New Britain herald., 1916-06-15
)NE THING OR ANOTHER

@0NE THING OR ANOTHER
 esident Wilson yesterday took the &enated issue bodily and nailed ii Ee Washington Monument, tackled M to public gaze where the entire zSn might read. In no unmistak- & terms he outlined the insidiOus 8 aign now being waged on Ameri- # politics by those cohorts who are
 ed in a foreign army, regiments Eided Americans who are trying # Jul down the Stars and Stripes
 a the place of the American flag S the insignia of another and a
 n government. It is that, and # It is the serpent on the hearth
 nerican peace and tranquility, @ @urreptitfous neddling of the hy- HL ties. After establishing a prece- Mby marching afoot at the head
 ne 60,000 ordinary citizens in a @redness parade, the President of M nited States went to the great Mngton monument where, stand @ it's shadow, he delivered the
 l that will be received with joy
 cry true American citizen, and H at by those whose allegiance Is
 Ed. From now on there must be IT line of demarkation sharply @ between the sheep and the z8 The campaign is on In full. The
 has started, the swords are M And 1t must be America or
 Foreign Power. Just who shall zs1t depends solely and entirely on
 Beat mass of real citizens, whether ze Democrats or Republicans.
 Rbident Wilson, having stated his 7 n in this grave matter, it now
 1s for the candidate of the Re-
 an party to come out and in the
 anmistakable terms do likewise. M event that MT. Hughes fails to
 ust where he stands on an issue
 hreatens to destroy the very T tion of this republic, it must | 2 en for granted. that he courts IN te of those who are first, last ll ll the time pro-something, but
 re not and never were pro- %can. The feeble utterance of S8s being an "undiluted American" sSso longer stand as a final indica- Nf his attitude. He must say, as
 ent Wilon has said, straight I he shoulder, that 'Fthis disloyal- # we in the United States must be x tely crushed"; that he will have ssrt of it in his program; that he @ elk no votes that are tainted with ss#sloyal stain of un-Americanism A he does that, Hughes must be
 
 8 t or not, the former justice is @ in a very unenviable position. sasngly he is courting the votes of Ncitizens of the United States who ga ore loyal to their fatherlands zE 10 their adopted country. It is
 bnd this is the one and only op- S&c feature in the entire program, A hose who are heart and soul
 t the fundamental principles of
 ca are in the minority. They aAbe crushed beneath the heel of & can patriotism. They are snakes grass. i-~
 gs s a terrible thing that in this # of our development we should ef American citizens. Yet the I s tdere as plain as a roadway aHen two fields, as significant as a # that separates the shores. And %st be eradicated. There is no
 TOT place for such a catastrophe. @ ent Wilson has dared to fling
 alIenge to those who have al- M sentiment to run away. with K In. doing aso, he has placed S liticaf future on a target where A be fired at by every devoted
 man of , a foreign government,
 ery man who is not in accord
 Wilson's dealing with foreign
 s. For every shaft aimed by xxi these people there must be a
 ht undiluted American vote to a the evil. Only in this way will M public live. If any president of 8 nlted States is. to be made a & For all the discontented foreign
 nts in the United States, lined 8 one side or another, it is time
 Tn the Constitution, tear down
 4lory, and give over the White
 to a fayorite son of Rova 1tv