Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-05

over here, especially the first con-
tingents, when they were outnumber-
ed, out-gunned, and all round unpre-
pared. Do not misunderstood me to
say or imply that I am not aware OF
the aid that the United States can give
or that I am not aware h q that atd
is needed, but I do want to make you
over, the goal is in sight, and civiliza-
ton owes the people of France,
Britain n Russia an unpayable debt.
To know the price that France has
paid you need only enter my French
home and ask where the men folk are.
Canada, Australia. and the British
Isles in the last year and a half have
been paying a price almost as high,
and remember it is a price that cannot
is in precious human lives, lives that
cannot be replaced. 1t will all be over
before America will be called upon to
pay anything like such q price. But
the day that a division or corps Of
American troops goes over the top
and proves to a watching world that
they are as good fighters as their
Canadian neighhors, they will repay a
long standing debt to France, seal in
blood an endless alliance with Great
Britain and prove to the rest of the
"OAAN 1A0 AS - oo "AAAA410 " NAS
for principles as were Americans in
1916 and 1851.
'This letter is becoming lengthy,
but I must say a few words about
Gronna, La Toilette and the other
men who stood out against var also a
word about Germans and other aliens
in America. If MI. Gronna and Mr..
La Toilette were sincere, 1 admire
them for standing for what they be-
lieved was right. But, If. they were
sincere. would they have played the
game they did? would they have OBJ
structed legislation that they knew an
credited representatives of a free and
democratic nation desired. Their
urse Of action would indicate that
there was more behind their actions
than the sincere desire to register
their approval of Germany's barber
pole policy on the high seas and their
belief that there was no limit to the
abuse that a free people would take
from a despotic Kaiser gone mad.
If they were expressing the views
and acting according to the instruc-
I ave only this. to say: II the-mil-
lions of Germans. Scandinavians, Aus
TRANS and Bulgarians who come to
America, are received with open
hands, given freedom, a chance to
make a fortune and a home such az
was impossible in the land they left,
provided with protection, the finest
free schools in the world, treated az
equals by everyone-when perhaps In
their native land they were next to
slaves-and after q few short years
admitted to citizenship: IL 1t Is theil
desire to place the interests and wish.
es OF a foreign nation above the rights
and desires of the majority Of the
people Of the United States, I for one
have been under a delusion. I always
firmly believed that the treatment that
foreigners received in the United
States could not help but seal theil
loyalty to the United with a seal that
not even h warmth Of blood connec.
ton could not unseal when their 10y.
atty was put to the test. I firmly be.
lieve that the majority will stand tn,
test and let those who cannot stand
1t be men enough to say 30. turn ovel
to the federal government their pos.
sessions and money. over and above
what they or their ancestors brough'
from a foreign land, and return to tn,
land that inspires such loyalty AM
could not provide them a home and
living. AS for those who commit act
against the United States government
a speedy, fair trial, and a firing SQUAD
at sunrise Is more than they deserve
Those people who claim to be paci.
fists and firm believers in Democrat.
government are now given q chanc,
to SHOW whether they E sincere
Since the majority has declared 70
war. they will. II they believed wha
they preached, 30 into the war viii
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