The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-23
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iescent. Cur ieiI1w-c,tizens ii Ten
.unic 1iurG .eiong, Tnd ire rscngnizad
Is belonging 70 1ur Nest desirable 4c~
1lisirinns r1m .or=ig1 iaurs. TheT
1ave .ur gene-atinus. even 1eture- Is
vel Is during me revolution 1ruved
themselves constructive taCtnrs N cur
life. zw-anifing and oval 20 America
and .rs government. This regard 1Ges
not Ifau with Ee-nan-AmerIcaus. Il
extends 20 ne people themselves 1f ne
German lat1erianG [nfGrued Amer
:zus are Tao veil aware III E1at siIeY
eve &c Luther ami Kant, Goethe and
sesfErv.n. Elmbnidt and Schiller
and ilust-;nuz Germans Of slIs gen
.rztiun 10 seeI iiI-will to &c great 4
1eopie.
Public sriniun IA the U1ire1 States
1rruses. not the citizens II the Ger
nan .-npir=, int ne puiicy cf he
German inuezal government IinC.
Tulv If 1914 Cur Gerrnan-Anerczus
1--WE L "a themselves and % Germany
and &c America 70 comprehend and ACT
1pnn TINS Just tisinctinn drawn 1y me
American 1enpie. The masses 81 Amer
Ca 1zy. 1nr ACQUIRED rms information
rim SOURCES ans1iie 70 Germany. They
lave acquired It rom Germany itseiL
FINN German authorities our penpie
rave learned nat tie Methods at the
imperial government Ke t1rse ii
medieval Inrnc-acy and mat The pegpie
1f ne ..npir- 10 act really rIle L.
The r.utunic system If education
r1u cumncn acErUri % lnivsraitY IS 4
,ciit.czI Eygr.m IN ia 1rEpCse, and
ms 1urrnse IS to incuIczr. devotion
70 he rlIing rawer The American
gvst..n is 1rnnniiriczi and dzs ~ 1tEIer
surpcse nan 70 qualify ne gauug su
become good citizens and 1scsui mem
,e-z Of society. German education En-
.nrIrag.s ansui1t.sm n me rIler and
mbse-yienc- n ne r1ler- American
education irsrcEa r-spGnmhilirF IN the
1rr Il the rulers u ts1c; r1ie1i- that IS
Of ne elected servants II ne Iiat. &c
me voters. and MAKES icr democracy.
Americans, accordingly, desire me
emancipation Of ne German peapie
and ne r-icrrn ii he imperial govern
neur. E1t Americans lave 10 nate
inr ne peapie II Germany. They nave
act me Ilightssr desire ID iuIniliats
the German sTnpir-, 1r see III iT1Ge-
7eudencg impaired -
The sccve- Vas printed n ne
editorial columns Of me Spokesman
SeTiew al Tuesday, and because L &c
admirably .xPresses ne American
estimate Of ne German pecpies We
thought II worth reprnnug The Ger
man Eiatcc-acy ciingI &c ne medieval
ictinn Of he divine Eghr C -1ie-
Some Of ms divinity even tescedGs :o
me common peupie, VIC ar cid thaf
the German aaricn Ecrve al others las
Glcwu irs ituess cG impose Is
.IyilizarizztiCn On ne world There IS
nc question our rat ne Ecnenzclerns
nav. had dream Of EcrtG domination.
even Is Alexander me Great had MS
Their wonderful Pr1g-ess n literature.
uuSic, ART. science. inG still mere
wonderful rrcgress n ne science Of
government n Enich they have 50 ar
SURPASSED the ozlanc- sf The scriG that
y. marvel. acr At The slave Ike de-
Furicn ct me German 1eople Ter their
government, sur that L s 70 vel
tsmper=d There IS RAJ ground for
me assertion nat TIE German Is the
srly 1zrscn thzr azs shcwa capacity for
wcriG leadership. And Yet ne world
does not want L and VII act EXCEPT Il
Sc eng As Il Is coupled with
EcheuzciIer1 divine Egit 70 rule -
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