Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-20
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FINAL Word from weybrieht.

Final word from weybriEht.
xsCoTTS BLUFF. Neb.. Jan Ito
the Editor OF The Bee According 10
parliamentary rules the side that opens
a debate has the right to close il. On a
former occasion / allowed the opposi-
ton tho last word in order to not i'm
pose on your valuable space, but this
time l believe / am entitled 10 the clos
ing argument
II we are to take Mr.. Henry Arp Sc
riously in his ancient, medieval ahh
modern history az the human race re-
Gently appearing in Tic Bees Letter
Box, one might easily imagine that
Adam and Eve were descendants of the
Germans. and that it was the Germans
that fenced the Garden of Eden and
planted the apple and Zig trees that
gave Adam and Eve their start. But his
boundless presumption exceeds the speed
limit when he declares that ut is con-
ceded by all that the German govern
ment is the best on earth"
This letter is interesting only as show
ing a state OF mind.
A German submarine fires torpedo
into one Of our best passenger ships, our
colors go down; over n hundred innocent,
defenseless men. women and children
bona fide citizens of the United States,
acting absolutely within their rights,
sink beneath the waves. Our govern
ment demands redress: Good Citizen Arp
says: "All our fuss about German u
boats is foolish" mention our national
colors once, and an Omaha pill vendor
calls it "ranting;" evidently the mere
mention Of the Stars and Stripes is
repugnant to these good citizens"
I believe every fair-minded educator in
the land will admit that there is abso-
lutely no room in our public schools.
below the tenth grade, for any foreign
language, but now We are to have this
''made-in-Germany' language crammed
down the throatsi OF the primary pupils
by force of law, and resort to the courts.
tust to broaden their minds" One
OF the very first acts Of our next legis-
lature should be to repal this obnoxious.
unAmerican measure. There is published
in New York City a weekly magazine,
which has been referred to by MIR. At
wood in these columns, called the Faith
erland, and although its editor claims to
be good citizen" this publication is
exactly what It's name implies. every
page of every issue is vigorous pro-
German and viciously anti-American.
Throughout the length and breadth of
our land there is published daily and
weekly hundreds Of thousands of news
papers printed in the German language,
and almost with exception every time a
German U-boat assasslnates American
citizens they do not hesitate to uphold
and even applaud Germany and German
diplomats, and cIiticise, malign and even
threaten our own government officials.
Is this the kind of teaching and propa-
ganda that will make us united people
in an International crisis? 1t can have
no other effect than to poison the minds
of the otherwise loyal Germans and make
them prejudlced. dissatisfied and rebel
lious. No other country in the world
would tolerate such condition of things
for a moment. This 'made-in-Germany'
propaganda has already gone too far. So
I revert to the text" OF my first letter
COMMUNICATIONS, you must preserve
in your children the language and Gus
toms of the fatherland" What I would
like to know. and 1 believe what every
loyal American would like to know, is
why must they-yes, that's it--why must
they? ]. #. wEYBRIGHT,