The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-05
ENEMY CITIZENS
GR|LLED BY TEDDY
MUST EITHER BE TRUE AMERI-
CANS OR GO WHOLLY OVER
TO GERMAN CAUSE.

Forest Hills, Long Island, N Y, July
5--Declaring that those in America who
champion Germany's cause against the
cause Of America are guilty of moral
treason, and are. in fact. although not
in law, moral traitors, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. in a Fourth Of July address
J. here pleaded for a single standard Of
patriotism and loyalty.
"We are now at war with Germany"
said Colonel Roosevelt. For over two
years Germany has heaped insult upon
insult, injury upon injury, on our peo-
pie. We did not even dare to prepare
so as to be able effectively to resent
wrong in the future. Our supine mac
tion was partly due to the folly engen-
dered in our people by the professional
pacifsts. But an even more important
factor was the dread many Of our poll
ticians felt, not merely of the German
army abroad, but of German votes at
home. The selfshness and shortsight-
edness of the American politicians were
indefensible and they were due to the
fact that the men who took the lead
in the German-American movement
sought entirely to subordinate the ac-
tions of the country of which they
were nominally citizens the United
States, to the needs OF the country for
which they cared. Germany.
Moral Treason TO Republic.
"Now we are at war with Germany,
yet mahy Of these persons, supported,
Of course. by professional paciiists' con
tinued to champion Germany's cause
as against the cause for which we are
fighting. This is a moral treason 20
the republic, and all who engage I'm il
are, in fact, although not in law, trait
ors. who have no right longer to be
treated as American citizens The time
has come to insist that they drop their
dual allegiance, and in good faith he
come outright Germans or outright
Americans They cannot be both, and
those who pretend to be both are mere
~ Germans who hypocritically pretend
to be Americans in order to serve Ger
many and damage America. At this
moment the vital thing to remember
about these half-hidden traitors is that
10 attack Americas allies. while we
are at death grips with a peculiarly
ruthless and brutal foe, or to champion
that foe as against our allies, or TO apol-
ogize for that foes infamous wrong
doing. is to be false to the cause o.
liberty and to the United States.
No Halfway Course Possible.
There can be no half-and-half atti-
tude in this war and no honorable man
can afford to take such an attitude. We
are bound by every consideration a.
loyalty and good faith to our allies, and
any opposition to them, or any aid given
to their and our enemy. is basely dis
honorable as regards our allies, and
treasonable as regards our own coun-
try"
Colone, Roosevelt said that the Claim
that it was natural for American citi-
zens OF German origin TO favor Germany
was nonsense and criminal nonsense
10 boot and added either a man Is
an American and nothing else. or he is
not an American at all. We are akin
by blood and descent TO most OF the ma
tiOns Of Europe. but we are separate
from all OF them. We are a new and
distinct nation, and we are bound al.
ways to give our whole-hearted and un-
divided loyalty to our flag. and in any
international crisis to treat every for
eign nation purely according to its con-
duct in that crisis II is both weak
and wicked 10 permit any Of our citi-
zens TO hold dual or divided allegiance.
and 1t IS Just as mischievous. iust as
un.American, to discriminate against
any good American because Of his birth
place creed or parentage."
Foreign Language.
s. Touching the matter Of language. Col
onel Roosevelt declared that I'VE mus,
have in this country but one flag. and
for the speech Of the people but one
language. the English language. During |
the present war all newspapers pub
lished IN German. or in the speech oi
any Of our foes, should be required TO |
publish side by side with the foreign |
text columns in English containing the
exact translation Of everything said In
the foreign language. Ultimately this
should be done with all newspapers pub |
lished In foreign tongues in this coun-
trv