Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-03-31
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From The Irish World.

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Readers OF The Irish World have not
forgotten the declaration of Mr..
Secretary Wilson, namely that SER
vice in the allied armies does not im-
pair United States citizenship. 1t
now appears that this only applies
to those who deliberately forget
their American obligations and
abandon themselves wholly TO the
allied cause. But let young man,
piled with drink, allow himself to be
seduced into joining the Allies, and
he win find, when he awakes to re-
ncntance. that Mr.. Wilson has not
only disowned him, but that, should
he escape from his seducers, Mr..
Secretary Wilson will put all the
powers of the United States govern
mcnt in play to capture him and
deliver him up to the allies as q de-
serter
"Ope Mike Connor lived in Grand
Rapids, MINI He was born in ire
land, but had lived for fourteen
years in tho United States, and had
secured his first citizenship papers.
One day, with some other young
men, Mike Connor crossed the bor-
hands of an English recruiting Of
icer This process OF obtaining
recruits for the English army is an
old and well-tried one. But Mike
ConnOr got sober and rcpentcd and,
the border being near ut hand, re-
turned TO his own country. Return
ing he had to pass both the Canadian
and the United States inspectors, to
each OF whom he gave his proper
name and address
Hero Is where Mr. Secretary Will
son comes in. For over q year his
men have been hunting down poor
Mike Connor as an alien, who has
illcgitimately entered the United
States, that they may deliver him up
to the Canadian authorities. Mike
Connor became an alien evidently,
not by joining the English forces
drunk, but by leaving them sober.
In cXtenuation OF their conduct one
of Mr. Secretary Wilson'S subordi-
mates tells us that the case against
Connor might have been dropped if
he had not disputed the authority OF
the officers. Now it must be pushed
to the bitter end and Mike Connor,
who is either an American or a polit-
ical refugee, be delivered to the
Canucks to be shot as q deserter. SO
that we have created without law the
crime of lese majeste against q minor
official and made it punishable with
death.
when we pass from Mr. Secretary
Wilson to Mr. President Wilson do
we find matters any better? Contrast
the treatment accorded to the Com
in the capital cities Of
the German Kingdoms of Bavaria
and Wuerttemberg We were repre-
Gcnted in Munich by an active. in
dustrious, polite official who made
the great mistake of being born in
Ireland He had been Tor a number
of years in Germany, first at Dres-
den and then at Munich and had
made himself well liked by the peo-
pie and the governments Of the two
states He had also endeared him
self to the travelling Americans and
those settled in Germany He had
even won the respect of the English
in Munich whom the war brought
into relations with him. Evidently
this was a man whom a wise govern
ment would have had made efforts
to keep in his position But the
English press could not forgive him
his Irish birth and his friendship for
the country to which he was ac-.
credited The English papers de-
manded his sacrifice, and President
Wilson consented Our Consul-Gen-
eral at Munich, without being in
formed Of any charges against him,
was summarily ordered to resign un-
der threat of dismissal.
Contrast this incident with what
took place at Stuttgart. Here the
Consul-General was not merely pro-
British in sentiment, but ii is adj
openly anti-German He rendered
offensive to the very people
to whom he was accredited and with
whom he had to do business. Was
this gentleman dismissed or ordered
to resign? Not in the least He viii
stay in Stuttgart until more COM
Portable berth can be found for him.
Such II is 10 be neutral even in our
thoughts" as Interpreted by the
maker Of the phrase.
How long win tho American poo
pie consent to seeing the Wilson's
rule this country as an English pos
session."
SO far the Irish World. In con-
ncction with tho above editorial Of
tho Irish World the following article
which appeared in The New London
Telegraph on the 9th instant, will
undoubtedly be read with interest by
all Americans concerned with our
relations with Great Britain, Ger
many and all other foreign nations.
The article in the Telegraph reads:
eater War Honc Sailors.
Capt. Hawksworth Of England, Here
TO Got Americans TO Ship On Eng
lish Vessels Uncle Sans Men In
Crew Would Act As Protection To
English Vessels IN Case OF Sub
marine Attack Embroil y. S..
With Others
Five pound ten and found per
month is the offer now open to such
American citizens as desire to enter
the employ of English ship owners
and sail on English vessels plying to
England and ports included in the
war zone. The offer means practi-
cally S27.50 and food for each month
the American citizen remains on