Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-04-26
SUCH IS THE OBJECT or THE
'liYPiiENAThD" CITIZENS.


"The report says the Evening
sun In It's issue of Monday that an
organized effort is being made by our
hyphenated brethren to elect as
United States Senators this year only
such men as viii look after the in
terosts Of Germany ought TO surprise
nobody.
Our esteemed contemporary has
things mixed somewhat. as usually.
or course, that Is no fault Of It's own.
Because when il comes to anything
outside OF baseball, Billy Sunday and
petty ward and county politics, the
Evening Sun has to look for guidance
10 such illuminatOrs as, for instance,
the New York World, that wonderful
bofogger of national and information
al questions, which takes its cue from
London.
AS We are always charitable with
those who sin from Ignorance we
want to sot our afternoon contempo-
rary straight on the subject. That a
general effort is being made by the
''hyphenated" Americans to accomp-
lish certain things at the next nation
al election is true When they be-
came citizens of the United States,
by their own choice, they took q GER
tain OATH and ii is a pcculiarity OF
the "hyphonated' citizens that they
take an oath very seriously They
pledged themselves TO support the
constitution and the laws of their
adopted country, and to defend its
nag. They take a government Of the
people and by the people TO mean
that IL is their sworn duty to see TO it
that men are elected to run the gov
crnment OF the people who will up
hold the constitution and the laws Of
the United States, who will see to
il that the flag is protected, and who
viii safeguard the rights OF the
American citizens under all circum-
stances and against any one who
should dare TO interfere with their
rights
Tho present men at the head Of the
United tcsGoveinment have fallen
short in tho performance Of their
duties as the 'hyphenated" citizens
understand them in accordance with
the oath which they have taken when
they aworc allegiance to their adopt
ed country. The "hyphpnated" citi-
IONS have seen the flag Of their
adopted country hauled down on an
American ship by a foreign power.
They have seen American ships
captured by q foreign power and
hauled into The ports Of that power.
They have seen American cargoes
Of non-conuaband merchandise con-
iscatcd by foreign power.
They hayc soen our mail robbed by
q foreign power
They have secn passengers taken
OF our ships by a foreign power
They have seen also that the men
at the head of the government of the
people have had merely mild protests
against such degradation of the SOW
creignty Of the United States
They have seen also many Of these
insults to our flag and citizens hap-
pcning long before tho present con-
troversy with another power over the
submarine question started and that
therefore tho excuse OF the respons-
iblo men at the head OF our govern
mont that these insults could not be
attended to i'm the proper way be-
cause Of the submarine controversy,
is nothing else but sophistry.
From the above explanation OF
what the ''hyphenated" citizens deem
their sworn duty to tine country Of
thcir adoption our evening contem-
porary, we presume, viii be able TO
surmise, what the certain things are
which the "hyphenatod' citizens arc
making a general effort to accomp-
lish at the next election They want
to place men at the head of the eN-
executive and treaty making depart
ment Of our government who viii
acrupulously observe their duty
towards thcir country; who win be
Americans FIRST, last and all the time;
who viii know no favorites among
tho family Of nations, and who viii
boar no malice toward any ono OF
Them
such is the object of the hyphen-
atcd citizens!