Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-05

larger life, a chance for themselves
and their children to be kings. This is
the hour of testing as to where their
loyalty will be-
ADVICE TO GERMANS.
"A few days ago 1 pleaded for men
of Teutonic extraction that neither by
word or deed should we put an obstacle
in their path to make the great deci-
sion and be loyal to America. l still
plead for such consideration. But to
my friend from the Teutonic land
would also say: This is your hour to
make full proof of your loyalty to
America, first, last and forever. Get
the American point of view and keep
it. Do not talk American and be Ger
man. II you want to be German that is
different matter; one can understand
that in the crisis a man may honestly
find that he cares more for the land of
his birth than he does for the land of
his adoption. But if that be true the
only honest and square thing to do is
to surrender his American citizenship.
Personally feel that 90 per cent of our
citizens Of Teutonic extraction will be
| loyal Americans.
ITO the native born American, let me
say word to you: 1t is time for you
to make full proof of your American
ism. 1t may be that you are only an
American by accident, see to it that
you make your citizenship actual. 1t
is time to put away partisanship
Every man in the nation ought to be
back of the president in his endeavor to
safeguard American lives and uphold
! AIA rirrl &C. -
this crisis it Is unbecoming to be either
Democrats or Republicans, Socialists or
Prohibitionists; we must be Americans
Our country must be bigger than our
party, bigger than all parties. The
spectacle in the United States congress
In its closing hours is a cause of deer
chagrin to me. l am thankful that
live in state whose senators, though
of the minority party, had patriotism
and craftsmanship enough to put the
nation above the party and vote fol
adequate national defense.
TEST FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY.
The man who Jockeys for political
advantage or political plumber in an
hour like this is m undesirable Amer
lean citizen. It is an hour for you &c
ask yourself whether America means
anything more to you than a bread
| basket
DO you love her enough to save and
retrench and curtail for her safety
Do you love her enough to give hei
some actual service? Are you Willing
to make any sacrifices for her? Are
her ideals dearer to you than life, and
is her honor of more moment to you
than case or safety? If not then you
are not gooG American. II you are
blind to her sins, il you are fostering
abuses, If you are conniving at venality
and vices. If you are a party to stirring
up domestic strife and internal disor.
der' II you are wasteful and inefficient
then, too, you are not a good citizen.
Again this is an hour that will sift
the souls Of men. Each man by the In
evitable law Of judgment will classify
himself. There will be some who will
think moro of profits than of patriot
ism; who will take advantage OF tn cir
nations necessity to try to make per-
sonal capital out Of her peril. These
men are Americas real foes.
/ These men who know no god but
Mammon, who are incapable of a
higher loyalty than that they give the
dollar, these men who worship the
golden calf. these are the men who
menace the life Of the republic. They
debauch the springs OF personal con-
duct. they debase the ideals of the
young. They claim to be Americans
and yet they would be willing to bar
ter her vitality for revenue. Judas
like they live in the bosom of the ma :
tional family and enjoy all the family
secrets and yet they would sell the
( nation for 30 pieces of silver. God for
! bid that any decent mans first thought