naturaliza-
ton OF the department OF labor %
study the best methods for teaching
foreigners what is necessary To be-
come citizen of the United states.
1--WE have been disturbed recently
by certain symptoms which have
shown themselves in our body poll
lite" PRIEST Wilson said. referring
60 some naura lizcd Americans.
They have gone So far as 10 draw
themselves apart and have been
nfore loyal TO their native country
than 10 America.
ACTION NOT LOYAL
They have even gone SO far as 20
draw apart in spirit and in organiza-
ton from the rest OF us To- accom-
plish some special object of their
own" the president continued. 81
am not here going 10 utter amy crit
icism OF these people bat D want 20
say this. that such "a thing as that
lis absolutely Incompatible with the
fundamental idea Of loyalty. and
that loyalty is not self-pleasing
virtue / am not hound 20 Doe loyal
TO the United states TO please my
self 7 am bound 90 be loyal 90 the
United States because ] live under
its laws and am its citizen and
whether it hurts me. or whether IL
benefits me. am obliged 10 be
loyal.
Loyalty means nothing unless b.
has at its heart the absolute prin-
ciple Of self sacrifice Loyalty means
that YOU ought 10 be ready 90 sac
rifce every interest that y.u have.
and your life itself. if youI coun-
try calls upon YOU 90 do SO. and
that is the sort of loyalty which
ought Co Doe inoculated into these
newcomers. that they are not Co be
loyal ass long as they are pleased.
but once having entered into this
sacred relationship, they are 90 bee
loyal whether they are pleased or
not: and that loyalty which is mere
Ily self pleasing is only self iudul-
gence and sel6shuess. $50 man has
ever risen TO the real stature ~
spiritual manhood until he has
found that il IS hner 90 serve some
body else than it is % serve himself
MUST SET EXAMPLE.
These are the conceptions which
we ought t5 teach the newcomers
into our midst and we ought TO re-
alize that the life Of every one OF Us
is part Of the schooling and that We
cannot preach loyalty unless we set
the example. that We cannot pro-
Tess the things with any influence
upon others unless we practice them
also. This process CT Americaniza-
ton Is going 10 be "A process of self
aminaltno. "a process of puridca-
ton. process uf rededication 90 the
things which America represents
and IS proud 20 represent And it
takes a great deal more courage and
steadfastness. my fellow citizens. 10
represent ideal things than 20 rep-
resent anything else 10 is easy 20
lose your temper. and hard % keep
b. 10 is easy 90 strike and some
times very difficult ts refrain from
striking. and I think yog uiU agree
with ne that We are most Justified
In being proud OF doing The things
that are hard d. F. and mas tina